CBS upfronts

[LoadStar]

CBS TELEVISION NETWORK 2006-2007 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 THE CLASS (N)
9:00-9:30 PM TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30-10:00 PM THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: MIAMI

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM THE UNIT
10:00-11:00 PM SMITH (N)

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM JERICHO (N)
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 SHARK (N)

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM GHOST WHISPERER
9:00-10:00 PM CLOSE TO HOME
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 (NT)
9:00-10:00 PM COLD CASE (NT)
10:00-11:00 PM WITHOUT A TRACE (NT)

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20060517cbs01

[WinBear]

The Amazing Race on Sunday night? Ok, that's odd, but fine with me. Otherwise, not really any surprises.

[LoadStar]

CBS was probably the least surprising, since they gave early pickups to half their schedule. Looks like if you like the shows on CBS this year, you'll like the shows on CBS next year, because they're pretty much one in the same. :)

[WinBear]

Hmm, reading the new series synopsis, I don't think I'll be watching any of them.

The Class has such a preposterous premise: the 20th anniversary reunion of a 3rd grade class. Why is the 3rd grade so significant?

Smith - it might be Mission: Impossible for theives, but we'll see

Jericho - I'm so tired of apocalyptic futures.

Shark - don't we have enough legal dramas? Is the redemption angle enough?

[lambertman]

Love, love, LOVE TAR on Sundays. The only other thing I watch on that day is football.

[LoadStar]

Not returning from the Fall 2005 schedule: Out of Practice, Still Standing, Yes Dear, Threshold

That has to be the shortest cancellation list of all the networks... and most of them have already disappeared from the schedule.

[WinBear]

Regarding the cancelled Monday night comedies, I guess the rest of America recognized that without Raymond, these shows just don't cut it anymore.

[Chapper1]

It is too bad that King of Queens is gone. I really liked that show...

EDIT: I see on the link that King of Queens will be a mid-season pickup show. At least they will not be gone entirely. It will give them a wrap up season I am guessing...

[GerryGag]

The article says that King of Queens will be back as a mid-season replacement (13 episodes, I've heard).

[GerryGag]

Love, love, LOVE TAR on Sundays. The only other thing I watch on that day is football.
At first, I was thinking the same exact thing. THEN REALITY HIT:
1) It's going up against the Sunday night game on NBC (may or may not be a big deal depending on who's playing).
2) (and this is what's going to suck), when football runs late, that entire Sunday night line-up on CBS is going to shift...ask those of us who pad Cold Case by an hour how much of a pain that is! Now I have to do it with THREE shows (Race, Case, & Trace - there's a catchy marketing ploy!) as opposed to just one!

[LoadStar]

The article says that King of Queens will be back as a mid-season replacement (13 episodes, I've heard).

My mistake. Missed that one. I'll edit my post.

[LoadStar]

At first, I was thinking the same exact thing. THEN REALITY HIT:
1) It's going up against the Sunday night game on NBC (may or may not be a big deal depending on who's playing).
2) (and this is what's going to suck), when football runs late, that entire Sunday night line-up on CBS is going to shift...ask those of us who pad Cold Case by an hour how much of a pain that is! Now I have to do it with THREE shows (Race, Case, & Trace - there's a catchy marketing ploy!) as opposed to just one!

Not to mention, it's going up against two very strong entries from ABC - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Desperate Housewives.

[WinBear]

2) (and this is what's going to suck), when football runs late, that entire Sunday night line-up on CBS is going to shift...ask those of us who pad Cold Case by an hour how much of a pain that is! Now I have to do it with THREE shows (Race, Case, & Trace - there's a catchy marketing ploy!) as opposed to just one!

If this is an issue, pad Cold Case with 1 hour before and 3 hours after, this should let you get all 3 with one recording.

[GerryGag]

If this is an issue, pad Cold Case with 1 hour before and 3 hours after, this should let you get all 3 with one recording.
Good idea...but then I lock up all that space with one recording. Hate doing that, but on those days CBS has a late game in my market, it may be the best solution. But it does screw up my west coast feed recordings of the Fox Sunday night line-up. Dang!

[Kamakzie]

I'm glad that The Unit made it and I am surprised that Without a Trace was moved to Sunday but it shouldn't affect my viewing.

