The Question, Monday 11/19/12: Will CBS Monday Man Up?

The era of Partners patience finally came to an end last Monday, as a 1.8 in a lineup of otherwise 3.0+ programs was just too much for CBS to take. In the short term, they'll hope that repeats of the Thursday sitcoms will help resuscitate a Monday that's been well below expectations all fall. That starts tonight with a Two and a Half Men repeat at 8:30. Will CBS Monday man up? That's The Question for Monday, November 19, 2012.

CBS Monday Comedies Last Week	The Post-Made in Jersey Bounce
3.0 (How I Met Your Mother) 1.8 (Partners) (replaced by 2.5 Men (R)) 3.2 (2 Broke Girls) 3.0 (Mike and Molly)  - 2.75 average	1.2 (CSI: NY) -> 0.8 (MiJ) -> 1.2 (BB)  - 10/5/2012 (1.07 average) 1.1 (NCIS (R)) -> 1.4 (C:NY) -> 1.4 (BB) - 10/12/2012 (1.30 average)

When CBS pulled Made in Jersey, the impact was pretty extreme; the NCIS rerun did 0.3 better than Made in Jersey and the other two programs were each up by 0.2. Not expecting anything quite so extreme this week, especially since almost all of those post-MiJ gains were given right back the next week. Had CBS put The Big Bang Theory at 8:30 this week, I think there'd be some potential for an uplifting on the same scale. But with a repeat of much lower-rated Two and a Half Men this week, I say Men gets into the low-2's and there are only tiny gains from the surrounding comedies. It'll be interesting to see if TBBT (scheduled for next Monday) takes the lineup up another noticeable notch beyond whatever happens tonight.

Over/Under for CBS average from 8:00 to 10:00: 2.95. (+0.2 from last week)


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