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. “
And here is Roberts article on it:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/17/could-medium-be-moving-to-cbs/18835
sorry for 2 posts just had to links and wanted to avoid the spam folder
If you read carefully, it really doesn’t link the two show’s fates. I’ll agree it’s poorly worded, but that first sentence is meant to say that it might pick up or lose Christine, and it might pick up Medium. The two fates are not linked.
You may be right, but it really does look like one hinged on the other. I think Robert makes a good point about CBS not willing to pay any higher a license fee than NBC was will to pay. So it should be interesting.
I think Eleventh Hour was cancelled, because it didn’t break out like Fringe.
They were exactly the same show, both had strong lead ins.
Although Fox did renew Lie To Me and it didn’t come anywnywhere close to The Mentalist.
so i guess i have no idea what i’m talking about.
I’m shocked that Without a Trace is canceled!!! 11th hour was solid show(in terms of ratings) but i guess not so good for CBS! CBS 2009-2010 schedule could look like this , but it’s NOT official:
Mondays:
8:00 – BBT
8:30 – HIMYM
9:00 – 2.5 Men
9:30 – Gary Unmarried or ROE
10:00 – CSI: Miami
Tuesdays:
8:00 – NCIS
9:00 – NCIS SPinoff
10:00 – CSI: NY
Wednesdays:
8:00 – Cold Case
9:00 – Criminal Minds
10:00 – Miami Trauma
Thursdays:
8:00 – Survivor
9:00 – The Mentalist
10:00 – CSI
Fridays:
8:00 – Ghost Whisperer
9:00 – Medium
10:00 – Numbers
Saturdays: (if they try to program the night)
8:00 – Flashpoint
9:00 – The Border
10:00 – 48 hours
Sundays:
7:00 – 60 Minutes
8:00 – Old Christine or ROE
8:30 – Accidentally on Purpose
9:00 – Three Rivers
10:00 – The Good Wife
the unit and 11th hour is not surprise to me since mid’s march, the same to worst week even before this.
but wiithout a trace i don’t saw this coming.
Let’s hope no more surprises!
cbs cancel shows above almost everything in the other networks. LOL
Ben Silverman is such an asshole, lol, with his slights of “Earl” and “Medium.”
BTW, more word that CBS has officially snagged Medium from DHD:
CBS has renewed Cold Case, Numb3rs, Gary Unmarried, Rules of Engagement, The New Adventures Of Old Christine (22-episode order). It has not renewed Without A Trace, The Unit, Eleventh Hour. And I’m told that newly picked up pilot MIAMI TRAUMA is for midseason, and that it’s pickup was a carrot to Jerry Bruckheimer after he received the stick of the Without A Trace cancellation. CBS also has bought Medium, which had been airing on NBC. Here’s what happened: I’ve just learned that NBC did pickup Medium last Friday, but only for 13 episodes. But Endeavor Talent Agency which packages the show wanted 16 episodes (and Patricia Arquette’s contract called for 22 episodes). A difficult negotiation ensued, and now CBS has swooped in and snagged Medium, which is produced by CBS Paramount TV, to air it with Ghost Whisperer. NBC is now spinning that Medium is best suited for the CBS demo than for the NBC audience, and that it rated lower than 2 shows CBS cancelled – Eleventh Hour and Without A Trace.
if cbs gets medium and oputs it with whisperer i think they will OWN fridays
This season, it’s more about cost than ratings, that is most likely why 11th hour was canceled. How I Met your mother is pretty expencive to produce, because of the hefty crew salaries, so I can see why it might have been on the bubble. It’s still the best sitcom on TV.
BTW Anything on Worst Week? It seems everybody forgot about that show.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/cbs-picks-up-medium-insults-nbc/
CBS picked up Medium according to this. Maybe it will be a midseason replacement to whatever new show they end up cancelling.
Yeah it does look like CBS picked up Medium, which is a good thing for it’s viewers. It is a better fit for CBS.
Old Christine was pretty likely, with the executive fondness for the show, but GU was surprising (to me, anyway, admittedly not Bill/Robert) given the number of other comedies they picked up.
