CBS Renews 18 Total Shows, Fate Of Two CSIs Left Up In The Air
Annnnnd... they're off!
TV's annual Renew/Cancel Season formally kicked off on Wednesday with CBS renewing 15 shows for the 2012-13 TV season, including, of course, NCIS (as well as its offshoot NCIS: Los Angeles), the freshman shows Person of Interest and 2 Broke Girls, and the acclaimed The Good Wife.
Factoring in previously announced renewals for How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Survivor, that totals 18 programs the Eye network has returning to the fold. (TVLine's Renew/Cancel Scorecard has thus been updated!)
Not making the cut, at least thus far, are veteran procedurals CSI: NY and CSI: Miami and the on-again/off-again Rules of Engagement, while freshmen series such as A Gifted Man, Unforgettable and Rob are also MIA. (CSI: NY resumes its season on Friday, March 30, while Gifted Man has already aired its finale.)
As for Two and a Half Men, CBS and Warner Bros. Television are in preliminary negotiations regarding ordering more seasons. As Chuck Lorre said earlier this week, "It's unusual when they cancel a show that's in the Top 10, so I think there's hope... [but] everybody's gotta sign back up" — namely, Ashton Kutcher.
"This large-scale renewal is testimony to the strength, stability and success of a deep and diverse roster of top-rated programming," CBS president Nina Tassler said in announcing the pick-ups. Season-to-date, CBS is No. 1 in total viewers (averaging 12.13 million, up 1 percent year-over-year) and a strong second in adults 18-49 (up 3 percent).
All told, here are CBS' 18 returning programs; there is no predicting when the other networks will announce their own renewals, let alone this early:
Comedy
2 Broke Girls
The Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Mike & Molly
Drama
Blue Bloods
Criminal Minds
CSI
The Good Wife
Hawaii Five-0
The Mentalist
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Person of Interest
Other
48 Hours Mystery
60 Minutes
The Amazing Race
Survivor
Undercover Boss
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