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CBS Picks Up Bad Teacher to Series, Well After the Bell
Even though the janitors JUST finished sweeping up the red plastic cups from The CW’s post-Upfronts punch-bowl party, the Upfronts are NOT over! In an slightly unexpected maneuver, CBS has ordered one more pilot to series: the TV adaptation of the Cameron Diaz’s 2011 zinger Bad Teacher.
Given the late decision, CBS will save this one for midseason. I’m guessing the network finally got a look at its crop of new sitcoms and panicked a bit. Plus, now that the network is expanding its Thursday comedy block to two hours, that’s eight laughers on the schedule and there’s nothing wrong with having a little backup.
Single-camera comedy Bad Teacher stars Ari Graynor in the role Diaz portrayed, that of a divorced woman who starts teaching to find a husband. I’m still trying to figure out how this setup is actually supposed to make sense. Doesn’t she know that she’ll be teaching KIDS? Is she trying to marry a kid? Is she going after single dads? Does she have eyes on the gym teacher? The series also stars Ryan Hansen, David Alan Grier, Kristin Davis, and Sara Gilbert.
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CBS Fall Schedule Revealed: Thursday Comedy Block Expands, Person of Interest, Hawaii Five-0 on the Move, Mike & Molly Held to Midseason
CBS on Wednesday morning revealed its primetime line-up for the 2013-14 TV season and herewith are the headlines: The Eye network is expanding its Thursday comedy block into the 9 pm hour, with the Robin-Williams-Sarah Michelle Gellar comedy Crazy Ones snagging the 9/8c anchor position; Person of Interest is on the move to Tuesdays at 10/9c; and Hawaii Five-0 is being relocated to Fridays at 9/8c.
Also of note: CBS is swapping one Chuck Lorre comedy for another on Mondays at 9:30/8:30c, with new sitcom Mom bumping midseason-bound Mike & Molly (Eye prez Nina Tassler assured that the Melissa McCarthy sitcom will be back with a full season’s worth of 22 episodes), and 15-episode thriller Hostages has scored H50‘s Monday 10/9c timeslot (Josh Holloway’s Intelligence will take over when Hostages‘ run ends.)
Tassler also confirmed that the NCIS: LA offshoot NCIS: Red is DOA. “We’d love to try [launching another spin-off] again,” she said, “but protecting [the NCIS franchise] was really important.”
On tap for midseason, in addition to Mike & Molly: New seriesFriends with Better Lives and Reckless.
All told, the CBS schedule looks like this. (New shows are in CAPS)
MONDAY
8/7c How I Met Your Mother
8:30 pm WE ARE MEN
9 pm Two Broke Girls
9:30 pm MOM
10 pm HOSTAGES/INTELLIGENCE
TUESDAY
8 pm NCIS
9 pm NCIS: LA
10 pm Person of Interest
WEDNESDAY
8 pm Survivor
9 pm Criminal Minds
10 pm CSI
THURSDAY
8 pm The Big Bang Theory
8:30 pm THE MILLERS
9 pm THE CRAZY ONES
9:30 pm Two and a Half Men
10 pm Elementary
FRIDAY
8 pm Undercover Boss
9 pm Hawaii Five-0
10 pm Blue Bloods
SATURDAY
8 pm Comedy encores
9 pm Drama encores
10 pm 48 Hours
SUNDAY
7 pm 60 Minutes
8 pm
The Amazing Race
9 pm The Good Wife
10 pm The Mentalist
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