2009 cbs fall preview show, with the cast of how i met your mother. welcome to the cbs fall preview show. hey ya, josh. did you hear? big changes this season. how i met your mother is moving to mondays at 8:00-- 7:00 central. be sure to tune in, 'cause it's going to be legen-- wait for it but don't wait for it, because it's a half hour earlier-- dary. but don't worry. the show's not going to be any different at 8:00-- 7:00 central. we can still do stuff like this... the burt reynolds. and this... tonight... i pick up a lesbian. robin... i need your lipstick. and this... (groans) (chuckles) come on. why'd they have to show that one? i know.

can we see it again but add a high-pitched female scream? (woman screaming) don't miss the new cbs comedy accidentally on purpose, starring jenna elfman. take a look. after this. (woman screaming) come on! woman: i know this may sound nuts, but i'm thinking of going home with a guy who may be significantly younger than me and i just need to know if the situation is empowering or desperate. is he over 18? yeah. empowering. jon foster: accidentally on purpose is a love story. it is a romantic comedy. it's funny, and it's very romantic and sweet and charming. i'm zack; i'd like to buy you a drink. oh... i'm billie. you don't have to do that. mojito, please. we meet at a bar and sparks fly. hey, you're a really great dancer. yeah, but i'm running out of charming. i think i have some more back at my apartment. that's where the story begins. whoo! claudia lonow: it's based on a san francisco film critic in her late 30s.

you just need to perk up your nipples. ...who has a fling with a much younger guy. yeah, we know some cougars in this world, don't we? we've seen them in the media. oh! so this is the spot where we...? yep. okay. and the next thing... we have a baby. yay! no! i'm somewhere in the middle... (laughs) ...navigating my way through all my situations. (singsongy): hello. all (singsongy): hello. i think she has kind of a grand idea of how things could go and gets herself into some interesting situations. were you using my grandmother's urn as a water pipe? he's just a stand-up guy and always ready to step up to the game. so what do we do now? if you want, you can come with me to my first doctor appointment. i'll do better than that; i'll drive you there.

that's the sweetest, most perfect-- i love you. what? what?! foster: well, everybody-- we just-- it's such amazing people. we really lucked out. half the time we can't even do a scene because we're just goofing off and laughing, you know? i feel like i hit the jackpot. woman: you're dead. security! what the hell is going on here?! you okay? you okay? hey, how i met your mother is on mondays at 8:00-- 7:00 central now. a half an hour earlier than last year. well, that's cool. as long as we don't have to switch to drinking fake beer on set, right? he's just joking around. obviously we don't drink real beer. what are you talking about? that's the only reason i come to-- oh, right, okay, i got you.

uh, to "fake" beer. anyway, you should also check out tuesday nights on cbs. chris o'donnell and ll cool j star in ncis: los angeles. take a look. buckle up. action! the show is really hot. it's great, new, fresh. it's a hit. daniela ruah: the show is based on a branch of ncis. peter cambor: there's another branch in los angeles called osp, which is the office of special projects. callen, where the hell are you? looking right at you, mace. hey, eric? this wire itches. o'donnell: it's gonna be a little different. it's not gonna be, necessarily, here's a dead body, let's figure out how it happened. ll cool j: you know, obviously, it's naval criminal investigation, so, um, there's that, you know, that component of investigating. cambor: we deal primarily with surveillance issues undercover and things of that nature. ll cool j: you know, running special ops, and, uh,

doing surveillance. microphone and camera coming online. mcgee: phone cam's up. sweet. it's really cool. shots fired! shots fired! kensi, behind you! o'donnell: i'm excited. i think this is a terrific cast they've put together. ll cool j: i think the cast is hot. i think that it's the perfect balance of different, you know, types of people and energy. cambor: it's an ensemble show. we could all be these kind of chisel-jawed, like, tough guys on the set, but we're not-- like, it's this really interesting, kind of dynamic group of people. it really is completely all about its component parts working together. has to be the right ingredients, you know? and i think this one has it. who are you? abort. abort! federal agent! put down your weapon. come on, mace. he wasn't gonna shoot me! will you tell her you weren't gonna shoot me? i wasn't going to shoot him. i think what really works about ncis is not just that it's a successful procedural. i think these... these characters-- the relationships they have-- people are really big fans of these people.

