CBS

• How I Met Your Mother: One of the networks biggest hits. They are making a big push for the show to be a big ratings grabber. Moving it to the 8:00 time slot. Pushing for Neil Patrick Harris to be a lead man for the network as he hosted the TONYs and will now do the same for the EMMYs. However this show has lost its direction. Ted hasn’t pursued love in quite some time. They are killing one of the best characters on TV by having Barney Stinson grow up. I don’t like the Robin Barney relationship but maybe something will change as it has been stated that the two will begin a courtship. But last season was tough as both Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders were both pregnant. Cobie gave birth in May but on the preview show it looked like they were still trying to hide the baby bump. So annoying. Hopefully one of my favorite shows will find its way.
• Accidently on Purpose: Hoping that Jenna Elfman will help the Monday night ratings they are gonna give this one a shot putting it between Big Bang and HIMYM. There is going to be a fair amount of shows about cougars this season. But does this one have any life after 2 seasons. Dealing with the pregnancy and then dealing with a new baby. Best of luck on this one.
• Two and a Half Men: The show is great, Charlie Sheen has always been a great straight man. Both men are nominated for an EMMY for their performance we’ll see if they can continue to set this pace.
• The Big Bang Theory: They’re pushing this one back to 9. Hopefully the youngsters can stay up an extra hour because the show has gotten so big because of the family grab. Most will be able to stay up, but this one belongs at 8 and HIMYM should be at 9.
• CSI/NCIS: I don’t watch these, but I’m sure they will get their usual numbers.
• NCIS LA: Trying to bank on possibly the most successful scripted show on air right now. This one will add Chris O’Donnel and LL Cool J as we silently wonder to ourselves where have they been. This one will also depend on if the audience remembers the two leads enough to tune in. But it does have the benefit of following the original so that will help.
• The Mentalist: The show has been solid and getting big numbers. Its reward: it will now get right after CSI which will have people not only following their show to the new time slot, but also keep viewers tuned in after CSI. It did great before its going to do better now.
• The Good Wife: About a woman who’s husband has had an affair while in public office. He is now in jail and she is looking to go back into the workplace as a lawyer. The season plotline will revolve around the personal stuff but the individual episodes will focus on the courtroom stuff.I have been intrigued about why a woman would stay with her husband after such an affair but I still don’t think right now I’ll be checking it out.
• Medium: Right after NBC dumped them they were picked up by CBS, and now the ghost stories will continue on Friday night it should help as at least they stay with the same genre on the same night.
• Three Rivers: A show about organ transplantation from 3 perspectives: The doctors, the donor and family, and the recipient. It also takes place in Pittsburgh (ala the three rivers). But it’s on Sunday so it will be interesting to see especially as it competes against football.