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Burgundy Ranger
05-17-2006, 11:24 AM
(New shows in BOLD CAPS)

MONDAY
8:00 PM How I Met Your Mother (new time)
8:30 PM THE CLASS
9:00 PM Two and a Half Men
9:30 PM The New Adventures of Old Christine
10:00 PM CSI: Miami

TUESDAY
8:00 PM NCIS
9:00 PM The Unit
10:00 PM SMITH

WEDNESDAY
8:00 PM JERICHO
9:00 PM Criminal Minds
10:00 PM CSI: NY

THURSDAY
8:00 PM Survivor
9:00 PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10:00 PM SHARK

FRIDAY
8:00 PM Ghost Whisperer
9:00 PM Close to Home
10:00 PM Numb3rs

SATURDAY
8:00 PM Crimetime Saturday
9:000 PM Crimetime Saturday
10:00 PM 48 Hours: Mystery

SUNDAY
7:00 PM 60 Minutes
8:00 PM The Amazing Race (new time)
9:00 PM Cold Case (new time)
10:00 PM Without a Trace (new time)

NEW SERIES DESCRIPTIONS:

THE CLASS (Monday, 8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT), from Emmy Award winner David Crane ("Friends") and Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Klarik ("Mad About You"), is a comedy about the lives of a group of 20-somethings who are inextricably bound together having shared the same third grade class. Now face to face at an impromptu reunion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the day they met, they wonder if they'll have anything in common besides vague memories of playground kisses and underwear sightings on the monkey bars. Turns out they do. After two decades apart for most of them, some are eager to show off, some want to rekindle old crushes and others just want to satisfy their curiosity. Whatever the case, their lives will intersect from this point forward, sharing childhood memories and dealing with adult issues -- career, relationships and the general direction or misdirection life will take them. Jason Ritter ("Joan of Arcadia"), Heather Goldenhersh ("The Merchant of Venice"), Lizzy Caplan ("Related"), Jon Bernthal ("Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman"), Sean Maguire ("Eve"), Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Putnam County Spelling Bee"), Lucy Punch ("Ella Enchanted") and Andrea Anders ("Joey") also star. Multiple Emmy Award winner James Burrows directs. Crane, Klarik and Burrows are executive producers for Warner Bros. Television.

SMITH (Tuesday, 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) stars Emmy Award winner Ray Liotta ("ER," "Goodfellas,") as a criminal mastermind in a drama about a close-knit crew of career criminals who plot and execute intricate and ingenious high-stakes heists across the country. Though Bobby Stevens (Liotta) appears to be a regular family man with a nine-to-five job, he's actually an expert thief who is seeking just two or three more big jobs so he can finally leave the business for a comfortable, lawful lifestyle with his wife, Hope (Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen, "Sideways"). Bobby's second family, his core band of partners, each bring their own areas of expertise to pulling off the biggest and most sophisticated armed robberies. The FBI is determined to catch the team but is most interested in capturing "Smith," the crew's mysterious leader and the brains behind the entire operation. It remains to be seen whether Bobby will be able to extricate himself in time from the scores that give him such a rush, or if his retirement will be a forced one -- behind bars. Jonny Lee Miller ("Trainspotting"), Franky G ("Saw II"), Simon Baker ("The Guardian") and Amy Smart ("Felicity") also star. Emmy Award winner John Wells ("ER," "The West Wing") is the executive producer for Warner Bros. Television.

JERICHO (Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) is a drama about what happens when a nuclear mushroom cloud suddenly appears on the horizon, plunging the residents of a small, peaceful Kansas town into chaos, leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they're the only Americans left alive. Fear of the unknown propels Jericho into social, psychological and physical mayhem when all communication and power is shut down. The town starts to come apart at the seams as terror, anger and confusion bring out the very worst in some residents. But in this time of crisis, as sensible people become paranoid, personal agendas take over and well-kept secrets threaten to be revealed, some people will find an inner strength they never knew they had and the most unlikely heroes will emerge. Skeet Ulrich ("Scream"), Gerald McRaney ("Ike: Countdown to D-Day"), Ashley Scott ("Dark Angel"), Pamela Reed ("Proof of Life"), Kenneth Mitchell ("The Recruit"), Lennie James ("Sahara"), Sprague Grayden ("Six Feet Under"), Michael Gaston ("Prison Break") and Erik Knudsen ("Saw II") star. Jon Turteltaub ("National Treasure"), Stephen Chbosky ("Rent") and Carol Barbee ("Judging Amy") are executive producers for CBS Paramount Network Television, in association with Junction Entertainment.

