CBS is giving new Adam Sandler-produced laffer "Rules of Engagement" the best comedy timeslot on TV while finalizing plans to say goodbye to "The King of Queens" after nine seasons. Starting Feb. 5, "Rules" will run Mondays at 9:30 p.m. behind the top-rated "Two and a Half Men," the Eye will announce today. Its premiere will come one day after CBS airs Super Bowl XLI, allowing the net to give the David Spade-Patrick Warburton laffer a major promo push during the big game. CBS Paramount and Sony Pictures TV produce "Rules" in association with Sandler’s Happy Madison shingle. Tom Hertz, Jack Giarraputo and Doug Robinson are exec producers. Move will mean a timeslot switch for "The New Adventures of Old Christine," which has occupied the plum slot after "Men" since its premiere last spring. After a brief hiatus during February, "Old Christine" will shift to Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on March 12. "The Class," which currently airs in the 8:30 p.m. slot, will wrap its first season on March 5. Eye’s strategy is designed to virtually eliminate comedy repeats in the 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Monday timeslots. Net also wants to give all of its comedy players a fair shake on Mondays before it makes up its mind about how to schedule the night next season. Sked shuffle marks a major vote of confidence in "Rules." Eye execs are no doubt hoping the male-skewing "Rules," which features a heavy dose of ribald humor, will be a better fit with "Men" than the more femme-friendly "Old Christine." While "Christine" has been a solid performer on Mondays and has even landed on some critics’ year-end top 10 lists, skein still loses about 20% of its lead-in. Not helping matters: "Christine" has had to face off against the red-hot "Heroes" for most of the fall. As for "Rules," CBS plans to air seven episodes of the laffer on Mondays. On April 9, net will bring back "King of Queens" — which goes on hiatus after its Jan. 3 broadcast — in the 9:30 p.m. Monday slot. CBS will have seven episodes of "Queens" in the can, which means the skein’s series finale will likely air on May 21. Net hasn’t locked in any dates for the finale, however.
Dang you CBS, I love The Class. Translation with a March season finale…the show will not be back next season…but thank g-d neither will King of Queens!!! Why is that show still on the air? Seriously who watches that show? And on that note who watches Old Christine?
CBS is giving the plush post-Super Bowl spot to sophomore drama Criminal Minds. The Mandy Patinkin drama will air immediately following Super Bowl XLI on Sunday, February 4. “This is an outstanding opportunity to expose a series that is young in its life cycle and on the rise to an enormous universe of potential new viewers," says CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler. CBS’ strategy comes as the show this fall began to surpass Lost in total viewers when the shows went head-to-head Wednesdays at 9.
I think it is criminal they chose that show. I know it beats LOST, but I do not think it is the best fit. I would’ve picked Jericho, but hey that is just me.
Thanks Michael!
I just love the show and the cast!!! They are so cute and you can tell they really like each other! Now I can’t wait for the cast album from How I Met Your Mother!!!
New CBS medical drama "3 Lbs." has been declared brain dead after just three weeks, though the Eye has yet to pull the plug officially. After weighing the latest Nielsen numbers, net execs confirmed Wednesday that the Peter Ocko-produced medical drama has been placed on hiatus effective immediately. While the net isn’t officially saying the show has been canceled, there are no plans to produce more segs beyond the eight already filmed, and it’s unlikely CBS will give the show a shot elsewhere on its sked. As it is, a special 9 p.m. Tuesday airing of "3 Lbs." slated for next week has been scrapped in favor of "The Unit," which normally occupies the timeslot. Following a planned preemption for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, it seems likely CBS will fill the 10 p.m. Tuesday slot with a selection of repeats from its crime show library. Killing "3 Lbs." was a no-brainer. Skein’s low ratings dropped each week it aired, with its overall young adult average of a 2.7/7 down 16% from that of previous slot occupant "Smith." Ocko’s "3 Lbs.," from CBS Paramount Network Television, becomes the latest casualty in what’s become a death slot for CBS skeins. Its succumbing after three airings Tuesdays at 10 follows similarly short stints this year from dramas "Smith" and "Love Monkey," as well as reality skein "Tuesday Night Book Club."
3 LBS stars Stanley Tucci (“The Devil Wears Pradaâ€Â) in a drama about a team of top New York City neurosurgeons with different points of view. Mark Feuerstein (“The West Wingâ€Â), Indira Varma (“Romeâ€Â) and Armando Riesco (“Garden Stateâ€Â) also star. Not your average medical drama, 3 LBS, which refers to the weight of an adult human brain, is a show where hard science collides with the intricacies of personality, courage, emotion and faith as modern day heroes — on the cutting edge of their profession — explore the last frontier of medicine, the human brain. CBS
I have to admit, I tried my hardest to like this show, but it is just not for me. Then again I am not into medical shows, so that could be why.
This is ashow that will need a chance to build an audience, and hopefully CBS will let it build one. But I doubt it will have much of a chance against Law & Order: SVU and Boston Legal.
CBS is giving new Adam Sandler-produced laffer "Rules of Engagement" the best comedy timeslot on TV while finalizing plans to say goodbye to "The King of Queens" after nine seasons. Starting Feb. 5, "Rules" will run Mondays at 9:30 p.m. behind the top-rated "Two and a Half Men," the Eye will announce today. Its premiere will come one day after CBS airs Super Bowl XLI, allowing the net to give the David Spade-Patrick Warburton laffer a major promo push during the big game. CBS Paramount and Sony Pictures TV produce "Rules" in association with Sandler’s Happy Madison shingle. Tom Hertz, Jack Giarraputo and Doug Robinson are exec producers. Move will mean a timeslot switch for "The New Adventures of Old Christine," which has occupied the plum slot after "Men" since its premiere last spring. After a brief hiatus during February, "Old Christine" will shift to Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on March 12. "The Class," which currently airs in the 8:30 p.m. slot, will wrap its first season on March 5. Eye’s strategy is designed to virtually eliminate comedy repeats in the 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Monday timeslots. Net also wants to give all of its comedy players a fair shake on Mondays before it makes up its mind about how to schedule the night next season. Sked shuffle marks a major vote of confidence in "Rules." Eye execs are no doubt hoping the male-skewing "Rules," which features a heavy dose of ribald humor, will be a better fit with "Men" than the more femme-friendly "Old Christine." While "Christine" has been a solid performer on Mondays and has even landed on some critics’ year-end top 10 lists, skein still loses about 20% of its lead-in. Not helping matters: "Christine" has had to face off against the red-hot "Heroes" for most of the fall. As for "Rules," CBS plans to air seven episodes of the laffer on Mondays. On April 9, net will bring back "King of Queens" — which goes on hiatus after its Jan. 3 broadcast — in the 9:30 p.m. Monday slot. CBS will have seven episodes of "Queens" in the can, which means the skein’s series finale will likely air on May 21. Net hasn’t locked in any dates for the finale, however.
