What CBS should do this fall, & a Kroger update

First I want to mention that Kroger has not yet addressed the cheating scandal involving all of the top voted bags in this year's contest which involves a good 20 or more bag designs. I have not gotten any e-mail saying they will stop those cheating and the ones cheating are still cheating as I am writing this entry.

Well last night CBS had what they called a "Season Finale" of "Cold Case." Well Marc Berman of Mediaweek and myself both believe that "Cold Case" will be canceled later this month when CBS announces their fall line-up. That will mean "Cold Case" had their Series Finale instead of the Season Finale that it was advertised as.

I think CBS would actually be making a mistake to cancel "Cold Case" for the following reason. CBS has 3 CSI series in Prime Time. All 3 are down in the ratings this year. Even when they did the CSI crossover event this season, it didn't improve ratings by much. If they keep all 3 CSI series again next year which they most likely will do, they are going to cause the franchise more fatigue than it already has now. Marc Berman on the Programming Insider Podcast mentioned the possibility that CBS may wait until Mid-Season to bring back one of the CSI's.

Well my suggestion to CBS is to bring back CSI: Miami for a full season, move the original CSI to Tuesdays after NCIS while NCIS: LA would move to CSI's old slot on Thursdays. Then do a reduced order for CSI: NY and have new episodes in the Fall & Spring and have a reduced mid-season order of Cold Case take the Wednesday 10PM slot during the winter months. And if one of the new hour Dramas doesn't work out for CBS, they could just air CSI: NY repeats at Wed. at 10PM and use Cold Case to replace the struggling new hour show on the network.

So here are the shows that CBS is not going to mess with and will air in the same time slots next season in my opinion:

60 Minutes Sunday 7PM
Amazing Race Sunday 8PM
Big Bang Theory Monday 9:30PM but might move to 9PM if Two and a Half Men ends
CSI: Miami Monday 10PM
NCIS Tuesday 8PM
The Good Wife Tuesday 10PM
Criminal Minds Wednesday 9PM
CSI: NY Wednesday 10PM
Survivor Thursday 8PM
The Mentalist Thursday 10PM
Crime Drama Repeats Saturday 8-10PM
48 Hours Mysteries Saturday 9-11PM

These are the shows that CBS ought to move in my opinion:

CSI Tuesday 9PM
NCIS:LA Thursday 9PM
Ghost Whisperer Friday 9PM
Medium Friday 10PM

Here is where I would put the new one hour dramas:

Hawaii 5-0 Remake Sunday 9PM
Criminal Minds Spinoff Sunday 10PM
Another new drama Friday 8PM

By putting a new drama on Fridays at 8PM, and if it fails which is likely, CBS could easily bring in Cold Case as a replacement to start the night. So bottom line is CBS should think twice about canceling Cold Case.

And Numb3rs is all but dead from what I am hearing since one of the stars has apparently moved on to a new show pilot. That is why Numb3rs wasn't mentioned above.