
CBS Cancels "Without A Trace," Picks Up "Medium" - FALL LINE-UP PREVIEW
Submitted by Joe Legge on May 20, 2009 - 11:44am.
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TUESDAY
FRIDAY
SUNDAY
Some of your favorite CBS shows will return next fall, while others won't. The network unveiled its fall line-up today, adding four new series, including an "NCIS" spinoff.
"NCIS: LOS ANGELES" stars Chris O'Donnell and L.L. COOL J. and will air at 9:00 on Tuesdays. That bumps "The Mentalist" to Thursdays. Also, Patricia Arquette moves her psychic "Medium" character from NBC to CBS.
Viewers can say goodbye to "Without a Trace," "The Unit" and "11th Hour."
Here's a complete list:
MONDAY
8:00-8:30 PM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (NT)
8:30-9:00 PM ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE (N)
9:00-9:30 PM TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30-10:00 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY (NT)
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: MIAMI
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM NCIS: LOS ANGELES (N)
10:00-11:00 PM THE GOOD WIFE (N)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE
8:30-9:00 PM GARY UNMARRIED
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: NY
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR
9:00-10:00 PM CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
10:00-11:00 PM THE MENTALIST (NT)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM GHOST WHISPERER
9:00-10:00 PM MEDIUM
10:00-11:00 PM NUMB3RS
SATURDAY
8:00-9:00 PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMETIME SATURDAY
10:00-11:00 PM 48 HOURS MYSTERY
SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM THE AMAZING RACE
9:00-10:00 PM THREE RIVERS (N)
10:00-11:00 PM COLD CASE (NT)
without a trace being cancelled
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on September 16, 2009 - 1:18pm.
I can not believe that CBS cancelled Without a trace and picked up a stupid show like Medium. I CAN NOT STAND THAT SHOW!!!I am really disappointed in CBS for doing this. Take off some of those stupid shows like How I met Your Mother and The New Adventures of Old Christine. Those shows are so stupid. At least the good shows like Ghost Whisperer and the CSI's are still on there.
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CBS owns Medium
Submitted by Joe Legge on September 29, 2009 - 3:07pm.
Just a point of clarification during this debate. The real reason CBS picked up Medium was CBS/Paramount produces Medium. So, it's their own show. It's the same reason My Name Is Earl could end up on Fox. Fox produces that former NBC show.
Had NBC not cancelled Medium, CBS would have only cut one show from the Without A Trace/The Unit drops. Warner Bros. produces without a trace, and in years past, it likely would have moved to the WB network, but that is now defunct. The CW is actually owned by Viacom, the company that owns CBS... so it's like a second CBS network. As for The Unit, Fox produces that. There's always the hope it could end up on FX or if Dollhouse continues to tank, it could be revived.
Also, for you Jericho fans... the show will live on in comic books. In October, the first issue of Jericho: Season 3 will be released. The show's creators and writers crafted a full seasons of stories to continue the show in comic form.
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Without a Trace
Submitted by Tom (not verified) on September 9, 2009 - 2:58pm.
I suspect corporate greed had something to do with cancelling Without a Trace. Were cast members up for a raise? If that is the reason for the cancellation of such an excellent show, I have lost a great deal of respect for your management team. The show will be missed by me and probably millions more.
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Without a Trace and The Unit
Submitted by Guest guest (not verified) on September 4, 2009 - 10:49pm.
Without a Trace and The Unit should have not been cancelled. You have nothing on Monday nites that I will watch nor is your lineup very good on other nights. I will watch NCIS and the Mentalist but had thoroughly enjoyed Without a Trace and The Unit. Wednesday nites are boring until 9...Take Thursday's nite Survivor and give it a rest!
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MEDIUM #1
Submitted by TANYA (not verified) on September 4, 2009 - 9:43am.
LOOK EVERYONE CBS IS GREAT FOR PICKING UP MEDIUM, ME AND MY FAMILY WATCH THIS SHOW TOGETHER AS A FAMILY AND WERE HAPPY THAT CBS PICKED IT UP BECAUSE THEY KNOW A GREAT SHOW WHEN THEY SEE ONE SO TO THE REST OF YOU BOO WHOO.
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Without A Trace
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 25, 2009 - 10:29pm.
Such a disappointment to see you've taken off one of the best shows on tv. Without A Trace is a great show. Shame on you!
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fall cancelations
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 25, 2009 - 10:03pm.
WHY would you cancel 2 of the best shows on TV. I NEVER EVER watched channel 3 until you put on some really good shows, NCIS CSI WITHOUT A TRACE THE UNIT 11TH HOUR. You picked up a stupid show like Medium. Those shows are gone and now so will channel 3 be gone in my house, SHAME on you,
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Your show cancelations
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 25, 2009 - 9:56pm.
I never watched chnnel 3 until you put without a trace and the unit in your line up. Now that they are gone so is your channel - in my home.
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About "Without a Trace Cancellation"
Submitted by Mel Hernandez (not verified) on August 23, 2009 - 6:24am.
After reading your decision on cancelling Without a Trace I really don't know what you were thinking. I originally come from New Jersey and now I've living in Puerto Rico for the past four (4) years. Without a Trace has been one of my favorite shows; then comes CSI Miami, CSI NY, The Mentalist and Ghost Whisperer. What in Hell were you thinking in cancelling one of the best. And bringing Medium. Ghost Whisperer is great, Medium stinks. Here in Puerto Rico we, (my wife and I), watch them on CBS Caribbean. Right now we were looking forward to our CBS shows; and no Without a Trace? And Medium?, "You have lost your marbles. Time for you to drop down the hill.
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Without a Trace
Submitted by PK (not verified) on August 21, 2009 - 7:39pm.