ncis sort of formed this family already, and, in the next few years, we could be forming a family, too. you come back for characters, and i think that this show has great characters and character. i think it's a very smooth passing of the baton. o'donnell: i think it's gonna be a great show. if first impressions mean something, then i think we're off to a pretty good start. did you hear that? (cracking) announcer: the new season of the mentalist is coming to thursday night. that's gratifying, man. no lies, no tricks, no surprises. since when is that the rule? ♪ welcome all again... you're not a detective, you're a clown. oh, oh, look, look. so we're lost without you. let's be honest here. let's go. hey! wait!

let's be honest here. w i met your mother moving to 8:00... 7:00 central. ...on mondays, we may get some younger viewers: more families, more kids. oh-oh, does that mean we're gonna have to wear pants when we shoot scenes in the booth? (scoffs) no. oh, thank god. this breeze is nice, isn't it? heavenly. jason ran off with our pants again, didn't he? yeah, they're long gone. well, on tuesday nights, cbs has a show that seems ripped from the headlines. quite a segue, cobie. thank you. julianna margulies plays a spouse of a scandalized politician mm... who now has to find her own way as the good wife-- watch this. mm.

(reporters clamoring, cameras clicking) man: are you still involved with prostitutes, sir? sir! answer the question! julianna margulies: the first scene in the script, when they're at this press conference, is what drew me to the show. i have never traded lighter sentences for financial or sexual favors. i have watched all those press conferences, and i wondered why those wives choose to be there. i need to atone for my personal failings with my wife alicia and our two children. the good wife is about a woman who has been let down by her husband. christine baranski: he is resigning from office because of his sexual dalliances. they're having troubles in their marriage, and it's a whole public media storm. you all right? baranski: he goes to jail, and she goes back to practicing law. when i was starting out, i got one great piece of advice. men can be lazy. women can't. and i think that goes double for you. not only are you coming back to the workplace fairly late, but you have some very prominent baggage. but, hey, if she can do it, so can you.

my judgment, my private dealings with these women... sorry. josh charles: she then has to sort of find herself and juggle being a parent, working stuff out with her man, and also, being the breadwinner. she went to law school; she graduated top of her class at georgetown; she's a smart woman who gave up a lot to enjoy having a family. last time i was in court was 13 years ago. wow. i was 12. thanks. she's got to, you know, bump up against a lot of 20-somethings who are attractive and cutthroat. she's a new associate, and i'm a new associate. looks like we share an assistant, so tell me when i'm hogging her, okay? and let the best man win. excuse me? nothing. it's nothing. i... it's nothing. baranski: there's a lot of drama in the office and in the trial room. detective briggs, what is the pit? excuse me? when an officer's referring to dropping something in the pit, or pitting it, he refers to what?

excluding it from the crime scene narrative. we wouldn't exclude pertinent evidence. was anything pitted from the lewis crime scene? your honor, objection! what's cool about this show is that there is more than meets the eye. there'll be a lot of drama; there'll be a lot of comedy. i could see everybody loving this show. margulies: there'll be some procedural stuff, because that is the backbone, but the meat of the story is about these personal lives and how she affects them and how they affect her. you have to believe me. i'm innocent. of the abuse of office charges. you think i give a damn about that, peter? he needs you to forgive him, alicia. he took everything i thought we had, and he just put it out there. he didn't want that. the press was... oh, jackie, stop it! peter wasn't thinking of us. julianna margulies is the good wife. she's just stunning in this role. girl: hey, mom. some girl said dad slept with a hooker my age, and i just... what?! ma'am, you have to turn that off. her dad's a cop, and he... okay, first of all, they were all over 20,

and second, where is the teacher? it's no big deal, mom. look, i've got homework. i'll talk to you later. she's just so real and down-to-earth. michelle king: you really believe that she has the strength to carry on after this has impacted her. is that your daughter? they won't let me see her. what am i gonna do? you're gonna take it one day at a time. robert king: and... it's a show that will not only have self-contained stories; it touches all the hot buttons of sex, power, and marriage. you did great. i did, didn't i? (both laughing) it's wonderful. it's a challenge for me. ("stayin' alive" playing)

are you following me? yeah. every tuesday night. okay. they make little hearts happy... ...and big hearts happy too. because as part of a heart healthy diet,... ...those delicious oats in cheerios can help naturally lower cholesterol. (cheerios spilling) cheerios. how can something so little... ...help you do something so big. (playing gentle melody) hey, hey hey, hey! turn that frown upside down. did you hear we're moving to 8:00? no. did you hear i have cobie and neil's pants? yeah, i did. wait a minute. you didn't just say 8:00. i did.

