{"id":44255,"date":"2013-05-17T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T02:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=44255"},"modified":"2013-05-17T19:25:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T02:25:30","slug":"cbs-reveals-2013-2014-primetime-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2013\/05\/cbs-reveals-2013-2014-primetime-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Reveals 2013-2014 Primetime Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CBS has unveiled the network&#8217;s schedule for the 2013-2014 television season, and you can find the information&#8212;along with new series previews&#8212;after the jump!<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--more-->When <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2013\/03\/cbs-renews-csi-for-season-14\/\">returns<\/a> for its fourteenth season this fall, the crime drama will remain in its current Wednesday 10:00pm ET\/PT timeslot. Now that <I>CSI: New York<\/i> has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2013\/05\/cbs-cancels-csi-new-york\/\">cancelled<\/a>, the Friday 9:00pm ET\/PT timeslot will be filled with returning series <i>Hawaii Five-0<\/i>. Former <I>CSI: NY<\/I> writers\/producers <b>Steven Lilien<\/b> and <b>Bryan Wynbrandt<\/b> have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PLenkov\/status\/333379917465153536\">joined<\/a> the <I>Hawaii Five-0<\/I> staff as writers for the show&#8217;s upcoming fourth season. Former <I>CSI<\/i> actress <b>Marg Helgenberger<\/b> (Catherine Willows) makes her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2013\/03\/helgenberger-joins-cbs-intelligence-pilot\/\">return<\/a> to CBS with the mid-season series <I>Intelligence<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere is a day-by-day breakdown of the weekly schedule:<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Monday<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>8:00-8:30pm ET\/PT How I Met Your Mother<br \/>\n8:30-9:00pm ET\/PT We Are Men (new series)<br \/>\n9:00-9:30pm ET\/PT 2 Broke Girls<br \/>\n9:30-10:00pm ET\/PT Mom (new series)<br \/>\n10:00-11:00pm ET\/PT Hostages (new series) \/ Intelligence (mid-season, new series)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><I>How I Met Your Mother<\/i> returns to the Monday 8:00pm ET\/PT timeslot to air its final season. <I>2 Broke Girls<\/i> also returns in its previous 9:00pm ET\/PT timeslot. The rest of the Monday night lineup is composed of new series. The single-camera comedy <I>We Are Men<\/i> debuts at 8:30pm ET\/PT, focusing on &#8220;four single guys living in a short-term apartment complex who unexpectedly find camaraderie over their many missteps in love.&#8221; Here is the series preview:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iiZo4AjTbQw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nDebuting at 9:30pm ET\/PT, <i>Mom<\/i> is another new comedy starring <b>Anna Faris<\/b> as &#8220;a newly sober single mom raising two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls.&#8221; Take a peek at the series with this preview:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LkPTKPX_i6c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nTwo new dramas will air in the 10:00pm ET\/PT timeslot on Mondays this fall, starting with <i>Hostages<\/i> from Executive Producer <b>Jerry Bruckheimer<\/b>. <i>Hostages<\/i> is &#8220;a high-octane suspense drama starring Emmy Award winner <b>Toni Collette<\/b> as a premiere surgeon thrust into a chilling political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage by rogue FBI Agent Duncan Carlisle (<b>Dylan McDermott<\/b>).&#8221; Here&#8217;s the series preview:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MwD2OR3n0TU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<i>Hostages<\/I> will end its season in January, after which the timeslot will be occupied by <i>Intelligence<\/i>, &#8220;a dramatic thriller starring <b>Josh Holloway<\/b> as a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain.&#8221; Former <I>CSI<\/i> leading lady Helgenberger will play Director Lillian Strand, &#8220;a straightforward and efficient boss&#8221; who oversees the &#8220;elite government cyber-security agency&#8221; that was created to support Holloway&#8217;s character, Gabriel. Check out the preview below:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f-nqhGQeniM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<b>Tuesday<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>8:00-9:00pm ET\/PT NCIS<br \/>\n9:00-10:00pm ET\/PT NCIS: Los Angeles<br \/>\n10:00-11:00pm ET\/PT Person of Interest (new time)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hit series <i>NCIS<\/I> and its spinoff, <I>NCIS: Los Angeles<\/i>, return to their usual 8:00pm ET\/PT and 9:00pm ET\/PT timeslots in the fall. They will be followed at 10:00pm ET\/PT by the relocated, returning drama <i>Person of Interest<\/i>.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<b>Wednesday<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>8:00-9:00pm ET\/PT Survivor<br \/>\n9:00-10:00pm ET\/PT Criminal Minds<br \/>\n10:00-11:00pm ET\/PT CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wednesday nights in the fall will look the same as this past season, with <I>Survivor<\/i>, <I>Criminal Minds<\/i> and <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/i> returning in their usual timeslots.