Monday, aside from ABC, is jumbled all around. CBS pushes
2 Broke Girls into what I call the CBS Comedy Pimp slot of 9:00pm (previous residents include
Two and a Half Men,
Murphy Brown and
M*A*S*H). They once again start the night with
How I Met Your Mother now in its eighth season. The all-new
Partners sits between them in arguably the best slot of any new show.
Mike and Molly, followed by
Hawaii Five-0 end the night. NBC brings
The Voice back for its third run and follows it with the new
Revolution. The CW does some shuffling and puts
90120 and
Gossip Girl (now an hour later) on Monday. Fox kicks off the night with
Bones leading into the all-new
The Mob Doctor. ABC stands pat with the 394th edition of
Dancing with the Stars (15th, actually) and
Castle.
Much to my surprise,
The Voice does give
Dancing with the Stars a bit of a run for its money.
The Voice might actually be the only thing (aside from football) saving NBCUniversalComcast's bacon at the moment. CBS has a solid comedy lineup, even if
Five-0 has been losing ground to
Castle. The CW takes the younger audience and doesn't really compete on the same level as the other four nets.
The Mob Doctor is going to be scrounging for viewers as it's up against the second hours of both
Dancing and
Voice. Same deal for
Revolution, which should benefit, at least at the start from a solid
Voice audience.
The night is a toss up. I'd give a smidge of an edge to NBC simply because
The Voice is newer than
Dancing, but
Castle was picking up steam last season and it's up against the new Revolution. Too close to call.