CBS Renews ‘Scorpion ‘, ‘Elementary’ and Nine Other Shows
Today, CBS announced a boatload of renewals—11 to be exact, joining NCIS and The Big Bang Theory on the list of the Eye network’s returning shows.
A few of the shows being renewed today, like Elementary and 2 Broke Girls, were bubble shows due to declining ratings. But it seems that CBS has enough faith in them, and veteran reality shows like Survivor (back for seasons 33 and 34) and The Amazing Race (back for its 29th and 30th seasons), to bring them all back.
No news yet on whether fall premieres Limitless, Life in Pieces, Supergirl have been renewed, though all three have logged steady ratings since their premieres. The new spring series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and its original, Criminal Minds, are still up in the air also.
The list of renewed shows include:
- Blue Bloods
- Elementary
- Hawaii Five-0
- Madam Secretary
- Mom
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- NCIS: New Orleans
- Scorpion
- 2 Broke Girls
- Survivor
- The Amazing Race
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2 Broke Girls..............is still on???? Who watches that crap?
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Anyone who thinks Kat Dennings is hot.
People like me ^_^
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People who like big boobs! LOL
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And those big lips.....yummy
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I do. I love it
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I don't like big boobs, nor do I watch it to goggle over the women. I just think it's funny
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it's the absolute worst!!!
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Obama and Hillary
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Ogle
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I myself stopped watching that after the third season...
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I think it's time for Survivor and The Amazing Race to take a break.
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I like both of those shows, and I, for one, would miss them.
You know, one could always choose to stop watching a show...
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I've never watched Survivor (except to peek at an episode or two over the years), but except for the season they had families on, I've watched every season of Amazing Race. I'll keep watching as long as it lasts.
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It's like a used car salesman I knew used to say: "If you don't like it, don't buy it!" My advice to TV viewers is: "If you don't like it, don't watch it!" And there's nothing worse than people who don't watch a show constantly complaining about it.
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Same here. I enjoy the sights and the challenges. And I love the teams I love and love hating the teams I hate.
Also, good to see you here btw. Thanks to Hundley Fan for letting me know about this site! Looks like TVGuide lost a lot of their regulars when they switched to the "Facebook" comment section.
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It's always good to see familiar names from other sites. Yes, TVG and EW both lost a lot of people when they switched message formats. This site just switched to Disqus, and their comments have increased phenomenally.
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No way. Why would they cancel those shows? They have new cast members every season so it's like it's new.
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True I love them also
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Me too
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When I first heard about the concept for Survivor, I thought, "That's so stupid. I have no interest in watching that show." Indeed, I skipped the premiere episode of the first season.
However, I was channel surfing the weekend the show premiered and came across the repeat of the first episode. There was Richard Hatch, sitting in a tree, pondering how he was going to get himself out of the predicament his big fat mouth put him in. (He ended up winning the $1 million and later went to jail for not paying taxes on his winnings.)
I tell you, I was instantly hooked! They had some great characters on that first season, including truck driver Sue Hawk, who made her blistering final tribal council speech about the island's spirits, Mother Nature, and the rats and the snakes. I watched the rest of the episode, and I've watched every episode of every season since.
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I am also a tvguide jump over. I use to only come to this site for Ask Matt when he left tvguide but now that you can only do facebook comments on there and I only use disqus I am now permanent on this site. It also has better articles, tvguide is becoming lame and trashy lately.
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Those shows are good if they have interesting/funny people on them. I've skipped seasons of Survivor because it was like watching the walking dead
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You may enjoy "rob has a podcast" survivor recaps. Especially the "know it alls" that airs after every episode where Rob Cesternino (Amazon) and Stephen Fishbach (Tocanchins & 2nd Chances) discuss strategy and what the players did right and wrong. It's very good.
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I thought your nick was familiar. Yes, after the real TVG Magazine editors and writers left the TVG site to start this one, they turned it into mostly a gossip site about the likes of Bieber and the Kardashians. I got to the point where I only looked at about one out of ten articles there.
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Nope.
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That's because some people would like to join in a discussion or express an opinion without having any part of their private info posted. I agree with DonMi, if you don't like a TV show, switch stations.
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I learned the hard way years before FaceBook existed that I don't want my real name, picture, address, or other personal information out there for anyone to see.
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I had to re-read your post several times before I realized what you were referencing (the switching stations thing was for someone else, I take it? I'm not currently watching anything I don't want to watch). I left TVGuide the same reason you did. I'm not hip to plastering my info all over the boards. I refused to use my Facebook to comment there, so here I am now! All hail Disqus!!
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I switched over as soon as Disqus became obsolete there. I've never looked back. This site seems much better than TVGuide (can't speak for EW though, because I was never there).
