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CBS Returning Shows & Info on Others.

By: Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Source: CBS Press Release

CBS has officially announced their returning shows now that the WGA strike has officially ended, which I'll place down below. Expect other networks to officially announce their lineups shortly. For now, we still have Michael Ausiello's guide but it's always best to have official word from the networks themselves.

CBS Returning Shows: (Return Date, Shows)

"How I Met Your Mother," March 17, 9 Shows

"The Big Bang Theory," March 17, 9 Shows

"Two and a Half Men," March 17, 9 Shows

"CSI: Miami," March 24, 8 Shows

"Cold Case," March 30, 5 Shows

"Criminal Minds," April 2, 7 Shows

"CSI: NY," April 2, 7 Shows

"CSI," April 3, 6 Shows

"Without a Trace," April 3, 6 Shows

"Ghost Whisperer," April 4, 6 Shows

"Numb3rs," April 4, 6 Shows

"NCIS," April 8, 7 Shows

"Moonlight," April 11, 4 Shows

"Rules of Engagement," April 14, 6 Shows

"Shark," TBA, 4 Shows

And now that the press release is done, let's move on to Michael Ausiello's latest on the plan for other returning shows. Here's the info from his latest article. When the network sends an official press release our direction, we'll pass it along to you.

"24": Season 7 postponed until January 09.

"30 Rock" : 5 to 10 new episodes, which will begin airing in April & May

"Aliens in America": 8 pre-strike episodes remain.

"Battlestar Galactica": First half of 20-episode final season begins April 4 on Sci-Fi. Last half will likely begin production in March & April.

"Bones": 4 pre-strike episodes remain. It's unclear whether they're going to be shot.

"Boston Legal": 1 pre-strike episode remains but an additional 6-8 episodes will be shot in April & May.

"Chuck": No new shows until the fall.

"ER": 4-6 new episodes to shoot. Will hit the airwaves in April & May.

"Friday Night Lights": No new episodes to air.

"Grey's Anatomy": 4-7 new episodes to shoot. Expected to begin airing in April & May.

"Heroes": No new episodes expected until the fall.

"House": 4-6 new episodes to shoot. Expected to air in April & May.

"Jericho": 7 episodes remain.

"Las Vegas": 2 pre-strike episodes remain. No further info to give at this time.

"Life": No expected episodes until this fall.

"Lost": 6 pre-strike episodes remain. 5 of them expected to shoot to air in April & May.

"Medium": 6 pre-strike episodes remain. They will be shot and aired TBD.

"My Name is Earl": 8-10 episodes remain. Expected to shoot and air in April & May.

"The Office": 6 episodes remain. Expected to shoot and air in April & May.

"Prison Break": 2 pre-strike episodes remain to be shot.

"Pushing Daisies": No new episodes until the fall.

"Reaper": 3 pre-strike episodes remain. An additional 5-6 will be shot and air in April & May.

"Scrubs": 4 pre-strike episodes remain. They will be shot but it's unclear whether they'll air on NBC or premiere on DVD.

"Smallville": 4 pre-strike episodes remain. An additional 5 episodes to be shot and air in April & May.

"Supernatural": 2 pre-strike episodes remain. An additional 4-5 episodes to be shot and air in April & May.

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles": 4 pre-strike episodes remain to be shot.


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Comments/Responses
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jamesdalton • Feb 13, 2008, 12:45pm •
I would just like to go on the record and say: this strike was the best thing to ever happen to "24".

Hobbs • Feb 13, 2008, 01:04pm •
I like "24" and I say let them have their final season. I know the show is a bit much at times but I think the constant terrorist attacks on LA where CTU happens to be hurt the show. The last season was supposed to be in D.C. which makes more sense so we'll see.

I think the writers (pre stirke) realized that if Terrorist blew up Hollywood and wiped out all the actors and actreses they would be doing us a favor so why keep having the bad guys attacking LA>

sportwarrior • Feb 13, 2008, 01:07pm •
I'm tired of NBC dicking around Scrubs. Why would they NOT show those 4 episodes on TV? They have 3 other very good comedies for Thursday night, yet they don't want to do the logical thing and slot Scrubs in as the 4th. I guess there are ratings problems, but what the eff are they gonna show instead? I mean, I love the other 3 shows, but I'll take a new episode of Scrubs over a rerun of the other shows and day of the week.

Oh, and it's good to hear that at least some of the shows out there will pick up production again. Too bad Heroes and Chuck won't be back until next year, though.

zack2366 • Feb 13, 2008, 01:57pm •
bulllshit - jan 09 till 24 comes back -- all I can say is BULLSHIT ....

rgtchtiger • Feb 13, 2008, 02:03pm •
Just read over on Tvguide.com that ABC is shuffling around Lost a little after Grey's Anatomy returns. Lost will air at 10:00 PM EST after Grey's Anatomy with 5 more episodes to be shot in addition to the 8 already in the can. The relatively big news about this is that ABC is (according to Michael Ausiello) bumping the 8th episode of Lost that was originally supposed to air March 20 to lead off the final 5 episodes of the season. That means we get *7* episodes of Lost for now, then the show is off the air for about a 4-week break, and then resumes for another 6 weeks (episode 8 + 5 more episodes) to finish off the season. The producers are doing this since episode 7's ending is supposedly a stronger cliffhanger and creates better balance than episode 8's ending.

TheWatcher • Feb 13, 2008, 04:01pm •
There's been no official word on one of my favorite new shows - Journeyman. Are we to assume that it has been cancelled? If so, NBC is pretty dumb because it is a great show!

Chance375 • Feb 13, 2008, 06:25pm •
I read Journeyman was cancelled. I was very disappointed to hear the news. I felt it was just getting good!

TheWatcher • Feb 13, 2008, 07:52pm •
Damn it!! People sure don't know a great thing when they have it do they!

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