While CBS hasn’t addressed the topic yet, this move likely means that the Anna Faris-fronted comedy Mom will remain on Thursdays going forward. Mom and The Millers had switched time slots for the fall, and were originally set to switch back in January. Mike & Molly officially returns on Monday, December 8th, and it would be quite odd for CBS to bring the show back for a one-month run, then move it to a different night. Mom staying on Thursdays could end up being a blessing for the sophomore comedy, as that means it would stay behind ratings juggernaut The Big Bang Theory, which is consistently the best lead-in on network television.

Of course, Mike & Molly fans should hope that the veteran sitcom’s fortunes take a turn for the better behind 2 Broke Girls, as season four saw the comedy’s average rating drop from a 2.9 to a 2.2. The Millers’ average before being canceled was a 1.7, so M&M obviously still has some ways to go before it enters the danger zone. Still, Mike & Molly getting a sixth season is by no means a slam dunk, and will very much depend on its performance at least staying consistent with last year.

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The Millers starred Arnett as recently divorced local TV news reporter Nathan Miller, who has been going out of his way to hide the dissolution of his marriage from his dysfunctional parents Tom and Carol (Beau Bridges and Margo Martindale). Upon hearing the news, Tom and Carol decide to end their marriage as well, leading Carol to move in with Nathan, and Tom to move in with Nathan’s sister Debbie (Jayma Mays). In classic family sitcom fashion, neither pair can stand living together, and are constantly driving each other insane.

The first season of The Millers did quite well in the ratings, averaging a healthy 2.6 in the coveted 18-49 viewer demographic. Of course, a lot of that can be attributed to it airing after comedy juggernaut The Big Bang Theory. For season two, CBS decided to move The Millers to Mondays, with 2 Broke Girls as its new lead-in. Without Big Bang’s sheltering embrace to fall back on, The Millers’ average ratings plummeted to a 1.7, an overall decline of over 30%. While a 1.7 would likely equal a surefire renewal on a network like FOX or NBC, it’s not enough to impress the most popular broadcast network, leading CBS to cut its losses and cancel the show.

The Millers is set to finish filming its currently in-progress episode, then halt production immediately. Whether CBS will indeed air the rest of the series’ already produced episodes remains unclear.

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Created by Brian Gallivan (Happy Endings), The McCarthys follows a sports-obsessed Bostonian family fronted by worrywart Marjorie (Laurie Metcalf) and gruff Arthur. Unusually close, the family gets a shock when son Ronny (Tyler Ritter) floats the idea of moving to Rhode Island in order to take a new job, but will they be able to convince him to stay around Boston? The series also stars Joey McIntyre (The Hotwives of Orlando), Jimmy Dunn (Stuck on You), and Kelen Coleman (The Newsroom).

In addition to his role on the NBC comedy, Ratzenberger has appeared on the likes of Melissa & Joey, Legit, and Bones. He joins a guest cast that includes Jessica St. Clair (Playing House), who will be appearing as a love interest to one of the McCarthy brothers.

The McCarthys is set to premiere Thursday, October 30th at 9:30 on CBS.

Will you be watching The McCarthys? Would you like to see Ratzenberger recur on the series? Who else would you want to see appear on the first season of The McCarthys?

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Instead of Mom, CBS will be airing reruns of The Big Bang Theory at 8:30 on Mondays until The Millers premieres. The move is to give Scorpion the biggest lead-in possible without using up the Big Bang originals necessary to launch the network’s Thursday lineup next month. However, the Mom/Millers switch isn’t permanent, as both shows will return to their previously slated time slots on January 5th and 8th, respectively.

The best case scenario here is that Big Bang encores steady Scorpion, Mom benefits from the additional Big Bang exposure, and The Millers provides a steady enough presence to keep Mondays from faltering. There are some worrisome aspects to the plan, though, as 2 Broke Girls is one of the network’s weaker lead-ins, The Millers is a time slot hit, and the constant shuffling of shows will do nothing to set viewer patterns this early in the season. When people are still trying to figure out what to watch when, moving shows back and forth doesn’t seem like the best strategy, even if there is sound logic for each individual move. Collectively, they could easily test the loyalty of the CBS audience and threaten to halt what momentum Mom has garnered in the off season and the promising start that Scorpion got off to this past Monday.