SHARK (Thursday, 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) stars multiple Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner James Woods ("Ghosts of Mississippi," "ER") as Sebastian Stark, a charismatic, supremely self-confident defense attorney who, after a shocking outcome in one of his cases and a personal epiphany, brings his cutthroat tactics to the prosecutor's office. As the head of the Los Angeles District Attorney's High Profile Crime Unit, Stark works for Jessica Devlin, (Jeri Ryan, "The O.C."), the ambitious and accomplished D.A. who despises his ruthless strategies. Devlin teams him with a group of young prosecutors who are about to have the learning experience of a lifetime because, though Stark is seeking to redeem himself, he has no intention of cooling his underhanded approach to cases just because he's now working for the "good guys." Sam Page ("American Dreams"), Alexis Cruz ("American Family"), Sarah Carter ("Numb3rs"), Danielle Panabaker ("Mom at Sixteen"), Romy Rosemont ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation") and Sophina Brown ("Without a Trace") also star. Academy Award nominee Spike Lee directs. Academy Award winner Brian Grazer ("A Beautiful Mind," "24"), (David Nevins ("Arrested Development"), Ian Biederman ("Crossing Jordan") and Ed Redlich ("Without A Trace") are executive producers for Imagine Entertainment, in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television.

COMING IN MIDSEASON:
The King of Queens
3 LBS, starring Stanley Tucci in a medical drama about New York neurosurgeons
WATERFRONT, a drama about a colorful mayor in Providence, R.I. starring Joe Pantoliano
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, a comedy starring Patrick Warburton ("Seinfeld") from Adam Sandler's production company that follows two couples and a single guy as they navigate the jungles of dating, engagement and marriage.

Moto Pete
05-17-2006, 11:51 AM
you beat me too it

Burgundy Ranger
05-17-2006, 11:51 AM
Obviously, when you're #1, there's not much that needs fixing. Most of what works for CBS stays put. The night that changes most dramatically is Sunday.

With NBC showing football until January and ABC moving Gray's Anatomy off while keeping the rest of the lineup (AFV, Makeover: Home and Housewives) intact, CBS aims much younger -- unless you count 60 Minutes.

Gone is the Sunday Night Movie. There is no longer a regularly scheduled movie on any night on any of the five major (or somewhat major) networks.

In come Amazing Race and Without a Trace to join Cold Case. (Rhyming shows -- a coincidence?)

Will be interesting.

Lord Dalek
05-17-2006, 11:59 AM
DALEK'S TAKE...

Moving Without a Trace to Sunday is risky and I wont be surprised if it returns to Thursday at 10:00 by midseason.

Jericho - I liked this... when it was called Testament.

The Class - Hey it's David Crane, let's see if it works.

Shark - Who knows, this may be the show that saves long suffering ER.

CBS is currently the strongest network of the four and I'm unsurpised that its schedule is the most stable.

bigddan11
05-17-2006, 12:14 PM
It looks like CBS is going to challenge ABC for the Sunday crown with this new line-up. It's risky putting the Amazing Race and Without a Trace up against Sunday Night Football, but Trace is the #2 show on Thursday night's, so it should be able to carry its own weight. I can't figure out why they'er putting Race on Sunday's. Do they want it to die when the ratings have just started recovering? The rest of the line-up is no surprise to me, but it'll be interesting to see what they do with their sister network, the CW.

TnAdct1
05-17-2006, 12:35 PM
Ugh. What's up with rival networks putting their interesting reality shows against Fox's "good" shows. First, the Apprentice moved to Mondays around the same time 24 comes on. Now, CBS is planning to move the Amazing Race to Sundays around the same time the Simpsons come on (granted the show has gone downhill in recent years, and the season may not start until November due to baseball, but still...).

Lord Dalek
05-17-2006, 12:49 PM
Ugh. What's up with rival networks putting their interesting reality shows against Fox's "good" shows. First, the Apprentice moved to Mondays around the same time 24 comes on. Now, CBS is planning to move the Amazing Race to Sundays around the same time the Simpsons come on (granted the show has gone downhill in recent years, and the season may not start until November due to baseball, but still...).They're trying to get revenge on Fox scheduling American Idol against everything they've got. It's called an Atom Bomb strategy.

Burgundy Ranger
05-17-2006, 12:54 PM
I can't figure out why they'er putting Race on Sunday's. Do they want it to die when the ratings have just started recovering?You got me. But if you look at where TAR is airing now (Wed, 8:00), it would be up against two other reality shows -- Dancing With the Stars (ABC) and The Biggest Loser (NBC).

The Amazing Race skews very well with younger viewers -- viewers who might not be into football or Ty Pennington.

Peter Paltridge
05-17-2006, 08:22 PM
Yaaaaaaaawn.....

Come on, where are the schedules from the networks I'll actually watch? Fox and CW?

I need to know what obnoxious sitcom Fox is going to try this year so I can anticipate the promos and avoid them during Family Guy.

PeppeRaskell1
05-17-2006, 11:06 PM
Crimetime Saturday? Sounds like we'll be seeing repeats of the week's CSI eps from New York and Miami again.