[scottykempf]

Sundays for Tar could be interesting, but what happens with the Survivor Finale on Sundays? Would TAR finish early to avoid this?

[Joeg180]

Does CBS still have the NFL rights next season? ABC lost MNF to ESPN, ESPN lost SNF to NBC. Who has the Sunday Afternoon games? (Fox and ?)

[joeinma]

Amazing Race going to Sundays at 8 will be a problem for those who Tivo it and watch later. Every time CBS has a 4:15 football game, it runs late pushing 60 Minutes and Cold Case back. I stopped watching Cold Case during the football season because of that.

So come fall if there is a late game on CBS, make sure you pad at least a 1/2 for Race.

[GerryGag]

Who has the Sunday Afternoon games? (Fox and ?)
CBS.

[Amnesia]

Good idea...but then I lock up all that space with one recording. Hate doing that(...)There's no reason to have it all in one recording.

Record Race and Case as normal and then just put the extra padding on Trace. If the game runs long, each recording won't necessarily have the right show, but as long as you watch them in order, you'll be OK---and you can delete the earlier ones when you're done with them.

[GerryGag]

There's no reason to have it all in one recording.

Record Race and Case as normal and then just put the extra padding on Trace. If the game runs long, each recording won't necessarily have the right show, but as long as you watch them in order, you'll be OK---and you can delete the earlier ones when you're done with them.
True. That's exactly what I did this past Monday for CBS and the pres address. I just padded CSI: Miami with a half hour. And each recording had 10 minutes of the show it was supposed to be and the next show had the remaining 20 minutes. Made it a pain for MRV, but not a biggie.

[Rob Helmerichs]

I just don't watch CBS on Sunday nights during football season. I hate missing Cold Case, but Sundays are too crowded to play those kind of games. If CBS wants me to watch, they can give their Sunday night shows actual schedules instead of "whenever."

NBC figured this out years ago. I wonder why the folks at CBS are so dense?

[Graymalkin]

I like this lineup. I'll need to put Cold Case and Without A Trace on the same TiVo and pad Without a Trace by an hour. And at least I'll have something to watch Friday night.

But is America ready for Barney (How I Met Your Mother) at the 8 p.m. hour?

[cwoody222]

Except for scheduling problems with football, I like TAR on Sundays.

I hate that Simpsons doesn't start until after Halloween so this gives me something to watch on Sundays until then.

[mwhip]

CBS got some huge names and great actors in their series; Stanley Tucci, Ray Liotta and James Woods.

[Bierboy]

...and I know this had previously been announced, but I'm glad "Ghost Whisperer" will return. That was one of this season's pleasant surprises.

[DevdogAZ]

Except for scheduling problems with football, I like TAR on Sundays.
I love this move too, provided they can figure out the scheduling with football. It's the type of show that families can watch together and the early slot on Sunday night is a perfect time for that. I think it will work very well, especially for the second season in the spring.

I like that WAT is moving to Sunday night. I currently don't watch anything in that timeslot and I have too many shows on Thursday night so I'm a whole season behind. Hopefully I'll get caught up on WAT this summer and then I can stay up to speed with it playing on Sunday nights.

[ILoveCats&Tivo]

Love, love, LOVE TAR on Sundays. The only other thing I watch on that day is football.


Ditto. I have never watched this show. That will now change :up:

Also thrilled that Close to Home made the cut :up:

Without a Trace moves to Sunday. Hmmmmmmm...I guess that is ok too :D

None of the new shows looked appealing though

[Steveknj]

The Amazing Race on Sunday night? Ok, that's odd, but fine with me. Otherwise, not really any surprises.
Boo! This is going to create havoc with my scheduling during football season. If Amazing Race bleeds over to the 9PM block, which it will do often Sept-Dec, then I'm going to have to do some shuffling between DH, and Family Guy (assuming it stays at 9PM Sunday). Looks like I'm going to be be watching DH off my second Tivo (and crappy TV) a lot those months.

Edit: Forgot about NBC SNF too!!! At least that I can watch live on my basic cable feed and let the other shows record. Actually, I'd only watch SNF if the Giants are on it (yes, they are the first week against Indy), so that shouldn't be too big an issue. I'm a Giants fan 1st, football fan 4th. Really don't care about the other games unless they affect the Giants.

