Fall TV season: CBS brings back 'Two and a Half Men' and adds a few surprises

Three new dramas and two new comedies are up for the CBS fall slate, including the crime drama "Person of Interest" in the key 9 p.m. Thursday slot and the female-buddy sitcom "2 Broke Girls" leading in to "The New Two and a half Men" on Mondays.

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will move from Thursday to 10 p.m. Wednesday. "The Good Wife" moves from Tuesday to Sunday, where it will take on ABC's "Desperate Housewives.

Jon Cryer, Ashton Kucher and Angus Jones
The new cast of Two and a half Men

CBS will attempt to start a comedy block on Saturday nights by moving "Rules of Engagement" to the 8 p.m. slot.  It's also saving "Undercover Boss" for midseason, though its reality staples "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race" will continue uninterrupted.

Of course, all of this was overshadowed by the return of "Two and a Half Men," TV's No. 1 comedy.

"We've had a little drama in our lives," CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves told reporters with deliberate understatement at a breakfast meeting Wednesday morning. "I've been chased from every restaurant in Los Angeles the past two months, avoiding questions."

Executives provided no new details about how "Men" will be reconfigured to accomodate the casting change. "All that is going to be revealed at a later date," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler told reporters.