INQUIRER TELEVISION CRITIC
Going where the other networks fear to tread, CBS this morning announced a new sitcom block for fall, when The New Adventures of Old Christine will lead Wednesdays at 8 p.m., followed by the new adventures of two skilled comedy vets. Jay Mohr and Paula Marshall will star in Project Gary, about the funny side of divorce.
CBS will return all its current sitcoms, though you'll have to wait till mid-season for Rules of Engagement. The Unit, considered in jeopardy, also returns, moving to Sundays at 10 p.m. Canceled shows – few surprises here – are Cane, Jericho, Kid Nation, Moonlight, Shark, Viva Laughlin and Welcome to the Captain.
Without a Trace leaves the coveted Thursdays-at-10 slot, going to Tuesdays to make way for Eleventh Hour, about a biophysicist who works for the feds to protect science from rogues and swindlers.
CBS has three other new shows. One features Emmy-winner Elizabeth Reaser (Grey's Anatomy's anonymous mom-to-be, finally identified as Gloria Pope). She must determine which of the men she has dated is destined to be her husband. The others are a comedy about a man who just can't seem to please his prospective in-laws, and a drama about a guy (Simon Baker) who's a genius detective with a House-like personality.