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CBS' 2011-2012 Lineup Is Revealed

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only1moore

Courtesy of CBS:

MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30-9:00 PM 2 BROKE GIRLS
9:00-9:30 PM TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30-10:00 PM MIKE & MOLLY
10:00-11:00 PM HAWAII FIVE-0

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10:00-11:00 PM UNFORGETTABLE

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

THURSDAY
8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN
9:00-10:00 PM PERSON OF INTEREST
10:00-11:00 PM THE MENTALIST

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM A GIFTED MAN
9:00-10:00 PM CSI: NY
10:00-11:00 PM BLUE BLOODS

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
8:30-9:00 PM COMEDYTIME SATURDAY
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00-11:00 PM 48 HOURS MYSTERY

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM THE AMAZING RACE
9:00-10:00 PM THE GOOD WIFE
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: MIAMI

Midseason
The 2-2
 
Hey, Rules of Engagement on Saturdays. That'll absolutely get people home on the couch (the ones that aren't busy watching the dregs of society on parade over on COPS, anyway). ;D

Over/under on how fast Rules bounces back to Mondays or Thursdays if either new sitcom on those nights flops?
 
CBS is sure sticking with a lot of old shows. That seemed to be why they were down this
year.........guess they didn't get it. I think of the 4, ABC seems to have done the best
job with their new shows and schedule.
 
Glad to see CBS is sticking with The Good Wife - even moving it to 9:00 on Sunday. If I remember correctly, the ratings have been decent, but not spectacular.

It's a real quality show - excellent writing and well acted. It's about the only one-hour drama I regularly watch on the Big 3, and a welcome departure from the glut of police procedurals.
 
Good Wife on Sunday vs. the declining Housewives is a good strategic move, not to mention giving Undercover Boss the rest.

They made some kind of move on every single night, which is pretty bold overall. No surprises in what got axed, and a pretty good (on paper) approach to how they deployed the established shows without tinkering with what was working for them.
 
imhomerjay said:
Hey, Rules of Engagement on Saturdays. That'll absolutely get people home on the couch (the ones that aren't busy watching the dregs of society on parade over on COPS, anyway). ;D

Over/under on how fast Rules bounces back to Mondays or Thursdays if either new sitcom on those nights flops?
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I agree, bad move. I really like that show but I'm rarely home on a Saturday night. I guess that's what the DVR is for ;D
 
I wonder...does it have enough fans to even DVR it in substantial numbers? Thus far, it's been largely "protected" by being paired up with established shows. Were people watching it because it fit well enough with a fellow comedy (when the other networks' shows were already in progress at the bottom of the hour), or does it have enough juice to go it alone? I haven't seen the kind of buzz around it that, for instance, Big Bang Theory had that would support a "this can stand on its own" approach.

At this point, with syndication on the horizon, packing on some more episodes to get the most out of that package will be as much a benefit as anything.
 
imhomerjay said:
I wonder...does it have enough fans to even DVR it in substantial numbers? Thus far, it's been largely "protected" by being paired up with established shows. Were people watching it because it fit well enough with a fellow comedy (when the other networks' shows were already in progress at the bottom of the hour), or does it have enough juice to go it alone? I haven't seen the kind of buzz around it that, for instance, Big Bang Theory had that would support a "this can stand on its own" approach.

At this point, with syndication on the horizon, packing on some more episodes to get the most out of that package will be as much a benefit as anything.
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I'm guessing that since a full order would put RoE over the magic "88" episode number to sell into syndication, that the production company gave them the season with substantial discounts (enough to make the subpar audience of a Satuday night profitable). Then, after this season, they can cancel the show and the production company can sell it into syndication, making up for any losses sustained this season.

The other benefit is that if any of the other sitcoms flop, they can move RoE to fill the time (assuming of course they run out of midseason replacements).

