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CBS 2010-11 Schedule

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Sensing potential fractures in its current lineup the EYE Network takes on possibly the most risky overhauls to its lineup in a long time...

MONDAY
8:00 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
9:00 TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30 MIKE & MOLLY
10:00 HAWAII FIVE-0

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 NCIS: LA
10:00 THE GOOD WIFE

WEDNESDAY
8:00 SURVIVOR
9:00 CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00 THE DEFENDERS

THURSDAY
8:00 BIG BANG THEORY
8:30 $#! MY DAD SAYS
9:00 CSI
10: THE MENTALIST

FRIDAY
8:00 MEDIUM
9:00 CSI:NY
10:00 BLUE BLOODS

SATURDAY
8:00 CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9:00 CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00 48 HOURS

SUNDAY
7:00 60 MINUTES
8:00 THE AMAZING RACE
9:00 UNDERCOVER BOSS
10:00 CSI: MIAMI

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CSI NY move to friday nights seem the biggest indication we are near to losing our first CSI show out of the franchise. I feel CBS is trying to win a battle that is unwinnable to keep friday nights viable for big dramas. Medium will probably end after this season too I just don't see Friday nights being a option much longer even some cable channels are leaving that night to the dumps.

CSI Miami to sunday could be a wise move and allows something fresh on Mondays.

TBBT on thursday is a big WTF and I know they want it there to anchor the night but up against a very unmovable Bones and with no comedy lead in the show will potentially drop under the 10 million bracket. CBS has been trying to create a 2nd comedy night for 3 years now and I must ask Why ? Mondays alone was fine.

I don't see a problem with wednesdays/tuesdays though I do wonder where the Criminal Minds spinoff will air come midseason.
 
Defenders might be a half-season pick-up, and then Minds 2.0 will air during the second half of the season.
 
Yeah we make fun of all the networks but what did CBS do? It seems to me they just threw random things on a table to make the schedule. CBS had a fine Friday night and they canceled GW which was doing really well. ABC is now going to pick it up. Medium and CSI NY? What's the point of having two random comedies on Thursday? How is that a good lead in for dramas?

I think CBS realized that they needed to do something because all their shows are aging and they didn't want to become like NBC or ABC where they just fall apart.
 
Very, very risky IMO.

WTF, Big Bang Theory moved back into an 8pm slot? Its numbers have gone through the roof since moving it to 9:30pm.

CSI NY on a Friday? What a waste.

CSI Miami on Sunday? Really?

Are CBS just showboating here? "All the other networks are so $hit that we can air what we like, when we like" kind of thing?
 
bigdaddy said:
CBS had a fine Friday night and they canceled GW which was doing really well.
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GW ratings had dropped below a 2.0 demo and loss more than a million viewers from one year ago so I wasn't surprised to see it cancelled even with friday nights low expectations. It appears the only reason for Medium's pick up was the fact is 100% in house show and according to Les it suits CSI NY audience more being a procedural show.
 
CBS's 2010/2011 scripted shows in order of longevity:

One-hour

CSI - 11th season
CSI: Miami - 9th season
NCIS - 8th season
CSI: NY - 7th season
Medium - 7th season
Criminal Minds - 6th season
The Mentalist - 3rd season
The Good Wife - 2nd season
NCIS: Los Angeles - 2nd season
Blue Bloods - 1st season
The Defenders - 1st season
Hawaii Five-O - 1st season

Also the Criminal Minds spin-off in midseason.

Half-hour

Two and a Half Men - 8th season
How I Met Your Mother - 6th season
Rules of Engagement - 5th season
The Big Bang Theory - 4th season
Mike & Molly - 1st season
$#*! My Dad Says - 1st season

Scripted shows cancelled by CBS this season:

One-hour

Cold Case - 7 seasons
Numb3rs - 6 seasons
Ghost Whisperer - 5 seasons
Miami Medical - 1 season
Three Rivers - 1 season

Half-hour

The New Adventures of Old Christine - 5 seasons
Gary Unmarried - 2 seasons
Accidentally on Purpose - 1 season
 
Some odd moves... Miami to Sunday and trying to start a comedy hour on Thursday to boost CSI ratings and fight off Community?
 
