CBS, America's most watched network, will officially open the 2011-2012 season on Monday, Sept. 19, highlighted by the special series debut of its new comedy, Two Broke Girls, which premieres at a special time behind the season premiere of Two and a Half Men.
CBS will once again launch the majority of its new and returning programming during premiere week (Sept. 19-25). Survivor premieres one week earlier (Wednesday, Sept. 14) for the ninth time in the past 10 seasons, and the comedies Mike & Molly (Monday, Sept. 26) and How to Be a Gentleman (Thursday, Sept. 29) will debut one week later.
The new drama, Person of Interest, opens Thursday, Sept. 22 preceded by back-to-back episodes of The Big Bang Theory. Unforgettable premieres Tuesday, Sept. 20 and A Gifted Man on Friday, Sept. 23.
"Our playbook is pretty consistent: wherever and whenever possible we use established successful series to introduce new shows," said Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President, CBS Primetime. "We've also asked a couple of our strongest series to work overtime during premiere week in order to support the new series and bolster our performance."
CBS's 2011-2012 Premiere Dates
Wednesday, Sept. 14
- 8:00-9:00 PM Survivor: South Pacific (23rd edition premiere)
Monday, Sept. 19
- 8:00-8:30 PM How I Met Your Mother (7th Season Premiere)
- 8:30-9:00 PM How I Met Your Mother (S)
- 9:00-9:30 Two and a Half Men (9th Season Premiere)
- 9:30-10:00 Two Broke Girls (Series Premiere)
- 10:00-11:00 PM Hawaii Five-0 (2nd Season Premiere)
Tuesday, Sept. 20
- 8:00-9:00 PM NCIS (9th Season Premiere)
- 9:00-10:00 PM NCIS: Los Angeles (3rd Season Premiere)
- 10:00-11:00 PM Unforgettable (Series Debut)
Wednesday, Sept. 21
- 9:00-10:00 PM Criminal Minds (7th Season Premiere)
- 10:00-11:00 PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (12th Season Premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 22
- 8:00-8:30 PM The Big Bang Theory (5th Season Premiere)
- 8:30-9:00 PM The Big Bang Theory (S)
- 9:00-10:00 PM Person of Interest (Series Debut)
- 10:00-11:00 PM The Mentalist (4th Season Premiere
Friday, Sept. 23
- 8:00-9:00 PM A Gifted Man (Series debut)
- 9:00-10:00 PM CSI: NY (8th Season Premiere)
- 10:00-11:00 PM Blue Bloods (2nd Season Premiere)
Saturday, Sept. 24
- 8:00-8:30 PM Rules of Engagement (6th Season Premiere)
- 8:30-9:00 PM Comedytime Saturday
- 9:00-10:00 PM Crimetime Saturday
- 10:00-11:00 PM 48 Hours Mystery (Season Premiere)
Sunday, Sept. 25
- 7:00-8:00 PM 60 Minutes (44th Season Premiere)
- 8:00-9:00 PM The Amazing Race (`19th Edition Premiere)
- 9:00-10:00 PM The Good Wife (3rd Season Premiere)
- 10:00-11:00 PM CSI: Miami (10th Season Premiere)
Monday, Sept. 26
- 8:30-9:00 PM Two Broke Girls (Time period premiere)
- 9:30-10:00 PM Mike & Molly (2nd season premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 29
- 8:30-9:00 PM How to Be a Gentleman (Series debut)