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CBS Renews 18 Shows for 2014-2015

Shilo Adams — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:06:12 +0000

CBS has announced the renewal of 18 series for the 2014-2015 season after earlier this week giving The Big Bang Theory a historic three-season renewal.

On the drama side, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, CSI, Hawaii: Five-0, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, Elementary, and The Good Wife will be returning next season, with The Mentalist, Intelligence, and Hostages left of the renewal flurry.

On the comedy side, 2 Broke Girls, The Millers, Mike & Molly, Mom, and Two and a Half Men will join The Big Bang Theory on the network’s slate for next season. Not receiving a renewal at this time was The Crazy Ones, which has noticeably softened in the ratings in recent weeks. CBS will be premiering two additional comedies (Friends with Better Lives and Bad Teacher) before the end of the season.

In the world of alternative programming, The Amazing Race and Undercover Boss got picked up for next season, joining already renewed Survivor, while 60 Minutes and 48 Hours will also be returning.

Last season, CBS cancelled every series that didn’t receive a renewal in March aside from those that were embroiled in contract negotiations (Criminal Minds and Two and a Half Men), so it’s not a good sign for those that didn’t receive a renewal this go-around. They’re not necessarily dead, but shows like The Crazy Ones and The Mentalist are going to have to overperform for the rest of the season if they have any hope of earning a shot on the schedule.

CBS will be unveiling its schedule for next season, which will include Thursday Night Football, on Wednesday, May 14th.

Do you think CBS made wise decisions regarding what to renew this early? Should they give something like The Crazy Ones or The Mentalist another season? How do you expect the CBS fall 2014 schedule to look?

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CBS Puts Entire Seasons of Selected Shows Online and On-Demand

Shilo Adams — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:14:33 +0000

CBS has announced the CBS Catch-Up Marathon, an event where the network puts the full, most recent seasons of several of its shows ahead of their fall premieres. From now through premiere week, which begins Monday, September 23rd, the 2012-2013 seasons of Elementary, The Good Wife, and Hawaii Five-o will be available on-demand through various cable, satellite, and Telco providers, while those shows join The Mentalist, The Amazing Race, Survivor, and Undercover Boss in being free on CBS.com and the CBS App.

“We’re using a variety of distribution platforms – online, mobile and on-demand – to help audiences catch up with their favorite CBS shows,” said Marc DeBevoise, Executive Vice President, General Manger, Entertainment, Sports & News, CBS Interactive. “Viewers will have tremendous choice and flexibility to stay current and get ready for the launch of the new fall season on the Network later this month.”

In addition, the first four seasons of critically-acclaimed The Good Wife have been available on Hulu+ since September 1st, a noticeable departure from CBS’s reputation of being the most technologically averse broadcast network. While the likes of ABC and NBC have fully embraced Hulu, Apps, and the new direction that the television has been moving towards for years, CBS has been reticent to buck its (very) successful business model, opting to move full steam ahead with its more traditional approach to television. However, there’s been no sign that the alternative ways of viewing television are going away anytime soon, so in order to make sure it caters to its audience, and doesn’t fall further behind the other networks in adapting, they have to do events like the Catch-Up Marathon, lest they fall too far behind or see drops in live viewing.

Will you be catching up on any CBS shows from now through premiere week? Do you like that the network has embraced technology and alternative means of consuming its products? Should more networks attempt to make full seasons of their series available in time for premiere week and so the audience can either catch up or discover a new favorite?

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CBS Announces 2013-2014 Premiere Dates

Shilo Adams — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:54:37 +0000

CBS has become the first broadcast network to reveal premiere dates for its fall schedule. First out of the gate is the 27th edition of Survivor, set to bow Wednesday, September 18th with a 90-minute premiere. The following week is when the CBS debuts kick into high gear, with September 23rd – September 29th seeing every series the network will be airing in the fall making its season/series premiere. Interestingly, the “premiere week” strategy hasn’t been as utilized the past couple of seasons, due to falling broadcast ratings and the need to give their programming as much room to breathe as possible; the networks tended to shoot themselves in the foot by trying to premiere so much in such a short window, cutting off the number of people who could feasibly sample series and allow them time to grow, so seeing CBS revert back to that is moderately surprising. Either they’re counting on the other networks spacing out their fall premieres, thus making them the only game in down during their premiere week, or they’re confident enough in their schedule to where they feel it’ll cut through the premiere week clutter.

Currently unscheduled are new comedies Bad Teacher and Friends with Better Lives, new drama Reckless, and Mike & Molly, which was pushed to midseason for the first time but will have 22 episodes this season.

You can check out the CBS 2013 fall schedule here, as well as trailers and previews for its new series here and here.

Wednesday, Sept. 18
8:00-9:30 PM Survivor (27th edition premiere)

Monday, Sept. 23
8:00-9:00 PM              How I Met Your Mother (9th season premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM              2 Broke Girls (3rd season premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM            Mom (Series Debut)
10:00-11:00 PM          Hostages (Series Debut)

Tuesday, Sept. 24
8:00-9:00 PM              NCIS (11th season premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM            NCIS: Los Angeles (5th season premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM          Person Of Interest (3rd season premiere)

Wednesday, Sept. 25
9:00-10:00 PM Criminal Minds (9th season premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (14th season premiere)

Thursday, Sept. 26
8:00-8:30 PM              The Big Bang Theory (7th season premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM              The Millers (Series Debut)
9:00-9:30 PM              The Crazy Ones (Series Debut)
9:30-10:00 PM            Two and a Half Men (11thseason premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM          Elementary (2nd season premiere)

Friday, Sept. 27
8:00-9:00 PM             Undercover Boss (5th season premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM           Hawaii Five-0 (4th season premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM          Blue Bloods (4thseason premiere)

Saturday, Sept. 28
10:00-11:00 PM 48 Hours (26th season premiere)

Sunday, Sept. 29
7:00-8:00 PM              60 Minutes (46th season premiere)
8:00-9:00 PM              The Amazing Race (23rd edition premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM            The Good Wife (5th season premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM          The Mentalist (6th season premiere)

Monday, Feb. 24
10:00-11:00 PM Intelligence (Series Debut)

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