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CBS TELEVISON NETWORK

2009-2010 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

(N=New, NT=New Time, all times ET/PT)

MONDAY

8:00-8:30 PM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (NT)

8:30-9:00 PM ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE (N)

9:00-9:30 PM TWO AND A HALF MEN

9:30-10:00 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY (NT)

10:00-11:00 PM CSI: MIAMI

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM NCIS

9:00-10:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES (N)

10:00-11:00 PM THE GOOD WIFE (N)

WEDNESDAY

8:00-8:30 PM THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE

8:30-9:00 PM GARY UNMARRIED

9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS

10:00-11:00 PM CSI: NY

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR

9:00-10:00 PM CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

10:00-11:00 PM THE MENTALIST (NT)

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 PM GHOST WHISPERER

9:00-10:00 PM MEDIUM

10:00-11:00 PM NUMB3RS

SATURDAY

8:00-9:00 PM CRIMETIME 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 THREE RIVERS (N)

10:00-11:00 PM COLD CASE (NT)

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/20/cbs-announces-2009-2010-schedule/19145


NCIS: LOS ANGELES does not roll off the tongue at all. And Ghost whisperer and medium are basically the same show. Not that CBS ever tried to be original.
 

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You didn't even post the new series descriptions. Come on-

NCIS: LOS ANGELES is a drama about the high stakes world of undercover surveillance at the Office of Special Projects (OSP), a division of NCIS that is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals that pose a threat to the nation's security. By assuming false identities and utilizing the most advanced technology, this team of highly trained agents goes deep undercover, putting their lives on the line in the field to bring down their targets. Special Agent "G" Callen (Chris O'Donnell) is a chameleon who transforms himself into whomever he needs to be to infiltrate the criminal underworld. His partner is Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL COOL J), a former U.S. Navy SEAL who has seen action in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and a surveillance expert who uses state of the art monitoring equipment to look out for those in the field and feed them crucial information. Both Callen and Hanna report to Special Agent Lara Macy (Louise Lombard), the OSP team leader responsible for directing the operations and making life-or-death decisions. Assisting the team is Special Agent Kensi Lo (Daniela Ruah), the exceptionally bright daughter of a slain Marine who lives for the adrenalin rush that comes with undercover work, and Operational Psychologist Nate Getz (Peter Cambor), adept at getting into anybody's head, profiling the target and monitoring agents' states of mind before, during and after missions. Armed with the latest in high tech gear and sent regularly into life-threatening situations, this tight-knit team relies on each other to do what is necessary to protect national interests. Shane Brennan ("NCIS") is the executive producer for CBS Television Studios.

THE GOOD WIFE is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter (Chris Noth), Alicia Florrick (Margulies) starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney. As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner (Josh Charles), who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she's going to need to succeed on her own merit. Alicia's main competition among the firm's 20-something new recruits is Cary (Matt Czuchry), a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but will use any means to ensure that he, not Alicia, secures the one full-time associate position that's available. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), the firm's tough in-house investigator. Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician's scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach (Graham Phillips) and 13-year-old Grace (Makenzie Vega). For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the "good wife" and takes charge of her own destiny. Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Robert King, Michelle King, Dee Johnson and David Zucker are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

THREE RIVERS is a medical drama that goes inside the emotionally complex lives of organ donors, the recipients and the surgeons at the preeminent transplant hospital in the country where every moment counts. However, dealing with donor families in their darkest hour and managing the fears and concerns of apprehensive recipients takes much more than just a sharp scalpel. Leading the elite team is Dr. Andy Yablonski (Alex O'Loughlin), the highly-skilled workaholic lead organ transplant surgeon, whose good-natured personality and sarcastic wit makes him popular with his patients and colleagues. His colleagues include Dr. Miranda Foster (Katherine Moennig), a surgical fellow with a rebellious streak and fiery temper who strives to live up to her deceased father's excellent surgical reputation; Dr. David Lee (Daniel Henney), a womanizing surgical resident who's broken as many hearts as he's replaced; Ryan Abbott (Christopher J. Hanke), the inexperienced new transplant coordinator who arranges the intricately choreographed process of quickly and carefully transporting organs from donor to patient; Dr. Sophia Jordan (Julia Ormond), the head of surgery and a dedicated medical professional; and Pam Acosta (Justina Machado), Andy's no-nonsense operating assistant and best friend. In this high stakes arena, in which every case is a race against the clock, these tenacious surgeons and medical professionals are the last hope for their patients. Carol Barbee, Curtis Hanson and Carol Fenelon are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.