Seriously, where are they going to slot all of them? Two new shows are sharing time with ROE & GU in some manner (GU Wed Fall, ROE Mon Spring again)?
really hope CBS can pick up “Medium”
even better , hope Medium get higher rating on CBS
this will teach NBC a lesson.
eko5:
You forgot about The Amazing Race which has been renewed.
what about Flashpoint? was it renewed? it’s such a cheap show to make being from Canada. i really enjoy this show. if it’s cancelled here and continues to air on Canadian tv i’ll just have to order the season sets later on.
Have to say, good on CBS renewing three of my favourite shows: Numb3rs, The Big Bang Theory and The Mentalist. I take it that Numb3rs and The Mentalist only got a one year deal unlike The Big Bang Theory’s two year deal?
@vsaint, re: Lie to Me… as a fan of both shows, while they’re quite similar, there’s room for both shows and I’m quite pleased that Lie to Me is not in direct competition with The Mentalist.
Do you guys know if CBS has picked up “Happiness Isn’t Everything”? I’ve heard it might have been locked for midseason.
Aaron, I could see CBS holding onto it’s option for Flashpoint (it was already renewed for Canadian TV) but not announcing anything at the upfronts. It won’t be on the fall schedule simply because it won’t be ready then and it only has 13 episodes per season. They can use it as filler instead of repeats, bring it in at mid-season or earlier when something tanks, or hold it until summer and start trying to build a year-round schedule.
Ali, Ghost Whisperer was renewed last week Sunday. Plus Jennifer Love Hewitt confirmed they start shooting Season 5 June 19, 2009 and that she’s directing the Season Premiere.
I liked eleventh hour. Late addition to the cast was a good move. Too bad it was canceled.
As for they didnt have well known actors … I think all 3 of them are fairly well known … They all have been in stuff I have seen… not sure if they would command a higher salary or not… I would assume above average tho.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118697/
CBS sucks and stinks for cancelling Eleventh Hour. I hope they sink next year with its new shows and the declining CSI LV. I’m really sad that people these days would rather watch a show with no sense at all than a show that will make you use your brain a little bit.
Thank you CBS. I won’t watch anything you broadcast ever again.
Happiness is Everything has not been picked up yet. Since its a new show, that might not be announced until tomorrow at CBS upfronts. And if its for midseason, maybe not even then. I read that CBS has 8 comedy pilots and is only hot on one of them. But there’s limited space since Rules, Christine, and Gary were all picked up.
What about Flashpoint?
My guess is that if CBS takes Medium it either shares the regular season with Flashpoint or that Flashpoint runs only in the summer.
Sorry about Eleventh Hour but I kind of expected it. As for Lourdes, who rants that she’ll never watch CBS again, somehow I think no one will notice the difference.
“Thank you CBS. I won’t watch anything you broadcast ever again.”
Awesome. People are funny.
From the TV Squad article about Medium pickup by CBS: “(Note: CBS will not, however, pick up Knight Rider. Sorry, fans!)”. LOL.
There is nothing wrong with boycotting a network when they have made several bad decisions. And making fun of those people who are upset that there favorite show was canceled is pathetic.
Not all of us got our shows renewed.
PLEASE TV BY THE NAMBERS. YOU HAVE TO TELL ME IF CBS IS PICKING UP HAPPINESS ISNT EVERTHING.!!!! PLEASE?!?!?!
Since Eleventh Hour was the only show on CBS that I watched anyway, I am probably in the same boat as Lourdes.
Funny how Eleventh Hour and Life On Mars (another show I liked) started off the year as BBC imports competing in the same time slot. I guess Eleventh Hour won that battle, for whatever that is worth since they both met the same fate…
Is there room in that boat for me, Another Stephen?
Rules on engagement is awful and not funny at all.They cancel good shows and waste air time on worthless ones those people in charge of the big networks are on something no wonder they lose audiences and money!
eleventh hour should be canceled. it wasn’t a success.
