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CBS 2014-15

Fall 2014

Mondays
8:00PM The Big Bang Theory / 2 Broke Girls (later in the season)
8:30PM Mom
9:00PM Scorpion (NEW!)
10:00PM NCIS: Los Angeles

Tuesdays
8:00PM NCIS
9:00PM NCIS: New Orleans (NEW!)
10:00PM Person of Interest

Wednesdays
8:00PM Survivor
9:00PM Criminal Minds
10:00PM Stalker (NEW!)

Thursdays
8:00PM NFL Thursday Night Football (Sept. 11-Oct. 23) / The Big Bang Theory (as of Oct. 30)
8:30PM The Millers (as of Oct. 30)
9:00PM Two and a Half Men (as of Oct. 30)
9:30PM The McCarthys (NEW!) (as of Oct. 30)
10:00PM Elementary (as of Oct. 30)

Fridays
8:00PM The Amazing Race
9:00PM Hawaii Five-0
10:00PM Blue Bloods

Saturdays
8:00PM Crimetime Saturday (encores)
9:00PM Crimetime Saturday (encores)
10:00PM 48 Hours

Sundays
7:00PM 60 Minutes
8:00PM Madam Secretary (NEW!
9:00PM The Good Wife
10:00PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation / CSI: Cyber (NEW!) (later in the season)


Unscheduled Mid-Season 2015:
COMEDY: The Odd Couple (NEW), Mike & Molly (returning)
DRAMA: Battle Creek (NEW), CSI: Cyber (NEW), The Mentalist (returning)
REALITY: Undercover Boss

CBS ANNOUNCES ITS 2014-2015 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

America’s Most-Watched Network to Introduce Eight New Series,
Including Five New Shows for Fall and “NFL Thursday Night Football”

The New Fall Series Include Dramas “Madam Secretary,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Scorpion” and “Stalker,” Plus the Comedy “The McCarthys”

“NFL Thursday Night Football” Kicks Off on CBS on Sept. 11

Network Makes “Big” Moves on Monday, Launching the Season
With “The Big Bang Theory” at 8:00 PM, Adding New Drama “Scorpion” at 9:00 PM And Capping the Night with “NCIS: Los Angeles” at 10:00 PM

CBS’s Top-Rated Thursday Entertainment Lineup Returns Oct. 30
With “The Big Bang Theory” Back at 8:00 PM

“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” Shifts to 10:00 PM Sundays;
Spinoff “CSI: Cyber” Moves into the Time Period in Spring 2015

“Battle Creek,” From Acclaimed Producers Vince Gilligan and David Shore,
And “The Odd Couple” to Premiere Later This Season

21 Series Return to Television’s Strongest Schedule

CBS today unveiled its 2014-2015 primetime schedule, featuring eight new series – with five to launch in the fall – as well as the premiere of NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on the Network.

CBS, which will finish the current season as America’s most-watched network in viewers for the 11th time in 12 years, is introducing four new dramas and one new comedy this fall.

The new fall series are the drama MADAM SECRETARY, starring Téa Leoni as the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State; NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, a spinoff of the #1 drama series NCIS, starring Golden Globe Award winner Scott Bakula; SCORPION, a high-octane drama starring Elyes Gabel, Robert Patrick and Katharine McPhee, inspired by the true story of an eccentric genius and his team of brilliant misfits working to protect the U.S. from high-tech threats; the psychological thriller STALKER, starring Maggie Q and Golden Globe Award winner Dylan McDermott as detectives who investigate stalking incidents; and the ensemble comedy THE McCARTHYS, starring three-time Emmy Award winner Laurie Metcalf, Jack McGee, Tyler Ritter and Joey McIntyre as members of a sports-crazed Boston family.

In addition to the new shows and the return of 21 established series, many of which rank among the top-rated shows on television, CBS will add NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL to its primetime lineup. The Thursday broadcasts, which will feature CBS’s lead broadcasters and production team, including Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, kick off on Sept. 11 with Pittsburgh-Baltimore from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. CBS’s James Brown and Bill Cowher, along with NFL Network’s Deion Sanders, also will team up on the CBS and NFL Network primetime pre-game and halftime coverage each Thursday night.

CBS’s top-rated Thursday entertainment lineup will debut Oct. 30, with original episodes for most of the broadcast season.

For fall, the nine returning dramas are NCIS, television’s #1 drama; NCIS: LOS ANGELES, the #2 drama; time-period winners PERSON OF INTEREST, CRIMINAL MINDS, ELEMENTARY, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, HAWAII FIVE-0 and BLUE BLOODS; and the acclaimed drama THE GOOD WIFE. The five returning comedies are THE BIG BANG THEORY, the #1 scripted series; THE MILLERS, which is the #1 freshman comedy of the 2013-2014 season; 2 BROKE GIRLS; the critically acclaimed MOM; and the long-running hit TWO AND A HALF MEN, which starts its 12th – and final – season. From alternative programming, the returning series are Emmy Award-winning reality series THE AMAZING RACE and SURVIVOR. From News comes 60 MINUTES, television’s #1 news program for more than four decades, and 48 HOURS, Saturday’s #1 non-sports program.

The returning series to be launched later in the season are three established hits: the comedy MIKE & MOLLY, starring Academy Award nominee Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell; the drama THE MENTALIST, starring Simon Baker; and the two-time Emmy Award-winning reality series UNDERCOVER BOSS.

Additional new series orders include BATTLE CREEK, the unique police drama series from Vince Gilligan (“Breaking Bad”) and David Shore (“House”), starring Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters; a modern take on the classic comedy THE ODD COUPLE, starring Matthew Perry as the loveable slob Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as uptight neat freak Felix Unger; and CSI: CYBER, a CSI spinoff from the creative team behind the signature series, starring Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette as an investigator who delves into the world of digital crime.

“These eight new series and THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL add to the strength and stability of a Network that is returning 21 shows,” said Nina Tassler, Chairman, CBS Entertainment. “They will be part of an all-season, year-round strategy of original programming that starts in the summer with UNDER THE DOME and EXTANT, rolls into the fall with football and new series premieres, and extends into 2015 with the launch of more new and returning shows.”

