With the addition of the NFL on Thursday night our schedule is pretty darn tight,” the CBS chief told the Deutsche Bank Annual Media, Internet & Telecom Conference this morning. Les Moonves says he’s considering 18 pilots this year, including spinoffs of NCIS and CSI, vs about 22 last year. And “you only need 4 winners” so “you’d better be damn good or you’re not going to get on.” He acknowledged that his network’s Monday night shows have been “slightly disappointing…NBC did well with The Voice.” As a result, people should “not be surprised to see Big Bang Theory on Monday nights” in the first six weeks of the season — overlapping the eight week period when CBS will have NFL games on Thursday nights — as well as “a returning successful show or a new show” at 10:00.
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