Who would have thought that CBS would pick up a show dropped by NBC? NBC should be picking up shows dropped by CBS. Heck, 11th HOUR would be a hit for NBC.
Nick I really think it has more to do with syndication than anything else. It’s not like Medium was pulling good numbers for NBC, they were mediocre for NBC but they would have been horrible for CBS. I think Lifetime’s syndication deal is the only reason CBS picked it up. If they really wanted it they would have never slammed NBC for dropping it. You have more knowledge than I do, but that’s my guess on this.
Jimmie – why do you feel Eleventh Hour wasn’t a success? It had 11 or 12 million
viewers every week and beat it’s competition each week except when the Private Practice story was a continuation of Grey’s Anatomy and the ER finale (which sent ratings down for CSI and Eleventh Hour). It was 2.8 in the 18-49 viewers which was actually better than Numbers (2.1 renewed), The Unit (2.3 cancelled), Ghost Whisperer (2.4 renewed) Cold Case (2.6 – renewed), and Without a Trace (2.7 cancelled). For a new show, I think it did very well and could have built on the fans it had if given the chance.
Tommy, in this case we likely both have the same knowledge. I know why NBC dropped it, but have no clue right now why CBS would be picking it up. Nobody asked my opinion at CBS! I’d have said hell no.
Which isn’t an opinion on the subject matter. I think MEDIUM is one of NBC’s highest quality products. The reason is that MEDIUM is tainted goods. It’s an NBC show that wasn’t good enough for NBC and NBC sucks. That is what some people are going to think and those some people might be enough to hurt the chances of success. However when you combine that with people not knowing the back story it might be hard to convince a new viewer to stick around.
Then again they may prove me wrong and get 10M+ viewers and a 2.4+ on Fridays from it.
There is no doubt that 11TH HOUR was on the high end of the CBS bubble, which makes it better than just about anything on NBC & the CW. You’d think that a network owned by CBS would go “you know picking up 11TH HOUR for the CW sure makes sense.” That is exactly the type of show (and JERICHO & MOONLIGHT before it) that the CW should be picking up. They’d build their network faster that way than gambling on picky teens who change their minds every 5 minutes.
Nick C., do you have any idea what the CW schedule will look like? If they’re keeping some of their pilots for midseason, and with GG spinoff being dead and all of those shows cancelled today…there’s still room in the fall schedule. Another ANTM encore? Will they change Thursdays up at all (especially with Fringe vs. SPN)? Any idea what’s going on?
I suspect that Medium placed between GW and Numbers will certainly out perform Flashpoint. Of course, it’s certinly much more expensive also.
Annie,
MON: GOSSIP GIRL, ONE TREE HILL
TUE: 90210, MELROSE PLACE
WED: ANTM, THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
THU: SMALLVILLE, SUPERNATURAL
FRI: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
What gets in that last hour on Friday? I have no clue. I heard BODY POLITIC or PRIVILEGED a week ago, but so far only PRIVILEGED has been eliminated. I expected that to mean BODY POLITIC but someone said that was a mid-season show. Now THE GAME and EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS are off the table so I don’t know what is going in that hour. Everyone says LILY is dead too. So I’m clueless at the moment. It could end up being LIGHT YEARS. However that is the worst pilot I’ve seen in 3 years. So knowing Dawn she likely loves it.
I am very excited to see Rules of Engagement back on for another season. I am hopeful that this will be a full season order instead of just the 13. The shows has held strong in the post Two and a Half Men Slot and appeared to have added another million viewers (to the typical number of viewers for a Wednesday sitcom this season on CBS)when it aired on Wednesday (I could be wrong on this).
I, for one, enjoy the fact that the networks appear to be focusing on comedies again. With how the economy has been, doom and gloom in the media, etc…it’s good to see a focus on something fun to watch. Plus, it helps that 30 minute sitcoms are a lot cheaper to produce and (if successful)bring in money to the studios if they are able to make it into syndication.
Eleventh Hour might have been pre-mature with regards to cancellation. However, it all comes down to money in the end, and that type of format might be expensive to make and if the return is minimal, I can see why it was canceled.
