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CBS has joined
FOX,
ABC and
The CW in announcing its Fall premiere schedule. (See Mitch Metcalf on the calculations that go into these announcements
HERE). As with the other networks, most premieres will be the week of Sept. 19-25, with a few exceptions:
Wed Sept 14: early premiere of SURVIVOR
Mon Sept 19: 2 BROKE GIRLS premieres out of time slot, given the benefit of airing after the season opener of 2 1/2 MEN, which is sure to have a ratings bump that night over curiosity about the Sheen/Kutcher transition
Thurs Sept 29: HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN debuts a week late (probably so the network can use an extra THE BIG BANG THEORY the previous week to give PERSON OF INTEREST a good lead-in for its premiere).
That just leaves little old NBC…
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MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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