CBS makes the season's first major in-season scheduling move tonight, removing newbie
We Are Men after two episodes. But instead of just plugging the replacement into the 8:30 slot, CBS sent the flailing 9:00 anchor
2 Broke Girls back there, where the usually lead-in dependent show could benefit significantly from the direct
How I Met Your Mother lead-in. Meanwhile, it's TV's strongest repeat option
The Big Bang Theory at 9/8c for the next three weeks. It has a good chance to do better than the last couple
2 Broke Girls originals. And CBS is hoping that this momentum will carry over at least a bit into the 9:30 half hour where the marginal-rated
Mom remains.
Last year, CBS saw almost no bounce
the week after killing
Partners, mostly because they brought in
Two and a Half Men rather than
TBBT. They got a
massive bounce
the next week with
Big Bang, though
Dancing With the Stars being just an hour was also likely a big factor on that night.
Last week, the three programs in these slots added up to
6.2. (
We Are Men 1.8 +
2BG 2.3 +
Mom 2.1.)
2 Broke Girls PLUS The Big Bang Theory (R) PLUS Mom Over/Under: 7.45.
