CBS announced its 2007-2008 Fall Primetime lineup today, featuring five new series including the return of Jimmy Smits to primetime television, and a romantic thriller about vampires!
The five new shows will join 17 returning series in the fall.
“We approached our development this year with a specific goal in mind to be daring and different,” said Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment. “The Fall and mid-season series we have selected offer creativity and variety with great potential to excite and surprise television audiences everywhere.”
The five new fall series offered by CBS are:
“Viva Laughlin”(from Executive Producer Hugh Jackman)is a mystery drama about eternal optimist and freewheeling businessman Ripley Holden, whose sole ambition is to run a casino in Laughlin, Nevada. The odds are stacked against him when he becomes embroiled in a murder investigation, after the body of his ex-business partner is found at his club. Based on the hit BBC show “Viva Blackpool,” the series will utilize upbeat contemporary songs to accentuate the drama and humor and advance the story.
“Cane,” starring Jimmy Smits, is an epic drama about the external rivalries and internal power struggles of a large Cuban-American family running an immensely successful rum and sugar business in South Florida. Hector Elizondo (“Chicago Hope”) and Rita Moreno (“West Side Story”) also star.
“Moonlight,” from Producer Joel Silver (“The Matrix” trilogy), is a romantic thriller about a captivating “undead” private investigator (Alex O’Loughlin) who uses his acute vampire senses to help the living?instead of feeding on them. After six decades of resisting, he wonders if it’s time to pursue the love of a mortal, and becomes torn between a human woman and his vampire bride.
“The Big Bang Theory” is a comedy from the Co-Creator and Executive Producer of “Two and a Half Men” Chuck Lorre, about brainy best friends Leonard (Johnny Galecki, “Roseanne”) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons “Judging Amy”), who can tell you anything you want to know about quantum physics — but when it comes to dealing with everyday life here on Earth, they’re lost in the cosmos.
“Kid Nation” is a reality-based series in which 40 kids will have 40 days to build a new world in a ghost town that died in the 19th Century. These kids, ages 8-15, will spend more than a month without their parents or modern comforts in Bonanza City, N.M., attempting to do what their forefathers could not build a town that works.
CBS also announced it has ordered the reality series “Power of 10” for this summer, and the drama “Swingtown” as a mid-season series next year.
“Power of 10” is a high-stakes game hosted by comedian Drew Carey that challenges contestants to guess the behaviors, opinions and lifestyle choices of the American public for the chance to win $10 million.
“Swingtown,” from the director of “Big Love” and “Rome,” peeks into the shag-carpeted suburban homes of the 1970s to find couples reveling in the sexual and social revolution that introduced open marriages, women’s liberation and challenged many conventional wisdoms.
CBS has announced the return of 17 series for the fall: “CSI:Crime Scene Investigation”; “Two and a Half Men”; “Rules of Engagement”; “60 Minutes”; “Survivor”; “How I Met Your Mother”; “CSI: Miami”; “CSI: New York”; “NCIS”; “The Unit”; “Criminal Minds”; “Without a Trace”; “Ghost Whisperer”; “Num3rs”; “Cold Case” and “Shark.” “48 HOURS: Mystery” and “Crimetime Saturday” will also return.
“The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “The Amazing Race” will return as mid-season shows.
The complete CBS fall schedule is below:
MONDAY
8:00 PM – HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30 PM – THE BIG BANG THEORY (new series)
9:00 PM – TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30 PM – RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
10:00 PM – CSI: MIAMI
TUESDAY
8:00 PM – NCIS
9:00 PM – THE UNIT
10:00 PM – CANE (new series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00 PM – KID NATION (new series)
9:00 PM – CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00 PM – CSI: NY
THURSDAY
8:00 PM – SURVIVOR
9:00 PM – CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
10:00 PM – WITHOUT A TRACE
FRIDAY
8:00 PM – GHOST WHISPERER
9:00 PM – MOONLIGHT (new series)
10:00 PM – NUMB3RS
SATURDAY
8:00 PM – CIMETIME SATURDAY
9:00 PM – CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00 PM – 48 HOURS: MYSTERY
SUNDAY
7:00 PM – 60 MINUTES
8:00 PM – VIVA LAUGHLIN (new series)
9:00 PM – COLD CASE
10:00 PM – SHARK
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