CBS Adds Five New Series for Fall 2013

CBS does not have nearly as much work to do as the other networks, considering its consistent number one ranking. However, Monday evenings are not what they used to be on the Eye network and declining ratings on Sundays with older skewing "The Good Wife" and "The Mentalist" may be cause for concern going forward. While CBS is retooling Monday, Sunday remains intact, which I think is a mistake. Check back here next week for my thoughts on the new CBS schedule.

CBS Fall 2013 schedule

Monday
8:00 p.m. “How I Met Your Mother”
8:30 p.m. “WE ARE MEN”
9:00 p.m. “2 Broke Girls”
9:30 p.m. “MOM”
10:00 p.m. “HOSTAGES”

Tuesday
8:00 p.m. “NCIS”
9:00 p.m. “NCIS: Los Angeles”
10:00 p.m. “Person of Interest” (new day and time)

Wednesday
8:00 p.m. “Survivor”
9:00 p.m. “Criminal Minds”
10:00 p.m. “CSI”

Thursday
8:00 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory”
8:30 p.m. “THE MILLERS”
9:00 p.m. “THE CRAZY ONES”
9:30 p.m. “Two and a Half Men” (new time)
10:00 p.m. “Elementary”

Friday
8:00 p.m. “Undercover Boss”
9:00 p.m. “Hawaii Five-O” (new day and time)
10:00 p.m. “Blue Bloods”

Saturday
8:00 p.m. Comedytime Saturday (encore programming) 
9:00 p.m. Crimetime Saturday (encore programming)
10:00 p.m. “48 Hours”

Sunday
7:00 p.m. “60 Minutes”
8:00 p.m. “The Amazing Race”
9:00 p.m. “The Good Wife”
10:00 p.m. “The Mentalist”

New Program Descriptions

COMEDY

“Crazy Ones”
Robin Williams returns to the format that made him famous in this single camera workplace comedy from David E. Kelley based on the 2011 theatrical starring Cameron Diaz. Williams will play an ad executive who works alongside his daughter (Sarah Michelle Gellar).

“Friends With Better Lives” (midseason)
A group of friends in their 30s who think the other ones all have it better is the focus. One couple is married with three children, another couple is recently engaged, and a third is getting divorced. Rounding off the ensemble is one single woman who just won’t settle down. James Van Der Beek, Brooklyn Decker (“The League”) and Kevin Connolly (“Entourage") star

“The Millers”
Will Arnett stars as a recently divorced local roving news reporter looking forward to living the single life until his parents’ marital problems derail his plans. Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges co-star.

“Mom”
Chuck Lorre has his fourth sitcom on CBS in this multi-camera tale of a newly sober single (Ana Faris) mother living in Napa Valley, California. The cast includes Allison Janney, Nate Corddry and  French Stewart.

“We Are Men”
Four single men living in a short-term apartment complex unexpectedly find camaraderie over their many missteps in love in this single camera half-hour. Tony Shalhoub, Chris Smith, Kal Penn and Jerry O’Connell star.

DRAMA

“Hostages”
From Jerry Bruckheimer, a premiere surgeon (Toni Collette) is thrust into a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage by a rogue FBI agent (Dylan McDermott). 

“Intelligence” (midseason)
After a high-tech intelligence operative (Josh Holloway) is enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, he becomes the first human ever to be connected directly into the worldwide information grid with complete access to Internet, WiFi, telephone and satellite data.