[mwhip]

Say what you will about Les Moonves but the guy knows how to schedule. With Sunday night Football on NBC and now this incredible lineup on Sundays, Desperate Housewives looks extremely vulnerable with its lackluster 2nd season and no Grey's to follow it ABC could be 3rd on Sundays.

[Steveknj]

I just don't watch CBS on Sunday nights during football season. I hate missing Cold Case, but Sundays are too crowded to play those kind of games. If CBS wants me to watch, they can give their Sunday night shows actual schedules instead of "whenever."

NBC figured this out years ago. I wonder why the folks at CBS are so dense?

I always thought it was because of 60 Minutes and their insistence of showing it for..ummm..60 minutes during football season. What they SHOULD do is what Fox does, block out the time until 7:30 for football, move 60 minutes back 30 minutes and put a sitcom in the 8:30 slot. Then they are ok from 9-11.

[Steveknj]

CBS got some huge names and great actors in their series; Stanley Tucci, Ray Liotta and James Woods.

Does everyone think the James Woods show should be on opposite Family Guy? :D

[LoadStar]

Say what you will about Les Moonves but the guy knows how to schedule. With Sunday night Football on NBC and now this incredible lineup on Sundays, Desperate Housewives looks extremely vulnerable with its lackluster 2nd season and no Grey's to follow it ABC could be 3rd on Sundays.

Except even with as lackluster as the writing was, the ratings remained solid throughout the season. I'm pretty sure it won it's timeslot almost every time, if not every time.

[smak]

I always thought it was because of 60 Minutes and their insistence of showing it for..ummm..60 minutes during football season. What they SHOULD do is what Fox does, block out the time until 7:30 for football, move 60 minutes back 30 minutes and put a sitcom in the 8:30 slot. Then they are ok from 9-11.

Yah, that's exactly it. They don't want to break up the 60 minutes tradition on Sunday nights.

It's obvious that there should be no 7:00 to 7:30 show, but they can't change it.

-smak-

[mwhip]

Except even with as lackluster as the writing was, the ratings remained solid throughout the season. I'm pretty sure it won it's timeslot almost every time, if not every time.


Their viewership still went down and without the powerhouse Grey's following it the keyword here is vulnerable.

[Dmon4u]

Here's a rundown of the competition, so far ( from http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6335772.html?display=Breaking+News ):

Sunday
=====
7 p.m.
ABC: America's Funniest Home Videos
CBS: 60 Minutes
NBC: Football Night in America

8 p.m.
ABC: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
CBS: The Amazing Race
NBC: NFL Sunday Night Football/Post-NFL season: America's Got Talent

9 p.m.
ABC: Desperate Housewives
CBS: Cold Case
NBC: NFL Sunday Night Football/Post-NFL season: The Apprentice

10 p.m.
ABC: Brothers and Sisters
CBS: Without a Trace
NBC: NFL Sunday Night Football: Post-NFL season: Raines

Monday
=====
8 p.m.
ABC: Wife Swap
CBS: How I Met Your Mother/8:30 The Class
NBC: Deal or No Deal

9 p.m.
ABC: The Bachelor/9:30 Supernanny
CBS: Two and a Half Men/9:30: The New Adventures of Old Christine
NBC: Heroes

10 p.m.
ABC: What About Brian
CBS: CSI: Miami
NBC: Medium

Tuesday
======
8 p.m.
ABC: Dancing With the Stars/Midseason: Set for the Rest of Your Life
CBS: NCIS
NBC: Friday Night Lights

9 p.m.
ABC: Let's Rob.../8:30: Help Me Help You
CBS: The Unit
NBC: Kidnapped

10 p.m.
ABC: Boston Legal
CBS: Smith
NBC: Law & Order: SVU

Wednesday
========
8 p.m.
ABC: Dancing With the Stars/Midseason: George Lopez/According to Jim
CBS: Jericho
NBC: The Biggest Loser

9 p.m.
ABC: Lost
CBS: Criminal Minds
NBC: Twenty Good Years/30 Rock

10 p.m.
ABC: The Nine
CBS: CSI: NY
NBC: Law & Order

Thursday
======
8 p.m.
ABC: Big Day/Notes From the Underbelly
CBS: Survivor
NBC: My Name Is Earl/The Office

