Did you see the season finale of Eleventh Hour?

I guess I’m not as used to the CBS guidelines! What CBS expects in its shows and such. I mostly watch FOX. So for FOX, Harper’s Island ratings would probably be good.

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From the table above, HI’s season-to-date 18-49 rating is 2.4 whereas the network average season-to-date 18-49 rating is 2.9. So HI is mare than 17% below the network average for CBS.

What kind of ratings does a show need to have on CBS in order to be a keeper?

7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 The Amazing Race
9:00 Cold Case
10:00 NEW SERIES

As you can see considering The Unit is going to be axed, if Cold Case is staying CBS would likely try something new to air after it. If CBS doesn;t want to keep Flashpoint on fridays, sundays at 10 could be a good place to put it.

Fridays
For fridays it seems CBS would likely try something new in the 9:00 slot. Flashpoint has worked well, but it seems possible CBS may want to try something new and hold Flashpoint for midseason.

8:00 Ghost Whisperer
9:00 NEW SERIES
10:00 Numb3rs

I believe that The Unit, Eleventh Hour, Harper’s Island, and Worst Week are not coming back and things aren’t looking good for Gary Unmarried and Without a Trace. I think CBS will give Cold Case another year and same eith Old Christine, and if CBS axes christine, ABC has announced they will pick it up, possibly pressuring CBS to keep it another year. I think CBS should keep Christine regardless in order to stick with their Wednesday night comedy block. Christine/Rules combo is the best for next year.

“OLD” CSI: “CHRISTINE” – Christine re-VISITS old episodes of some of their serial killer shows of CSI)

“SURVIVING” NCIS

“CRIMINAL MINDS” OF THE CSI

“2 MEN” FROM CSI & “HALF” FROM NCIS

“RULES OF NCIS ENGAGEMENTS”

and then maybe a combo CSI: NCIS (CSI guys in the NCIS)

Thursdays are a big revenue night for networks, even at 10. I’d guess they’d at least try The Mentalist there before slotting in an altogether new show. The exception might be the NCIS spin-off, but only if it skews younger than the original.

8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 How I Met Your Mother
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 NEW SERIES
10:00 CSI: Miami

The Mentalist could be moved to Tuesdays at 10 so the NCIS spinoff can air at 9 like so. Without a Trace would likely be axed then.

8:00 NCIS
9:00 NCIS Spinoff
10:00 The Mentalist

Wednesdays could look like this if CBS sticks with the comedy block, which I think they should. I believe CBS should not try out new comedies at 8:30 and stick with established ones.

8:00 Old Christine
8:30 Rules of Engagement
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 CSI: NY

Thursdays would have a change at 10 with everything else the same.

8:00 Survivor
9:00 CSI
10:00 NEW SERIES

Please comment on my projected schedule Mon-Thurs

Most people 50 and up don’t have their brand decisions changed based on television spots. There are other ways to reach them, and advertisers spend money on those, also. But the broadcast television model is based on selling advertisers 30 or 60 second spots for hundreds of thousands of dollars. That only makes financial sense for certain kinds of products for certain age groups.

It seems to me that any time CBS tries somehting “edgy” or “different,” they just can’t seem to pull it off. Here’s hoping BACK makes the grade – Ulrich/McGinley/Stringfeld is a fine triangle of actors.

Back to CBS, Is The Bridge scheduled for this summer, it will be interesting whether it can achieve similar success to Flashpoint.

There would likely be exceptions to that with the Saturday night ‘Doctor Who slot’ still revolving between dramas at the moment Who, Robin Hood and Merlin but I’m fairly sure that Robin Hood won’t be back next year and a new show will be cycled into that – there’s a pirate show treatment floating around the BBC that seems to be quite well regarded but God knows how they’d ever manage to shoot that.

I’m way off topic now though.

As for cancellations, Eleventh Hour might really be helped by the fact that it must be relatively cheap to produce (I think). I wonder how much cheaper than Without a Trace, which has a much larger regular cast? I’m finding it tough to justify CBS keeping Cold Case and Trace both for next season. How likely is it that they’d cancel the two instead of just one, I wonder.

You don’t want to make comparisons and yet you’re comparing
However I don’t think EH needs it, since the plot is different from TM. Or maybe have it next season.
But I agree with you, they’re a refreshing change and the publicity should be intense.
And Rufus, he’s awesome!

I think the 13 episode short run series is a great idea and should continue but perhaps with a better story? I don’t think the networks should give up on the idea just because Harpers Island hasn’t been a slam dunk winner.

The Mentalist does seem to groomed to the successor for CSI when it eventually ends, it’s doing well in the UK although the high ratings it achieved for the first episode was against very weak competition and it has been up against football and Easter Holidays which may explain the drop. I expect it will remain between 2.5-3m from on but Five will definetly keep it as they’ve dropped House which is going to Sky1.

I think Cold Case and Without a Trace will be back for one more season but I think CBS should look for their replacements next week. I think Washington Field and Miami Trauma look like strong contenders for pickup and the NCIS spin-off is a lock on for a fall slot.

Just because of the fact that I hate the thought of such short “seasons” (unless they ran two a year, for a total of 26 episodes), I’m glad it’s failing. I can’t stand how British shows have such short runs. Hustle is like a puny 6 episodes a year, and Torchwood’s first two seasons were just 13 each, I believe. Not nearly enough!

Don’t advertisers like to hook them when they’re young? Isn’t that one big reason why they aim at age 18+ rather than a higher age level?

CBS does have 12 of the top 20 shows, so they are doing pretty well; despite what MOONLIGHT and JERICHO fans think.

NBC – now thats a network in real trouble – no shows in the top 20. Keeping dead weight like Friday Night Lights around and turning 1/3 of primetime over to Leno wont help matters.

I happen to watch both the Mentalist and Eleventh Hour. Both shows are equal period. Please spare me all comparisons. But I believe that EH suffers from headless plot syndrome. There is no superior officer and I do not why they have decided to choke the life out of a actor like Rufus Sewell. In that respect, the producers of TM were smarter, they provided Simon Blake with a quirky character and a good ensemble specifically the gentleman who plays the boss.

CBS should fine tune both shows and publicize them to the hilt. They represent a refreshing change from all the shows around them and deserve renewsls. Rufus Sewell is a joy and much better actor than this show portrays.

I’m suprised that CBS can’t find a show in Thursday 10PM that has enough demos numbers especially with the CSI lead-in.

in australia the reference was 16-39, and now is 18-49…

i think that people between 25-54 have more Purchase power, because viewers between 18-24 are not independent, don’t work, and so on.

While they could cancel both if it is a case of one or the other then I am optimistic about Without A Trace getting another Season (although it will be the last) for going by both the numbers and the direction of the plot I an convinced Cold Case is a goner.

One thing which perhaps not enough prominence is being given to is what effect Jay Leno might have next year? If CBS factor this heavily into their calcualtions then we could yet be in for some surprises. There could be wild fluctuations depending on what new story may have broken on any particular day.

Just for anyone who is interested. I can’t understand why The Mentalist has been such a hit in the US. It’s okay to pass an hour but it’s certainly not a must see. It’s dropping like a stone in the UK. After a great start on our “fifth” channel at 3.6m it has gone, 3.2m, 2.9m and down to 2.3m last week putting CSI back as Five’s #1 show – even post-Grissom.

but srsly, networks need to realize that if they put a good summer series on, it would do so well…. thats how American Idol and The O.C. got their starts…