CBS Network 2009-2010 Primetime Schedule

May 20, CBS announced its 2009-2010 primetime schedule. The network that claims four number one series in their respective categories, has reupped eighteen of its series and will add eight new series for Fall or midseason. Medium also joins the lineup, moving from NBC to CBS to be paired on Friday nights with Ghost Whisperer.

New series for Fall include the NCIS spin-off, NCIS: Los Angeles; The Good Wife, a courtroom drama about a wife whose politician husband is incarcerated; Three Rivers, which follows the personal and professional lives a transplant surgical team; and Accidentally on Purpose, starring Jenna Elfman as a woman who finds herself pregnant by a much younger man.

CBS has also picked up four new shows for midseason, including a Jerry Bruckheimer medical drama, Miami Trauma. The police drama, The Bridge, and alternative series, Undercover Boss, and Arranged Marriage, are also slated to premiere in early 2010.

Returning series are the #1 drama, CSI; #1 comedy, Two and a Half Men; #1 new series, The Mentalist; #1 news magazine, 60 Minutes; Survivor; The Amazing Race; The Big Bang Theory; How I Met Your Mother; CSI: Miami; NCIS; The New Adventures of Old Christine; Gary Unmarried; Criminal Minds; CSI: NY; Ghost Whisperer; Numb3rs; 48 Hours Mystery; and Cold Case.

CBS Fall 2009 Primetime Schedule

All times are ET/PT and subject to change.

Monday
8:00 PM - How I Met Your Mother (new time)
8:30 PM - Accidentally on Purpose (new)
9:00 PM - Two and a Half Men
9:30 PM - The Big Bang Theory (new time)
10:00 PM - CSI: Miami

Tuesday
8:00- PM NCIS
9:00 PM - NCIS: Los Angeles (new)
10:00 PM - The Good Wife (new)

Wednesday
8:00 PM - The New Adventures of Old Christine
8:30 PM - Gary Unmarried
9:00 PM - Criminal Minds
10:00 PM - CSI: NY

Thursday
8:00 PM - Survivor
9:00 PM - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10:00 PM - The Mentalist (new time)

Friday
8:00 PM - Ghost Whisperer
9:00 PM - Medium (new day, time and network)
10:00 PM - Numb3rs

Saturday
8:00 PM - Crimetime Saturday
9:00 PM - Crimetime Saturday
10:00 PM - 48 Hours Mystery

Sunday
7:00 PM - 60 Minutes
8:00 PM - The Amazing Race
9:00 PM - Three Rivers (new)
10:00 PM - Cold Case (new time)

The midseason schedule and premiere dates will be announced later this year.