CBS, which fell behind NBC in the battle for 18-49 year olds thanks to the NFL and Olympics, mixed up their schedule for the fall at their upfront presentation this week. After inking a deal to simulcast 8 weeks of Thursday Night Football, The Big Bang Theory will temporarily move back to Mondays, bumping 2 Broke Girls off the schedule until November. Katharine McPhee stars in Scorpion, which will take the 8:00 hour.
Person of Interest stays where it is on Tuesday and Criminal Minds continues on Wednesdays. Kevin Williamson brings a new drama, Stalker, to Wednesday featuring Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q. Once the football commitment ends at the end of October, BBT and Elementary return to Thursdays. The Amazing Race moves to Fridays, where it will be followed by holdovers Hawaii 5-0 and Blue Bloods. The Good Wife continues on Sundays, where it will be joined be OG CSI and Tea Leoni’s new show, Madam Secretary.
The Mentalist will start off on the bench, along with a new version of The Odd Couple, starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon. Missing altogether is How I Met Your Dad, the “spinoff” of How I Met Your Mother that seemed like a shoe-in to get picked up.