How can Undercover Boss still work when the gimmick is known? Unless they have lots of episodes already in the can or go to hidden cam. Of course, it seems like a pre-structured "reality" show to begin with.
 
Why'd you even come in here? :lol: You know all they have is procedurals!

I love them though, still going to keep up with CSI, Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, TBBT, and HIMYM. Gotta give !@#$ My Dad Says a try. I don't expect Defenders to last long. O'Connell is the mark of death on anything not called Crossing Jordan.

Moving the CSI spinoffs is weird, but I think that CSI:NY's ratings will actually go up on Friday.
 
Aragorn said:
How can Undercover Boss still work when the gimmick is known? Unless they have lots of episodes already in the can or go to hidden cam. Of course, it seems like a pre-structured "reality" show to begin with.
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I think the whole thing must be contrived - who's going to act naturally with a cameraman roaming around your workplace? :rommie: It's a scripted show with unpaid amateur actors and some degree of improv, masquerading as reality. Which describes the whole genre, so what's the problem?

Why'd you even come in here? :lol: You know all they have is procedurals!
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They had Chaos and a medical show with an interesting cast in the running. But yeah, I know it's a longshot that CBS would ever do anything remotely interesting.
 
^ Hey, you bite your tongue! Who knows how different and unique shows can become when they move to nontraditional locations? CSI: San Jose and NCIS: Jacksonville have lots of potential!!! And who knows what direction Hawaii Five-O: Chicago can go in. :lol:
 
James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter gave his thoughts on what he sees as the top time-period battles for next season:

Next fall, the primetime TV battlefield will be radically changed thanks to plenty of new shows from NBC and ABC and some bold scheduling moves by CBS. Below I run down some of the toughest/interesting time period fights.Keep in mind this is impossible to truly judge at this point since the top factor for winning any time period is the quality of a show -- and pilot screeners for new series haven't been sent out yet, let alone episodes beyond a premiere. That said, there's so many juicy match ups that I have to break some of these down. Here's what's interesting:

1. Wednesdays at 8 p.m.: NBC's "Undercovers" vs. CBS' "Survivor"

One reason NBC executives said they decided to put "Undercovers" in this time slot was because there were no incumbent hits in this hour. Well … surprise! As announced this morning, CBS is moving "Survivor," which has an almost perfect record for winning 8 p.m. on Thursdays. You can never count out J.J. Abrams, but this is going to make for an uphill battle for NBC to win this slot (though one would think "Undercovers" could best Fox's "Lie to Me" and ABC's comedies, which are also in the hour).

2. Wednesdays at 10 p.m.: CBS' "The Defenders" vs. NBC's "Law & Order: Los Angeles" vs. ABC's "The Whole Truth"

I love this Mexican standoff because there's three new procedurals with no easily predictable outcome. NBC probably has the edge here. "SVU" will provide a solid lead-in for "LOLA," which could benefit if "Defenders" and "Whole Truth" split the legal drama fans. Between CBS and ABC in second place, you'd have to tip the edge to "Defenders" given its strong "Criminal Minds" lead-in and CBS' track record with procedurals.

3. Mondays at 10 p.m.: ABC's "Castle" vs. NBC's "Chase" vs. CBS' "Hawaii Five-O"

If ABC and NBC thought they had it tough airing against "CSI: Miami," they better get ready because a big wave is coming at them. "Hawaii Five-O" is perfectly on brand for CBS and the Oahu setting gets the network out of the grim atmospherics of some of its other procedurals. Sure, "Five-O" could crash, but on paper this a strong replacement for "Miami" in this slot -- even with having a presumably weaker lead-in from a new comedy ("Mike & Molly") than "Miami" enjoyed from "Big Bang Theory."

4. Mondays at 9 p.m.: NBC's "The Event" vs. Fox's"Lonestar"

These two new dramas couldn't be more different. NBC's post-"Lost"/post-"24" serialized adventure against Fox's cable-ish-in-a-good-way Texas soap. If they were at 8 p.m., I'd say "The Event" would open bigger, it aims for a broader audience. But at 9 p.m., "Lonestar" is fueled by "House" while "The Event" has "Chuck." Bottom line: Too far from the starting line to make a call here.