The 2014-2015 night-by-night schedule follows:

MONDAYS – The #1 scripted series THE BIG BANG THEORY moves to 8:00 PM to start the season, providing a strong launch pad for the night. When THE BIG BANG THEORY returns to its Thursday night home, 2 BROKE GIRLS moves to the 8:00 PM slot, paired nicely with the critically acclaimed MOM, this year’s #2 new comedy, which is moving to 8:30 PM. At 9:00 PM, SCORPION, a new high-octane drama with a lot of humor, leads into NCIS: LOS ANGELES, broadcast television’s second-most-watched drama, which moves to Monday at 10:00 PM, delivering a strong finish to the night.

TUESDAYS – Television’s most-watched drama, NCIS, is back at 8:00 PM as a seamless lead-in to its spinoff, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, at 9:00 PM. PERSON OF INTEREST returns at 10:00 PM, where it increased the time period by nearly +30% in key demographics this season, contributing to a consistently dominant night.

WEDNESDAYS – The resurgent reality series SURVIVOR returns at 8:00 PM, following another time period-winning season in viewers and demographics. CRIMINAL MINDS, which increased its audience this year and was the #1 program of the night, returns at 9:00 PM as an ideal lead-in for the gripping new psychological thriller STALKER at 10:00 PM.

THURSDAYS – NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL kicks off on Sept. 11, giving CBS a strong platform to launch the new season. The Network’s top-rated entertainment schedule resumes on Oct. 30, offering virtually all new episodes for the rest of the season. THE BIG BANG THEORY moves back to its 8:00 PM slot, leading into THE MILLERS, last season’s #1 new comedy in viewers and demographics, at 8:30 PM. With the popular TWO AND A HALF MEN returning at 9:00 PM, the new multi-camera family comedy THE McCARTHYS has three top comedies leading into its 9:30 PM slot. ELEMENTARY caps the night, returning to its time period-winning 10:00 PM slot.

FRIDAYS – At 8:00 PM, THE AMAZING RACE becomes the latest Emmy Award-winning reality series to open Friday night. It joins the top-rated duo of HAWAII FIVE-0 at 9:00 PM and the night’s #1 program, BLUE BLOODS, at 10:00 PM.

SATURDAYS – CBS’s Saturday lineup features CRIMETIME SATURDAY, encore broadcasts of the Network’s popular dramas at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, followed by the night’s top-rated series for the last eight years, 48 HOURS, at 10:00 PM.

SUNDAYS – Two key time period changes bolster the night. The renowned 60 MINUTES, television’s #1 news program, returns at 7:00 PM. Joining the night at 8:00 PM is the new stately drama series MADAM SECRETARY, providing an ideal bridge between 60 MINUTES and one of television’s finest dramas, THE GOOD WIFE, at 9:00 PM. The popular CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION is new to the night at 10:00 PM. When it completes its run of original episodes, the new CSI spinoff, CSI: CYBER, will take over, creating an extended run of original episodes in the time period.

The New Fall Dramas:

MADAM SECRETARY stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, the shrewd, determined, newly appointed Secretary of State who drives international diplomacy, battles office politics and circumvents protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home. A college professor and a brilliant former CIA analyst who left for ethical reasons, Elizabeth returns to public life at the request of the President following the suspicious death of her predecessor. The President values her apolitical leanings, her deep knowledge of the Middle East, her flair for languages and her ability to not just think outside the box, but to not even acknowledge there is a box. McCord’s team includes her Chief of Staff Nadine Tolliver (Emmy Award winner Bebe Neuwirth), speechwriter Matt Mahoney (Geoffrey Arend), press coordinator Daisy Grant (Patina Miller) and her charming assistant, Blake Moran (Erich Bergen). As McCord debates third world problems and finesses foreign dignitaries at work, that’s just a warm-up for when she goes home to her supportive husband Henry (Tim Daly) and their two bright children (Katherine Herzer and Evan Roe), where “politics” and “compromise” take on new meaning. MADAM SECRETARY is a CBS Television Studios production, in association with Revelations Entertainment. Barbara Hall (“Judging Amy”) is an executive producer with Revelations’ Lori McCreary and Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Morgan Freeman, and David Semel. The pilot was directed by David Semel.

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS is a drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in the Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence. Leading the team is Special Agent Dwayne Pride (Golden Globe Award winner Scott Bakula), aka “King,” a native of NOLA who is driven by his need to do what is right. Working with Pride is Special Agent Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black), who plays hard but works harder; and Special Agent Meredith “Merri” Brody (Zoe McLellan), a charismatic and tough interrogator who transferred from the Great Lakes office in search of a fresh start. Supporting them is coroner Dr. Loretta Wade (CCH Pounder), who is as eccentric as she is smart. This colorful city that harbors a dark side is a magnet for service personnel on leave, and when overindulgence is followed by trouble, Pride’s team is at its best. Gary Glasberg (“NCIS”), Mark Harmon (“NCIS”) and Martha Haight are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

SCORPION, inspired by a true story, is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien (Elyes Gabel) and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis (Eddie Kaye Thomas), an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn (Jadyn Wong), a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd (Ari Stidham), a statistics guru. Pooling their extensive technological knowledge to solve mind-boggling predicaments amazes federal agent Cabe Gallo (Robert Patrick), who shares a harrowing history with O’Brien. However, while this socially awkward group is comfortable with each other’s humor and quirks, life outside their circle confounds them, so they rely on Paige Dineen (Katharine McPhee), who has a young, gifted son, to translate the world for them. At last, these nerdy masterminds have found the perfect job: a place where they can apply their exceptional brainpower to solve the nation’s crises, while also helping each other learn how to fit in. Nick Santora, Emmy Award winner Nicholas Wootton, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Heather Kadin, Walter O’Brien, Scooter Braun and Justin Lin are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios. Justin Lin (“The Fast and the Furious”) directed the pilot.

STALKER stars Maggie Q and Golden Globe Award winner Dylan McDermott in a psychological thriller about detectives who investigate stalking incidents – including voyeurism, cyber harassment and romantic fixation – for the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD. Det. Jack Larsen (McDermott) is a recent transfer to the Unit from New York City’s homicide division, whose confidence, strong personality and questionable behavior has landed him in trouble before – but whose past behavior may also prove valuable in his new job. His boss, Lt. Beth Davis (Maggie Q), is strong, focused and an expert in the field, driven by her traumatic personal experience as a victim. With the rest of their team, young but eager Det. Ben Caldwell (Victor Rasuk) and deceptively smart Det. Janice Lawrence (Mariana Klaveno), Larsen and Davis assess the threat level of cases and respond before the stalking and intimidation spirals out of control, all while trying to keep their personal obsessions at bay. Kevin Williamson (“Scream”) is the executive producer for Warner Bros. Television.

