CBS Replaces Rules With ¡ROB!; Sets Return Date for Undercover Boss
Rob Schneider
The sitcom with nine lives — CBS' Rules of Engagement — will be moved off the schedule once again to make way for Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider's new series, ¡ROB!, CBS announced Monday.
¡ROB!, which follows a lifelong bachelor after he marries into a close-knit Mexican-American family, will premiere on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 8:30/7:30c. Rules, which saw its season cut from 18 to 13 episodes earlier on Monday, according to Deadline, will return to that timeslot later this season.
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Undercover Boss will return for Season 3 on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 8/7c, taking over for The Amazing Race. Race will return midseason at a yet-to-be announced day and time.
Check out the full new schedule:
Thursday (beginning Jan. 12)
8-8:30 p.m. — The Big Bang Theory
8:30-9 p.m. — ¡ROB!
9-10 p.m. — Person of Interest
10-11 p.m. — The Mentalist
Sunday (beginning Jan. 15)
8-9 p.m. — Undercover Boss
9-10 p.m. — The Good Wife
10-11 p.m. — CSI: Miami