The key for fans to try and get a “bubble” show renewed is to focus on three things…(1) DVR Numbers, (2) Advertisers…The show Chuck is a good example of this…The Subway campaign. If the advertiser who buys time on the network sees how the fans buy more of their product from watching a show, they will also contact the network in their support of the show…which might be the biggest argument/support a show can receive. (3) Campaigns such a letter writing and other creative ways…like the peanut campaign for Jericho.
TV is a business. Studios need a financial motive to keep shows on the air. Bottom line is money, and if the producers are willing to make concessions, the show will go on so to speak.
If you want to keep a show on the air, support it like fans on the show Chuck. How I Met Your Mother was a bubble show for a couple of years and the fans came out in droves and the show was saved and now it is a success.
Looking forward to an interesting 2009-2010 season.
You mean there’s even a slight chance CW wouldn’t put Top Model repeats there? I figured there must be some sort of contractual obligation considering their devotion to those repeats.
Julia, that would be the cheapest solution. Heck they should just give the night back to the affiliates!
Next year, Nick.
I really hope even the CW isn’t stupid enough to go with an encore during the week AFTER they gave up Sundays to the affiliates. I think Vampire Diaries could do well paired with Gossip Girl, and then sending OTH to Fridays. I’ll take midseason over nothing for Body Politic, but I do think it would work in the fall behind OTH on Friday nights.
I wonder if they’ll program Operation Fabulous or some other stupid reality show during the fall?
No matter, I just hope we find out more soon. I’ve never followed pilot season so closely before and I’ve got my heart set on BP some way or another. If you don’t mind me asking, you enjoyed the presentation, right? About how long was it? How was the cast? Thanks so much, again!
Annie, we find out Thursday. I should know tomorrow exactly what is going on. Thus the media will know and it will be all over the place.
I have a copy of BP that was sent to me. I liked it best out of all the CW pilots (which isn’t saying a whole lot). It is better than most of the pilots I’ve seen from NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX though.
Annie, also never put “hope even the CW isn’t stupid,” together. You’ll just end up getting your hopes up for nothing.
Did you see The Deep End by any chance? The upfront presentation looked great and now I can’t wait for midseason.
Heh, true.
Do you know if they’re giving out the presentations for the CW shows (like BP and Beautiful Life, I think both were only presentations) to bloggers? I’d like to hear other people’s thoughts on it, even if it’s not picked up at all.
But it’s probably too late for me to try and launch an established television blogging site in the hopes of getting a copy, hee.
wow, tough break for 11th hour, seemed like a show that thrived and would be a credit to any network.
HIMYM was never on the bubble. It has a huge syndication deal so it was guaranteed that it would go another year as it needs another year to hit 100 episodes. Its almost guaranteed a year after that because the more the episodes, the more they make in syndication which is where the big money is anyway. I used to be involved in production accounting with several comedy TV shows in the 90s and if they broke even they were doing fine. The goal was to make 100 episodes and be syndicated. I cant tell you how much the Carsey Werner and Witt Thomas Harris made with their syndicated shows
The cancelled shows are everything I expected except for Gary Unmarried. I thought Gary would be axed, but it seems CBS is very patient with wednesday so hopefulyl Gary and Christine will do better. I really like Gary so I hope it does do better. I always knew that between Cold Case and Without a Trace CBS would save Cold Case probably because its a year younger.
LJ, Eleventh Hour would be a credit to any network or cable station. Which is why we are going to try and work with its creator to get it picked up somewhere.
Any other EH fans are more than welcome to come and join our effort.
http://forum.planet-hood.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52
Craig writes, “I am very excited to see Rules of Engagement back on for another season. I am hopeful that this will be a full season order instead of just the 13.”
Your hope appears to have been dashed. I’m told it got its annual CBS “we hate you but we need you” 13-episode pickup. “Cold Case,” reportedly, also only got 13.
Suprised about the wednesday comedy block specially both of them are from ABC studios
Sad about 11th hour.