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theschnauzers:
Breaking News -- Thanks to our old friends at the Futon Critic--

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2014/03/13/cbs-announces-renewals-for-18-primetime-shows-for-next-season-717012/20140313cbs02/


--- Quote ---[via press release from CBS]

CBS ANNOUNCES RENEWALS FOR 18 PRIMETIME SHOWS FOR NEXT SEASON

Combined With Two Previously Announced Renewals, Network Has Now Picked Up 20 Returning Series for 2014-2015

Returning Series Will Include the #1 Drama, #1 Comedy, #1 New Comedy and #1 News Program

CBS, America's most-watched network, today announced pick-ups for 18 series for next season. Combined with its previously announced pick-ups, CBS has now renewed 20 returning series for the 2014-2015 season, encompassing 17 hours of primetime programming.

"The best way to launch new shows in the fall and throughout the season is to surround them with a strong and stable lineup of successful series," said Nina Tassler, Chairman of CBS Entertainment. "The shows we're picking up today cut across every night of the week and feature genre leaders, time-period winners and the most-watched shows on broadcast television."

The 18 series renewed today comprise 15.5 hours of CBS's weekly primetime schedule and include nine dramas, five comedies, two reality series and two news programs.

The nine dramas picked up are: NCIS, television's #1 drama/scripted program for the fifth consecutive year; NCIS: LOS ANGELES, the #2 drama for the fourth straight year; time-period winners PERSON OF INTEREST, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, HAWAII FIVE-0 and BLUE BLOODS; as well as CRIMINAL MINDS, ELEMENTARY and the acclaimed drama THE GOOD WIFE.

The renewed comedies are 2 BROKE GIRLS, THE MILLERS, which is the #1 freshman comedy of the 2013-2014 season, MIKE & MOLLY, MOM and the long-running hit TWO AND A HALF MEN.

In alternative programming, the Network announced pick-ups for its Emmy Award-winning reality series THE AMAZING RACE and UNDERCOVER BOSS.

Finally, in news, CBS will return 60 MINUTES, television's #1 news program for more than four decades, and 48 HOURS, Saturday's #1 non-sports program.

In addition to these 18 series, CBS yesterday announced a three-year broadcast deal for THE BIG BANG THEORY. Previously, the Network announced two more editions of the reality series SURVIVOR for next season.

Season-to-date, CBS is television's #1 network in viewers for the 11th time in 12 years, averaging 10.84 million viewers.
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Charlie90:
Well, with these ratings..this is a nice surprise.

But, do they think they can do something to get the show to where it was? Maybe they will indeed try some changes next season..

gamerfan09:
http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/news/1002118/

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theschnauzers:

--- Quote from: Charlie90 on March 13, 2014, 01:29:12 PM ---Well, with these ratings..this is a nice surprise.

But, do they think they can do something to get the show to where it was? Maybe they will indeed try some changes next season..

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I don't know how to convey the fact that has been frequently mentioned more and more the last few years that due to the ever increasing proportion of viewers who time shift their viewing or use other platforms for TAR (Hulu, CBS.com, I-Tunes, Amazon Instant Video, recording on DVR for delayed playback), the numbers for overnight preliminary viewers and the weekly viewers within 24 hours are lower, but the ultimate number of viewers within the plus three, plus seven or plus 30 days on all platforms are not going down, and haven't been. (Unless CBS releases a press release on those, we don't hear about them.)
The fact that TVGN now airs this season several times starting the following weekend for a week is in addition to the rest of this, and is in large part because CBS now half-owns and manages TVGN, just as it oversees and selects the management of the CW network.
If the show was deemed in any sort of danger, based on my own personal experience in the spring-summer-fall of 2003 (when TAR 4 aired), the word would get out and something, or several somethings would be planned. Nor does this take into account the cash flow to CBS from international syndication on a real time, or near real time basis in many countries, and the eventual DVD sales from Amazon.
That's why I put the (So Quit Worrying!) in the title of the thread. :)

RachelLeVega:
I really hope the route is better than this season's. Seriously, nothing can stoop lower than revisiting China in the first Leg FOR THE THIRD TIME and featuring at least 3+ double Legs in one country. How bad can one route get? (Please don't jinx this)

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