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quote:
Originally posted by TV-aholic:
CBS has picked up 6 shows (4 dramas, a comedy & a game show)

* Cane - formaly know as Los Duques
* Moonlight - formally know as Twilight
* Swingtown
* Viva Laughlin

* The Big Bang Theory - Comedy about a brilliant theoretical physicists who meet a woman who shows them how little they know about real life.

* The Power of 10 - Contestants try to guess the results of nationwide surveys with the finalist moving on to a bonus round and their winnings could multiply by 10. Drew Carey hosts.

So, then MOONLIGHT would be the fri nite
show coming out of GW?

And SWINGTOWN between CC and WAT on Sun?

With CANE either getting the 10 thurs
or 10 tues?

And VIVA leading off Wed?

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Posted

Reading the description of Big Bang Theory, It sounds like a companion show to Old Christine. So either CBS will have a 2nd night of sitcoms..
OR
HIMYM is out of the picture.

Trying to figure out Power of 10.
Sundays at 8pm?
Saturdays?

This is 5.5 hours of new shows. What is being tossed?
C2H, The Unit, Jericho, Tues@10pm, TAR, HIMYM ?

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Bruce

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I don't have a feel for the comedies
the way you do, but on the other stuff,
boy, Drew Carey and a game show thrown
into the mix on Sunday?? Can't see it.

I also took it as a (relatively) foregone
conclusion that CC was moving back to
8. From what I hear, SWINGTOWN is a
period piece from 1976. That sounds
like a lead out there. And WAT can
certainly stand alone at 10pm.

So while I'm a little unclear on what
they're doing on MONDAY, I guess I
have the game show on Saturday, which
then, I guess, keeps THE UNIT on at
9pm Tues.

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xwiseguyx

Posted

Oh good, Family Feud is going primetime.

quote:
Originally posted by TV-aholic:
CBS has picked up 6 shows (4 dramas, a comedy & a game show)

* The Power of 10 - Contestants try to guess the results of nationwide surveys with the finalist moving on to a bonus round and their winnings could multiply by 10. Drew Carey hosts.

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Ignored post by xwiseguyx posted

Posted

Not sure what to make of the Pickups and how it will affect the schedule.

Will there be a major shakeup with some aggressive show placement, or will they just fill the holes of cancelled shows?

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Posts: 15782 | Location: Indiana | Registered: 20 September 2006

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mushu_jj

Posted

Well since CBS' other alternative programming has flopped, I'd say this is a good idea.

quote:
Originally posted by xwiseguyx:
Oh good, Family Feud is going primetime.

quote:
Originally posted by TV-aholic:
CBS has picked up 6 shows (4 dramas, a comedy & a game show)

* The Power of 10 - Contestants try to guess the results of nationwide surveys with the finalist moving on to a bonus round and their winnings could multiply by 10. Drew Carey hosts.

Posts: 12987 | Registered: 23 September 2006

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mushu_jj

Posted

I think Old Christine returns this fall with Big Bang coming in at midseason.

quote:
Originally posted by TV-aholic:
Reading the description of Big Bang Theory, It sounds like a companion show to Old Christine. So either CBS will have a 2nd night of sitcoms..
OR
HIMYM is out of the picture.

Trying to figure out Power of 10.
Sundays at 8pm?
Saturdays?

This is 5.5 hours of new shows. What is being tossed?
C2H, The Unit, Jericho, Tues@10pm, TAR, HIMYM ?

Posts: 12987 | Registered: 23 September 2006

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shaunOmacradio

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I am hearing that Jericho will get the Friday night 9pmPT slot after Ghost Whisperer..or be sent off to a fall airing on the CW with a reairing in the summer on CBS

Host of Shaun OMac Radio out of Las Vegas at http://www.shaunomacradio.com

Posts: 79 | Location: Las Vegas, NV | Registered: 05 October 2006

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mushu_jj

Posted

The CW? Why does that not sound right?

quote:
Originally posted by Subject2Discussion:
I am hearing that Jericho will get the Friday night 9pmPT slot after Ghost Whisperer..or be sent off to a fall airing on the CW with a reairing in the summer on CBS

Posts: 12987 | Registered: 23 September 2006

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Bruce

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quote:
Originally posted by TV-aholic:
Not sure what to make of the Pickups and how it will affect the schedule.

Will there be a major shakeup with some aggressive show placement, or will they just fill the holes of cancelled shows?

I didn't like the sound of SHARK at
Tuesday 10, not because of the de-coupling
from CSI so much as it was a bad move
for show and net. If they add CANE at
10 thurs, the better fits are SHARK
after CM, and CSI NY in the Tues 10pm.
ABC will be younger slanting at 10 wed
than on 10 tues. And NBC seemingly did
nothing to bolster SVU, another show
they seem primed to liquidate.

SHARK at 10 tues looks like a no-growth
dump, whereas it could grow with CM. And
if a new show or SHARK could make it at
10 tues, so could CSI NY, and it is a
proven demo performer.

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Riff Rafferty

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quote:
Originally posted by TV-aholic:
* The Big Bang Theory - Comedy about a brilliant theoretical physicists who meet a woman who shows them how little they know about real life.

I really liked this show the first time I saw it. When it was called "Modern Men."

And, still, of 7 pickups, the only one I was actually able to predict would be on the schedule. God only knows what went wrong with "Protect and Serve" or "The Man" (or how Ms. Tassler, in her infinite lack of wisdom, thought a casino musical was somehow more promising).

--
I agree.

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Ignored post by Riff Rafferty posted

Posted

Agree 100%

quote:
Originally posted by Bruce:
quote:
Originally posted by TV-aholic:
Not sure what to make of the Pickups and how it will affect the schedule.

Will there be a major shakeup with some aggressive show placement, or will they just fill the holes of cancelled shows?

I didn't like the sound of SHARK at
Tuesday 10, not because of the de-coupling
from CSI so much as it was a bad move
for show and net. If they add CANE at
10 thurs, the better fits are SHARK
after CM, and CSI NY in the Tues 10pm.
ABC will be younger slanting at 10 wed
than on 10 tues. And NBC seemingly did
nothing to bolster SVU, another show
they seem primed to liquidate.

SHARK at 10 tues looks like a no-growth
dump, whereas it could grow with CM. And
if a new show or SHARK could make it at
10 tues, so could CSI NY, and it is a
proven demo performer.

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shaunOmacradio

Posted

From Carol Barbee JERICHO
just got the call. We're gone.

Carol

Well so long CBS the one show that brought me back to network TV and you cancel it..

Host of Shaun OMac Radio out of Las Vegas at http://www.shaunomacradio.com

Posts: 79 | Location: Las Vegas, NV | Registered: 05 October 2006

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Posted

Don't blame CBS.
Blame the lack of viewers from late November to May.

quote:
Originally posted by Subject2Discussion:
From Carol Barbee JERICHO
just got the call. We're gone.

Carol

Well so long CBS the one show that brought me back to network TV and you cancel it..

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Posts: 15782 | Location: Indiana | Registered: 20 September 2006

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