The New Fall Comedy:

THE McCARTHYS is a multi-camera comedy about a loud, sports-crazed Boston family whose somewhat athletically challenged son, Ronny (Tyler Ritter), is chosen by his father to be his assistant high school basketball coach, much to the surprise of his more qualified siblings. Ronny wants nothing more than to move away, join the singles scene and find a partner. His distraught mother, Marjorie (Laurie Metcalf), is not upset that her favorite son is gay, but that he wants to leave Boston and his family. Ronny's plans change, however, when his politically incorrect and outspoken father, Arthur (Jack McGee), stuns everyone with his choice for an assistant. Touched by his father’s offer, Ronny embarks on a completely different future – and he can be sure that his loving, tight-knit family is going to have a very vocal opinion about it. Jimmy Dunn, Joey McIntyre and Kelen Coleman also star. Brian Gallivan, Mike Sikowitz, Will Gluck and Andy Ackerman are the executive producers for Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Television Studios. Emmy Award winner Andy Ackerman directed the pilot.

New Series For Later This Season:

BATTLE CREEK stars Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters in a drama about two mismatched law enforcement officers whose polar opposite views of the world and crime-solving breed frustration, disdain, humor and possibly a grudging respect as they team together to clean up the hardscrabble streets of Battle Creek, Mich. Det. Russ Agnew (Dean Winters), a good but gruff, hard-boiled detective, has his world upended when strikingly handsome, charismatic Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel) opens an FBI field office at the police station and chooses Russ to be his partner. Milt’s polished sophistication and access to unlimited state-of-the-art equipment is impressive to his new co-workers in the absurdly underfunded department. As Russ and Milt work long hours together in the economically distressed city of Battle Creek, the question is: will it be Milt’s charm and endless supply of high-end resources or Russ’s old-fashioned cynicism, guile and deception that prove to be the keys to catching the bad guys in his beloved hometown? Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Edward Fordham and Aubrey Dollar also star. Emmy Award winners Vince Gilligan and David Shore as well as Mark Johnson and Bryan Singer are the executive producers for Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Television Studios.

THE ODD COUPLE stars Matthew Perry as endearing slob Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as uptight neat freak Felix Unger, two former college buddies who become unlikely roommates after the demise of their marriages. It’s not long after Oscar lets Felix move in that Oscar fears he’s made a monumental mistake. However, despite how exasperated they make each other, these mismatched friends agree they can help each other move on from their divorces and somehow make this crazy living arrangement work. Wendell Pierce and Lindsay Sloane also star. Matthew Perry, Emmy Award winner Joe Keenan, Bob Daily, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum are executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

CSI: CYBER stars Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette in a drama inspired by the advanced technological work of real-life CyberPsychologist Mary Aiken. Special Agent Avery Ryan (Arquette) heads the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, a unit at the forefront of solving illegal activities that start in the mind, live online, and play out in the real world. She also knows firsthand how today’s technology allows people to hide in the shadows of the Internet and commit serious crimes of global proportion. While other agents search for criminals in dark homes and alleys, Ryan searches the “dark net,” a place deep in the bowels of the Web where criminals are anonymous, money is untraceable and where everything is for sale with just a keystroke. Emmy Award winner Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony Zuiker, and Emmy Award winners Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

2 Broke Girls & C.S.I.: Cyber will be on my viewing schedule.

I'm kinda surprised that The Amazing Race is moving to Friday night but at least it gives me something to watch on Fridays at 8. Other CBS shows I'll be watching are Survivor and The Big Bang Theory.

They must have very little faith in CSI Cyber, can't remember the last time a new show premiered in the death slot. Amazing Race fans should be happy, they won't have to deal with overruns now. Maybe The Mentalist can replace it when it ends, I would move Undercover Boss to summer. Stalker gets the Criminal Minds lead-in, wish Hostages had gotten the same chance last year. The end of an era, no more 2 hour comedy blocks on Mondays. Good riddance to Two and a Half Men after next year, one of the filthiest shows ever made.

The football overrun is blown way out of proportion. There are only 9 Sundays that CBS will have a late afternoon game that will delay their Prime Time shows. The first two (9/14 and 9/21) are Sundays before the new fall season begins. The last two (12/21 and 12/28) are Sundays in December when CBS only airs reruns. So that leaves 5 Sundays (10/5, 10/26, 11/2, 11/23, & 11/30) where new episodes of shows get delayed. Yes, it's 5 too many for fans of the shows, but the ad revenue CBS makes off that overrun makes up for any loss of audience that can't or won't adjust their viewing times, especially with so many modern means.

As far as CSI: Cyber is concerned, football season will probably be over by the time it premieres.As a fan of The Mentalist and previously Without a Trace that aired on Sundays the overruns are annoying. And just because they don't have a national 4PM game, some areas still have them. There's been 4PM games in my market that weren't the national game. They have everything on demand now but a year ago The Mentalist wasn't available. And for fans who DVR they have to record several shows just to get 1 they want. Football also is not their only sports overrun, they have basketball and golf overruns in the winter and spring. Last summer there was a golf overrun on Monday that caused Under the Dome, a huge hit most times, to air out of primetime and hit a series low.

The football overrun is blown way out of proportion. There are only 9 Sundays that CBS will have a late afternoon game that will delay their Prime Time shows. The first two (9/14 and 9/21) are Sundays before the new fall season begins. The last two (12/21 and 12/28) are Sundays in December when CBS only airs reruns. So that leaves 5 Sundays (10/5, 10/26, 11/2, 11/23, & 11/30) where new episodes of shows get delayed. Yes, it's 5 too many for fans of the shows, but the ad revenue CBS makes off that overrun makes up for any loss of audience that can't or won't adjust their viewing times, especially with so many modern means.As someone who has watched The Amazing Race Sundays at 8 for years now I know it is more often than that. In the fall you have Football, in March you have March Madness and a couple weeks ago The Masters. No matter what time they end CBS always airs the whole episode of 60 Minutes. I think that might be what upsets fans. At least I'm finally free from that torture.

I always DVR The Good Wife and The Mentalist and it's a real pain and I am a football fan. Sometimes I have to DVR 2 hours just to get a one hour show.

