CBS has quietly made some changes in this week's primetime schedule. With its first-run cupboards nearly empty, the network has taken out originally scheduled new episodes of
NCIS, Criminal Minds and
CSI: NY, and has replaced them with repeat episodes from earlier this season.
NCIS took the first blow in the adjustments made by the network with its Tuesday broadcast of "Bury Your Dead," the premiere episode of season 5, instead of the episode “Tribes” in which the NCIS team investigates the murder of a Muslim Marine near a mosque.
The scheduling changes continue tonight with
Criminal Minds, which will air the fifth episode of season 3 called “About Face” as a substitute for the episode “3rd Life.” As for
CSI: NY, the forensic drama will be featuring a rebroadcast of “The Deep,” where the team uncovers a plot to assassinate a United Nations diplomat. This serves as an alternative for the much awaited “Happily Never After,” the 12th episode of season 4 where life imitates fantasy with the death of two women.
As of the moment, no new air dates have been announced by the network but the
New York Post has learned that new episodes of
CSI: NY are most likely to air in January.
Meanwhile, the
New York Post also reports that two out of the three remaining new episodes of
NY were completed by CBS personnel in the absence of striking writers. According to Sam Humphrey, an executive story editor on
CSI: NY, she and her striking colleagues have faith in the show's post-production staff.
"On our show we work so closely [with the post-production staff]. They're committed to making as great a show as we are," she said. "So with all the strike stuff, we have a lot of faith in their abilities and can't wait to get back to working with them."
-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: The New York Post, The Futon Critic, CBS
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