Jonathan Storm: CBS adds 5 new series

Shaking up the schedule with a Big Bang and shuffling Survivors, CBS announced a fall lineup Wednesday with five new series, including broadcast TV's first show whose name cannot be mentioned in polite society.

Seeing opportunities to get some traction on Wednesday nights, always the most hotly contested when American Idol is not around, the network moved Survivor to its original 8 p.m. time slot there, after 19 installments on Thursdays at 8, where it helped CBS wrestle the ratings necklace from NBC, which had dominated the evening since the mid-'80s.

Aiming again at NBC and its only decent night, where comedies draw a small but young and affluent audience, CBS moved the burgeoning Big Bang Theory from Mondays to Thursdays at 8. Following at 8:30 is $#*! My Dad Says, starring William Shatner, based on a very popular (1,340,051 followers) Twitter account whose name, and content, are much more explicit than a bunch of typewriter novelty signs.

The network will seek to resurrect the classic cops-in-paradise actioner Hawaii Five-O, though it's impossible to imagine anybody but Jack Lord saying, "Book him, Danno." There's another comedy, about a plus-size couple, from Chuck Lorre, and two dramas - one starring Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell, the other, Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg.

The Eye had trouble keeping the lid on its sad news: It had been leaking out for days that Cold Case, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, Miami Medical, and Gary Unmarried would be canceled. But there's hope for Whisperer and Christine. ABC could pick both up as mid-season replacements.

CBS's new fall series:

The Defenders. It's Vegas, baby, and Belushi and O'Connell are colorful attorneys with a list of colorful clients in a colorful town full of fast cars and hot women. One of their colorful young associates earned her way through law school as a stripper. They're threatening to cram a serious side of family issues into this forcemeat, too.

Blue Bloods. This is some miraculous family. NYPD Chief Selleck, 65, must negotiate a path through the political wreckage left by his father, the former chief, played by Len Cariou, 69. Selleck must also ensure that his son (Wahlberg, 49) doesn't go too far off the reservation in solving cases. His daughter (Bridget Moynihan, 39) is a D.A., and his younger son (Will Estes, 31) seems to be a disappointment. We'll have to wait to see if the show is, too.

Hawaii Five-O. Steve McGarrett rises up in the guise of ex-vampire Alex O'Loughlin. Most of the old characters, with the exception of McGarrett's hair, will be back, too, played, obviously, by new actors. There's one big change. Knowing that no one could ever match the single-named actor Zulu, the producers have changed Kono to Kona, and she'll be played by Grace Park.

Mike & Molly. They meet at an Overeaters Anonymous session. They have an eclectic cohort of wacky friends and family, including Swoosie Kurtz. Lorre's Big Bang is lovable; his Two and a Half Men is shamefully crude, but TV's most popular comedy. Where will this one land?

$#*! My Dad Says. Shatner's the dad who says stuff that would make Archie Bunker cringe. Max Mutchnik and David Kohan, the guys behind Will & Grace, produce.

New shows in bold

Sunday

7, 60 Minutes; 8, The Amazing Race; 9, Undercover Boss; 10, CSI: Miami

Monday

8, How I Met Your Mother; 8:30, Rules of Engagement; 9, Two and a Half Men; 9:30, Mike & Molly; 10, Hawaii Five-0

Tuesday

8, NCIS; 9, NCIS: Los Angeles; 10, The Good Wife

Wednesday

8, Survivor; 9, Criminal Minds; 10, The Defenders

Thursday

8, The Big Bang Theory; 8:30, $#*! My Dad Says; 9, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; 10, The Mentalist

Friday

8, Medium; 9, CSI: New York; 10, Blue Bloods

Saturday

8, Reruns; 9, Reruns; 10, 48 Hours Mystery

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