For CBS, that rush beats overdoing the reruns. Sure, they’re blasting NCIS for two full Monday nights, but that’s their big procedural franchise and there’s a point to it as a launchpad for the Sydney version.
It sounds optimistic the SAG strike is nearing an end soon. We’re heading into a holiday period when production would be disrupted under normal circumstances anyway, so realistically it’s still going to take a bit for the shows to actually get back on the air.
They took a swing on that show and it didn’t really work out. People can debate Monday Night Football on ABC, but shows still need to be aired. ABC had it for many years and the other networks had to counter. You aren’t going to beat them, usually. But you need filler (just like Celebrity Jeopardy and Wheel were filler in the 2022-2023 season on Sunday nights against Sunday Night Football).
And…MNF airs live in the west, which means there is not a head to head competition in a significant swath of the country.
