Fall Television Season Network Preview 2006: CBS

CBS has had the most consistent lineup on television for the past few years, and this fall season proves it. Only four new additions to the lineup which has been lauded as the best on television, not only by the critics but by the viewers who make CBS the top rated network. If it isn't broken, you don't fix it. And CBS is definitely not broken. New shows will be in bold italics on the schedule.

Sunday

7-8 PM: 60 Minutes
8-9 PM: The Amazing Race
9-10 PM: Cold Case
10-11 PM: Without a Trace




Notes: CBS did a little bit of housekeeping in terms of order on this night, and moved one show over, but other than that we've got a similar lineup. The award-winning 60 Minutes is still the staple of this night, but CBS has done well, I think, in moving shows to Sunday. The Amazing Race, one of the better reality TV competitions on right now, moves to a spot against the Simpsons, but it could have a good effect for them. Cold Case moves back an hour to the 9 o'clock spot and Without a Trace comes from Thursday, which eliminates the T.V. movies or whatever they had to fill the space.

Monday

8-8:30 PM: How I Met Your Mother
8:30-9 PM: The Class
9-9:30 PM: Two and a Half Men
9:30-10 PM: The New Adventures of Old Christine
10-11 PM: C.S.I. Miami




Notes: CBS has developed a niche with its Monday night lineup. This is sitcom night for the network, which doesn't boast a single sitcom on their lineup besides the ones on Monday night. How I met Your Mother has developed into a sleeper which is improving, largely on the back of good acting from Neil Patrick Harris. The Class will follow, one of only four new shows for CBS, which is a show about a group of friends in their twenties who reunite on their 20th anniversary. Two and a Half Men, one of the best sitcoms on T.V. and Julia Louis-Dreyfus' vehicle The New Adventures of Old Christine lead into C.S.I. Miami, which retains its 10 PM Monday slot.

Tuesday

8-9 PM: NCIS
9-10 PM: The Unit
10-11 PM: Smith