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Sorry about that. I tried to put everything in one post. I can see why that would be confusing.
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No worries. I got it after a second. Just had to turn my brain on!
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I went to EW for their recaps. They recap more shows than anyone else, and even when the recaps weren't great, there was always a lot of fan discussion about the show. When they dropped Disqus, they lost about 99% of their regular posters (many who were regulars on TVG at one time).
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Thanks! I think I've listened to a couple of them before (maybe not Rob's but another one).
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A couple of years ago, a guy was touting his new TV site with a weekly podcast on the message boards, so I thought I'd check it out. Not only were the podcasts ungodly long (90 min. to 2 hours) they were filled with a phrase that absolutely drives me insane. At one point, I counted him saying "you know" 18 times in less than 5 minutes! That absolutely ruined it for me!
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I agree
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I don't watch and never will.
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I complain because of them they take other shows off the air to accommodate them.
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Name a show that they took off the air because of Amazing Race or Survivor.
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I so agree with you Susan...
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They don't take other shows off the air in order to save those two, rather they do it because they're either not making money back through ads, and therefore are losing money or because production costs are too high after awhile, even with syndication money taken into consideration. There are exceptions like POI, where not being CBS owned ends up not working in their favor, as much as that sucks. If those things applied enough to the two shows you mentioned to a big enough degree, they would be gone too.
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That's actually why I never posted here til now. They only had the fb option. Now that they changed the format, I intend to stick around with some friendly faces (screen names) and some new ones.
I do have a second fb account called Dyst Urbed in case I do want to post at the other site from time to time without using my real account.
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OMG, with 200 plus channels out there, the fact that someone is taking the time to complain in a message thread about a show they don't like being on the air is ludicrous.
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Not only are there no trolls here, but if there ever are, I don't see them being tolerated like they are at some places.
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Unfortunately there are trolls most places. I just poke them with a stick and leave. 😀
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Yeah, go ahead and leave shows like that on, for the people who like them, so i can also have a breather from the plethora of real shows with real actors in them in those time slots, cuz lawdie knows, I watch too much tv as it is!
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Wondered what prompted this new site? I haven't gone to the TVG website in ages, cept to renew my TVG sub, but if they only allow posting thru facebook, etc, then count me out. No opinion is worth giving up my privacy and forcing myself to sign on to something i don't trust and is rife with many security issues, no way and NO THANKS!
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Well, u might possibly have me, in part, to thank for that? I actually wrote them and complained about the choices we had for posting and then the next time I came in here, I saw the option I was willing to use, herein. Coincidence... perhaps? lol
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I wrote Matt Roush months ago and he said that it was an option that they were looking into, but that he wasn't aware of when or if it would happen. I'm guessing that several people did that over time, but maybe your specific message was the final one needed for them to finally make the change 🙂
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I definitely watch my fair share of reality-competition shows, but I also watch scripted dramas and comedies. For me, ultimately, it's entertainment.
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I was toying with the idea of leaving TVGuide anyway. The Facebook comment thing was the nail in the coffin. I'm just glad this site exists! I look forward to catching up with all my TVGuide friends I've missed on other channels.
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They should have renewed Forever!
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They canceled it last year and we were so sad. It was a good show, and it was different than anything else.
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Umm, Forever was on ABC, not CBS.
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Not that it matters now. 😉
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They just rehashed "Forever" and called it "Lucifer" - an immortal brit helping the cops.
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Still waiting for the return of Person of Interest.
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Returns on May 3rd and will air twice a week.
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me too.....love both guys
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They cancelled it,really like that show.
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I'm just glad that it will still will be airing it's fifth season.
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Code Black is a great show. Hope they keep it. If you haven't watched it look for it "on demand".
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Best medical show since E.R.
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Happy to see Scorpion has been renewed, It has a great cast and their chemistry is awesome. It is just hard to believe the story lines sometimes.
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Still waiting for Season 5 of 'Person of Interest', as well as renewal for more seasons. Dump the 'reality shows' and get back to dramas and procedurals!
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It's already been cancelled after this season.
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First week in May...ugh, we watched POI but when it took that twist we got confused & couldn't understand it anymore - it's like watching "Twilight Zone."
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I'm SO happy for H50! I LOVE this show! 🙂
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how is 2 broke girls still alive?
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Thank goodness CBS saved Madam Sectary and Elementry.
It's crazy to think survivor or amazing race should be saved. If those show producers showed the wait for airlines or their messed up hotel reservations, both shows might seem real.
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I think Amazing Race does a pretty good job of showing the problems encountered at airports. They don't show hotels because they're not part of the race.
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2 Broke Girls? More like 2 Broke *hor*s
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Supergirl will have a second season..it has been renewed
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Supergirl??
