CBS Tries new Comedy Duo on Wednesday as Julia Louis-Dreyfus get the Monday 8:30/9:30 spot

That spot by the way is in between "Two and a Half Men" and CSI: Miami. Both of those shows are the key ratings getters on CBS Monday night right now.

Dreyfus get another shot at her OWN sitcom when she and other Senfield alumni failed at many others. In this show she plays a single mother who ex-husband is dating another woman that shares her first name. Thus the title "The New Adventures of Old Christine." From the marketing it looks it may take the Dramedy route. Knowing CBS however with the pattern of its half hour sitcoms (Love Monkey does not count since it was an hour. 40 minutes without commercials) that may not happen. It will be just like everyone else. Multi-Camera shots, sound stage sets (EVEN Outdoors), and YES that wonderful canned laughter track (hopefully its done live). Christine might live for awhile for as long as CBS keeps it inbetween Men and CSI: Miami.

Meanwhile the former and current holder of the Monday 8:30/9:30 slot; Out of Practice and Counting Alex respectful will move into the 7/8 hour on Wednesday, deposing Still Standing and Yes Dear, both of which have been trending down this season. Yes Dear has passed the 100 episode mark, but Still Standing might not get that chance and could cost its chances of an Off Network Syndcation Daily Strip. Does not bug me one bit, but we have to put up with them for a few weeks. Either one or both will be on a few weeks (unless their have some kind of special program) until March 22 when Practice and Alex take over.

CBS hopes that Practice and Alex will gain in numbers after a few runs on Monday. We shall see if the numbers improve in that 7/8 Wednesday night hour. CBS has done better with the Crime Drama's that precede the Wednesday night sitcoms (Criminal Minds, CSI: NY). Also watch the numbers for "Bones" on FOX, which has gotten a boost from the Wednesday airing of American Idol. With Idol moving to 8/9 and going to a half hour becoming the Ensemble Number/Elimination show; Bones will now have to hold its own as lead in to Wendesday Idol. NBC has gotten so-so ratings with E-Ring, and so-so ratings for George Lopez and Freddie. Also don't count out UPN's "America's Next Top Model" which gets good numbers for the netlet, and very likley will show up on the new CW network.

More information can be found at zap2it.com