I wouldn't really count this as "meaningful" content for a Saturday night by any means. Now, if they moved a show like Big Bang Theory to Saturdays, that would be a commitment to program on that night, but I'm assuming CBS executives know that such a move would kill the show, much like it did for Married With Children oh so many years ago.
 
I'm glad CBS is bringing back The Amazing Race, but i'm not happy they're dumping Undercover Boss.

Were the ratings that bad that they had to cancel it? Or did more CEOs not want to participate; either way, I really liked that show and its a shame that CBS isn't giving it a third season.
 
They didn't cancel Boss. It comes back as a midseason entry.
 
imhomerjay said:
Hey, Rules of Engagement on Saturdays. That'll absolutely get people home on the couch (the ones that aren't busy watching the dregs of society on parade over on COPS, anyway). ;D
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'ROE' is at 72 episodes, and CBS co-owns the show.
Kuh. Ching.

imhomerjay said:
Over/under on how fast Rules bounces back to Mondays or Thursdays if either new sitcom on those nights flops?
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That's what makes the Saturday move more surprising. The recognizeable show is not at a ratings point where CBS 'needs' to kill it off or let it have a Til' Death-like existence.
 
Wow! I'm down to one-half hour per week (plus CBS Sunday Morning of course). OTOH, I may just stream or download the show online and skip C(BS) altogether.
 
The producers of CSI:NY must be surprised that they weren't cancelled based on the season finale from the other night. The whole episode came across as a SERIES FINALE instead of a season finale. I'm a little surprised it didn't get the ax since it seemed to be on the bubble all season long.
 
Scoobyfan1 said:
Were the ratings that bad that they had to cancel it? Or did more CEOs not want to participate; either way, I really liked that show and its a shame that CBS isn't giving it a third season.
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I don't understand how Undercover Boss can go on much longer. Haven't enough people seen the show now that any CEO going undercover is not going to be able to fool his/her employees with the old "training video" bit?
 
ansky212 said:
Scoobyfan1 said:
Were the ratings that bad that they had to cancel it? Or did more CEOs not want to participate; either way, I really liked that show and its a shame that CBS isn't giving it a third season.
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I don't understand how Undercover Boss can go on much longer. Haven't enough people seen the show now that any CEO going undercover is not going to be able to fool his/her employees with the old "training video" bit?
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There are still plenty of big companies out there. With large corporations, most people working for them don't easily know who their CEO's are. Even if they know a name, they might not know them by face. So in those cases, it would be easy for CEO's to go undercover. For where I work at, that wouldn't work, because it's only 1 location. So the in order for that to work, the CEO would actually have to get someone else to play the part of going undercover (& not someone within the company). I personally would like the CEO of the company I work for know how hard it is to do the job. It's not that easy, & the criteria set for the different jobs cause a big turnover, & end up with lots of quality problems.
 
ansky212 said:
Scoobyfan1 said:
Were the ratings that bad that they had to cancel it? Or did more CEOs not want to participate; either way, I really liked that show and its a shame that CBS isn't giving it a third season.
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I don't understand how Undercover Boss can go on much longer. Haven't enough people seen the show now that any CEO going undercover is not going to be able to fool his/her employees with the old "training video" bit?
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It's two people competing for the same job now. I would like to have seen more of the "successful" applicant. Occasionally they would do that and I liked seeing someone actually do well. The real fun of the show is that the boss CAN'T do the job, of course. But what I like best is seeing the boss improve things.
 
imhomerjay said:
Hey, Rules of Engagement on Saturdays. That'll absolutely get people home on the couch (the ones that aren't busy watching the dregs of society on parade over on COPS, anyway). ;D

Over/under on how fast Rules bounces back to Mondays or Thursdays if either new sitcom on those nights flops?
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I have the show on TiVo but I don't like the idea of Saturday, since that's movie night for me. If not ABC, the My Network station often has something I want to see.

I think Timmy has been a vbaluable addition to this show, though I started watching for David Spade and he always manages to make me happy.

If this show had been cancelled he would have been an excellent replacement for Charlie Sheen.
 
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