Fall 2006 - CBS
It’s day three of the upfronts, and so it must be time for the CBS presentation!
"Stability" is the word of the day at CBS, as the eye will be making VERY FEW changes to its lineup. One major change for CBS is the cancellation of its long-running Sunday Night Movie. Personally, I’ve been an advocate of dropping the Sunday movie for MANY years now… so I say “it’s about time, CBS!”
Here’s a look at the CBS Fall schedule (with new show in bold):
MONDAY
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
8:30 The Class
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 The New Adventures of Old Christine
10:00 CSI: Miami
TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 The Unit
10:00 Smith
WEDNESDAY
8:00 Jericho
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 CSI: NY
THURSDAY
8:00 Survivor: Cook Islands
9:00 CSI
10:00 Shark
FRIDAY
8:00 Ghost Whisperer
9:00 Close to Home
10:00 Numbers
SATURDAY
8:00 Crimetime Saturday
9:00 Crimetime Saturday
10:00 48 Hours Mystery
SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 The Amazing Race
9:00 Cold Case
10:00 Without a Trace
Of note on CBS’s midseason plate is the new drama Waterfront, the Joe Pantoliano drama which tells the story of a Providence, RI charismatic-yet-ethically-challenged mayor (hmmm... does that sound like any mayor of Providence you've ever heard of??). Also, look for a return (undoubtedly for its final season) of King of Queens at midseason.
As for the new shows debuting in the Fall:
THE CLASS
CBS won a bidding war for this first comedy from Friends co-creator David Crane and director James Burrows. It’s the story of group of twenty-somethings who reunite twenty years after having shared a third-grade class.
SMITH
Ray Liotta heads up an ensemble case in this drama about a band of career criminals. Yes, this is definitely a twist on CBS’s usual “good guys fighting crime” point-of-view. Virginia Madsen is also featured.
JERICHO
CBS is going after the Lost crowd with this Wednesday post-apocalyptic entry in which a small Kansas town finds itself isolated from the rest of the world in the aftermath of a nuclear mushroom cloud. In a time slot VERY heavy with reality shows, this one may have a chance of standing out. Skeet Ulrich and Gerald McRaney lead the ensemble cast.
SHARK
Rhode Island’s own James Woods (yes, another Rhode Island connection on CBS!) stars as a super-confidant defense attorney who, after a life-changing event, decides to switch sides and bring his cutthroat tactics to the prosecutor’s office. Jeri Ryan is also featured.
Taking many people by surprise was the move of The Amazing Race to the pivotal Sunday-at-8 time slot (pushing Cold Case to 9:00). Personally, I would have kept Cold Case at 8, and slotted Smith at 9, in the hammock between the established shows Cold Case and Without a Trace. Smith’s “from the criminals’ point-of-view” storytelling would have been a natural fit for the Sunday-at-9 slot, as this slot has been the long-time home of that other little “from the criminals’ point-of-view” show, The Sopranos.
Yet Even More Rumors from the Upfronts...
- The CW's Fall lineup will likely look like this: Mondays - 7th Heaven at 8, Runaway at 9; Tuesdays - Gilmore Girls at 8, Veronica Mars at 9; Wednesdays - America's Next Top Model at 8, One Tree Hill at 9; Thursdays - Smallville at 8, Supernatural at 9; Fridays - WWE Smackdown at 8; Sundays - Everybody Hates Chris at 7, All of Us at 7:30, Girlfriends at 8, The Game at 8:30.
- The CW will introduce a new logo at their upfront tomorrow. It should look something like this...
- Fox is aiming to give Brad Garrett’s new sitcom 'Til Death a weeknight-at-8 time slot.
"Stability" is the word of the day at CBS, as the eye will be making VERY FEW changes to its lineup. One major change for CBS is the cancellation of its long-running Sunday Night Movie. Personally, I’ve been an advocate of dropping the Sunday movie for MANY years now… so I say “it’s about time, CBS!”
Here’s a look at the CBS Fall schedule (with new show in bold):
MONDAY
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
8:30 The Class
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 The New Adventures of Old Christine
10:00 CSI: Miami
TUESDAY
8:00 NCIS
9:00 The Unit
10:00 Smith
WEDNESDAY
8:00 Jericho
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 CSI: NY
THURSDAY
8:00 Survivor: Cook Islands
9:00 CSI
10:00 Shark
FRIDAY
8:00 Ghost Whisperer
9:00 Close to Home
10:00 Numbers
SATURDAY
8:00 Crimetime Saturday
9:00 Crimetime Saturday
10:00 48 Hours Mystery
SUNDAY
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 The Amazing Race
9:00 Cold Case
10:00 Without a Trace
Of note on CBS’s midseason plate is the new drama Waterfront, the Joe Pantoliano drama which tells the story of a Providence, RI charismatic-yet-ethically-challenged mayor (hmmm... does that sound like any mayor of Providence you've ever heard of??). Also, look for a return (undoubtedly for its final season) of King of Queens at midseason.
As for the new shows debuting in the Fall:
THE CLASS
CBS won a bidding war for this first comedy from Friends co-creator David Crane and director James Burrows. It’s the story of group of twenty-somethings who reunite twenty years after having shared a third-grade class.
SMITH
Ray Liotta heads up an ensemble case in this drama about a band of career criminals. Yes, this is definitely a twist on CBS’s usual “good guys fighting crime” point-of-view. Virginia Madsen is also featured.
JERICHO
CBS is going after the Lost crowd with this Wednesday post-apocalyptic entry in which a small Kansas town finds itself isolated from the rest of the world in the aftermath of a nuclear mushroom cloud. In a time slot VERY heavy with reality shows, this one may have a chance of standing out. Skeet Ulrich and Gerald McRaney lead the ensemble cast.
SHARK
Rhode Island’s own James Woods (yes, another Rhode Island connection on CBS!) stars as a super-confidant defense attorney who, after a life-changing event, decides to switch sides and bring his cutthroat tactics to the prosecutor’s office. Jeri Ryan is also featured.
Taking many people by surprise was the move of The Amazing Race to the pivotal Sunday-at-8 time slot (pushing Cold Case to 9:00). Personally, I would have kept Cold Case at 8, and slotted Smith at 9, in the hammock between the established shows Cold Case and Without a Trace. Smith’s “from the criminals’ point-of-view” storytelling would have been a natural fit for the Sunday-at-9 slot, as this slot has been the long-time home of that other little “from the criminals’ point-of-view” show, The Sopranos.** ** ** ** **
Yet Even More Rumors from the Upfronts...
- The CW's Fall lineup will likely look like this: Mondays - 7th Heaven at 8, Runaway at 9; Tuesdays - Gilmore Girls at 8, Veronica Mars at 9; Wednesdays - America's Next Top Model at 8, One Tree Hill at 9; Thursdays - Smallville at 8, Supernatural at 9; Fridays - WWE Smackdown at 8; Sundays - Everybody Hates Chris at 7, All of Us at 7:30, Girlfriends at 8, The Game at 8:30.
- The CW will introduce a new logo at their upfront tomorrow. It should look something like this...
- Fox is aiming to give Brad Garrett’s new sitcom 'Til Death a weeknight-at-8 time slot.
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