As someone who has watched The Amazing Race Sundays at 8 for years now I know it is more often than that. In the fall you have Football, in March you have March Madness and a couple weeks ago The Masters. No matter what time they end CBS always airs the whole episode of 60 Minutes. I think that might be what upsets fans. At least I'm finally free from that torture.
I watched The Amazing Race on Sundays too.
I think it will do great on Fridays.
Look at Shark Tank.
That show is a huge hit for ABC.
I will watch the amazing race wherever it is at.
I watched it since the beginning.

I agree, I kinda gave up on the Amazing Race because of the overrun, especially when the Celebrity Apprentice was on because then they ended up being on at the same time. This Friday move makes me happy.

So after a quick check through wikipedia United States network television schedules since 1949 for CBS Mondays at 9 I have discovered Scorpion is the first time a drama has aired at that time on CBS ever.

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/upfronts-2014-cbs-starts-changing-with-the-times-like-everyone-else

Les Moonves has never been more experimental with his schedule, especially with his decision to not have a two-hour CBS Monday comedy block for the first time since the 1985-86 season.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#CLe4HmymASOgYMvd.99

If there is show called "CSI: Cyber", then will there be a show called "NCIS: Cyber"?

So after a quick check through wikipedia United States network television schedules since 1949 for CBS Mondays at 9 I have discovered Scorpion is the first time a drama has aired at that time on CBS ever.
Yea, it's an end of an era.

NCIS Red was going to be a show. CSI Miami and New York didn't stay. Amazing Race and Survivor are good shows. Unforgettable and Under Dome would also be Midseason Returning shows. Saturday Nights could take 60 Minutes and 7pm hour could before Post game show and something else when no NFL game going on.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-upfront-nixing-repeats-making-704218

"How great is that on the biggest night of television?” said CBS Entertainment boss Nina Tassler. Once the NFL’s CBS Thursday season wraps at the end of October, CBS will have an edge of having mostly fresh episodes to run on Thursdays for the rest of the season. PLUS: Judging the CBS (http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/14/cbs-fall-shows-snap-judgment/) new fall trailers, CBS is actually going back to basics (http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/upfronts-2014-cbs-schedule-analysis.html) with its pilot pickups, there’s a tiny whiff of panic (http://www.avclub.com/article/fall-schedule-analysis-cbs-has-mildly-bad-year-sta-204666) coming from CBS’ new schedule, and check out pics from Vince Gilligan's "Battle Creek." (http://mashable.com/2014/05/14/battle-creek-cbs-breaking-bad-house/)
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#tHxEFiz7R6BztoG8.99

It's the year of dismantled comedy blocks. NBC Thursday, CBS Monday, and even Animation Domination is now only half animated...

http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/56982016/a-rundown-of-cbs-fall-shows

Which version of CSI will you be watching this year?

Will CBS end up doing a "procedural purge" (cancelling all of their procedural shows like NCIS and CSI: Las Vegas) at the end of the 2014-15 season?

Will CBS end up doing a "procedural purge" (cancelling all of their procedural shows like NCIS and CSI: Las Vegas) at the end of the 2014-15 season?They certainly won't get rid of all their procedurals, considering none of their veteran shows left this year. CSI could be a final season but NCIS will go on as long as it remains their highest rated drama and Mark Harmon wants to stay. The Mentalist is likely done after next season (of course that's what we thought this year as well). Elementary is guaranteed renewal being a 3rd season show plus its syndication deal. I don't see NCIS: Los Angeles leaving either, even if it loses some of its Tuesday audience will still be an improvement in its slot over last year. Criminal Minds still gets good ratings, no reason to cancel it. One of Hawaii Five-O or Blue Bloods could go, as a Blue Bloods fan I'm hoping it survives and lasts a long time. And considering The Good Wife is one of their lowest rated dramas and it's more serialized they aren't abandoning their procedural roots, New Orleans will probably be their highest rated new show.

I can see Hawaii Five-0, The Mentalist & The Good Wife cancelled next May, with all the other veteran procedurals staying. In the season after that, CSI will most likely follow, regardless whether CSI Cyber catches on or not.

CSI and NCIS are two way popular shows in CBS:

CSI
CSI: Miami
CSI: New York

NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS: New Orleans (Coming this fall!)

Now it is more interesting when they create these two new shows:

CSI: Cyber
NCIS: Red

http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/tca-cbs-nina-tassler-pressed-on-diversity-of-networks-fall-schedule-supports-reexamining-emmy-rules/

The only minority lead on CBS’ new fall shows is Maggie Q. But CBS boss Nina Tassler pointed out that there is other kinds of diversity on shows like “Elementary,” “The Talk” and even “Two and a Half Men” with its upcoming gay marriage storyline.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#rgCH1by6uDI0HTGq.99

Why is CBS taking so long to announce Under the Dome's renewal? It's down from last year but still getting decent ratings for summer.

Under the Dome's ratings will likely be affected this week and it could be prevented but no. Tennis is scheduled for this Monday from 5:00-8:00, likely overrun which will cause primetime to be delayed. UTD doesn't air until 10:00 so the repeats from 8-10 could easily be joined in progress but I'm sure CBS will insist on airing the entire lineup. The same thing happened last year, and those who DVR Under the Dome were cut off from the last parts of the episode. still ticked at no renewal 2 weeks before the finale, it at least deserves a final 3rd season to wrap things up.

http://www.adweek.com/news-gallery/television/cbss-new-fall-shows-ranked-best-worst-160198

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According to this article at TVSeriesFinale.com (http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/under-the-dome-cancel-or-renew-for-season-three-33988/), CBS may end up renewing Under the Dome for a third season anyway, despite its viewership having fallen way down from Season 1 to Season 2. UTD is profitable for the corporation even before the series had premiered because of deals with Amazon and overseas distributors, and that the series generates US$2.5 million per episode.

This Thursday night Football should be moved to ABC instead. I think CBS is getting too greedy on NFL too much lately.

First schedule change of the new season: Season 2 of Mom is delayed to October 30; The Big Bang Theory hour at 8:00 PM will continue (with an original episode on the first half-hour and then a repeat on the second half-hour until October 13; The Millers will return for its Season 2 on October 20, before it settles into its regular time period (post-BBT) on October 30.

http://deadline.com/2014/09/mom-the-millers-cbs-scheduling-change-841182/

Scorpion was fantastic! It's probably this year's best new show. Madam Secretary on the other hand was really boring. Tea Leoni is a poor choice for lead actress.