well, shucks, josh, i've been sitting here writing a song promoting our show at 8:30. you can make it work. in three, two, one. ♪ how i met your mother flying at ya like big birdie ♪ ♪ monday nights, cbs, starting at 8:00... ♪ ♪ ...o'clock ♪ 7:00 central, you gotta tell 'em "7:00 central" ♪ right... i just don't think it's very good anymore. it's not great. it's not great. it's the thought that counts. i suppose. yeah. hey, uh, you, uh, you can check out medium now on cbs. really? friday nights, yeah. patricia arquette as america's favorite psychic soccer mom. mm... is this the part where i'm supposed to say, "i'm not a mind reader," and you're supposed to say, "well, yeah, you are." medium is based on a real woman named allison dubois. she's a psychic and her husband is basically a rocket scientist and they have three children together. they come from completely different worldviews. he's a man of science. she sees dead people.

basically, she will pass on messages from the dead. arquette: so my character sees all these grisly things, and she tries to help solve crime. he doesn't have an alibi for the night of the murders. i was just about to go in and grill him. sure. lee. i think i know what he did with the bodies. the shows play as ghost stories and suspense tales for adults. miguel sandoval: we know pretty much every episode she's gonna have a dream. her dreams aren't always perfectly clear. those dreams can usually come out to something that's... going to happen or is happening or did happen. do you know who i am? i already saw everything that's gonna happen. they're very fragmented, and she has to figure out what these things mean. i thought i was seeing the future. actually, i was seeing this girl's past. she's always wrestling with this power. there is no book that comes with it. it expresses itself in different ways at different times. so she's always at a bit of a loss. what i can't figure out is

why that ghost didn't help me. i know. would it have killed him to talk to you? not funny. the most important thing about our show, really, is the marriage and our children and our family dynamic. it's still a family whether we have psychic powers or not, you know? you see this family doing regular things. you see them eating breakfast. you see typical issues that arise with having children in the house. i think that's part of what makes the show compelling. there's something very normal about them, and i say that knowingthat we're talking about someone who says, "hey, i'm a psychic. hey, i talk to the dead." i'm not going to school today. oh, really? you can't make me go. oh, yeah, i can. i'm your mother. they gave me permission at the hospital when i had you. i'm really excited about this season. we don't know where it's going to go. we do know, at the beginning of the season, that she's had a brain tumor. it may or may not have affected her gift somehow. and so, when we left her, she was in a coma, but she comes out of that coma. and when she comes out of it, she's on a whole nother network-- cbs.

and a lot of this season is about finding equilibrium again. i think we fit in very, very well with cbs. it really feels like we're, we're going back home. i've always kind of hoped we'd be on this network. watch medium on cbs. announcer: survivor is coming with a super-big cast. there's 20 of us. i can control how they think. for a million dollars, i can do just about anything. go! and one of these castaways will become the biggest survivor villain ever. now, he could be the devil incarnate. survivor: samoa premieres cbs thursday, september 17. eil, by the way, i don't want you to worry just 'cause now, he could be the devil incarnate. our show's on earlier. it's not going to change a bit. it's still going to be just filled with sex. lily, what are you doing here? i'm ready, marshall. tonight's the night.

put your melon-headed spawn in my belly! what? yeah, come on. right now. baby me. the violence. oh... ow! and the occasional a-list guest star. good evening. (chattering, hooting) and i'm robin scherbatsky. peace talks were stalled once again in the middle east. despite a promising start, latest negotiations... (laughing): monkeys. aww. now, let's meet a team of doctors who will do whatever it takes to keep life going. alex o'loughlin stars in three rivers. three rivers is a, uh... a show about, uh, organ transplantation. it's set in pittsburgh, where the three rivers meet. it's told from... three different perspectives: the donor and the donor's family, the, uh, recipient... (gasping, wheezing) ...and, of course, the, uh... the surgical team, which i'm a part of. laurie, get me an echo and an ekg.

