So when King Of Queens moves out of 7pm, here is what's taking up the slot until Jericho returns.....

What would happen if you took a group of "Surreal Life"-level stars and gave them guns?

CBS aims to find out starting this January when the network premieres the new reality show "Armed & Famous" in the Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET time period.

In "Armed & Fabulous," Erik Estrada, LaToya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, Jason "Wee-Man" Acuna and Trish Stratus become sworn police officers in Muncie, Indiana. Why? Who knows. The semi-celebrities will go through the necessary training with firearms and hand-to-hand combat. After the training, they get badges, guns and the right to call themselves reserve offices. Paired with veteran officers, they'll patrol the gritty mean streets of Muncie.

Produced by Tom Forman ("Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"), Jeffrey Kramer ("Ally McBeal") and Michael Braverman ("Jesse Ventura's America"), "Armed & Fabulous" will premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 10 and will air a second original episode the following night at 8 p.m. ET. The show will settle into its regular Wednesday 8 p.m. slot the following week and will presumably stay there until "Jericho" returns from its mid-season hiatus in February.

Where is the King of Queens moving to? Are Doug and Carrie on their way back to Monday?

This is sooo funny to me, because I live in Muncie, IN and this has been getting a lot of ink in the local paper. It's been quite controversial, actually. People have been worried about everything from letting "celebs" carry guns and patroling the streets to how the show will portray Muncie to reports that producers of the show have been offering free shirts and up to $400 to get people to sign waivers to appear on the show w/o being blurred.

If anybody is curious and would like to read any of the articles and interviews about the show and view photo galleries, go to the local paper's website at www.thestarpress.com then scroll down to Special Sections, and click on "Armed & Famous."

Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I haven't had any run-ins with any of the "celebs," but I know people that have spotted them around town, including Erik Estrada at Target.

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Originally posted by xwiseguyx:
"Armed & Fabulous" will premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 10

This is the stupidest premise I've ever heard...wait...so what you're really saying is Jericho will be back on Jan. 17th?

No word on where the remaining episodes of The King of Queens will be airing.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
Where is the King of Queens moving to? Are Doug and Carrie on their way back to Monday?

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
Where is the King of Queens moving to? Are Doug and Carrie on their way back to Monday?

From what I've heard, they only filmed a few episodes on KOQ this summer to allow Kevin James to work on his movie with Adam Sandler. They will film the remainder of CBS' 13-episode order after the first of the year, so we probably won't see them until March at the earliest.