CBS is hoping to boost the ratings of its two Sunday night shows by flip-flopping their time slots.
For one week, “Cold Case” will be placed in the 9 p.m. (Eastern) slot, which will move “Three Rivers” to the 10 p.m. spot.Last season, the crime drama did much better in the 9 p.m. slot, behind “Without a Trace.” The freshman medical drama is being blamed for the drop in viewers.
The change up comes at the tail end of the November sweeps and toward the end of “Three Rivers’” initial order. Seven episodes have aired, and a couple more have finished filming, which means if the network does want more episodes, it has to make a decision soon to avoid a shutdown of the production.
“Three Rivers” is averaging 8.34 million viewers per week this season (“Cold Case’ averaged 12.15 million last season). But this year, “Cold Case” dropped to 9.45 million viewers weekly.
Both shows are more than likely to start a little later than their announced times. CBS has the NFL doubleheader on Sunday, which bumps the regular schedule back.
Here's hoping that the switch in time slots will help Cold Case stick around longer, because the show is still going strong. I thought the most recent episode, “Read Between The Lines” was as good as anything they've ever done, and thought Zeb and Donalyn were excellent characters.
I also really liked that they played MC Lyte’s “Act Like You Know” when Zeb took Donalyn to her audition – really fit the whole scene (lyrically and musically) well. The scene is on YouTube at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCNcFKkQp0
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Here's hoping that the switch in time slots will help Cold Case stick around longer, because the show is still going strong. I thought the most recent episode, “Read Between The Lines” was as good as anything they've ever done, and thought Zeb and Donalyn were excellent characters.
I also really liked that they played MC Lyte’s “Act Like You Know” when Zeb took Donalyn to her audition – really fit the whole scene (lyrically and musically) well. The scene is on YouTube at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCNcFKkQp0