CBS lists dates for premieres of new, returning fall series
7/4/2011LOS ANGELES -- Viewers waiting to see how Charlie Harper's (Charlie Sheen) absence will be explained on Two and a Half Men, mark your calendars: The big reveal will come Sept. 19.
CBS released its fall premiere dates last week and is ushering in the season with new shows and double doses of some of its big comedies -- How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory will air back-to-back episodes.
Making its debut Sept. 19 with Two and a Half Men as a springboard is female buddy comedy 2 Broke Girls before it settles into its regular time slot on at 8:30 p.m. Mondays. The new drama Person of Interest will likely benefit from its The Big Bang Theory lead-in on Sept. 22.
Unforgettable will premiere Sept. 20 after NCIS: Los Angeles, and A Gifted Man kicks off the night of Friday dramas on Sept. 23.
Monday, Sept. 19
8 p.m.: How I Met Your Mother (season premiere)
8:30 p.m.: How I Met Your Mother
9 p.m.: Two and a Half Men (season premiere)
9:30 p.m.: 2 Broke Girls (series debut)
10 p.m.: Hawaii Five-O (season premiere)
Tuesday, Sept. 20
8 p.m.: NCIS (season premiere)
9 p.m.: NCIS: Los Angeles (season premiere)
10 p.m.: Unforgettable (series debut)
Wednesday, Sept. 21
9 p.m.: Criminal Minds (season premiere)
10 p.m. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 22
8 p.m.: The Big Bang Theory (season premiere)
8:30 p.m.: The Big Bang Theory
9 p.m.: Person of Interest (series debut)
10 p.m.: The Mentalist (season premiere)
Friday, Sept. 23
8 p.m.: A Gifted Man (series debut)
9 p.m.: CSI: NY (season premiere)
10 p.m. Blue Bloods ( season premiere)
Saturday, Sept. 24
8 p.m.: Rules of Engagement ( season premiere)
8:30 p.m.: Comedytime Saturday
9 p.m.: Crimetime Saturday
10 p.m.: 48 Hours Mystery (season premiere)
Sunday, Sept. 25
7 p.m.: 60 Minutes ( season premiere)
8 p.m.: The Amazing Race (19th-edition premiere)
9 p.m.: The Good Wife ( premiere)
10 p.m.: CSI: Miami (season premiere)
Monday, Sept. 26
8:30 p.m.: 2 Broke Girls (time-period premiere)
9:30 p.m.: Mike & Molly (season premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 29
8:30 p.m.: How to be a Gentleman (series debut)