Such a shame you take off shows like without a trace that has good content but keep some of the trashy sitcoms that are a waste of time. We were loyal fans but will miss this show. It causes us to channel search to find other shows now with the gap. Same with the Unit---another good show.
Do love the NCIS and CSI tremendously.
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fall lineup
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 16, 2009 - 3:34pm.
get rid of NCIS LA. that won't do good i bet..
get rid of ghost whisper too. such a stupid show.
keep the mondays sho lineup - you've messed it all up so now we'll have to tape them once after 9pm comes. we get up so early for work the next day that we cant' stay up past 9pm..
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without a trace
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 9, 2009 - 9:16pm.
i can't believe you are getting rid of without a trace.Take off some of those dumb sitcome. That we can't let our children watch anyway. That comes on at 8:00-9:00. my kids can't watch cbs at that time. I like meduim but why replace without a trace. Take off Ghost whisper.I like the unit too. We don't need anothe csi Or ncsi. Please but without a trace back on. You are making a mistake.
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Will sadly miss WITHOUT A
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on June 10, 2009 - 12:07pm.
Will sadly miss WITHOUT A TRACE, great show, great cast, so much potential.
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Without a Trace
Submitted by Pat Bennett (not verified) on June 7, 2009 - 6:23pm.
I can't believe you are cancelling the show. What are you thinking?
The show has reached another interesting phase where Jack might not be dating Sam and the couple that went to the city hall to get married. Her I don't like, but I like him as an actor. I'm so mad I can't remember names.
I really like Eric Close. Also the black lady detective. I have watched the show since day 1.
Get rid of some of the stupid shows on your channel. Some of the comedies are not funny at all. I really dislike and won't everwatch How I Met Your Mother. Harris is so gay, and we know he really is, so why have him be attracted to women!!!
Please rethink this situation.
PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAPS!!!!!!
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disappointed
Submitted by Sandi (not verified) on May 27, 2009 - 4:27pm.
I will never be able to figure out what you overpaid, glorified TV Executives are thinking. Without a Trace has been an excellent show with a great cast. They aren't the CSIs you put out there but they still showed great drama and provided viewers to see them week and week out.
Couldn't you have at least given the show a way to come back for a mid season replacement? You great brain dead executives messed with the shows placement so often that I am sure that led to viewer loss too.
So disgusted, beginning to wonder why I still watch your network.
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Without A Trace
Submitted by Joe Legge on June 3, 2009 - 3:46pm.
My understanding is the show cost more to produce than "Medium" and when NBC cancelled "Medium," CBS decided to grab that show as a link to "Ghost Whisperer." Also CBS produces "Medium" which means more bang for their buck.
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You'll never see quality
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on May 23, 2009 - 5:13pm.
You'll never see quality entertainment like Glen Campbell, Sonny & Cher, Carol Burnett, or even the Dean Martin variety show on TV again. The so-called "stars" of modern entertainment are all too tied up in their political causes to bother trying to entertain us; they can't keep their mouths shut the two minutes it takes to sing their latest hit without injecting some form of extreme political hyperbole or just outright venomous trash such as Kanye West did with Micheal Myers standing by, aghast and vamping as West showed his true 'colors'.
In days gone by, the stars sponsored their favorite cause and did a lot of good, BEHIND THE SCENES. Now guys like Danny Glover can't WAIT for their film careers to end so they can show us how radical and "smart" they are. The Hell with them all.
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Without a trace
Submitted by nanfitzs (not verified) on July 2, 2009 - 6:02pm.
So sorry to see my favorite show go off the air.Never missed it.Hope another network will pick it up.You picked
"MEDIUM" over "Without a TRACE"? shame on you!!!!!!!!
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HOW DOES IT WORK? (NETWORK TV CHOICES)
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on May 21, 2009 - 11:58am.
PERSONALLY I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW STUPID, GOOFY SHOWS LIKE "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER," "RULES OF ENGAGEMENT", AND "NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE" STAY ON THE AIR, AND
TOLERABLE SHOWS LIKE "11TH HOUR" AND "THE UNIT" ARE CANCELLED. JULIA LOUISE DREYFUS IS A HAS-BEEN, WITH NO TALENT. AND THE OTHER SHOWS JUST MAKE SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE JOKES THAT REALLY AREN'T THAT FUNNY. CAN I PUT IN A SUGGESTION? ANDY GRIFFITH HAS BEEN A HIT ON WDEF SO LONG, WHY NOT TRY SOME OTHER OLDER SHOWS FROM THE PAST.... LIKE "HEE-HAW" OR "SOLID GOLD" OR ANY OLD VARIETY SHOW OF MUSIC'S GREATS... NOT ALL OF US ARE "IDOL CRAZED" OR CARE WHOSE "DANCING WITH THE STARS".
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER DOLLY PARTON, CONWAY TWITTY, OR KENNY ROGERS PERFORMANCE FROM BACK IN THE DAY...SONNY AND CHER HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD GUEST STARS AND SHOWS AS WELL.
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How does it work?
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on July 3, 2009 - 12:00pm.
So old. So out of touch. You need to get hip!
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Variety Shows
Submitted by Joe Legge on June 3, 2009 - 3:49pm.
Network television could very well be heading that direction sooner than you think. The cost to produce shows like "The Unit" run into the millions per episode, while a talk or variety show is generally in the $600,000 to $800,000 range. NBC's experience with Jay Leno at 10:00pm this fall will be watched closely by competiting networks, I'm sure.
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CBS Cancellations
It took years for CBS to finally have some decent programming. The 80's and 90's were horrible. It was a good 25 years before I watched CBS again. Well, here we go again. Without A Trace is gone and so am I. We will see in another 25 years what you put on. I will have to read about it in the paper because I certainly won't be watching CBS for anything.