hey, anton. i'm dr. yablonski. everything's going to be okay. we're going to take care of you. these are not your run-of-the-mill doctors. everybody that's here is hand-picked and especially gifted. the fact that they're just so comfortable doing what they're doing, and it's justsecond nature to them, that was the thing that i think got me the most. cut. okay, we're in. get ready to come and fight this. they have to maintain a level of normality and sanity through that, or they wouldn't be able to do what they do. you need a heart transplant. how long before i can play ball? you won't be able to play ball. you can forget it! i can't forget it because you will not survive without it. get the hell out of my room! moenning: i like things that have immediacy and that have a purpose and have a point, so i think that this show had all three of those. if mark gets much weaker, we won't be able to transplant him. whatever it takes, you hear me? i put him in your hands. just save him. they're sort of adrenaline junkies, but they're... they're also the best at what they do-- and easily bored if they're not being challenged by something incredibly difficult. you ready for your first donor run?

i got the jet, the pilot... got the cooler? for the drinks? the lungs. be right back. as head of surgery at three rivers, i push them a lot, but some of 'em i have to keep a reign on. by the numbers, she meets the criteria for a transplant. i would like to list her immediately. the problem is she's only been in remission for 3 1/2 years. you know how this goes: hospital policy, she needs five. if we don't transplant her, she's going to die. you only have a certain amount of time to get these organs, and you go through all walks of hell sometimes. there is a whole network to get to a situation fast enough to get things back. we can't have any delays on the way back. those lungs are only viable for five hours. i mean, you're dealing with someone's life in your hands. there's a bit of a pressure to that. what are you doing? thoracic organs go first. well, you've got a couple hours. no, no, no, i'm not wasting two hours. guys, i want you to scrub in. the theme of the show has to do with second chances: who gets them, who deserves them, what you do with them. you're not going to play in the nba-- tough. you're going to do something else. something you might not even be able to imagine in this moment.

a second chance is a powerful thing. take it. moenning: it made me realize how fragile we are, but also, what heroes doctors are. you did your part. you took every chance you could. and because you did, three other people are going to live. he saves lives-- like, many lives-- every day. the opportunity to bring life to a character like that-- it was amazing; it was amazing. hi, i'm neil patrick harris and i'm hosting the emmys. bite me, people i went to elementary school with. i'm kidding. i didn't go to elementary school. i was a tv star by then. announcer: neil patrick harris hosts the primetime emmy awards live sunday, september 20, only cbs. being on at 8:00-- others: 7:00 central-- isn't going to be all that different, is it? no, we can still do stuff like this.

and this. (lilting music plays) and all of this. (baby crying) that's right, ladies. oh... god! oh! (grunts) (grunts) that's three! (grunting) (laughing) well, that's it for the cbs fall preview. thanks for watching. how i met your mother has a great season coming up, including our 100th episode. hey-o! it all kicks off monday, september 21, at 8:00. others: 7:00 central. so, we'll se you there. now, america, get up, come toward the tv. get ready for a nationwide high-five. come on. you, too, indiana. put your hand on the screen. in three, two, one-- tv five. nice. (all murmuring approval)

we got to go. peace out, suckas. good job. all right. thanks for watching. thanks for watching. (laughs) we're getting close. i can feel it. so, now you're psychic. no... just paying attention. ♪ i got a feeling ♪ woo-hoo ♪ that tonight's gonna be a good, good night... ♪ i hope i haven't missed all the fun stuff. you want to find something, you follow it. that's what an experienced special agent does. given enough start-up capital, i could be batman. you could be batman? sure-- (gruffly): i'm batman-- see? if i was his dad, i would have dropped him off at an orphanage with 20 bucks and a bag of donuts. he was adorable when he was a baby. i'm talking about last week. ♪ tonight's the night ♪ let's live it up... that's my boys. live it up. ♪ i got my money... you're a good friend. don't you forget that. ♪ let's paint the town ♪ we'll shut it down i've been wanting to be on your show in the worst way for the longest time. well, you're on in the worst way, believe me. (laughing) announcer: north carolina is the national champion.

super bowl 44 is coming to cbs. oh, my god. i want to be on the amazing race to show the world that deaf people can do it. i, barack hussein obama... did you ever think you'd see this day? (stopwatch ticking) ♪ let's kick it... never ends, does it? and it never will. ♪ i know we'll have a ball everyone keeps telling me what this job isn't. how you feel right now tells me what it is. ♪ i got a feeling ♪ woo-hoo ♪ that tonight's gonna be a good night ♪ ♪ that tonight's gonna be a good, good night ♪ ♪ woo-hoo.