Tom Hertz was waiting for the call, like he usually does.
After CBS pushed his Rules of Engagement's dreaded Saturday premiere one week to Oct. 15 (which was already punted from Sept. 24), he knew it would get called up to the plate for a prime weekday slot soon. How to Be a Gentleman had premiered in the coveted post-Big Bang Theory Thursday berth to weak numbers and didn't seem long for this world (measured against CBS' high standards). "They told us we would not be premiering on the 8th, but instead the 15th, and I figured that meant they were going to give How to Be a Gentleman one more shot airing to see if it went up, and if not, then we would jump in at some point," Hertz tells TVGuide.com. "But yeah, I didn't believe we would air on the 15th."
CBS moves How to Be a Gentleman to Saturdays; Rules takes Thursdays slot
The call came Friday, Oct. 7 after Gentleman posted an even worse ratings erosion. The shows will swap time slots, though CBS has since pulled Gentleman from Saturdays as well.
"For all the buzz about 'the first scripted show on Saturdays in 10 years' and 'could they take Saturday nights?' it just didn't happen. And it's better that ...
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How to Be a Gentleman is taking its lesson plan to the weekend. CBS has moved the fledging Thursday night comedy to Saturdays, the network announced.
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Beginning Oct. 15, Gentleman will air on...
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When CBS announced that its long-running sitcom Rules of Engagement would be moved to Saturday nights at 8/7c when it returns October 8, one person didn't take the news well: series star Patrick Warburton.
"What a sh-- time slot," Warburton told TV Guide Magazine at the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen on September 10. "The scripts are great and we're having a lot of fun doing the show, but God knows if anybody's gonna find us on Saturday night."
Warburton has a theory as to why the show — which has never been given a permanent time slot despite solid viewership...
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CBS will introduce more gay characters on its scripted programs in response to recently receiving a failing grade from GLAAD, CBS President Nina Tassler said Wednesday.
"I'm very disappointed in our track record so far," Tassler said at the Telvision Critics Association fall previews. "We know and we will do better."
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Tassler said The Good Wife will introduce the gay brother of Julianna Margulies' Alicia in the new season. She also added that there would be a recurring gay character on S#*! My Dad Saysand that Jeff and Audrey (Patrick Warburton and Megyn Price) will choose a ...
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