CBS 2012-13 schedule: ‘Two and a Half Men’ moved to Thursdays
CBS’s longest-running sitcom “Two and a Half Men” will move to Thursdays after “The Big Bang Theory” from its perch at 9 p.m. Mondays.
After huge viewership last fall with Ashton Kutcher replacing Charlie Sheen, ratings fell off amid complaints from some fans the show wasn’t as funny as it used to be. Nonetheless, Kutcher will be back.
Sophomore sitcom “2 Broke Girls,” which did well between “How I Met Your Mother” and “Two and a Half Men” this season will take over the 9 p.m. slot Monday.
CBS’s sturdy drama “The Mentalist” moves from Thursdays at 10 p.m. to Sundays at 10 p.m., taking over for canceled “CSI: Miami.”
Since No. 1 network CBS renewed 19 shows, it only left four slots open for the fall with four more for midseason.
Besides “CSI: Miami,” other shows that failed to make the cut included “Unforgettable,” “A Gifted Man,” “Rob,” “Rules of Engagement,” and “NYC 22.”
For midseason, “Undercover Boss” will return, plus a reality show called “The Job,” a drama “Golden Boy” and comedy “Friend Me.”
None of the four new shows on the fall schedule appear to break the CBS mold in any way:
- “Elementary”: a contemporary take on the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in New York City, starring Jonny Lee Miller (”Trainspotting”) and Lucy Liu (”Ally McBeal”) It gets the key 10 p.m. Thursday slot left by “The Mentalist.”
- “Partners”: a comedy about two very different life-long best friends and business partners and their significant others, starring David Krumholtz (”Numb3rs”) and Michael Urie. This sitcom gets the 8:30 p.m. slot after “How I Met Your Mother” on Mondays.
- “Vegas”: a drama inspired by a real-life sheriff and his battle with a powerful mobster for control of Las Vegas in the 1960s, starring Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis (”The Shield”). This is Quaid’s first foray into regular scripted television. And this has nothing to do with the Robert Urich series on ABC from 1978 to 1981 called “Vega$” or the NBC series “Las Vegas” from 2003 to 2008.It gets the troubled 10 p.m. Tuesday spot.
- “Made In Jersey: this legal drama stars Janet Montgomery (”Human Target”) as a smart first-year lawyer with working-class roots practicing at a prestigious Manhattan law firm. This show gets the 9 p.m. slot on Fridays, with “CSI: NY” moved to 8 p.m.
Here’s the schedule:
Sunday
7p 60 Minutes
8p The Amazing Race
9p The Good Wife
10p The Mentalist
Monday
8p How I Met Your Mother
8:30p PARTNERS
9p 2 Broke Girls
9:30p Mike & Molly
10p Hawaii Five-0
Tuesday
8p NCIS
9p NCIS: LA
10p VEGAS
Wednesday
8p Survivor
9p Criminal Minds
10p CSI
Thursday
8p The Big Bang Theory
8:30p Two and a Half Men
9p Person of Interest
10p ELEMENTARY
Friday
8p CSI: NY
9p MADE IN JERSEY
10p Blue Bloods
Saturday
8p Crimetime Saturday
9p Crimetime Saturday
10p 48 Hours Mystery
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42 comments Add your comment
jimb
May 16th, 2012
10:02 am
“Unforgettable,” “A Gifted Man,” “Rob,” “Rules of Engagement,” and “NYC 22.” Of all these shows, only “Rob” should have been canceled.
Brenda Peterson
May 16th, 2012
10:43 am
I think ya’ll are crazy!! Your taking off all my shows to put on more stupid sitcoms and reality shows! I don’t know who you have doing your Nelson ratings or whatever but nobody ever ask my opinion about what I watch! CSI Miami is a Great show and shouldn’t be canceled!! If you were gonna take off 1 of the CSI’s it should have been CSI (Vegas) most of the main characters are gone so the show doesn’t have the same draw as it did..I hope you reconsider your decision!!!
Wil Lavender
May 16th, 2012
10:55 am
If you are going to take off a show that has been on for a long time at least give the fans a series finale.
Upset Viewer
May 16th, 2012
10:57 am
Why can’t they leave our shows on the nights we are used to? CSI Miami is a great show as the previous post pointed out but when it got moved to Sundays at 10pm it got lost amoung the Sporting events that always ran over their time. Sometimes CSI Miami didn’t even come on until after 10:30 pm or even almost 11:00pm. Now they will put The Mentalist in the same perdiciment – it will loose all its loyal viewers. Rodney, please print an e-mail for CBS where we can voice our opinion on this issue please. Thanks!
Eaassyyy
May 16th, 2012
10:57 am
The show is terrible with Kutchar. Charlie was perfect for that show.
Eaassyyy
May 16th, 2012
10:57 am
Kutcher, pardon
Kane
May 16th, 2012
11:01 am
Blue Bloods would be a top 5 show if it had a decent time slot.
urban redneck
May 16th, 2012
11:05 am
why don’t they move it to the 3 AM time slot? both viewers would probably still tune in.
Rico
May 16th, 2012
11:05 am
I have been a loyal Two a Half Men fan for years. The show just does not work without Sheen. I am not a Charlie Sheen fan, but I am a HUGE Charlie Harper fan. This will be the lasy yea for the show
. Ego’s ruin another great show!
Kutcher Blows
May 16th, 2012
11:09 am
The show is awful with Kutcher….
