CBS has renewed freshman dramas NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife giving both second season pick-ups. Though we were already sure about NCIS: LA, and thought things were looking good for The Good Wife, this removes any doubt.
Lots of early renewals of freshman scripted content this year.
I confess, I recently started watching The Good Wife and am hooked -- and I was already an NCIS (and by extension NCIS: LA) fanboy. CBS definitely has its hooks in me on Tuesdays now.
via CBS:
CBS RENEWS "NCIS: LOS ANGELES" AND "THE Good Wife" FOR THE 2010-2011 SEASON
Hit Freshman Dramas Rank as the Season's Top Two New Series
CBS's NCIS: LOS ANGELES and THE Good Wife, the season's top two freshman series, have been renewed for the 2010-2011 broadcast season.
NCIS: LOS ANGELES is the number one new program of the season with an average audience of 16.8 million viewers. The show is averaging a 5.3/12 in adults 25-54 and 3.8/10 in adults 18-49. Shane Brennan and R. Scott Gemmill are executive producers of NCIS: LOS ANGELES for CBS Television Studios.
THE Good Wife regularly wins its Tuesday (10:00-11:00 PM) time period in viewers (13.7m), adults 25-54 (4.2/11), adults 18-49 (3.0/8) and key women demographics. Compared to the time period a year ago, THE Good Wife is up +3% in viewers, +5% in adults 25-54 and 8% in adults 18-49. Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Robert King, Michelle King, David Zucker and Brooke Kennedy are executive producers of THE Good Wife for CBS Television Studios.
"Two great new series, fronted by talented stars on one big night of television," said Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment. "We're proud of these shows and what they've accomplished on Tuesday night."
yay for the good wife
lol @ AJ you firsted me.
CBS has shown that it can produce a well-crafted lawyer show with the Good Wife. NBC should learn something from CBS. A clear vision of what’s quality television does work over the longterm.
Also I think the early renewal of these two shows was sending a message to the creative community that you get respect from CBS when you deliver a great product, a direct shot at NBC’s management.
Yay for The Good Wife!! Congrats to Robert and Michelle King and Julianna Margulies.
No brainer at all about NCIS: LA. Shane Brennan has done a solid job handling 2 shows simultaneously.
Yes, I agree! The Good Wife! I’m happy Margulies. I really enjoyed her other show on Fox and was sorry it didn’t make it. Glad this show will be back.
I luv the Good Wife! Great News finally!
Did NCIS #2 just get officially renewed before NCIS #1?
I did not think the good wife would be renewed at the start of the season. It can thank the NCIS 1 & 2 lead in
I’ve stopped watching The Good Wife, fearing a cancelation, but with the renewal I’m going to catch up. Don’t care about NCIS:LA, It’s not even near as compelling as the mother show (I Hope the expression makes sense).
Congrats to the cast of both NCIS LA and Goodwife best new shows on CBS
I stopped watching The Good Wife out of boredom after the third episode or so, but I hear good things about it now.
I wonder if this means CBS is giving up on the Wednesday comedy block. Otherwise, they only have two hours Sunday through Thursday to launch new dramas. Maybe they are planning to cancel both Medium and Numb3rs and use their development slate to try to shore up Fridays?
^Or they plan on moving an existing show to Friday
Julia, I don’t think I started watching Good Wife until about the 7th episode and I haven’t gone back to catch up yet.
Two shows I dont watch.
Yeah Mark D, i don’t watch these shows either.. but congratz to them!
Hopefully Smallville will be joining them next year too!
Saw this coming for awhile now, well at least for NCIS LA, glad to hear the good wife got a pick up as well, not a bad drama, and seems to have legs too last a few seasons.
Hmm, why would they renew NCIS: LA before NCIS proper?
I’m eating my fair share of crow when it comes to renewals this season. First, “The Middle” gets a second season and now “The Good Wife”, both of which I was sure would be one and done.
Big Boss, I think CBS tends to renew it’s veteran shows right before the Spring upfronts. There is no need to worry about NCIS, it’s a lock for an 8th season.
Finally the ridiculous cancelation speculation of The Good Wife can finally be put to rest.
I think there is a good possibility that Ghost Whisperer could be on the bubble come the Upfronts. CBS doesn’t own it fully, it’s a co-production with ABC, and the ratings have been down dramatically this season. Medium is owned by CBS and has a very lucrative syndication deal with Lifetime, so I think it’s going to stick around another season.
“wonder if this means CBS is giving up on the Wednesday comedy block. Otherwise, they only have two hours Sunday through Thursday to launch new dramas. Maybe they are planning to cancel both Medium and Numb3rs and use their development slate to try to shore up Fridays?”
I agree with Holly, I can see them moving CSI:NY and/or The Good Wife to Friday. So if they Cancel Numb3rs, Three Rivers, Medium and Cold Case and make one or two of those moves that gives them 2 hours somewhere in the week to develop two new dramas.
They are even tighter on the Comedy side. Clearly they like Christine (and may be looking for syndication episodes at this point) and we will see what happens to AoP on Wednesdays, if my prediction of a 2.0 is right I can see them canceling that and/or Garry, but that still only gives them three open spots (including the Monday hammock slot).
So two new dramas and two or three new comedies. NBC can put all of that on one night with the spaces they have to fill