The CBS fall premiere schedule
Are you anxiously awaiting news of who was in that SUV that exploded? Still fraught with worry over how Gibbs is going to get his team back together? Or maybe you are just excited that Survivor is finally going to be beamed into your living room in glorious HD. Well, you can start making plans for your fall scheduling now. The eye network has released the schedule of premieres for their new and returning shows.
I’m a little concerned about two things on the schedule. First, The New Adventures Of Old Christine and Project Gary lead into Criminal Minds on Wednesday nights. That’s an odd pairing, and I don’t think bodes well for either of the comedies. And second, The Unit gets shuffled off to Sunday at 10? NCIS and The Unit have done remarkably well paired up on Tuesdays. Good for The Mentalist, not so much for The Unit. The whole thing kicks off with Survivor on September 18th. The rest of the schedule is after the jump.
September 18: Survivor: Gabon at 8:00
September 22: The Big Bang Theory at 8:00; How I Met Your Mother at 8:30; Two and a Half Men at 9:00; Worst Week at 9:30; CSI: Miami at 10:00
September 23: NCIS at 8:00; The Mentalist at 9:00; Without a Trace at 10:00
September 24: The New Adventures of Old Christine at 8:00; Project Gary at 8:30; Criminal Minds at 9:00; CSI: NY at 10:00
September 27: Crimetime Saturday at 8:00 and 9:00; 48 Hours Mystery at 10:00
September 28: 60 Minutes at 7:00; The Amazing Race at 8:00; Cold Case at 9:00; The Unit at 10:00
October 3: Ghost Whisperer at 8:00; The Ex List at 9:00; Numb3rs at 10:00
October 9: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation at 9:00; Eleventh Hour at 10:00
If you are curious about some of those new shows, take a look at our thoughts on the advance screeners.
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Set Your DVR: My Fall TV Preview Is Coming!
Hey, all.
Just a quick update to let you know we are hard at work cranking out info on all the new fall shows, which we will be sharing with you shortly, right here in this very space.
In the meantime, I hope you'll set your DVRs for a special I hosted called E!'s Sizzling Fall TV Preview, which premieres this Friday at 6 p.m. (And if you can't catch that, it's also airing Sept. 8 at 8:30 a.m., Sept. 9 at 9:30 a.m., Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. and Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m.)
In it, I make my picks for the 15 new shows you cannot miss this fall, and we go behind the scenes with an exclusive peek at my picks for the two best newbies (which may or may not sound something like Pushing Daisies and Chuck).
You also get to see me in my most glamorous role yet—playing a nude dead body who comes back to life on Daisies (clearly, a career highlight!).
Also, come back tomorrow for a list of all the fall premiere dates and my favorite feature of the fall season: our TV Fan Personality Quiz, which reveals the new shows you personally will love, based on your own TV preferences. (Cause, really, who cares what I think? It's all about you.)
Until then…happy tubing!
CSI’s Gary Dourdan avoids jail time
On Monday, April 28, CSI star Gary Dourdan was arrested in Palm Springs, California. He was asleep in his car and when a police officer approached, he found Dourdan disoriented. The actor was arrested after the cop found cocaine, heroin, Ecstacy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia in the car. Despite pleading guilty to drug possession today, Dourdan will not have to do any jail time. In fact, in the deal his lawyer struck with prosecutors, Gary will get treatment for his drug problems. Basically, he lucked out.
“Once Gary completes 30 hours of a diversion program, his case will be entirely dismissed,” said his lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, in a statement to The Associated Press. Dourdan won’t have to do any time in a drug rehab facility or behind bars, so all things considered, he’s very, very fortunate. He could have faced up to three years or more in jail .
Gary has already departed CSI, and in the season finale, his character was seemingly killed in a point blank shooting. However, when Jorja Fox returns for the fall premiere, Dourdan is reportedly in the show. And not as a ghost. So, now that he won’t be doing time, he’ll have time to film scenes for CSI and, presumably, wrap up the unfinished business of the CSI crew exposing the corrupt under sheriff.
CSI bringing Jorja Fox back for fall premiere
When Sara left CSI, driving out of Las Vegas on her way to who knows what, he left behind a brokenhearted Gil Grissom. The producers of CSI were wise to keep the door open for the character to return, and that’s just what’s happening — at least for one show. According to TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello, Jorja Fox will be in the season premiere of CSI. Oh, and she won’t be the only former cast mate on the show; so will Gary Dourdan as Warrick.
I know, I know — I can hear you now, how is that possible? Didn’t he die in the CSI finale? When we last saw Warrick, he’d been shot twice and left to die in his car. Could the CSI have survived a bullet through the neck? He was slumped over the steering wheel, so he looked dead. And the sheriff shot him a second time — presumably a death shot to the head since it was an execution.
Ausiello’s sources claim that Warrick’s return will not be a flashback. He thinks we’re in for a “gut wrenching death scene.” He could be right, they could go in that direction. However, CSI could think outside the reality box, too. They could go the apparition or ghost route. It wouldn’t be the first time; there was the episode a few seasons back where the corpses talked, telling the story of how they died. That was definitely not real, but this is a fictional show and they can take a leap if they feel like it.
Maybe Warrick will appear to viewers, aware that he’s dead, but unable to cross over or something like that. Maybe he goes to his funeral or helps solve his murder? Any ideas? Tell us about them in the comments.
As for Jorja, there’s no doubt she’ll be back to see Gil. Even after leaving Las Vegas, she was in touch with Grissom. She called him on one episode which put a smile on his face, so we can assume the two are still romantically connected.