Monday, February 17, 2014
CBS Midseason 2014 Schedule Includes Sitcom Premiere & Switches; The CW to Bring Back 5 Dramas in 2014-15
At last CBS has finally announced premiere dates for the rest of their midseason class. CBS has given mid-season premiere dates to the new comedy Bad Teacher and returning drama Unforgettable. Additionally, Thursday night comedies The Crazy Ones and Two and a Half Men will switch time periods, beginning Feb. 27. So The Crazy Ones and Two and a Half Men will switch time periods, effective Thursday, Feb. 27, with Two and a Half Men moving to 9:00 PM and The Crazy Ones shifting to 9:30 PM. Then Bad Teacher, a single-camera comedy based on the hit feature film, premieres Thursday, April 24 at 9:30PM, ET/PT), after The Crazy Ones completes its full 22-episode season order on Thursday, April 17. And Unforgettable returns on Friday, April 4 at 8:00PM ET/PT, following the completion of Undercover Boss' season order. The only series CBS has not scheduled yet is new drama Reckless, which will likely premiere in summer. Also previously announced for CBS this mid-season were return dates for Survivor and The Amazing Race, and also new comedy Friends with Better Lives which premieres after the How I Met Your Mother series finale on Monday, March 31.
The CW Network has ordered early pickups for the 2014-15 season for its hit series Arrow, Reign, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural, which will be returning for its tenth season next fall. All of these series have done well in the Nielsen ratings for The CW in their timeslots. The CW has not yet made decisions on its dramas: Beauty & the Beast, The Tomorrow People, Hart of Dixie or The Carrie Diaries. Stay tuned for any updates on these come May during upfront season. One show of course that will not be returning next season is the drama Nikita, as that series has been canceled. Stay with us for continued updates.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, September 9
none scheduled
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 8)
Tuesday, September 9
- Martha Plimpton (Sprung/The Real O'Neals/Raising Hope) - Catch Martha on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building), Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building/Mulaney/I'm a Big Girl Now/The Associates) and Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building/Wizards of Waverly Place) - Steve, Martin and Selena are guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek/Greg the Bunny/Hiller and Diller) - Eugene stops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Fortune Feimster (FUBAR/Kenan/Bless the Harts/Champions), Paul Scheer (Black Monday/Fresh Off the Boat/The League) and Ilana Glazer (Broad City) - Fortune, Paul and Ilana are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
- Mark Duplass (Big Mouth/Togetherness/The Mindy Project/The League) - Mark talks about The Morning Show on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Karen Pittman (And Just Like That...) - Karen talks about The Morning Show on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Rainn Wilson (The Office) - Rainn talks about Code 3 on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Julianne Moore (Sirens) - NBC's Today catches up with Julianne in the 10am hour.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - Valerie appears on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Issa Rae (Insecure) - Issa is telling Drew all about her new book I Should Be Smarter By Now, and upcoming two-part docuseries, Seen & Heard, on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Todd Bridges (Diff'rent Strokes) - Todd speaks out in a DAYTIME EXCLUSIVE about the questions he has about the death of his former co-star Gary Coleman on Tamron Hall, so check your local listings. He also opens up about their complicated relationship, the pressures of child stardom, and life today.
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