TV DVRer
May 16th, 2012
11:22 am
It really doesn’t mater to me when they air the shows. I pretty much DVR all the shows I like and watch when I can.
Bert
May 16th, 2012
11:28 am
I thought this show was cancelled as they never advertise it.
Chris
May 16th, 2012
11:59 am
Kutcher is a lousy actor…
Good Grief
May 16th, 2012
12:06 pm
At least CBS provides better continuity than other networks. Fox brings in a show on Monday, moves it eight times during the first season, goes sometimes three and four weeks between episodes, then wonders why no one is watching and cancels the show. Then again, I’m only sticking with CBS through the end of How I Met Your Mother. Once that’s over, I’m gone.
Sluggo
May 16th, 2012
12:23 pm
It’s time for this lame dog to retire. It was okay at best with Sheen at the helm, worse now with Kutcher as the lead character.
Charlie Harper Fan
May 16th, 2012
12:28 pm
Not only has the show become unwatchable, I no longer enjoy the reruns that are on @ 7pm. Hate to say it, but they should hire back that nut! It was a perfect fit, I am sure his new TBS show will bomb
Momof3boys
May 16th, 2012
12:47 pm
I agree with you!!! I love A Gifted Man!
Gary
May 16th, 2012
12:51 pm
I’ve long since lost interest in what the broadcast networks are doing. Except for a handful of shows, most of my tv viewing is on various cable networks who dont pander to the lowest common denominator. They seem to have much better new programs than the various iterations of CSI, Law and Order and ubiquitous talent and reality shows that plague CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. Once in a blue moon, one of those networks will accidently air an original concept with quality writing, but for the most part, you’ll have to explore the higher channels on your cable box to find any quality programming. TV doesnt have to be a “vast wasteland”, but those four networks are doing their best to see that it remains that way.
STOP
May 16th, 2012
12:55 pm
Can CBS at least give CSI Miami a series finale?
WAR EAGLE
May 16th, 2012
1:47 pm
Unforgettable was a good show. Those shows over 5-6 years need to go first.
Jim H.
May 16th, 2012
3:20 pm
Two and a Half Men has officially “jumped the shark”
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Eric
May 16th, 2012
4:34 pm
I’m guessing that ‘Undercover Boss’ and ‘Person Of Interest’ will be mid-season returnees. Super Bowl XLVII will be seen on CBS.
I thought ‘Unforgettable’ was a very promising show. ‘The Good Wife’ seemed like it did well in the Tuesday 10PM slot… not sure if it’s doing better in the Sunday 9PM slot. Many liked ‘CSI: Miami’ in the Monday 10PM slot, before ‘Hawaii Five-O’ re-boot came along… H5O is very good. Getting burned out on the aging reality-competition show ‘The Amazing Race’, which has already over-stayed its welcome. Hope that summer reality show ‘Big Brother’ will be in HD, starting with Summer 2012 season.
SAWB
May 16th, 2012
4:46 pm
Strange CBS canceled NYC 22 what was it – three episodes. As they say, “tough room”.
SAWB
May 16th, 2012
4:47 pm
With CBS sports delaying the Sunday Prime Time lineup the 10pm slot is becoming a death sentence.
Carlos
May 16th, 2012
5:57 pm
CSI Miami, good riddance to bad rubbish
Eric
May 16th, 2012
6:21 pm
Not sure about the new shows on CBS either. I’m assuming that season 9 of ‘CSI: NY’ could and might very well be its last. Don’t know if CBS would be willing to reconsider its cancellation decisions, should any of the new shows not do well. CBS is no longer carrying the ‘Hallmark Hall-Of-Fame’ TV movie franchise… which has moved over to ABC.
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Dennis
May 17th, 2012
8:39 am
Two Broke Girls is just bad. I cant believe its back. Nothing but nasty sexual innuendos and bad acting.
Kristen
May 17th, 2012
12:04 pm
I liked Unforgettable. Now we won’t know who killed Kerry’s sister. Never watched Survivor so I definitely agree it’s time to put it to pasture or on another network like TBS or something if CBS owns any cable channels that is. I kind of got the feeling that there was a finale for CSI: Miami. I didn’t know it was canceled at the time but it felt done.
Stuart
May 17th, 2012
12:13 pm
I am ticked about CSI MIami being cancelled. It was in a bad spot competing with Sunday Night Football and coming on at around 1045. The original CSi hasn’t been worth watch with Ted Danson in the lead role. He is a comedy actor not drama.
Earl Caple
May 17th, 2012
10:33 pm
I would like to protest the cancelation of CSI: Miami, Unforgettable, A Gifted Man and NYC22. These shows are great. NYC22 didn’t have a chance to get started before it was canceled. CBS has the best shows on television. Why can’t they just leave it alone? Come on CBS, keep these shows going.
Earl Caple
May 17th, 2012
10:42 pm
Will CBS see these comments? If not, how can I send it to them? Anyone know?
Kutcher the Butcher...
May 18th, 2012
1:55 pm
Two Men + a Half Actor needs to go. Ashton Kutcher is not talented. I watched Ashton’s first epidsode then I never turned back. Playing a monotone neanderthal does not exhibit the skills needed for what was once a superb, well-crafted show. The producer should have just given Sheen a private beat down to knock him back to his senses. The producer knows that Kutcher blows, but he’s trying SO hard to prove to Sheen that the show can go out without him. NOT!