Originally posted by Bruce:
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Originally posted by ragincajun:
I know it won't happen, but his is what I think would be the best schedule:
Monday
The Big Bang Theory
Rules of Engagement
Two & a Half Men
New Comedy (Single White Millionaire?)
CSI: Miami
Tuesday
NCIS
New Drama (The Mentalist?)
The Unit
Wednesday
Survivor
Criminal Minds
CSI: NY
Thursday
The 11th Hour
CSI
Without a Trace
Friday
Ghost Whisperer
Moonlight
Numb3rs
Saturday
repeats and 48 Hours
Sunday
Fall
60 Minutes
How I Met Your Mother
Christine
The Amazing Race
Cold Case
Spring
60 Minutes
How I Met Your Mother
Christine
New Drama (Tower or Exit 19?)
Cold Case
With the comedies on Sunday, CBS could better handle the sport overruns and not adversely affect the night's later programming. On the east coast, they could preempt one of the comedies, while airing a repeat on the west coast. They could then use the AFC Championship Game as a launching pad for the new series in the spring.
Mid-season
The Amazing Race (spring edition)
One or two new dramas
Two new comedies
RC, your schedule is bucking some of the recent cw (not the network) about the 10pm thurs period, which I think is the key to their schedule. But it raises some interesting points and offers some flexibility.
While I myself posted that they better get a move on building another hit out of CSI, the following is also true: they have to be very confident in a show before they put it in that period, or else it can really screw them up.
So, let's say ELEVENTH HOUR is their best newbie but they'd like a little insurance. 8pm Thursday should be a safe hour. Anything that deserves the post-CSI slot should be able to show some legs on its own. And moving SURVIVOR to Wed 8pm shouldn't hurt it and puts an appointment show into a slot they have had trouble with.
If HOUR clicks, at midseason they can simply move HOUR to 10pm, then make the move of WAT to 10pm Tuesday, to replace THE UNIT which will have served its purpose for the fall and then rides off into the sunset.
In the 2nd half of the season, they can keep SURVIVOR where it is and do the same dance at 8pm thursday with a new either pair of comedies or another new drama.
Are these too many moves? Most people have WAT moving anyway. SURVIVOR can sustain a move of one night. And HOUR moving from 8-10 on the same nite is a move they will be happy to make. Some people forget CSI moved twice in its first year. It changed hours on fridays and then moved to thursday later.
