I think last night helps settle something that i've seen posted on here before, and that is that ABC should air regular season NBA games on Saturday nights. Obviously, if the Playoffs only attract just over 4 million viewers, the regular season would have NO hope. I saw the note about the ratings for DALLAS and Falcon Crest, those shows never aired on Saturday Nights. Saturday has been a weak night with low hut levels for nearly 40 years. Now, before you start screaming at me about the CBS Saturday nights of All in the Family, Carol Burnett, etc...there were 3 networks back then, so even though there as a low HUT level, it didn't matter because there was little choice. I agree with Marc and the others who have said gameshows on Saturday night. I think the first network that puts on a QUALITY FIRST RUN game show on Saturday nights at say 9pm, will start something. I also think NBC needs to put Dateline on Saturdays at 10. CBS should lead the way, as they usually do, and bring a game show to Saturday Nights, maybe Regis in the regular season?

The Unit probably picked up by CBS :

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/primetime-pilot-panic-cbs-unit-probable/



Back To You To CBS ? :

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/05/studio_trying_to_save_back_to.php

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Originally posted by Twins12:
The Unit probably picked up by CBS :

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/primetime-pilot-panic-cbs-unit-probable/



Back To You To CBS ? :

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/05/studio_trying_to_save_back_to.php

Back to You would be perfect for CBS, excellent news!

Thinking out loud here for CBS with Back to You:
Sundays:
60 Minutes
(NFL overrun pushes 60M to 7:30 every other week or a 2.5 Men repeat airs at 8 in the fall. At midseason, Back to You goes to 8pm with a new comedy at 8:30)
Back to You
The Amazing Race/The Towers (Cold Case spinoff)
Cold Case

Reasoning: B2Y is older skewing like 60 Minutes but could still bring in some younger audience I think courtesy of NFL promotion. The Amazing Race would be good reality counter programming at 9 with Cold Case either finishing up the night at 10. At midseason, the Towers, a CC spinoff replaces TAR for 13 weeks followed by another season of TAR. I would go 2 hours of comedies but I don't like moving TAR to Wed. at 8 where it will face a glutten of reality on other networks including Idol and I'm not sure HIMYM and B2Y really fit well together.

Mondays:
Big Bang
Rules of Engagement
2.5 Men
new comedy
CSI: Miami

Tuesdays:
NCIS
The Unit
Without a Trace

Wednesdays:
HIMYM
Old Christine
Criminal Minds
CSI:NY

Thursdays:
Survivor
CSI
11th Hour

Fridays:
Ghost Whisperer
The Mentalist
Numb3rs

Saturdays:
Gameshows filling from 8 to 10 (whatever works best this summer and bring back Power of 10)
48 Hours

Midseason: 2 new comedies and at least another new drama with Moonlight also getting 13 more eps to perhaps fill in for the Unit repeats if the new dramas work well. The Towers would be one of the midseason dramas and I think perhaps Mythology X could be used as filler for Survivor in January for 6 weeks (utilizing pre-tune in from CSI).

That is much too many comedies for CBS. I mean if they had that many they would become the Comedy Broadcasting System. I think they go with 6 sitcoms on at a time. I think Back To You could cost a spot for either Rules of Engagement or Old Christine.

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Originally posted by Twins12:
That is much too many comedies for CBS. I mean if they had that many they would become the Comedy Broadcasting System. I think they go with 6 sitcoms on at a time. I think Back To You could cost a spot for either Rules of Engagement or Old Christine.

That's a ridiculous statement. In the 90s, NBC had 4 nights of 2 hour comedies and another night where they aired from 8 to 9. If anything, network TV needs more comedies and adding 4 more spread out on two different nights hurts nothing. By focusing on comedies and perhaps at least trying to fix the comedy drought, CBS may end up getting the buzz it was looking for all along. Not to mention, comedies tend to do better for them in the demo than dramas a lot of the time. Only Survivor outranks BBT/HIMYM's combination on Mondays at 8 and 2.5 Men tends to be the third or fourth highest rated CBS show in the demo.

I do realize that Dallas and Falcon Crest were Friday shows. My point was that even on that low HUT night, they brought huge ratings. I loved Saturday CBS nights - I was even in the right demo at that time. Nowadays, a hit show pulls an 8 ratingg - what is that? There's a real problem that needs to be fixed.

I am not saying I wouldn't enjoy it, because sitcoms is my main television viewing. However, I say it just won't happen. CBS has 5 existing comedies, let's say the pick up BTY, and they have already picked up one new one. That is 7. They only have 3 more multicamera ones in development. To get that many sitcoms they would have to pick up all of them. I just think it is too many. I still think they will go with six. We will find out for sure on Wednesday.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Twins12:
That is much too many comedies for CBS. I mean if they had that many they would become the Comedy Broadcasting System. I think they go with 6 sitcoms on at a time. I think Back To You could cost a spot for either Rules of Engagement or Old Christine.

