NCIS: BURBANK to Debut September 2010 on CBS!

SOURCE: TV By The Numbers

In a surprise early announcement, CBS Chief Les Moonves laid out the network’s fall 2010 schedule today. Claiming the Tiffany network had a formula for success and rarely failed when it stuck with that formula.

He declared that going forward that the CBS primetime schedule would consist only of shows that were spinoffs of other CBS shows, effectively ending new show creative development at the network.

“Since I know what works, and can get people to watch effectively the same show by doing as little as changing the zip code, I’d be an idiot to take a chance on yet another Alex O’Loughlin vehicle” proclaimed Moonves.

“Just like Henry Ford would sell you any color Model T as long as it was black, you can watch any show you want on CBS, as long as it’s a near copy of another CBS show.”

Here’s the Fall 2010 schedule that caused TV critics a double (and triple) take:

Day/time	Show
Monday
8-8:30p	HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30-9p	HOW I MET YOUR FATHER
9-9:30p	TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30-10p	TWO AND A HALF WOMEN
10-11p	HOW I MET YOUR FIVE MOTHERS AND FATHERS
Tuesday
8-9p	NCIS
9-10p	NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10-11p	NCIS: BURBANK

Wednesday
8-9p	CRIMINAL MINDS
9-10p	CRIMINAL MINDS 2
10-11p	CRIMINAL MINDS 3
Thursday
8-9p	SURVIVOR
9-10p	SURVIVING CSI
10-11p	SURVIVING THE MENTALIST
Friday
8-9p	GHOST WHISPERER
9-10p	HORSE WHISPERER
10-11p	DOG WHISPERER
Saturday
8-9p	CRIMETIME SATURDAY RERUNS
9-10p	CRIMETIME SATURDAY RERUNS
10-11p	CRIMETIME SATURDAY RERUNS
Sunday
7-8p	THE AMAZING RACE
8-9p	THE AMAZING RAT RACE
10-11p	UNDERCOVER BOSS
10-11p	UNDERCOVER FLUNKY