The new COMEDY:

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE is a comedy starring Golden Globe Award winner Jenna Elfman as Billie, a single woman who finds herself "accidentally" pregnant after a one-night stand with a much younger guy, and decides to keep the baby... and the guy. A newspaper film critic, Billie is barely surviving a humiliating breakup with her charming boss, James (Grant Show), who's still trying to resume their relationship. Suddenly expecting a child with her "boy toy," Zack (Jon Foster), Billie and Zack make an arrangement: to live together platonically. Billie's party girl best friend Olivia (Ashley Jensen), and Abby (Lennon Parham), her conventional, younger married sister, eagerly look forward to the new addition and offer their own brands of advice and encouragement. But when Zack and his freeloading friends, including Davis (Nicolas Wright), start to turn her place into a frat house, Billie isn't sure if she's living with a boyfriend, a roommate, or if she just has another child to raise. Lloyd Braun, Gail Berman, Gene Stein and Claudia Lonow are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios. Pamela Fryman directed the pilot.

The new MIDSEASON DRAMAS:

THE BRIDGE is a drama about a tough and dedicated police officer who is voted to become the police union's dynamic leader. To serve the public as well as his 8,000 fellow officers, charismatic Frank Leo (Aaron Douglas) battles criminals on the street, corruption in the ranks and his own bosses. On the force is his able partner and confidante Tommy Dunn (Paul Popowich), who rides with Frank across the bridge that spans the divide between the rich and the poor in the area they patrol; Staff Sergeant Bernie Kantor (Frank Cassini), a voice of reason and moral sounding board; Jill (Inga Cadranel), a detective with a lot of attitude who is moving up the ranks; Billy (Theresa Joy), a young female cop who is determined to prove herself to the guys; and Ed Wycoff (Michael Murphy), the shrewd Chief of Police. Abby St. James (Ona Grauer) is a sharp prosecutor who begins working with the police union, and shares a mutual attraction with Frank. In his new position, Frank Leo takes on the politically-motivated department brass... and makes many powerful enemies in the process. Craig Bromell, Adam J. Shully, Laszlo Barna, Alan Di Fiore and Robert Wertheimer are executive producers for E1 Entertainment, 990 Multi Media Entertainment Company and Jonsworth Productions in association with CTV and CBS Television Studios.

MIAMI TRAUMA is about a team of expert surgeons who work at one of the premiere trauma facilities in the country, where only patients with life threatening injuries are treated. Dr. Matthew Proctor (Jeremy Northam) is new to the trauma team, after a tour of duty in a MASH unit during the Gulf war. Dr. Eva Zambrano (Lana Parrilla) is a workaholic surgeon who is more comfortable in her scrubs than she is out in the real world. Dr. Christopher Deleo, "Dr. C.," is a playboy who thrives on the high-stakes of trauma medicine and is, by his own description, a genius redneck. Dr. Serena Warren (Elisabeth Harnois) is fresh out of medical school, and head nurse Tuck Brody (Omar Gooding) keeps the doctors on track and the patients' families updated in this chaotic corner of the medical profession. Together, this team of doctors excels in the "golden hour," the 60 minutes after being critically injured, when a patient's life hangs in the balance. Jerry Bruckheimer, Jeffrey Lieber and Jonathan Littman are executive producers for Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution.

The new MIDSEASON ALTERNATIVE series:

ARRANGED MARRIAGE is a series that brings the tradition of arranged marriages, which is still practiced successfully by many cultures throughout the world, to the U.S., where it is virtually an inconceivable option for most single Americans. Three adults who are anxious to get married, but who have been unsuccessful in their own search for a mate, choose a life-altering path. They rely on their closest family and friends, those who love and know them best, to choose someone for them to marry based on shared goals, values, experiences and the commitment to make it work. The series intimately documents these three arranged marriages, starting with the first meetings of the families and the wedding day; and then follows the couple through the day-to-day joys, challenges, and emotional tumult that results from their arranged union. Emmy Award nominees Jane Lipsitz and Dan Cutforth are executive producers for Magical Elves Inc.

