THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: CBS Renews 15 Series; in 'Preliminary' Talks for 'Two and a Half Men'
The No. 1 network has picked up nine dramas, two comedies, two unscripted series and a pair of newsmagazines.
3/14/2012
by Lacey Rose, Lesley Goldberg
CBS is getting ahead of the competition with a series of pickups. Among those returning to the most-watched network are No. 1 series NCIS and spinoff NCIS: LA as well as No. 1 newsmagazine 60 Minutes. They join previously announced returnees How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory on CBS' future schedule, with discussions surrounding the future of Two and a Half Men under way. Left off the list of pickups are rookie dramas A Gifted Man and Poppy Montgomery's Unforgettable, whose futures remain uncertain....
Here's a look at what's returning [follow link for complete list]:
Blue Bloods: The Tom Selleck starrer has been a solid performer for the network on Friday nights. The third-season renewal comes as the New York-set cop drama has averaged 10.4 million total viewers this season, with a 1.6 in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic.
NCIS: The renewal for the veteran procedural's 10th season comes as no surprise as the JAG spinoff continues to be the No. 1 scripted show on television, averaging a 3.4 in the demo and 17.7 million viewers so far this season. The long-running drama, starring Mark Harmon recently marked its 200th episode and continues to be valuable asset to the network and studio, consistently outperforming Fox's Glee in the Tuesday at 8 p.m. slot.
Hawaii Five-0: The island-set cop drama is currently luring 9.8 million viewers with a 2.7 demo rating on Monday nights. More impressive is the lucrative syndication deal the cop series reboot inked with TNT in spring 2011; the Turner network will begin airing episodes in 2014...
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