That's a ridiculous statement. In the 90s, NBC had 4 nights of 2 hour comedies and another night where they aired from 8 to 9. If anything, network TV needs more comedies and adding 4 more spread out on two different nights hurts nothing. By focusing on comedies and perhaps at least trying to fix the comedy drought, CBS may end up getting the buzz it was looking for all along. Not to mention, comedies tend to do better for them in the demo than dramas a lot of the time. Only Survivor outranks BBT/HIMYM's combination on Mondays at 8 and 2.5 Men tends to be the third or fourth highest rated CBS show in the demo.

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Originally posted by Twins12:
I am not saying I wouldn't enjoy it, because sitcoms is my main television viewing. However, I say it just won't happen. CBS has 5 existing comedies, let's say the pick up BTY, and they have already picked up one new one. That is 7. They only have 3 more multicamera ones in development. To get that many sitcoms they would have to pick up all of them. I just think it is too many. I still think they will go with six. We will find out for sure on Wednesday.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Twins12:
That is much too many comedies for CBS. I mean if they had that many they would become the Comedy Broadcasting System. I think they go with 6 sitcoms on at a time. I think Back To You could cost a spot for either Rules of Engagement or Old Christine.

That's a ridiculous statement. In the 90s, NBC had 4 nights of 2 hour comedies and another night where they aired from 8 to 9. If anything, network TV needs more comedies and adding 4 more spread out on two different nights hurts nothing. By focusing on comedies and perhaps at least trying to fix the comedy drought, CBS may end up getting the buzz it was looking for all along. Not to mention, comedies tend to do better for them in the demo than dramas a lot of the time. Only Survivor outranks BBT/HIMYM's combination on Mondays at 8 and 2.5 Men tends to be the third or fourth highest rated CBS show in the demo.

I think CBS will get at least 8 comedies next fall, in total. I wonder if Wednesday could soon expand to 2 hours of comedy? Or perhaps Sunday?

We find out on Wednesday. I predict 6 on the schedule, and two or three on the bench.

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Originally posted by Justin:

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Originally posted by Twins12:
I am not saying I wouldn't enjoy it, because sitcoms is my main television viewing. However, I say it just won't happen. CBS has 5 existing comedies, let's say the pick up BTY, and they have already picked up one new one. That is 7. They only have 3 more multicamera ones in development. To get that many sitcoms they would have to pick up all of them. I just think it is too many. I still think they will go with six. We will find out for sure on Wednesday.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Twins12:
That is much too many comedies for CBS. I mean if they had that many they would become the Comedy Broadcasting System. I think they go with 6 sitcoms on at a time. I think Back To You could cost a spot for either Rules of Engagement or Old Christine.

That's a ridiculous statement. In the 90s, NBC had 4 nights of 2 hour comedies and another night where they aired from 8 to 9. If anything, network TV needs more comedies and adding 4 more spread out on two different nights hurts nothing. By focusing on comedies and perhaps at least trying to fix the comedy drought, CBS may end up getting the buzz it was looking for all along. Not to mention, comedies tend to do better for them in the demo than dramas a lot of the time. Only Survivor outranks BBT/HIMYM's combination on Mondays at 8 and 2.5 Men tends to be the third or fourth highest rated CBS show in the demo.

I think CBS will get at least 8 comedies next fall, in total. I wonder if Wednesday could soon expand to 2 hours of comedy? Or perhaps Sunday?

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Originally posted by Twins12:
We find out on Wednesday. I predict 6 on the schedule, and two or three on the bench.

Wouldn't it be great if there was at least 8, or heck, 10? It'd be the sitcom age all over again, and then maybe NBC would actually learn something from CBS...MULTI-CAMERA comedies.

How I Met Your Mother will get a boost tomorrow because Britney Spears is making another appearance. It will most likely be picked up for next season on the heels of another Spears episode.

I would love that. There is nothing like good multi camera traditional sitcoms. Let's hope for as many as possible.

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Originally posted by Justin:

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Originally posted by Twins12:
We find out on Wednesday. I predict 6 on the schedule, and two or three on the bench.

Wouldn't it be great if there was at least 8, or heck, 10? It'd be the sitcom age all over again, and then maybe NBC would actually learn something from CBS...MULTI-CAMERA comedies.

Variety : CBS considering new comedy block

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985481.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

Ouch. Looks like CW's ratings are creating some casualties...

Pappas Telecasting Inc. Broadcast Giant Files For Bankruptcy, Blames CW Ratings

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Pappas specifically blamed the "poor ratings of the CW Network" for some of the financial trouble that forced it into bankruptcy. Also cites as problems are the economic downturn, plunging advertising and the cost of converting from analog to digital TV broadcasting.