5. Thursdays at 8 p.m.: CBS' "Big Bang Theory" vs. NBC's "Community"

OK, this is more a ratings massacre waiting to happen more than a battle. But comparing these two will be unavoidable next fall because they're both smart, relatively young comedies and CBS is making the bully move by putting its top-rated half-hour against one of broadcast's lowest rated. Also, half-hour comedies have been so rare on broadcast, that just having two to compare against each other was practically unheard of until ABC launched its Wednesday lineup this year (which had some overlap with CBS' comedies -- and look what happened to them). At 8:30 p.m., when CBS' "Shit My Dad Says" goes against NBC's "30 Rock," we'll see a tighter battle.

6. Fridays at 8 p.m.: Fox's "Human Target" vs. CBS' "Medium."

This is interesting. CBS' "Medium" has been winning its 9 p.m. slot on Fridays and now Fox is putting "Target" in its new cage. On Wednesdays, "Target" performed better than "Medium" this season, but Friday's a whole new arena. This could be close, with "Medium" having the edge.

7. Fridays at 10 p.m.: CBS' "Blue Bloods" vs. NBC's "Outlaw"

It's Jimmy Smits vs. Tom Selleck as the two TV leading men of yesteryear face off. Both CBS and NBC executives used identical explanations for putting these drams in this ultra-tough time period -- basically, "we expect Tom/Jimmy will bring viewers to Friday night." But, hey, no pressure! Again, we're blind to the quality of the shows, but at face value one would bet on "Bloods" (despite its dreadful name) only because CBS has been winning Fridays with dramas for years.

Other interesting face-offs: ABC's "No Ordinary Family" vs. Fox's "Glee," ABC's "My Generation" vs. Fox's "Bones," ABC's "Detroit 1-8-7" vs. NBC's "Parenthood" vs. CBS' "The Good Wife," NBC's "Love Bites" vs. ABC's "Private Practice," CBS' "CSI: NY" vs. NBC's "Body of Proof."
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Yeah, it's sad news for Community, because at this point it's the better show. At this point I'm expecting a mid-season death for it unless something unexpected happens.
 
Jax said:
Sensing potential fractures in its current lineup the EYE Network takes on possibly the most risky overhauls to its lineup in a long time...

MONDAY
8:00 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
9:00 TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30 MIKE & MOLLY
10:00 HAWAII FIVE-0

TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 NCIS: LA
10:00 THE GOOD WIFE

WEDNESDAY
8:00 SURVIVOR
9:00 CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00 THE DEFENDERS

THURSDAY
8:00 BIG BANG THEORY
8:30 $#! MY DAD SAYS
9:00 CSI
10: THE MENTALIST

FRIDAY
8:00 MEDIUM
9:00 CSI:NY
10:00 BLUE BLOODS

SATURDAY
8:00 CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9:00 CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00 48 HOURS

SUNDAY
7:00 60 MINUTES
8:00 THE AMAZING RACE
9:00 UNDERCOVER BOSS
10:00 CSI: MIAMI

---------------------------------------------------------

CSI NY move to friday nights seem the biggest indication we are near to losing our first CSI show out of the franchise. I feel CBS is trying to win a battle that is unwinnable to keep friday nights viable for big dramas. Medium will probably end after this season too I just don't see Friday nights being a option much longer even some cable channels are leaving that night to the dumps.

CSI Miami to sunday could be a wise move and allows something fresh on Mondays.

TBBT on thursday is a big WTF and I know they want it there to anchor the night but up against a very unmovable Bones and with no comedy lead in the show will potentially drop under the 10 million bracket. CBS has been trying to create a 2nd comedy night for 3 years now and I must ask Why ? Mondays alone was fine.

I don't see a problem with wednesdays/tuesdays though I do wonder where the Criminal Minds spinoff will air come midseason.
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CSI: New York to Friday really does seem aimed at providing a better lead in to a new drama, in hopes Friday might be salvaged as a higher revenue night. But I have to disagree they're sensing potential fractures.

I think they're going after ABC. CSI: Miami to Sunday is aimed square at Brothers & Sisters. Survivor on Wednesday aims a big ratings gun at the comedy block. Hawaii 5-0 takes on Castle. Big Bang Theory on Thursdays attacks a new hole in ABC's schedule while upping the leading (they hope) for CSI, which is still blunting Grey's Anatomy, one of ABC's biggest raters.
 
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