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The bigger question is... unless CBS plans to restructure the Sunday night lineups during fall football season (say, scheduling 60 minutes at 7:30pm or even 8pm Eastern), which show will get the dreaded, oft-preempted 10pm time slot which is nothing but a deferred death sentence?
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That slot's already been filled with Elementary, sad to say.
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Yes! I would have preferred Code Black to NCIS: LA; but a gal can't have everything.
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Would love to see Code Black and NCIS stay. Good shows.
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Agree. Great show
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NCIS has already been renewed for the next 2 years. I can't imagine that they haven't renewed Code Black, too. The one I really hope they renew is Limitless
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Ziva coming back ?
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Not that I know of. They are bringing in 2 new characters to replace DiNozzo, a woman and a man. The woman has already been casted. Lady from 24. Name escapes me.
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They could still. They don't list all of them at once. Have to get us rialed up first. lol
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People wouldn't get so riled up if they read the whole article before jumping to conclusions. Look at how many people think NCIS or Big Bang haven't been renewed because they're not on the list when it says in the first sentence that they already were renewed. And they haven't decided on most of this year's new shows yet because they're waiting for the final figures on some of them.
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I tried Code Black and didn't care for it. And I usually enjoy NCIS:LA more than the mother show. Could not care less for the NO version... the forced accents are awful.
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NO. Why would you think that?
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Supergirl already reported to be renewed
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The reports were that Moonves mentioned during a speech that he felt like all the new shows would be renewed. Nothing official yet.
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Loved CSI Syber. Why take off good shows and leave gross ones on and am talking about broke girls. Thankful code Black made it back as well as Scorpion and the NCIS shows.
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Nice to see that Elementary survived. It's been on its game this season and, since Person of Interest fell to crap, it's been CBS' best show.
Why is Madam Secretary getting renewed? No matter how the election turns out, it serves no purpose after November 8th, 2016.
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CSI Cyber, just has to be renewed! I actually really look forward to watching that! While there are some others of CBS that are losing their luster for me, like Elementary and 2BG's - I do and will, still watch them. I still enjoy Mom, Madam Secretary, and to a lesser extent - Orleans. And Code Black grew on me and I hope to see it return. Supergirl needs to return also!
But if Criminal Minds isn't renewed or even Five-0, I probably wouldn't lose much sleep. And I'm not even going to try that Minds Spinoff after they quickly dumped their last spinoff - Criminal Intent, while i was rather enjoying it. Fool me once.... well, you know the drill.....
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Criminal Minds serious? That shouldn't be up in the air
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It's usually one of the last shows for CBS to officially renew because they have to work out contracts, as opposed to it being because they don't plan to renew it.
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Okay I can work with that scenario, thought with Derek/Shemar leaving it was up in the air. Which is further from the truth. Their loyal fanbase is still there
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And what about Person of Interest? Excellent show needs to continue!!!!
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It's been cancelled.
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What about N.C.I.S. out of WDC?
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Read the whole article.
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are they renewing criminal minds?
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Read the whole article. It's in there.
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CSI Cyber??? CBS already made me mad by taking off Stalker.
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If CBS renews "Two Broke Girls", but not "Criminal Minds" and "C.M.: Beyond Borders", all we'll see is B.S.
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am really hoping that they renew Limitless!
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Chances are good they will. It's ratings have been decent if not spectacular. It was #1 in it's time slot again this week.
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They probably will. Once they see how Beyond Borders does after a few more airings and how Rush Hour does, they can see which of this year's freshman shows they definitely want to keep.
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Well watch 6 of those so that makes me happy!
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Where's "The Big Bang Theory"??????
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First sentence...
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Kat Dennings hot who told that lie
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Just make sure super girl makes the list all my other shows made it Thank you
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No Limitless renewal yet? I'll be really sad if it doesn't get another season!
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WTH??? No NCIS?????
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That's what's scaring me. Have I missed something? I know the character playing DiNozzo is leaving, but heard nothing about the show not being renewed.
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CBS gave it an early renewal a month or so ago, it got renewed for the next 2 seasons already.
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Read the FIRST sentence - it's there 🙂
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Madame Secretary is crap, 2 Broke Girls is tired and boring, Elementary is sad, other than that, the schedule is okay.
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Sorry you don't like the quality shows of Madam Secretary and Elementary.
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Jena H, what do you see in these two programs? I think they are giving us Vanilla Ice Cream when we want an Ice Cream Sundae loaded with everything in it.
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What do you like about the other shows, which you proclaim to be 'okay'? I think the two I mentioned are two of the best of the list (my opinion, and also that of critics). One has family drama, captivating characters, and political intrigue. The other has personal drama, interesting court cases, and yes, political intrigue, all of which I find interesting. Ice cream, chocolate sauce, AND whipped cream on top. 😀
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Now, you've made me hungry.