According to spoilertv.com, the fifteenth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will have 20 episodes rather than 22.

Also, CBS reportedly ordered 25 episodes for the fifth season of Hawaii Five-0.

And in other news, it has been confirmed today that season seven of The Mentalist will be its last, according to a tweet by its co-star Tim Kang.

Also, CBS reportedly ordered 25 episodes for the fifth season of Hawaii Five-0.They'd better order 25 episodes of Blue Bloods then, a much better show than Hawaii and comparable ratings. Plus 5-0 has already bombed in syndication while Blue Bloods just started.

Scorpion has been getting mixed/average to negative reviews from critics, but so far, it has gotten above a 3.0 in the 18 to 49 demographic with over 13 million total viewers. At this point, Scorpion will likely get a full-season order.

Stalker... that show's critical reviews are even worse; like, overwhelming dislike, panned by the critics, even though some may like the show just because of Maggie Q from The CW's Nikita. I see this being a ratings failure and quickly cancelled.

Usually, new shows with mixed to negative critical reviews are not gonna last very long on CBS. Examples of quickly-cancelled CBS shows with negative reviews: How to Be a Gentleman, Made in Jersey, Partners (2012), We Are Men.

Scorpion is a wonderful drama, the best new show this year. Critics don't know what they're talking about. And it only dropped a tenth from the premiere with a 3.1 despite a weaker lead-in, that's a very good sign.

^^Let's wait and see where the ratings and viewership of Scorpion end up after Big Bang Theory moves back to Thursdays at the end of October.

I also think that Stalker will get cancelled and pulled from the schedule after around four episodes due to low ratings and bad reviews. After that, CSI, which is struggling on Sunday nights, will end up back on the Wednesday at 10 timeslot. The Mentalist's final season can take either the Friday at 8 or Sunday at 10 slot starting in January (assuming The Amazing Race doesn't have a 2nd cycle during this season on Fridays).

Edit: How about this? After Stalker is pulled from the schedule, CSI can move to Thursdays at 10pm, and Elementary can be shifted to Wednesdays at 10pm.

In either case, drama repeats can fill the Sundays at 10pm timeslot and then, starting in January, the 7th and final season of The Mentalist is ready to take over.

In unrelated news, Under the Dome and Extant have been renewed for next summer, and Reckless has been fired after one season.

http://deadline.com/2014/10/under-the-dome-extant-renewed-reckless-cancelled-cbs-848606/

Edit: Unforgettable has been fired (for the second time), after three seasons.

http://deadline.com/2014/10/unforgettable-cancelled-cbs-849580/ ("http://deadline.com/2014/10/unforgettable-cancelled-cbs-849580)

Bad news: The current season order for CSI has been cut to 18 episodes.

http://deadline.com/2014/10/csi-season-15-order-reduced-series-end-858742/

Can someone tell me why the sitcoms all start so late ? Normally they start the end of september and now it starts 30 october .... Check two and a half man for example . And the comedy's will be less on TV i read or is it just a changing of variety on tv ?

^^CBS acquired Thursday Night Football for seven weeks in September and October, and they gave up one hour of comedy on Mondays for Scorpion.

They'd better order 25 episodes of Blue Bloods then, a much better show than Hawaii and comparable ratings. Plus 5-0 has already bombed in syndication while Blue Bloods just started.
I enjoy Blue Bloods, especially since they've stepped up the role of Jamie Reagan. I've liked Will Estes since the days of American Dreams.

NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Stalker, and Madam Secretary get full-season orders.

http://deadline.com/2014/10/scorpion-ncis-new-orleans-madam-secretary-stalker-full-season-orders-cbs-863128/

Madam Secretary, NCIS: New Orleans, and Scorpion are getting nine additional episodes. The network's inventory is becoming even tighter, though, and ratings/viewership for at least two of the new dramas (most likely Stalker) could slip to unsatisfactory levels at anytime. There are also three drama series on tap for midseason or summer, Battle Creek, CSI: Cyber, and the last season of The Mentalist, as well as the 5th season of sitcom Mike & Molly.

Yay for Scorpion, this year's best new show.

The Mentalist Final Season Confirmed, Gets Premiere Date

The seventh and final season of The Mentalist, which will have 13 episodes, will begin on Sunday, November 30, and will remain on Sundays until December 28; Then on January 7, 2015, it will relocate to the Wednesday-at-8 time slot until a two-hour series finale airs on February 18.

The midseason scheduling release also announced the following:
* Undercover Boss will return with three Sunday episodes — opening the Eye’s line-up on Dec. 14, 21 and 28, while Madam Secretary is on holiday — before moving to the Friday lead-off spot on Jan. 2.

* Survivor‘s season finale (two hours plus a reunion show) will air Wednesday, Dec. 17, while The Amazing Race wraps its current run on Friday, Dec. 19. Survivor and Amazing Race kick off their spring cycles on Wednesday, Feb. 25, each with a 90-minute opener; Race then returns to its Fridays-at-8 time slot on Feb. 27.

* The Good Wife and Madam Secretary will air their fall finales on Nov. 23 and 30, respectively, then resume their seasons Jan. 4.

http://deadline.com/2014/11/the-mentalist-final-season-premiere-date-undercover-boss-cbs-1201273104/

CBS is airing new episodes of all their Thursday shows on Thanksgiving except The Big Bang Theory. I realize they started a few weeks late but still, wasting new episodes on Thanksgiving? especially with football on NBC instead of the usual NFL Network. They could have saved those episodes for a week that would have been repeats in 2015. I do remember watching a new episode of Without a Trace on Thanksgiving awhile back but it was part of sweeps then.

I think Scorpion will do better than both CSI and NCIS shows, IMO.

BREAKING!!! CBS cancels The Millers

http://deadline.com/2014/11/the-millers-cancelled-cbs-1201284943/

I suppose it's true. If a young sitcom hits below a 2.0 in the 18-49 demo, it's dead on CBS. I suppose CBS must like Mom better than The Millers. If The McCarthys ends up being cancelled/pulled from the schedule as well, the fifth season of Mike & Molly can take either cancelled sitcom's former timeslot in January. CBS will never have a good sitcom that they fully own/produce in-house.

TV by the Numbers will have big egg on its face. They were 100% certain The Millers would get another 2 seasons to bring it to syndication.