9 p.m.
ABC: Grey's Anatomy
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
NBC: Studio 60

10 p.m.
ABC: Six Degrees
CBS: Shark
NBC: ER/Midseason: The Black Donnellys

Friday
====
8 p.m.
ABC: Betty the Ugly
CBS: Ghost Whisperer
NBC: Deal or No Deal

9 p.m.
ABC: Men in Trees
CBS: Close to Home
NBC: Las Vegas

10 p.m.
ABC:/20/20
CBS: Numb3rs
NBC: Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Saturday
======
8 p.m.
ABC: ABC Saturday Night College Football
CBS: Crimetime Saturday
NBC: Dateline NBC

9 p.m.
ABC: ABC Saturday Night College Football
CBS: Crimetime Saturday
NBC: Drama Encore

10 p.m.
ABC: ABC Saturday Night College Football
CBS: 48 Hours Mystery
NBC: Dateline NBC

[DevdogAZ]

Dmon4u, that is an awesome post. You should repost it as a new thread and update it with the remaining information when it becomes available. That would be a great thread to refer to throughout the summer and as the Fall season approaches.

[Amnesia]

The Futon Critic has a Fall 2006 Chart (http://www.thefutoncritic.com/charts.aspx?id=fall_2006) of each night, that's updated as the upfronts provide more information. Within each grid, the names of the shows are links to more information about the show (including stars, creators, etc).

[DaveyG]

Hmm, reading the new series synopsis, I don't think I'll be watching any of them.

The Class has such a preposterous premise: the 20th anniversary reunion of a 3rd grade class. Why is the 3rd grade so significant?

Smith - it might be Mission: Impossible for theives, but we'll see

Jericho - I'm so tired of apocalyptic futures.

Shark - don't we have enough legal dramas? Is the redemption angle enough?

I was at the upfront today.

The Class looked really funny. The 3rd grade is significant because that's where the guy met his fiance. He got everybody together as some sort of surprise. I guess the rest of the show is about the newfound relationships from this little reunion. It looked like a great match for How I Met Your Mother.

Smith looked pretty good. Ray Liotta is good at playing a bad guy you can root for.

I'm up in the air about Jericho. It looks like it can be different, but I need to see a few episodes to see what they do with it.

If it weren't for James Woods, Shark would be lame. Just another court drama, but the little twist and James Woods may make it watchable.

Overall everything new looked at least decent. However the schedule is basically:

Monday 8-10P - Comedies
Monday 10P through Sunday - Crime shows + Survivor and Amazing Race

[jschuur]

Smith looked pretty good. Ray Liotta is good at playing a bad guy you can root for.
Good to hear Thief and Heist haven't ruined it for the 'professional criminals' niche genre. Kidnapped seems to fall into this category too.

[DaveyG]

Good to hear Thief and Heist haven't ruined it for the 'professional criminals' niche genre. Kidnapped seems to fall into this category too.

Oh yeah, I liked Kidnapped too, although I'm not sure how long the can stretch out one kidnapping.

[phox_mulder]

I'm up in the air about Jericho. It looks like it can be different, but I need to see a few episodes to see what they do with it.

You have to wonder how they can make a full season out of the premise,
let alone be renewed for a sophmore season.

I had the same thoughts about Threshold and Invasion when they were introduced,
little Deja-Vu moment.


phox

[jschuur]

You have to wonder how they can make a full season out of the premise, let alone be renewed for a sophmore season.
Earlier descriptions of the show I read implied that it wasn't just an isolated nuclear event that affected a single town/region, but rather part a larger nuclear attack on major US cities. One season could focus on the immediate aftermath of the attack, the next on life after in a semi post-apocalyptic American society.

Spoilers already, and the show hasn't even launched yet!

[DaveyG]

Earlier descriptions of the show I read implied that it wasn't just an isolated nuclear event that affected a single town/region, but rather part a larger nuclear attack on major US cities. One season could focus on the immediate aftermath of the attack, the next on life after in a semi post-apocalyptic American society.

Spoilers already, and the show hasn't even launched yet!

I guess since it's sort of a spoiler, I'll spoilerize it, but this should all be in the pilot episode...

