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With Dave Gone, His Time Slot Cools Off With Crime-Drama Repeats

What’s replacing “Letterman” on CBS?

Bet you didn’t know this, but it’s not Stephen Colbert -- it’s “The Mentalist”!

That’s right -- no sooner had David Letterman closed up shop on CBS Wednesday night than a rerun of “The Mentalist” took up his time slot the very next night. And …

3 comments about "With Dave Gone, His Time Slot Cools Off With Crime-Drama Repeats".
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  1. Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston, May 22, 2015 at 11:51 a.m.

    Maybe CBS just wants to cleanse the palate.

  2. Robert Bargar from Bargar & Associates, May 22, 2015 at 9:38 p.m.

    I was shocked and astonished when I learned of this plan.  It is perhaps the single most boneheaded programming decision of this century (alright, maybe the Leno/Conan fiasco was worse, but not by much).  How stupid and/or cheap could Les Moonves possibly be?

  3. Robert Bargar from Bargar & Associates, May 22, 2015 at 9:44 p.m.

    And I forgot to mention that this will virtually trash any traction that James Corden has managed to establish in his time slot so far!  What a sad joke this is!!!

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