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Grab yourself some Breyer's when you watch on Sunday evenings. That's what I do. 😉
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I dont think Madam Secretary is an acurate portrayal of the actual job. I understand they are trying to mirror todays events but I think its fluff and pablum. They are spoon feeding you, its far more gritty and dangerous in real life. Elementary has two pretty people trying to figure things out and the British accent for humour. Fluff and pablum, unrealistic.Currently, my favourite problems are Amazing Race, Shark Tank, and Blue Bloods. Wish they were not all of the same evening, three hours is a long time for me to sit still.
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Obviously Madam Secretary isn't 100% accurate as a portrayal of the job; I imagine the Secretary spends a LOT more time travelling and very little at home. The 'creative license' shown in this show works for me, though. I think Elementary is an accurate portrayal of the Holmes character, and I don't understand the remark about Miller's accent being an element of humor. As for Blue Bloods... I too love that show, and have since day one. But if you don't think that show is fluffy and melodramatic.... As much as I like the show, the attitude of "cops are always good and honorable, all perps are scum" gets old. I sometimes have to roll my eyes at Frank Reagan's weekly dose of huffing and puffing with righteous indignation. I like the show *in spite* of that, not because of it.
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I think I am one of tvs occasional viewers, prefer radio, which is inter-active. I could turn into a turnip if I spent too much time in front of the tv. I think I like Blue Bloods because of the stereo-typed characters. And there is more to life than joining and staying on the force(lifers). They should have a rogue daughter who teaches dance or flys a helicopter for a living. I think Toms character wears a three piece suit to sleep and who is the great cook in the family, who cleans up. I wonder how the show will wrap up one day, maybe a big shoot out or Tom will be called back to Hawaii after meeting one of Americas top models.
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I agree that the show is stereotyped and Frank is a walking cliche. He 'relaxes' around the house wearing his suit shirt and vest and a shawl-collared sweater. (insert eye-roll here) He sits in soft-lighting, in his hard-wood floored house, reading Teddy Roosevelt. I mean really, who DOES that? Why can't he be more... like a mere mortal? I'd like to see Frank do some NORMAL stuff once in a while, like shlep around the house in a dirty t-shirt and boxers, or eat Cheetos while he watches a baseball game, or surf sports articles online. Most especially, I'd LIKE to see him allow some grey into his hair... at least his mustache. I wonder if Selleck's hair is really still that dark (at his age??) or if he dyes it.
Anyway, instead of sending Frank to Hawaii, maybe we could see him reading a book by author Robin Masters. Or mention that he'd been stationed in Hawaii back during his Marine years. 😀
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I have seen Tom on the talk show circuit still wearing the Commissioners outfit, he loves it. In real life, he said he chops wood on his ranch/property. I think in one episode, he was interested in this woman, but she said he was too old for her. They have to keep him look dapper, no grey hair. I agree about the watching the game on a big screen tv, for gods sake, he is worth millions. And who sits around, swigging cognac or whisky or whatever they pour in into the little glasses. His dad is five years older than him, how did that happen. They have people who colour his hair black, maybe every two weeks. Why did his whole family join the force? Why do they all have detached homes? Why doesnt the youngest son jump on his partners bones after work? They both look like they could use a good roll in the hay.
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Forgot to mention, why dont they have 'Higgins' make a guest appearance as his real dad. Or they could have a picture of Mae West put on one of his office walls, he could have a drink with the mayor in his office, then Tom could say that 'She discovered me'.
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The only show on the list I actually watch is Madam Secretary. Thank god for books.
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Honestly, the only shows I watch on this list are scorpion and TBBT. And this season of tbbt has been a massive let down. Probably won't bother with it next year. I think shows like Daredevil are setting the bar higher and I expect much more. CBS's line just isn't cutting it. Oops, Elementary is actually quite good, Mia culpa
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Yippee!! WoFat's daddy gotta show up in Season 7! 😀
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We want to know that Supergirl. Limitless. CSI Cyber. Grey's Anatomy. Unforgettable. Are being renewed please say yes
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Unforgettable moved to A&E for its last season and has been officially cancelled.
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Supergirl & Limitless were already renewed, Cyber is cancelled, Unforgettable is A&E & Greys is ABC, so a story about CBS shows wouldn't apply for them.
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Grey's Anatomy has been renewed, but is on ABC
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A&E cancelled Unforgettable... probably because the show lived up to its name. I wonder if it holds some record for having been cancelled THREE times?
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I think supergirl has already been renewed. What about criminal minds?
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Code Black and CSI Cyber? Come on CBS don't let us down. Or at least me.
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And still nothing on Supergirl.
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I hope the renew Supergirl & Limitless
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