THR reports that The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Rules of Engagement and Numb3rs have been renewed, and makes officially official (again) the Cold Case renewal.
11th Hour joins The Unit and Without a Trace in the canceled show pile.
Update: as Sean notes in the comments, How I Met Your Mother was picked up as well. HIMYM was such a lock for renewal, I assumed it already renewed! It definitely never seemed "on the bubble".
Wonder if the deal for CBS to pickup Medium really hinged on CBS renewing Old Christine. The post I read yesterday said that if NBC canceled Medium, CBS would be interested in picking it up if they let Old Christine go to ABC. So now that CBS has renewed Old Christine does that mean Medium is not getting picked up?
Very surprised that both Wednesdays sitcoms were picked up. There must be two comedy blocks next year? 2hrs per block?
someone better pick up medium!!!
CBS said they were happy with the way the 1 Hour comedy block on Weds. was “gaining” so I’m not too surprised about both coming back.
Ausiello also said that HiMYM has been picked up?
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/05/exclusive-witho.html
So 6 sitcoms return. And according to the Futon Critic, 1 new one for sure, 7 maybes. I’m guessing the 7 will be mostly “nos” given that CBS is renewing even their underperforming sitcoms.
The 11th Hour? it had over 11-12 million viewers each week. and a 0.96 rating. For a first year show, I don’t see why they would not renew this.
Why do the networks only look for the “out-of-the-ball-park” successes…. if its close to the average, I think this would be a show that would grow…
the introduction of the black guy in the last few episodes really added to the show
Doesn’t seem like an expesnive show to produce, you think someone else will pick it up?
Why was 11th Hour canceled???
Oh god please save Ghost Whisperer!!!!
I just looked at the index. Bill and Robert got it right on this one in terms of odds. Why did you guys think it wouldn’t return?
That article about Medium vs. Old Christine was mis-read. If you read the article again (from Variety or THR, can’t remember which), it doesn’t really link the two show’s fates.
Is Worst Week officially done?
I know there are other factors (costs, retention) but it seems to me that as a whole the sitcoms with really bad Renew/Cancel Indexes (Better Off Ted, Scrubs, Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Til Death) are beating out the ones with mediocre indexes (Samantha Who?, Surviving Suburbia, Worst Week, My Name is Earl(?)).
I thought it would continue, as 0.96 is just a little below the average. 1.0 would be average. For a first year show…. I think 11th Hour was doing quite well. I don’t know how much the actors are worth too, but I didn’t know any of them before the show, so they should be “cheaper”
I know, right? I guess that CBS and FOX were arguing about the licence fee? It’s not like it was a big secret, the stars only just managed to get a pay rise a month or two ago (between 100-120k per episode for those interested). So I think that was a clear indicator….
If Eleventh Hour pulled the ratings it did on another network, I’m sure it would have been picked and announced prior to Upfronts. But on CBS, they can get rid of shows to make room for others even when performing decently. Many of the shows they canceled in the last couple of years weren’t tanking, they just weren’t the next CSI.
Why is anything with Jay Mohr renewed? Does this mark the first time a show of his has been renewed?
Sometimes I think CBS should just stick to adding shows like
CSI Washington DC
CSI Los Angelas
CSI Denver
CSI Dallas
CSI – some town in the middle of nowhere….
You can’t beat the averages of CSI shows, being so new and all.
Melissa here is the article from The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i9ffdbbfa915bd89cd5c45ea5d7fb967b
“If it opts to lose comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine” to ABC, CBS may gain another veteran series from a competitor, NBC’s drama “Medium.”
CBS has been mulling a play for “Medium” as the show’s renewal talks with NBC had stalled.
The move would mirror last year’s leap of “Scrubs” from NBC to ABC.
In both cases, a long-running show that got little respect from NBC went to the network affiliated with the studio behind it — ABC Studios for “Scrubs” and CBS TV Studios for “Medium.”
In both cases, the switch would come after NBC and the producer couldn’t agree on the license fee and the size of the order, insisting on a partial pickup.
And in both cases, the conglom that owns the producing studio has a lot to gain by keeping the series running on its own network to boost the series’ syndication revenue by increasing the number of episodes produced.
In the case of “Christine,” ABC has a deal in place to pick up the comedy for 22 episodes if CBS passes, which is considered unlikely. “