CBS Announces Its 2011-2012 Primetime Schedule

Person of Interest
Michael Emerson, Kevin Chapman, Taraji P Henson, and Jim Caviezel star in ‘Person of Interest’ (Photo © CBS Broadcasting Inc.)

CBS announced today its new 2011-2012 primetime schedule, ordering five new series and making key time-period moves for CSI and The Good Wife to strengthen its already top-rated primetime lineup.  CBS will, once again, finish the season as America’s most-watched network, marking the eighth time it has done so in the last nine years.

The new series include three new dramas and two new comedies: Person of Interest, a crime thriller from renowned executive producer J.J. Abrams starring Jim Caviezel, Emmy Award winner Michael Emerson, and Academy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson; Unforgettable, starring Dylan Walsh and Poppy Montgomery as a former detective with a rare condition that enables her to remember virtually every detail from every day of her life; A Gifted Man about a preeminent surgeon whose life changes forever when his deceased ex-wife returns, starring Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Ehle; 2 Broke Girls, a comedy about two strikingly different young waitresses who form an unlikely friendship, starring Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs; and an odd-couple comedy, How to Be a Gentleman, starring David Hornsby and Kevin Dillon, about a refined magazine columnist and his very unrefined personal trainer.

The freshman series will be joined by 19 returning shows, including the season’s #1 drama/scripted series, NCIS; #1 comedy, The Big Bang Theory; #1 news magazine, 60 Minutes; # 1 new comedy, Mike & Molly; along with two franchise reality series, Survivor and the seven-time Emmy Award winner, The Amazing Race.

The other returning series include: How I Met Your Mother; Hawaii Five-0; NCIS: Los Angeles; Criminal Minds; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; The Mentalist; CSI: NY; Blue Bloods; Rules of Engagement; 48 Hours Mystery; The Good Wife; and CSI: Miami.

For mid-season, CBS will present the third season of the reality series Undercover Boss, and the new police drama, The 2-2, from Tribeca Productions and executive producers Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal.

The 2011-2011 CBS Schedule:

MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM              HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30-9:00 PM              2 BROKE GIRLS (New)
9:00-9:30 PM              TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30-10:00 PM            MIKE & MOLLY
10:00-11:00 PM          HAWAII FIVE-0

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM              NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM            NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10:00-11:00 PM          UNFORGETTABLE (New)

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM              SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC
9:00-10:00 PM            CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00-11:00 PM          CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (New Time)

THURSDAY
8:00-8:30 PM              THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30-9:00 PM              HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN (New)
9:00-10:00 PM            PERSON OF INTEREST (New)
10:00-11:00 PM          THE MENTALIST

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM              A GIFTED MAN (New)
9:00-10:00 PM            CSI: NY
10:00-11:00 PM          BLUE BLOODS

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM              RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (New Time)
8:30-9:00 PM              COMEDYTIME SATURDAY
9:00-10:00 PM            CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00-11:00 PM          48 HOURS MYSTERY

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM              60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM              THE AMAZING RACE
9:00-10:00 PM            THE GOOD WIFE (New Time)
10:00-11:00 PM          CSI: MIAMI