Saturday, October 8, 2011

CBS moves HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN to Saturdays

In an eyebrow-raising move, CBS has pulled its new sitcom HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN from its Thursday night lineup...but hasn't canceled it.  Instead, the show has been transferred to Saturday nights at 8:30pm.

This schedule change comes after a disappointing performance last night, when the show only managed to keep 7.8 million of the 13.6mil of its lead-in, THE BIG BANG THEORY.  Starting October 20, GENTLEMAN's slot will be filled by RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, now in its sixth season.

It is unclear whether or not this is a move to try to save the show, or a step towards getting rid of it.  Thursday night is prime comedy night, so the show losing its slot there is not a good sign of the network's confidence level.  However, there is less competition on Saturday nights (read: none), so maybe CBS is trying to give it a shot.  After all, if they wanted to cancel it, why wouldn't they just do it?  I remain ambivalently puzzled until further news (because the show is terrible anyway).

Why do you think CBS moved HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN?

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