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<b>Thursday<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>8:00-8:30pm ET\/PT The Big Bang Theory<br \/>\n8:30-9:00pm ET\/PT The Millers (new series)<br \/>\n9:00-9:30pm ET\/PT The Crazy Ones (new series)<br \/>\n9:30-10:00pm ET\/PT Two and a Half Men (new time)<br \/>\n10:00-11:00pm ET\/PT Elementary<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>CBS is adding another hour of comedy on Thursday nights. <I>The Big Bang Theory<\/i> kicks things off in its usual 8:00pm ET\/PT timeslot. <I>Two and a Half Men<\/i> is relocating to Thursdays, where it will air at 9:30pm ET\/PT. Sophomore drama <i>Elementary<\/i> will stay in the 10:00pm ET\/PT timeslot. In addition to these returning series, CBS is introducing two new comedies in the middle of the comedy block. Airing at 8:30pm ET\/PT, <i>The Millers<\/i> stars <b>Will Arnett<\/b> as Nathan Miller, &#8220;a recently divorced local roving news reporter looking forward to living the singles&#8217; life until his parents&#8217; marital problems unexpectedly derail his plans.&#8221; Here&#8217;s the behind-the-scenes preview for the show:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-UOkcqYl6po\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Robin Williams&#8217;<\/b> new series, <i>The Crazy Ones<\/i>, debuts at 9:00pm ET\/PT on Thursday. It is a &#8220;single-camera workplace comedy about a larger-than-life advertising genius whose unorthodox methods and unpredictable behavior would get him fired\u2026 if he weren&#8217;t the boss.&#8221; Check out the preview below:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qz-8JoUQzE0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<b>Friday<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>8:00-9:00pm ET\/PT Undercover Boss<br \/>\n9:00-10:00pm ET\/PT Hawaii Five-0 (new time)<br \/>\n10:00-11:00pm ET\/PT Blue Bloods<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Undercover Boss<\/i> and <i>Blue Bloods<\/i> return in their usual timeslots, bookending the newly-relocated drama <i>Hawaii Five-0<\/i>, which moves to 9:00pm ET\/PT.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<b>Saturday<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>8:00-8:30pm ET\/PT Comedytime Saturday (new)<br \/>\n8:30-9:00pm ET\/PT Comedytime Saturday (new)<br \/>\n9:00-10:00pm ET\/PT Crimetime Saturday<br \/>\n10:00-11:00pm ET\/PT 48 Hours<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>CBS has decided to add an hour of comedy repeats to the schedule this fall; the newly created Comedytime Saturday will air from 8:00-9:00pm ET\/PT, featuring two comedy encores. The network will also bring back Crimetime Saturdays, offering crime drama fans an encore of a popular CBS series. <i>48 Hours<\/i> finishes out the night at 10:00pm ET\/PT.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<b>Sunday<\/b>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>7:00-8:00pm ET\/PT 60 Minutes<br \/>\n8:00-9:00pm ET\/PT The Amazing Race<br \/>\n9:00-10:00pm ET\/PT The Good Wife<br \/>\n10:00-11:00pm ET\/PT The Mentalist<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Sunday night lineup will remain unchanged, with <i>60 Minutes<\/i> airing at 7:00pm ET\/PT, followed by <i>The Amazing Race<\/i>, <i>The Good Wife<\/i> and <I>The Mentalist<\/i> from 8:00-11:00pm ET\/PT.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nIn addition to <i>Intelligence<\/i>, CBS has three more series scheduled for mid-season: returning comedy <i>Mike &#038; Molly<\/i>, new &#8220;sultry legal drama&#8221; <i>Reckless<\/I>, and new comedy <i>Friends with Better Lives<\/i>. <i>Reckless<\/I> is set in Charleston, South Carolina, &#8220;where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming Southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city apart.&#8221; <i>Friends with Better Lives<\/I> is &#8220;a romantic comedy about six friends at different stages in their lives&#8212;married, divorced, newly engaged and single&#8212;who are outwardly happy, but secretly questioning if their friends have it better.&#8221;<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nFor more information about CBS&#8217;s new series, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefutoncritic.com\/news\/2013\/05\/15\/cbs-announces-2013-2014-primetime-schedule-659502\/20130515cbs01\/\">Futon Critic<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbspressexpress.com\/cbs-entertainment\/releases\/view?id=35556\">CBS Press Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS has unveiled the network&#8217;s schedule for the 2013-2014 television season, and you can find&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2906],"tags":[2937,3166,2971,3218],"class_list":["post-44255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csi-lv","tag-helgenberger","tag-lilien","tag-other-cbs-programming","tag-wynbrandt"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel","author_link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/author\/rachel\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-lv\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI<\/a>","tag_info":"CSI","comment_count":"6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44255"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44342,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44255\/revisions\/44342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}