CBS adds to the damage

Another of my favs - Jericho - is off the air. I don't know why, but Skeet Ulrich seems to attract good shows with bad ratings the way other celebs attract commercial endorsements. Sad; this show was really good and both Joe and I were quite invested in finding out whether Jericho or Newburg would win the war they were waging against each other or whether the new partial US Army would get there in time..... CBS did put to rest the rumors though that How I Met Your Mother (despite it's flagrant overuse of NPH) would not be back next season. I was wondering how they were planning to get to the part where he mets their mother if the last show we ever saw was his breakup with Robin. In addition, the young Ritter got the boot. Too bad as he is TV royalty and he does have great timing.
Here is the CBS lineup:
CBS Final 2007-2008 Primetime Schedule
Monday: How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, CSI: Miami
Tuesday: NCIS, The Unit, Cane
Wednesday: Kid Nation, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY
Thursday: Survivor, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace
Friday: Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Numb3rsS
aturday: Crimetime Saturday, Crimetime Saturday, 48 Hours: Mystery
Sunday: 60 Minutes, Viva Laughlin, Cold Case, Shark
Other CBS Upfront News:
Mid-season shows- include The Amazing Race, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and the new drama Swingtown.
Additional reality series - CBS has also ordered Power of 10 for this summer, hosted by Drew Carey.
What's not on the schedule? - The Class, Close to Home and Jericho
CBS New Series Descriptions:
The Big Bang Theory - a comedy about two geeky, physics-loving guys who are befuddled when it comes to love and girls and are put to the test when a friendly, attractive new female neighbor moves in next door. She then makes quite an impression on the two guys and their other nerdy friends. From Warner Bros. Television.
Viva Laughlin - a mystery drama exec produced by Hugh Jackman with upbeat music and singing interspersed throughout to advance the story of Ripley, a risk-taking gambler who wants to open a casino in Laughlin, Nevada. But when his financing falls short, Ripley must go to his nemesis, competing casino owner Nicky Fontana (Hugh Jackman) for help but then is drawn into a murder investigation when his ex-business partner is found dead. Based on the BBC show Viva Blackpool and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, Seed Productions, CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sony Pictures Television.
Cane - Jimmy Smits and Hector Elizondo head the cast of this drama about a large Cuban-American family operating a successful rum and sugar enterprise in South Florida. From ABC Studios in association with CBS Paramount Network Television.
Moonlight - romantic drama about an undead private detective, Mick St. John. For 60 years, Mick has resisted the urge to feed on humans and has tried to protect the living instead. During these decades he has also forsaken love until he meets Beth Turner, a beautiful reporter. Produced by Warner Bros. Television.
Kid Nation - reality series centering on 40 kids, age 8-15, who are given 40 days to build Bonanza City, New Mexico out of a 19th century ghost town. Living away from their parents for more than a month, these kids will have to do everything together including cook meals, clean, and set up a town government. Kids won't be eliminated, but can go home whenever they want. At the end of 40 days, will the kids succeed where adults failed? Produced by Tom Forman Prods. and Good TV, Inc.
Power of 10 - new summer reality series hosted by Drew Carey that will challenge contestants to guess the outcome of polls taken by thousands of Americans across the nation. The first of ten questions is worth $1,000 and each one thereafter goes up in value by 10 times, for a total jackpot potential of $10 million. Produced by Embassy Row in association with Sony Pictures Television.
Swingtown - mid-season series that takes viewers back to the sexual and social revolution of the 1970s. The Millers move into a new suburb outside of Chicago and are surprised to meet their swinging new neighbors. From CBS Paramount Network Television.