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Date Posted: 07:28:35 05/20/04 Thu
Author: Islandgirl
Subject: New CBS shows

CBS adding 5 new series with familiar stars|
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I got this off the AP Entertaintment Wire. I edited out some of the stuff and just left the basics in. Comments from me at the end.
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NEW YORK (AP) — CBS has crafted a traditionalist’s schedule for the fall, bringing in Jason Alexander, Rob Lowe and John Goodman to anchor new series and setting up a grudge match between two crime franchises.
The nation’s most popular network unveiled three new dramas and two new comedies in a schedule presented to advertisers Wednesday.
During a week that networks have talked about change, with more reality and limited-run series, CBS preached stability. Its five new series are all scripted and feature many recognizable stars.
Alexander will try to break the ‘‘Seinfeld curse’’ that has doomed new series featuring himself, Michael Richards and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the last few years. In ‘‘Listen Up,’’ he’ll play a character based on Washington Post sportswriter Tony Kornheiser.
Lowe, who played a lawyer last year in NBC’s short-lived ‘‘The Lyon’s Den,’’ will be a doctor at a Las Vegas casino in ‘‘Dr. Vegas.’’
In ‘‘Center of the Universe,’’ Goodman plays a security company owner with Ed Asner portraying his father, Olympia Dukakis his mother and Jean Smart his wife.
The spinoff ‘‘CSI: NY’’ which was set up in a highly rated episode of ‘‘CSI: Miami’’ on Monday, will compete against NBC’s franchise show ‘‘Law & Order’’ in the same Wednesday time slot. Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes are the new ‘‘CSI’’ stars.
CBS is canceling the dramas ‘‘Hack,’’ ‘‘The District’’ and ‘‘The Guardian.’’ The comedy ‘‘Yes, Dear’’ is off the schedule, but CBS has ordered 13 episodes for a midseason replacement.
The network also said it will make a midseason comedy starring Jenna Elfman, made by the creator of ‘‘Dharma & Greg.’’
CBS also becomes the latest network to essentially punt on Saturday nights, the least-watched night of the week on broadcast television. Instead of three costly dramas, it will go a less expensive route with the newsmagazine ‘‘48 Hours Mysteries,’’ the reality show ‘‘The Amazing Race’’ and ‘‘CSI’’ reruns.’’
The fifth new series will be ‘‘Clubhouse,’’ a feel-good drama about a 16-year-old boy who becomes a batboy for the mythical New York Empires.
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Nothing here really grabs me, although none of it seems as awful as what ABC is suggesting. I already watch more shows on CBS than any other network, so I'll have plenty of exposure to the new shows when they run promos and can change my mind if something piques my interest. I have a couple of friends who are major league fans of "The Guardian" and who are really upset that it got cancelled. Seems kind of unfair, because the show gets decent ratings and reviews, but I'm pretty sure it mostly attracted an audience that was above the "preferred age" for advertisers.

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