You can check out a summary of the CBS moves below.

Do you think this scheduling will work out for CBS? Where do you think Mike & Molly fits into the equation? Could this end up backfiring on CBS and damaging Mom, The Millers, and Scorpion?

Mondays through October 13th
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 The Big Bang Theory (Encore)
9:00 Scorpion
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

Monday, October 20th
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 The Millers
9:00 Scorpion
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

Monday, October 27th
8:00 2 Broke Girls
8:30 The Millers
9:00 Scorpion
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

Thursday, October 30th
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 Mom
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 The McCarthys
10:00 Elementary

Mondays beginning January 5th
8:00 2 Broke Girls
8:30 Mom
9:00 Scorpion
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

Thursdays beginning January 8th
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 The Millers
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 The McCarthys
10:00 Elementary

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The pickup of Supergirl means that all five broadcast networks could have superhero dramas on their respective schedules come 2015-2016. While ABC is the lone Marvel loyalist with Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter, The CW has Arrow and The Flash, NBC has Constantine, and FOX has Gotham, all of which hail from DC. Comic dramas have already infiltrated the cable ranks, as networks from TNT (Titans) to AMC (Preacher) to WGN America (Scalped) have comic-related projects currently in development.

Aside from the inevitable question of who plays infamous Kara Zor-El (who was last seen on the small screen in the form of Smallville star Laura Vandervoort), the most interesting question around Supergirl is what CBS, a network known for older-skewing procedurals and broad family comedy, will do with it. The network has used summer to test out some genre dramas (Under the Dome, Extant), but Supergirl might be a big enough property that they’ll put it on during the season in hopes of attracting a larger audience. If so, the show might be a logical fit for Thursdays, given its high profile and the night’s saturation of expensive movie ads.

More information about Supergirl should be released in the coming months.

Would you watch a Supergirl series? Where on the schedule do you think CBS should air the show? Who should get the chance to play Kara?

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Created by Nick Santora (The Sopranos), Scorpion follows computer genius Walter as he brings together a group of fellow geniuses in order to solve complex global problems that those lacking their intelligence might not be able to. The series stars Katharine McPhee (Smash), Robert Patrick (True Blood), Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie), Jadyn Wong (Being Erica), and Ari Stidham (Huge).

In addition to her role on the FOX thriller, Aghdashloo has appeared on the likes of Grimm, FlashForward, and The Mob Doctor. Her next series regular role is on Syfy’s upcoming The Expanse, where she’ll be playing Chrisjen Avasarala. She’s the second Scorpion guest star announced recently, with NCIS: Los Angeles‘ Linda Hunt confirmed to be appearing on the show come October.

Scorpion is slated to premiere Monday, September 22nd at 9:00 on CBS.

Will you be watching Scorpion? What type of impact do you think Dr. Davis will have on Walter and the rest of the team? Who else would you like to see guest star on Scorpion?

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Crossovers have become fairly commonplace for series within the same universe, e.g. Dick Wolf’s Chicago series for NBC, the NCIS-verse that has birthed two spin-offs, the CSI-verse that will see its third spin-off come midseason, etc. They’re a way to exploit the ties that exist between certain series and create an inter-network synergy that will hopefully help shows get sampled in their early days (Scorpion) or in a new situation (NCIS: Los Angeles); however, crossovers from shows that don’t have direct ties are rarer, meaning that Hetty’s appearance on Scorpion will be especially interesting to see in terms of how well she’s integrated into the episode and whether this could pave the way for a mutually beneficial relationship between Scorpion and NCIS: Los Angeles.

Created by Nick Santora (The Sopranos), Scorpion follows genius computer expert Walter O’Brien (Elyes Gabel) as he recruits other geniuses to help solve complex, global crimes that those without their respective skill sets wouldn’t be able to crack. In addition to Gabel, Scorpion stars Katharine McPhee (Smash), Robert Patrick (True Blood), Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie), Jadyn Wong (Being Erica), and Ari Stidham (Huge).