TV by the Numbers will have big egg on its face. They were 100% certain The Millers would get another 2 seasons to bring it to syndication.
They haven't even announced it over there yet. They are the last big rating site not to. lol

The Hollywood Film Awards bombed with an 0.5/0.4 for post show. CBS tied the CW for last place. I don't think they'll be airing this again! It makes Blue Bloods look really good. :)

Mike & Molly returns December 8th at 8:30PM replacing The Millers.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/17/mike-molly-cbs-season5/

Does anyone think Thursday Night Football should return to CBS for a second year in 2015-16? I'm quite unsure about this, and I thought I would reserve any judgment for until after the TNF tenure on CBS has finished.

Does anyone think Thursday Night Football should return to CBS for a second year in 2015-16? I'm quite unsure about this, and I thought I would reserve any judgment for until after the TNF tenure on CBS has finished.I am not sure about it returning next season I know it was a success but I am not sure that it was the runaway watercooler success that cbs was counting on like nbc;s sunday night football is the cbs Thursday games just did not seem to genareat the same kind of buzz

Demo ratings and viewership for NFL Thursday Night Football on CBS alone:

September 11: Steelers - Ravens: 5.5 demo rating, 15.91 million
September 18: Buccaneers - Falcons: 3.3 demo rating, 9.24 million
September 25: Giants - Redskins: 4.5 demo rating, 12.54 million
October 2: Vikings - Packers: 4.4 demo rating, 12.87 million
October 9: Colts - Texans: 3.8 demo rating, 11.91 million
October 16: Jets - Patriots: 3.9 demo rating, 12.47 million
October 23: Chargers - Broncos: 4.8 demo rating, 15.11 million

Combined demo ratings and viewership for NFL Thursday Night Football on both CBS and NFL Network:

September 11: Steelers - Ravens: 7.5 demo rating, 20.77 million
September 18: Buccaneers - Falcons: 4.5 demo rating, 11.88 million
September 25: Giants - Redskins: 6.0 demo rating, 16.29 million
October 2: Vikings - Packers: 5.9 demo rating, 16.54 million
October 9: Colts - Texans: 5.4 demo rating, 15.85 million
October 16: Jets - Patriots: 5.4 demo rating, 16.09 million
October 23: Chargers - Broncos: 6.7 demo rating, 20.22 million

Source: TVbytheNumbers.

The McCarthys has been picked up for an additional 2 episodes, bringing the 1st season to 15 episodes.

Battle Creek will air Sundays at 10:00 starting March 1. CSI will have concluded its season or series two weeks earlier. CSI Cyber will air Wednesdays at 10:00 starting March 4 replacing Stalker, it will have 3 episodes left to air.
CBS must not have any faith in Battle Creek. It should have aired Thursdays at 10:00 with Elementary moving to the death slot for this year and next.

David Letterman's last show will air Wednesday, May 20, presumably the last day of May sweeps.

Does anyone think Thursday Night Football should return to CBS for a second year in 2015-16? I'm quite unsure about this, and I thought I would reserve any judgment for until after the TNF tenure on CBS has finished.

I think ABC would like TNF next season.

Instead of having Big Bang Theory reruns at 9:00 P.M., do you think the final season of Two and a Half Men should have been a full season of ~22 episodes. The size of TaaHM's 12th season order (16 episodes) is a clear indication that CBS is ready to move on. I assume that those BBT reruns are airing because BBT has to regain any momentum it could lose from airing against ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Any of the following things may happen:

1. CBS opts for a second year of NFL Thursday Night Football.
2. 2 Broke Girls moves to Thursdays for 2015-16.
3. If the new version of The Odd Couple gets renewed, it should move to Mondays.

I think ABC would like TNF next season.

No, they wouldn't. ABC is killing it with their Shondaland line-up!

Now I'm fearing that another year of Thursday Night Football (a full season of it, at least) will end up killing the CBS comedy division. The Big Bang Theory's current season slipped from a 5.4 demo rating to a 3.9. I hope the sitcom will recover from that 3.9, it can't stay at that level for long. Personally, a move (back) to Mondays full-time for TBBT will only be a bad thing for me because I like to watch TBBT and WWE Raw on USA Network. I think this will hasten The Big Bang Theory's demise and hurt the CBS comedy division rather than help it.

All of CBS's returning shows are down in demo ratings and viewership, and the only one that is up is Mom, but that is only because it follows TBBT.

Also, because a full season of TNF can take up half a season (~15 weeks), some CBS comedies may not even get full seasons next year.

Craig Ferguson's final show with Jay Leno was pretty good (my first time watching). I liked the skeleton sidekick and the Bob Newhart horse. CBS made a big mistake passing on Craig for Stephen Colbert.

CBS is airing ads for the new year highlighting their top shows. NCIS: New Orleans is billed as the top new drama while Scorpion and Madam Secretary are referred to as hits. Noticeably absent is Stalker, it is their one new fall drama that doesn't have a chance of coming back for a 2nd season.

At this point, I only see two new shows from this season getting renewed for next season: Scorpion and NCIS: New Orleans. (Aside from this, Scorpion has been chosen as the lead-out for the AFC Championship Game.)

Also, CSI's ratings woes in its Sundays-at-10 timeslot (averaging a 1.3 in the demo and 8 million viewers) gets me hoping that Battle Creek and CSI: Cyber both end up flopping in the ratings (I shouldn't care who stars in those shows anyway). CSI used to get around 28 million viewers at its peak, now it is down to just over a fourth of that number. CBS will have a serious inventory problem soon, but it's not going to be as easy to terminate a long-running (former) hit show as it was in the past. Why launch a spinoff of an existing show if you're just gonna end up cancelling that existing show? CSI: Cyber shouldn't have gotten a series order at all.

I think, at this point, there will (or should) be one more season of the original CSI after this one, and I am kind of optimistic about it. At least one CSI show needs to have a decent or proper send-off at the end of its original run, and that is the original. It will be a real tragedy if it does not. If CSI does get cancelled after this season, I can blame all of the new dramas this season (irrespective of whether they get cancelled or renewed for next season).

CBS doesn't update their on demand ads much. I saw an ad for The Millers today. :lol:

Scorpion, NCIS: New Orleans, and Madam Secretary have been renewed for 2nd seasons.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/01/12/ncis-new-orleans-madam-secretary-scorpion-renewed-for-second-seasons-by-cbs/349289/

Gary Sinise will be the star of the Criminal Minds spin-off.