There were at least 2 attacks seen and few more mentioned in the clips. The story basically starts in this remote town with a mushroom cloud that appears in the distance and takes out all their power and communications. Another mushroom cloud is seen in the distance later. Somehow they find out there have been even more attacks elsewhere in at least a couple major cities. Eventually the town is under the impression that they may be one of the few towns left in America.

[Steveknj]

I guess since it's sort of a spoiler, I'll spoilerize it, but this should all be in the pilot episode...

There were at least 2 attacks seen and few more mentioned in the clips. The story basically starts in this remote town with a mushroom cloud that appears in the distance and takes out all their power and communications. Another mushroom cloud is seen in the distance later. Somehow they find out there have been even more attacks elsewhere in at least a couple major cities. Eventually the town is under the impression that they may be one of the few towns left in America.

To me, this was the most interesting of the new shows, but I always like shows that are different (not a big fan of all the crime/legal shows). But this does sound like it was attempted before. I recall a Stepehn King series called "The Stand" which had a similar premise. It was on about 10 years ago. And of course there was the famous movie "The Day After" I think it was called with Jason Robards that came out in the 1980s, which interestingly enough, took place in Kansas. I'll most definitely watch this one, but my gut tells me that it will be a short timer.

[DevdogAZ]

To me, this was the most interesting of the new shows, but I always like shows that are different (not a big fan of all the crime/legal shows). But this does sound like it was attempted before. I recall a Stepehn King series called "The Stand" which had a similar premise. It was on about 10 years ago. And of course there was the famous movie "The Day After" I think it was called with Jason Robards that came out in the 1980s, which interestingly enough, took place in Kansas. I'll most definitely watch this one, but my gut tells me that it will be a short timer.
"The Stand" was not a regular series, but was a 4-part miniseries. It also was premised on a disease that killed off nearly everyone in the country, not a nuclear attack. While "The Day After" was about the aftermath of a nuclear attack, it was also a mini-series, and I think it was just two parts. I don't believe the concept has ever been tried as an actual series, although it seems to be about 20 years too late.

[ILoveCats&Tivo]

At first, I was thinking the same exact thing. THEN REALITY HIT:
1) It's going up against the Sunday night game on NBC (may or may not be a big deal depending on who's playing).
2) (and this is what's going to suck), when football runs late, that entire Sunday night line-up on CBS is going to shift...ask those of us who pad Cold Case by an hour how much of a pain that is! Now I have to do it with THREE shows (Race, Case, & Trace - there's a catchy marketing ploy!) as opposed to just one!

We will have to do a 4 hour manual record or pad WaT by an hour :down:

[ILoveCats&Tivo]

Dmon, could you please add FOX and CW to your grid. The one on Futon Critic is too busy :)

[pkscout]

2) (and this is what's going to suck), when football runs late, that entire Sunday night line-up on CBS is going to shift...ask those of us who pad Cold Case by an hour how much of a pain that is! Now I have to do it with THREE shows (Race, Case, & Trace - there's a catchy marketing ploy!) as opposed to just one!

We've been kind of on the fence about Without a Trace. Moving it to Sunday and dooming it to football padding pretty much guarentees we'll stop watching it. It's actually the reason we never started watching Cold Case.

[darthrsg]

"The Stand" was not a regular series, but was a 4-part miniseries. It also was premised on a disease that killed off nearly everyone in the country, not a nuclear attack. While "The Day After" was about the aftermath of a nuclear attack, it was also a mini-series, and I think it was just two parts. I don't believe the concept has ever been tried as an actual series, although it seems to be about 20 years too late.


The Stand was based after a worldwide "Super Flu" pandemic. Very much ahead of the curve. It also focused on little things like the final battle battle of good and evil :) . One aspect of the Stand(book) was how it, through vignettes, showed the breakdown of society, for example after the flu got everyone, you survived, say you slipped and fell coming out of the shower, broke your hip/leg and basically starved to death on the floor by the toilet. Many more people died after the flu because the system collapsed.

We now return you to your "upbeat" thread already in progress...

[jschuur]

FYI, there's a preview up for Jericho (and CBS' other new shows) up at their site now:

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/upfront_2006/jericho.shtml

It doesn't smell like sci-fi at all. Looks like they're playing it safe and keeping it focused on the characters, to avoid alienating viewers.

...either that, or they keeping the giant, radiation mutated worms for sweeps month ;)