June 25th, 2009 | 21 Comments
CBS announced dates for the fall premieres of its new and returning series, which include a pre-season debut for Survivor: Samoa and the launch of the new Sunday drama series Three Rivers in early October. The Network will introduce the majority of its schedule beginning Monday, September 21, the official start of the 2009-2010 season.
Survivor: Samoa, the 19th installment of the hit reality series, will debut a week prior to the formal start of the season, on Thursday, September 17 (8:00 PM/ET).
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May 20th, 2009 | 143 Comments
CBS, the only major broadcast network to grow its audience in all key ratings this season, announced today the addition of four new series to strengthen its already top rated primetime lineup for the Fall 2009-2010 season.
The new series include three dramas and one comedy. Chris O’Donnell and LL COOL J star in NCIS: Los Angeles, a spinoff from the hit drama NCIS; The Good Wife stars Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies in a legal drama about a steadfast wife and mother who boldly returns to work as a lawyer when her husband is imprisoned for a high profile political scandal; Three Rivers, a medical drama that stars Alex O’Loughlin as the head of a renowned transplant surgery team, and Accidentally On Purpose stars Golden Globe Award winner Jenna Elfman in an ensemble comedy about a successful, single journalist who accidentally gets pregnant by a much younger man.
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May 19th, 2009 | 0 Comments
CBS has picked up Cold Case, Numbers, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement and Gary Unmarried. CBS is looking in to potentially acquiring the recently-canceled NBC drama Medium, which is produced by CBS TV Studios. CBS opted not to renew Without a Trace and The Unit and freshman 11th Hour.
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May 19th, 2009 | 33 Comments
CBS has canceled long-running Sunday night action-drama The Unit while NBC has canceled Thursday night comedy mainstay My Name Is Earl and the supernatural Medium. But not all is lost for two of the shows.
My Name Is Earl studio 20th TV is talking to Fox and ABC about possibly picking up the show. ABC in particular has been receptive to picking up rival shows, having taken Scrubs after NBC canceled the series last year and committing to take on The New Adventures of Old Christine should CBS cancel the series.
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May 19th, 2009 | 9 Comments
NBC announced today its 2009-2010 schedule featuring more original programming than ever before and a shared time-period strategy around NBC’s Olympics platform that, along with The Jay Leno Show (Mondays-Fridays 10:00-11:00 PM/ET), allows the network to broadcast all-new content year-round.
In addition, NBC issued renewals to Law and Order and Chuck as part of its strong slate of new and returning shows announced recently at the network’s highly successful Infront.
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May 4th, 2009 | 18 Comments
NBC has announced its pickups for the 2009-2010 primetime season including four dramas, two comedies and three renewals. NBC officially picked up new dramas Trauma, Parenthood, Mercy and Day One (which will air as a limited-run event) and comedies Community and 100 Questions. Beyond the six new shows, NBC also gave a go-ahead to returning shows Southland, Heroes, Parks and Recreation and six new Thursday night Saturday Night Live Weekend Update episodes. Patricia Arquette’s Medium received a pickup Sunday morning, though its exact order was being worked out and expected to be in the 13-18 episode range.
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