Ugh, another spinoff? CBS right now will have spun-off all of the crime scene trifecta (CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds). There will not be much space for the Criminal Minds spinoff if it is picked up to series for next season, no matter who stars in it.

CBS is continuing with its Thursday Night Football package next year.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/01/18/cbs-and-nfl-to-continue-thursday-night-football-partnership-for-2015-season/351537/

^^Oh, sure, kill your own comedy division, CBS... :(

what I might do for CBS next year

Sunday
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Madam Secretary
9:00 The Good Wife
10:00 Elementary

Monday
8:00 The Big Bang Theory- having 2 nights for it this season hurt it, just keep it on Mondays next season with football coming back. Big Bang started out better on Mondays, hurt The Voice, and helped Scorpion.
8:30 New Sitcom/The Odd Couple
9:00 Scorpion
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

Tuesday
8:00 NCIS
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans
10:00 New Drama

Wednesday
8:00 2 Broke Girls
8:30 Mom/Mike and Molly
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 Criminal Minds spin-off- should be better received this time with a bigger star

Thursday after football
8:00 New Family Drama- this slot is where The Waltons thrived for a decade and Grey's Anatomy is now the weakest of the TGIT lineup.
9:00 Survivor- 2 hour episodes fall cycle, CSI: Cyber at 10:00 spring cycle. If Cyber totally bombs final season of original CSI can go here.
I moved Survivor back to Thursdays so it would still have a strong anchor if Big Bang stays on Mondays.

Friday
8:00 The Amazing Race/Undercover Boss
9:00 Person of Interest
10:00 Blue Bloods

Midseason: CSI final season, used as bridge like The Mentalist this year, Battle Creek if it does well

Cancelled
Hawaii Five-O, Stalker, The McCarthys

CBS Pulls The McCarthys

CBS has pulled freshman comedy The McCarthys from its schedule effective immediately. Since its October premiere, the series has struggled to find a sizable audience in its Thursday night time slot behind Two and a Half Men.
The move, which effectively cancels the show, comes after its 11th episode, cutting its season short by four of a total of 15 episodes ordered.


http://www.ismyshowcancelled.com/article/2015-02-04/cbs-pulls-the-mccarthys/2/#Comments

what I might do for CBS next year

Sunday
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 Madam Secretary
9:00 The Good Wife
10:00 Elementary

Monday
8:00 The Big Bang Theory- having 2 nights for it this season hurt it, just keep it on Mondays next season with football coming back. Big Bang started out better on Mondays, hurt The Voice, and helped Scorpion.
8:30 New Sitcom/The Odd Couple
9:00 Scorpion
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

Tuesday
8:00 NCIS
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans
10:00 New Drama

Wednesday
8:00 2 Broke Girls
8:30 Mom/Mike and Molly
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 Criminal Minds spin-off- should be better received this time with a bigger star

Thursday after football
8:00 New Family Drama- this slot is where The Waltons thrived for a decade and Grey's Anatomy is now the weakest of the TGIT lineup.
9:00 Survivor- 2 hour episodes fall cycle, CSI: Cyber at 10:00 spring cycle. If Cyber totally bombs final season of original CSI can go here.
I moved Survivor back to Thursdays so it would still have a strong anchor if Big Bang stays on Mondays.

Friday
8:00 The Amazing Race/Undercover Boss
9:00 Person of Interest
10:00 Blue Bloods

Midseason: CSI final season, used as bridge like The Mentalist this year, Battle Creek if it does well

Cancelled
Hawaii Five-O, Stalker, The McCarthys
Hawaii five-O cancellled? Oh well it didn't have a long run like the original but it was fun. Aloha.

Hawaii five-O cancellled? Oh well it didn't have a long run like the original but it was fun. Aloha.That's what I would do, it's not official yet. But I would say Hawaii is more likely to be cancelled than Blue Bloods, which is doing well in syndication, and The Good Wife, which has critical acclaim and was supposedly meant for a 7 year run. Some shows will move to Friday and Sunday so new shows will air on weeknights. Elementary is doing terrible but guaranteed another season because of its syndication deal. I think it will end up Sundays at 10:00 and Person of Interest will move to Fridays at 9:00. POI has hit a few series lows and is not owned by CBS so it could get cut before Hawaii Five-O. But every veteran drama they have cancelled recently has been on Fridays or Sundays. Another possibility is if The Amazing Race is shipped to summer or between Survivor cycles, Hawaii is more likely to stay on the schedule. I also have CSI getting a final bridge season but it could easily get canned with the episode order getting cut and them burning through three episodes in a 3 day period.

Will "NCIS: Red" be the new CBS Tuesday Night crime drama for next year?

Will "NCIS: Red" be the new CBS Tuesday Night crime drama for next year?That was a backdoor pilot from 2 years ago that didn't get picked up. NCIS: New Orleans made it onto the schedule instead.

Unforgettable is the show that won't die. It has been uncancelled a 2nd time. It is moving to A&E for a 13 episode 4th season.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/06/unforgettable-un-canceled-by-ae-for-season-4/360497/

That was a backdoor pilot from 2 years ago that didn't get picked up. NCIS: New Orleans made it onto the schedule instead.


How about if that "NCIS: Red" becomes a frontdoor pilot to get picked up in the future by CBS?

The Odd Couple reboot isn't worth it, an easy last place on this year's episode track.

Maybe there should be a fourth NCIS to make it more balanced and this should be titled: "NCIS: Seattle".

There are lots of shooting deaths occurring in the entire Washington state right now in real life, which is 100% reasonable.

Battle Creek was very underwhelming, no wonder CBS put it in the death slot. The best part of the show was the Cadbury egg commercial.

CSI:Cyber is already online.

I liked the CSI Cyber premiere, this show is a keeper!

I'm surprised The Dovekeepers miniseries did that bad (night 1 did just 1.0 out of a 2.1 NCIS lead-in). Not much competition and I thought more Ziva fans from NCIS would have watched.

CBS finale dates: includes 2 hour CSI Cyber finale, 1 hour Odd Couple finale, 2 hour Hawaii Five-O finale, and Stalker moving to Mondays after Scorpion finishes. I think it's ridiculous they didn't order extra episodes of Scorpion to have the same amount as NCIS: Los Angeles. Instead the low-rated Hawaii Five-O gets 3 additional episodes.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/01/cbs-announces-season-finale-dates-for-the-big-bang-theory-ncis-stalker-returns-may-4/383119/

This coming Thursday (April 9), Mom will be airing an original episode in the 9:00 P.M. Eastern timeslot, switching places with repeats of The Big Bang Theory. Could Mom air in that 9 PM timeslot for the remainder of Season 2? Because the Big Bang repeats are essentially filler, and what kind of sitcom gets filler as a lead-in?

