CBS upgrades Tom Selleck drama 'Blue Bloods' to Wednesdays in midseason shift
CBS, the No. 1 network this fall, is revamping its schedule for midseason.
"Blue Bloods," the police drama starring Tom Selleck, will get a four-week tryout at 10 p.m. Wednesdays starting Jan. 19, the network said Tuesday. While the show will move back into its Friday night slot after that, the network has high hopes for "Blue Bloods," the second-most-watched new drama this season after CBS' "Hawaii Five-o."
Starting Feb. 16, "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" will premiere in the 10 p.m. Wednesday slot. The crime series is a spin-off of "Criminal Minds," one of CBS' biggest hits.
"The Defenders," the legal drama with Jerry O'Connell and Jim Belushi, will move to the quiet zone of 8 p.m. Fridays starting Feb. 4.
CBS will also unfurl a couple new series: the sitcom "Mad Love" (starting Feb. 21), headed for the Monday comedy block, and "Chaos," a one-hour comedy-drama (April 1) slated for Fridays. "Mad Love" will be replacing "Rules of Engagement," which is headed to Thursdays to be paired with "Big Bang Theory." "$#*! My Dad Says," which had been in that slot, will have completed its first-season order.
“We’re in the fortunate position of having a schedule with many successful shows and very few holes,” Kelly Kahl, senior executive vice president of prime time for CBS, said in a statement. “This allows us to be very targeted with our mid-season series. These are moves that maintain the core stability of a successful schedule, while giving us multiple looks for the future at a few time periods.”
— Scott Collins (Twitter: @scottcollinsLAT)
Photo: Tom Selleck in "Blue Bloods." Credit: Marni Grossman/CBS.
Dear Kelly Kahl,
Your shows are *all* the same. And they *all* suck.
Sincerely,
America
Posted by: Josh | December 22, 2010 at 08:21 AM
Why fool with anything if the network is a success? BTW, if you are moving things around, put CSI Miami back on Mondays and CSI New York back on Wednesdays. Finally, move The Mentalist back an hour, to 9:00.
Posted by: David S | December 22, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Glad to see that Criminal Minds 2.0 is getting out of the blocks finally. Also, the Blue Bloods gets out of the abyss that is Friday night TV. Show did well airing on Friday nights.
That is outstanding for a show out of the gate. Few shows have ever flourished on Fridays. The X-Files being the only one in the last 20 years that pops to mind.
It is a good show, but it is a little contrived at times. They need to make things a little more complicated than Selleck's life saving partner is up for a promotion and his daughter finds out in 10 seconds that he is cooking the books. Was by far the weakest episode so far.
Posted by: bill | December 22, 2010 at 05:15 PM