UNDERCOVER BOSS is a new reality series that follows high level corporate executives as they slip anonymously into the lowest level jobs within their companies. Once undercover, they'll get their hands dirty with the rank and file, find out what their employees REALLY think of them and discover how smoothly their companies are REALLY run. In the process, these senior executives learn about themselves, the perception of their company and the spirit of their work force. Stephen Lambert is the executive producer for Studio Lambert, Ltd.
 

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The cancellation of Without a Trace really pisses me off. Sure the show was down from its creative peak of seasons 2 and 3, but still was the best procedurial on television, and drew strong ratings, despite CBS moving it in recent years.

I understand cost issues, but since cancelling Judging Amy, CBS had a history of problems in the Tuesday 10-11 pm slot, so I thought moving Trace there was a smart move. Then they just cancel it to try another series that will fail.

CBS has 3 CSIs, two NCIS and two I see dead people shows.

Moving Big Bang to 9:30 really screws me over, since I had planned on DVRing RAW and Trauma. Poor Trauma, I hardley knew ye.

Three Rivers is going to last 4 episodes. Without a Trace got cancelled for that?

Also, moving The Mentalist to Thursday at 10 is retarded. It's the #1 new show, and is a ratings blockbuster. It doesn't need the support of a CSI lead-in. In fact, it should be helping other shows. They should try out a new show after CSI, or maybe move the NCIS spinoff there.
 

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Three rivers sounds like the most dull idea ever. How did that even make it past a pilot pitch to the studio?
 

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Didn't Trace's ratings actually go up this year, moving from Thursday to Tuesday? And based on the one episode I saw, Num3ers is a dumb show. And I don't understand how NCIS is so popular. The description of Accidentally on Purpose seems like a parody and you can almost hear the record skip when you read "...and decides to keep the baby... and the guy."
 

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Trace did well this year, because of the Mentalist lead-in. I didn't even think it could ever be cancelled until I read in EW in January that it was either going to be it or Cold Clase.

I think Trace was getting really expensive to produce, which I can see that, they use a lot of sets. I guess they couldn't or didn't want to slash the budget, but you could've dropped Danny and Elena in been fine. Make Lucy a full cast member, she was awesome
 

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CBS is just the most generic network ever. I can't criticise them for that, after all they are the number one network in terms of viewers, so the studio heads are doing what they're paid to do, but there's almost nothing on that channel I like. People can criticise ABC and Fox for cancelling stuff all the time, but at least they try to do innovative and original programming once in a while rather than Generic procedural show and Generic procedural show spin off.
 

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treble said:
Didn't Trace's ratings actually go up this year, moving from Thursday to Tuesday? And based on the one episode I saw, Num3ers is a dumb show. And I don't understand how NCIS is so popular. The description of Accidentally on Purpose seems like a parody and you can almost hear the record skip when you read "...and decides to keep the baby... and the guy."
I think Numb3rs is great. But then I'm one of those guys who will read stuff like Football Outsiders DVOA rankings for fantasy purposes. Also having a 19 month old that doesn't like babysitters means I don't get to go out anymore.

Also, no more Flashpoint?
 

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I think you can still watch Flashpoint in Canada.

That one surprised me, since CBS was sharing the bill for that.
 

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CBS is just the most generic network ever. I can't criticise them for that, after all they are the number one network in terms of viewers, so the studio heads are doing what they're paid to do, but there's almost nothing on that channel I like
Seriously. I watch exactly *1* show on CBS - Amazing Race.
 

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NCIS is such a terrible show. How is that popular enough to get a spin off? It's so incredibly bad.
 

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Big Bang Theory at 9:30? What the hell? That totally screws up Mondays for me.

Me too. It was "Big Bang, Mother, football" or "Big Bang, Mother, 24" and I was happy with that. Why screw with my viewing habit, CBS? WHY SCREW WITH IT!?
 

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Hey there's this pretty neat technology called D-V-R, or T-I-V-O if your local Anal Rapi...I mean Cable Provider doesn't support DVR. Makes the TV watching SO much more enjoyable. Oh and hell if you don't want to go that route just watch online or download the episides like 20 minutes after they air and watch on your PC...or even watch through your PC on your PS3 or 360.

I see no reason why people could ever get bent about what time a TV show is on. Just sayin'.
 

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"The Unit" I expected to die in the SHARK sunday night death seat but "Eleventh Hour" didn't make it? What the fuck? That show was awesome!