I Love Lucy will be airing 2 episodes in May sweeps on CBS! Sunday May 17 from 8-9PM. Perfect night for it as Once Upon a Time ends a week earlier.

CSI Cyber hit a series low 1.2 last night. not good at all :( I had been holding out hope for a renewal but this does not help. Hopefully CBS takes into account not airing on its normal night and being surrounded by repeats.

Might as well try creating NCIS: Seattle.

Madam Secretary hit a series low 1.0 last night, was definitely renewed prematurely. What CBS should do next year is have MS only make 13 episodes then The Amazing Race can move back to its former slot in the spring.

http://variety.com/gallery/network-tv-comparison-shows-ratings/#!2/cbs/

CBS

What’s Working: “The Big Bang Theory” remains TV’s top comedy, and has helped nurture “Mom” into a success in its second season (and already renewed for a third) and helped new half-hour “The Odd Couple” produce pretty good numbers. Monday drama “Scorpion” has been one of the season’s strongest new series, while “NCIS: New Orleans” and “Madam Secretary” are older-skewing rookies that nevertheless attract lots of viewers. “NCIS” remains remarkably solid for a show in its 12th season and the move of spinoff “NCIS: Los Angeles” to Monday has resulted in nice timeslot gains.

What’s Not: “The Amazing Race” may be getting close to the finish line, as it has looked tired in the ratings on Friday and doesn’t mesh well with the net’s dramas on the night. Another critical fave, “The Good Wife,” is also slumping and will always be more of a prestige show than ratings draw. The two new Wednesday dramas on CBS this season, “Stalker” and “CSI: Cyber,” have been nothing special behind the still-potent “Criminal Minds,” and midseason drama “Battle Creek” struggled on Sunday.

What’s Next: The net is airing three high-profile original scripted dramas this summer, with returnees “Under the Dome” and “Extant” joined by “Zoo,” an animal-attack thriller based on the James Patterson novel. The latenight transition is also a high priority for CBS, with Stephen Colbert taking over “The Late Show” in late summer. Among the projects in the works for next season are a “Criminal Minds” spinoff fronted by Gary Sinise and “Supergirl” from Greg Berlanti.

Ratings: With a boost from primetime football, CBS will finish the season as runner-up to NBC in adults 18-49 while edging it out in adults 25-54. It rolled as usual in total viewers, and will finish as primetime’s most popular network overall for the 12th time in 13 seasons.

Key Shows

"The Big Bang Theory": No. 1 comedy also fares well in repeats.

"NCIS": There’s no slowing TV’s most popular drama.

"Scorpion": One of the season’s biggest new hits.

Person of Interest hit a really terrible 1.1 demo for its season 4 finale last night, Now is it possible that CBS goes ahead with that Procedural Purge I was talking about, especially after all of their ratings and viewership have declined throughout this season? Or at least the entire CBS drama division will have the episode orders for their future seasons cut to like, say, anywhere below 20 episodes? That would mean only the CBS comedy division can get full seasons.

One show hits a 1.1 and you're calling for all CBS dramas to have their episode orders cut? That doesn't make any sense. There are still dramas that do well for CBS.

If anything Scorpion needed more episodes this year so it could end with NCIS: Los Angeles. The last 2 weeks of ratings have proved Scorpion is their Monday MVP.

One show hits a 1.1 and you're calling for all CBS dramas to have their episode orders cut? That doesn't make any sense. There are still dramas that do well for CBS.

Actually, I first mentioned that "Procedural Purge" situation on Page 2 of this thread. If there were a proposal to reduce the season orders of the entire CBS drama division, I'd let only one of the dramas, likely a couple, still have full seasons, and everyone else can have shortened seasons. Under such a proposal, I'd choose NCIS, and maybe Criminal Minds and Scorpion.

Also, Supergirl has officially been picked up to series by CBS for next season, according to Deadline.

Supergirl is the one show I'll look forward to watching.

CSI: Cyber is renewed (yay)! The McCarthys, Stalker, and Battle Creek are cancelled. CBS is taking forever to make their remaining renewal announcements.

CBS renews most of its lineup. CSI is the holdout that wasn't already cancelled, but will likely have a 2 hour wrapup movie.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-renews-good-wife-person-794821

Supergirl is the one I'm looking forward to.

Awesome, more Person of Interest. It's the only CBS show I watch. Though Supergirl might be the second.

Starting Thursday May 21, repeats of The Mentalist will air weeknights at 11:35PM on CBS when The Late Show is between hosts.

Starting Thursday May 21, repeats of The Mentalist will air weeknights at 11:35PM on CBS when The Late Show is between hosts.The Mentalist will continue at 11:35 through Friday June 5. All but 1 of the season 7 episodes will air (episode 4 is skipped). Starting Monday June 8, repeats of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will air at 11:35.

CBS is using July 4 as burnoff day, with two episodes each of The Millers and The McCarthys.

The Mentalist will continue at 11:35 through Friday June 5. All but 1 of the season 7 episodes will air (episode 4 is skipped). Starting Monday June 8, repeats of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will air at 11:35.


Turns out that this is actually a revival of CBS's old (1970s-early 1990s) concept of running late night crime and police procedural reruns, using the umbrella title CBS Summer Showcase, for the summer of 2015 between the May 20 finale of Late Show with David Letterman and the September 8 premiere of Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

From May 21, 2015 until September 4, 2015, the network is airing reruns of police procedurals and scripted dramas in the Late Show slot beginning with The Mentalist (May 21-June 5) and continuing throughout the summer with Hawaii Five-0 (June 8-12, July 27-31), CSI: Cyber (June 15-19, August 17-21), Elementary (June 22-26), Blue Bloods (June 29-July 5), The Good Wife (July 6-10, August 24-28), NCIS: Los Angeles (July 13-17), NCIS (July 20-24) Scorpion (August 3-7), NCIS: New Orleans (August 10-14) and Madam Secretary (August 31-September 4) will air in the time slot through the remainder of the summer. The network dismissed concerns that this may hurt the ratings of The Late Late Show with James Corden, which follows the Late Show