You can check out a behind the scenes look at Scorpion below. The series is set to premiere Monday, September 22nd at 9:00 on CBS.

Do you think it’s too early to be crossing new dramas over with established series? If you’re on the fence about watching Scorpion, will a guest appearance from Linda Hunt change your mind? How do you think the CBS Monday lineup will do now that the network is no longer going with four comedies?

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Created by Brian Gallivan (Happy Endings), The McCarthys follows a sports-obsessed Boston family whose dynamic gets thrown for a loop when their patriarch Arthur (Jack McGee) taps gay son Ronny (Tyson Ritter) as the next assistant coach for the high school basketball team he coaches. The series also stars McIntyre (The Hotwives of Orlando), Laurie Metcalf (Getting On), Kelen Coleman (The Newsroom), and Jimmy Dunn (Stuck on You).

In addition to her role on the USA comedy, whose fate is as yet undetermined some three months after its season finale, St. Clair has appeared on the likes of Veep, Best Friends Forever, and Review.

The McCarthys is set to premiere Thursday, October 30th at 9:30 on CBS. You can check out a behind the scenes look at the comedy below.

Will you be watching The McCarthys? Do you think St. Clair’s arc on the show is a bad omen for the future of Playing House? Who else would you like to see guest star on The McCarthys?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzmD2bLlzfs

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The move is the latest unusual tactic employed by CBS in order to drive sampling, as the entire first season of Mom will be replayed on TBS beginning August 26th and extending into September. The only other time in recent memory that airing a pilot twice in one night was used was for the series premiere of The Carrie Diaries in January 2013, so there’s not much in the way of empirical evidence on whether this is the right strategy for CBS to take. It’s an interesting way to combat NFL overrun and possibly test out a show that has the feel of a 10:00 drama in the 10:00 slot, but for the moment, it’s just a wait-and-see decision that could go either way.

Created by Barbara Hall (Homeland), Madam Secretary stars Tea Leoni (The Naked Truth) as U.S. Secretary of State Elizabeth Faulkner McCord and follows the powerful politician as she tackles issues of international diplomacy, interoffice politics, and complex family life. But will the college professor and former CIA analyst accept the offer for a higher position when crisis strikes the White House?

In addition to Leoni, Madam Secretary stars Tim Daly (Wings), Patina Miller (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1), Zeljko Ivanek (Damages), Bebe Neuwirth (Frasier), and Geoffrey Arend (Body of Proof).

You can check out the trailer for Madam Secretary below, as well as the CBS fall schedule here.

Will you be watching Madam Secretary? Do you think the strategy of airing the series premiere twice will help combat NFL overrun? Should CBS have scheduled the series to air at 10:00 from the beginning?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-vZysWRVw

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Extant hasn’t had the steadiest of scheduling since it premiered last month; following two consecutive weeks of drops from an already underwhelming premiere number, CBS pushed the drama back an hour and gave it a Criminal Minds encore as a lead-in rather than the Big Brother lead-in it had for its first few episodes. Granted, the show’s numbers look better now that they’re occurring at a later hour and behind an encore, but Extant is currently no better than a toss-up for renewal, given how expensive it is and how CBS has already ordered a drama for next summer in Zoo. While it could very well gain ratings momentum during its final run of episodes, especially since it doesn’t have a two-hour finale during premiere week to deal with anymore, it’s hard to look at the doubling up of episodes as a wholly positive sign for the show’s future, despite its Amazon streaming security blanket.

Created by newcomer Mickey Fisher, Extant stars Oscar winner Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball) as an astronaut who returns to Earth after a year-long mission. Once she returns, though, she finds that she’s mysteriously pregnant and begins a search for answers as to how that’s possible and what exactly happened up in the air. The series also stars Goran Visnjic (Red Widow), Hiroyuki Sanada (Helix), Grace Gummer (Zero Hour), Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer), and Pierce Gagnon (Wish I Was Here).

Extant airs Wednesdays at 10:00 on CBS. The season finale is set to air Wednesday, September 17th.

Have you been watching Extant? Do you foresee CBS renewing the show, despite the underwhelming ratings and decided lack of critical buzz? Will CBS continuing pursuing genre programming if Extant doesn’t make it to a second season?

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