Glad "Gary" survived but the loss of Eleventh Hour makes me very sad.
 

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I still watch NCIS but it's definitely gotten more stagnant over the past couple seasons. The plotlines have become less serial and more arc, which is okay if the arc is good but the arcs aren't good and it seems like the writers go to the "well" too often where every season has one major character die or leave to the point that it's no longer a shock (See this season's finale).

Also the character relationships, which once were fresh, are very tired and the characters themselves are becoming repetitive rather than layered (outside of Tony but he was still relegated back to jokester of the team despite having a serious relationship and taking over for Gibbs briefly). Any edge McGee or Ziva have has all but disappeared (Ziva's criminally under explored) and Abbey/Ducky only serve as narrative updaters more often than not. Even Gibbs got "Spikeification" when his backstory was explained in an entire episode. A decent part of his character was the secrecy of his past life outside of a few details.
 

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NCIS: LOS ANGELES. They couldn't think of something a little more clever then that? Do they really need to go back to back as well? When does Criminal Minds get a spin-off?

Mentalist is a big hit and as it was already mentioned could've helped a new show out as a lead-in but pairing it with CSI on Thursday is ridiculous. I was dead wrong about Gary Unmarried, I didn't think it would last a month. I hate to wish failure on a new show but I hope Accidentally On Purpose bombs because HIMYM and Big Bang need to be in the 8-9 slot.

I like the people on The Good Wife but that just really looks like another failure at the Tuesday 10 pm spot.
 

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Cartman said:
Hey there's this pretty neat technology called D-V-R, or T-I-V-O if your local Anal Rapi...I mean Cable Provider doesn't support DVR. Makes the TV watching SO much more enjoyable. Oh and hell if you don't want to go that route just watch online or download the episides like 20 minutes after they air and watch on your PC...or even watch through your PC on your PS3 or 360.

I see no reason why people could ever get bent about what time a TV show is on. Just sayin'.

Shut up, Cartman. I have DVR, but can only record two things at once. So if a show I like is on, and hockey is too, then I'm screwed. And CBS is shitty about putting up shows online.
 

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Alex O'Loughlin goes from a good show like Moonlight to that Three Rivers crap? I don't know how people feel about Moonlight on these boards, but I thought it picked up as it went.
 

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Les Moonves is such a white-bread geek.
Which must be why he's married to the Chenbot. Although to be fair she's the whitest Asian I've seen on TV. And yes, I do take note of these things.
 

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Did I read that right?? They are putting out another epic fail of a Julianna Margulies drama. Do people ever learn??? Does she have dirt on every network?
 

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Accidentally on Purpose doesn't sound like it would be that bad if it didn't star Jenna Elfman. Yech-city.
 

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Adam Carolla's sitcom will probably be a midseason replacement. I went to the taping of the pilot, and it was just a typical sitcom, but with Carolla's jokes, which, of course, are funnier than any other sitcom.
 

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I just watched a screening of the pilot for Accidentally on Purpose. Completely generic and predictable. The only thing I liked about it was the girl with the heavy Irish accent. For all you Jenna Elfman haters out there she did indeed bring the show down a bit. I did my part and made sure to turn my rating dial to zero whenever she was on screen and quickly move it higher when they showed anything else.
 

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Is that online anywhere Smues? Link a brother up.

Say what you want about Jenna Elfman, but god damn was she hot in Krippendorf's Tribe. What, you guys don't think that's one of the greatest movies of our time?
 

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wnyxmcneal said:
Is that online anywhere Smues? Link a brother up.

Say what you want about Jenna Elfman, but god damn was she hot in Krippendorf's Tribe. What, you guys don't think that's one of the greatest movies of our time?

No, it was at some place in the MGM grand where they do test audience stuff. People always rip on the test audience process and how studios throw out good shows because a couple random idiots didn't like them, and they're totally right. Besides the obvious point that they let me in so they must just have idiots, I think most of the people in my screening were functionally retarded. And then you have people like me who are educated (I swear I am!) but fuck with them anyway. Though I was fair and if I did actually like or laugh at something I did turn the knob up to the positive side.

It was just more fun turning it to 0 whenever Elfman was on screen and up higher when she was off, even rapidly as it cut between her and other people. Oh and she wasn't hot in this. I'd take the Irish chick though.
 
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