Burgundy Ranger
05-17-2006, 11:37 PM
Crimetime Saturday? Sounds like we'll be seeing repeats of the week's CSI eps from New York and Miami again.
Yup. All the networks have given up on Saturdays. NBC is rerunning dramas as well and ABC just said "ah, [bleep] it -- let sports have it."

Saturday is the black hole of TV viewers -- they ain't there.

EinBebop
05-18-2006, 12:23 AM
Man... Saturday used to be Diff'rent Strokes/Silver Spoons night. And before that, CHiPs... and farther back, All in the Family. What happened? :(

Edit: Or why not give otherwise 'cancelled' shows a chance to run out their season on Saturday nights; try to find an audience before nailing the coffin shut?

Peter Paltridge
05-18-2006, 04:10 AM
The target demographic is out partying on Saturday nights, and anybody stuck with the TV is a loser.

Families are more likely to be home, but networks don't care about your children anymore.

Icer
05-18-2006, 04:55 AM
Bleh, I liked the whole Survivor/CSI/Without a Trace trio.

And I dont like to watch TV on Sunday nights so I'm not to big on the move for WAT.

EinBebop
05-18-2006, 07:39 AM
The target demographic is out partying on Saturday nights, and anybody stuck with the TV is a loser.

:(

Toon Capone
05-18-2006, 11:14 PM
O.K. so I guess this is the King of Queens last season.

It hasn't been too good lately anyway, so they should go ahead and end it.:shrug:

The Clown Prince
05-19-2006, 01:52 AM
CBS' Canceled Shows

Courting Alex
Love Monkey
Out of Practice
Still Standing
Threshold
Yes, Dear

The Clown Prince

Samurai
05-19-2006, 04:15 AM
JERICHO (Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) is a drama about what happens when a nuclear mushroom cloud suddenly appears on the horizon, plunging the residents of a small, peaceful Kansas town into chaos, leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they're the only Americans left alive. Fear of the unknown propels Jericho into social, psychological and physical mayhem when all communication and power is shut down. The town starts to come apart at the seams as terror, anger and confusion bring out the very worst in some residents. But in this time of crisis, as sensible people become paranoid, personal agendas take over and well-kept secrets threaten to be revealed, some people will find an inner strength they never knew they had and the most unlikely heroes will emerge. Skeet Ulrich ("Scream"), Gerald McRaney ("Ike: Countdown to D-Day"), Ashley Scott ("Dark Angel"), Pamela Reed ("Proof of Life"), Kenneth Mitchell ("The Recruit"), Lennie James ("Sahara"), Sprague Grayden ("Six Feet Under"), Michael Gaston ("Prison Break") and Erik Knudsen ("Saw II") star. Jon Turteltaub ("National Treasure"), Stephen Chbosky ("Rent") and Carol Barbee ("Judging Amy") are executive producers for CBS Paramount Network Television, in association with Junction Entertainment.

Sounds midly intriguing. Also sounds like an Invasion/horror movie rip-off though. We'll see how it turns out...

The Weed Of Cri
05-19-2006, 12:13 PM
Interesting note: CBS has no new reality shows on its schedule. Could this be a clue that this fad has peaked and is on its way out.

Anyway, here's my over/under on the success of these shows:

The Class: could succeed past its freshman season if the writing is good. Has the potential to degenerate into Thirtysomething-style self-absorbtion that will prevent it from expanding its audience past those who discover it during its first season.

Smith: Cancelled after 6-12 episodes. This is basically Ocean's 11 for television, and series that rip off the elements of popular movie and try to deliver a watered-down version of said movie every week rarely sustain. TV series with criminals as heroes can sell if the antagonists are even worse ("It Takes A Thief"), but if the show is just wealth-redistribution fantasy wish fulfillment, it's doomed.

Jericho: Cancelled after 15-20 episodes. This network's "Lost" rip-off. Networks executives never seem to learn that what makes shows like Lost popular is that they break formulas rather than follow them. Once you turn the concept into a formula, the imitators inevitably fail. Three networks tried the "alien invasion" formula last years ("Invasion", "Surface", "Threshold"); none of them made it to a second season.

Shark: It wouldn't be a fall line-up without the obligatory new lawyer show. James Woods' talent will carry this through its first season, after that, it will have to provide scripts commensurate to its star's talent or it will struggle through its second season.

bigddan11
05-19-2006, 12:38 PM
Smith seems more to me like Heist, and we all know how well Heist did for NBC. It was pulled after how many episodes again?

Duke
05-19-2006, 02:01 PM
Yay! The only primetime show I watch on network TV is coming back, and isnt moving time slots! :anime:

Toon Capone
05-19-2006, 09:06 PM
CBS' Canceled Shows


Yes, Dear

The Clown Prince

I liked Yes Dear.:(