CBS Renews 'Mother,' 'Christine'

By DAVID BAUDER, AP

Posted: 2008-05-14 17:11:45

Filed Under: TV News

NEW YORK (AP) - CBS will bring two comedies to its schedule on Wednesday nights in the fall, spreading jokes to a second night after confining its sitcoms to Mondays the past few years.

Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus' "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and a new sitcom that stars Jay Mohr as a recently divorced painter and Paula Marshall as his ex-wife will be shown Wednesdays, CBS said in announcing its new schedule Wednesday.

The network also renewed "How I Met Your Mother," a show with a questionable future until guest shots by Britney Spears gave it some juice this spring. The second new comedy, "Worst Week," is a single-camera show about a bungling magazine editor.

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CBS canceled the drama "Shark" and the gothic thriller "Moonlight." The network will move "Without a Trace" to Tuesday and "The Unit" to Sunday.

Adding more comedy - six sitcoms each week instead of the current four - runs counter to the trend in television, where the format has been struggling.

"This is big news for us," said Nina Tassler, CBS entertainment president. "We finally opened a second night of comedy. We had the goods to do it this year."

CBS, which is likely to drop to second behind Fox after several years as the nation's most popular network, will add three dramas in the fall.

"Eleventh Hour" is from the production team behind "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and won the Thursday 10 p.m. ET time slot behind that hit. It's about a brilliant biophysicist who helps the government investigate scientific crises.

"The Ex List" stars Elizabeth Reaser of "Grey's Anatomy" as a woman told by a fortune teller that she must marry within a year or be single forever. The catch: She's already met the man she'll marry, she just doesn't know it yet.

Simon Baker stars in "The Mentalist," about a former celebrity psychic who becomes a detective and uses his expertise at reading people to solve crimes.

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Kreiann 06:40:44 PM May 19 2008

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Maybe NBC or ABC will pick up Moonlight, Shark, and Jericho.... I will start watching any station that will pick up those 3 shows.... CBS lied to the fans about Moonlight and Shark.... why bring them back after the long strike just to cancel them in the end.... No more drama crime shows CBS.... Some of us would like to watch something different for a change....
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kimpro35 12:16:54 PM May 16 2008

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CBS is not on my top networks to watch anymore. Moonlight was a great show with a following of 8 million strong. I hope it gets picked up by the CW and then CBS can see what a huge mistake they made.

cassadagamedium 07:49:28 AM May 16 2008

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CBS cancelled Moonlight, what B.S. They let the shows actors get hung out to dry letting the actors, tell the fans, that the show stood a good chance of being renewed. The fans gave all that blood to the Red Cross in a positive campain to keep the shown on the air. I think I can live without CBS for awhile.

cathyseatwo 10:49:33 PM May 15 2008

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I totally agree with you both! Any network would be smart and make money to pick them up!!

bjz4321 06:19:59 PM May 14 2008

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Not sure why nothing was written on the text. But..........I feel very badly that Shark has been cancelled. James Woods was excellent, and I hope that another channel picks the show up.

bjz4321 06:18:47 PM May 14 2008

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I will really miss Shark. James Woods was great in that show, and I wish another channel would pick it up.

jesssier 05:28:22 PM May 14 2008

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CBS cancelled Jericho, Moonlight and Shark. NBC should get those shows and air them all in 1 night it will be the number 1 network again, because CBS' hot streak is cooling down. Shows like the CSIs' are slipping in the ratings as they are getting stale.

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