CBS has disclosed their fall prime time schedule and it has a few surprises.
The eye network ordered a full 22 episode season of The New Adventures of Old Christine, despite having been rumored to lose interest in the show.
They also plan to move a new show, Eleventh Hour, into the coveted Thursday 10pm spot following CSI.
And the move that upset me the most is the move of The Unit from Tuesday nights to Sunday nights, following Cold Case. The new owner of the Tuesday 9pm spot is The Mentalist.
Here’s the new schedule below:
Monday
Big Bang 8:00PM
How I Met Your Mother 8:30PM
Two and a Half Men 9:00PM
Worst Week 9:30PM
CSI: Miami 10:00PM
Tuesday
NCIS 8:00PM
The Mentalist 9:00PM
Without a Trace 10:00PM
Wednesday
New Adventures of Old Christine 8:00PM
Project Gary 8:30PM
Criminal Minds 9:00PM
CSI: NY 10:00PM
Thursday
Survivor 8:00PM
CSI 9:00PM
Eleventh Hour 10:00PM
Friday
Ghost Whisperer 8:00PM
The Ex-List 9:00PM
Numb3rs 10:00PM
Saturday
48 Hours Mystery 10:00PM
Sunday
The Amazing Race 8:00
Cold Case 9:00
The Unit 10:00
Gone are fan favorites like Cane, Jericho, Moonlight and Shark.
I really like the Monday night schedule. I now know that I am far from the only one who feels something special about How I met Your Mother.Alot of fans do. The Big Bang Theory got better toward the end. I feel CBS knows what its doing.Pairing two shows that appeal to a younger audience is important for this station to get younger. I also am now a big fan of Ghost Whisper. Jennifer Love-Hewitt is young and talented actress.The story line and writing are similar to How I met Your mother. I am very happy for the Unit being renewed.Both How I met Your Mother and the Unit both go on for a fourth season.Also CBS added another night Wednesday for comedy.They now have a balance of comedies and dramas to present to viewers. Now for the bad news.Cancelled: Jericho,Moonlighting and I believe Shark and Cane. Out of these shows Cane was the biggest dissapointment.Jimmy Smiths is a handsome young man and a good actor.I was pulling for the show.However there is no excuse for bad wrting by the producers.Every week the ratings dropped significantly.Moonlighting was OK,but there was a ratings drop after Ghost Whisper.We all feel bad when favorite shows are cancelled.Let CBS know how you feel.
I am not pleased with the plan to move The Unit from Tuesday at 9 pm to Sunday at 10 pm. I want to see it remain in the earlier time slot and on Tuesday.
The Unit is a great show and should not be cancelled or moved.
Dropping Shark is really dumb…if anything, placement in a prime time spot would be better. Shark has good acting, interesting plots, and is the best lawyer show after Boston Legal (too bad I have to go to Fox to get this). Poor treatment of the Unit…moving it to Sunday…delinks it with its natural cousin, NCIS. You had our attention for 2 straight hours and now you push us to record and retime our viewing. Not a good move for your advertisers, CBS. Finally, because of sports run-ons, both Unit and Cold Case will have to be double recorded to capture the entire show, given your nasty habit of insisting on running all of sixty minutes after a delay due to sports. Why not just put some kind of game show or eality tv (snoooooze) Sunday night and those still tossing beer after sports will just leave the set on.
In my humble opinion….