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CBS announces Super Bowl XLVII coverage plans

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Nantz and Simms to call the action; CBS Sports Network to air 50+ hours of coverage including extended post-game show

CBS Sports culminates its coverage of the 2012-13 NFL season with Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3 (6:30 PM, ET kick-off) from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La., live on CBS (see sidebar for area station links).  Super Bowl XLVII will be the network’s 18th Super Bowl broadcast overall.

CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will call the action, marking the third time in his 28-year CBS Sports broadcasting career that Nantz calls play-by-play for the Super Bowl, and fifth overall for the network.  Nantz called his first Super Bowl in 2007 and hosted the network's Super Bowl pre-game show, The Super Bowl Today, in 2001 and 2004.  Simms provides analysis for his seventh Super Bowl, the fifth for CBS Sports.  Nantz and Simms are joined on the broadcast by NFL on CBS analysts Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots serving as sideline reporters.

CBS Sports’ seven hours of pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII begins with Road to the Super Bowl (10 a.m. CT / 11 ET), followed by New Orleans: Let the Good Times Roll (11 a.m. CT / noon ET), Phil Simms All-Iron Team: Super Bowl Edition (noon CT / 1 ET) and The Super Bowl Today, the network's live pre-game studio show (1-5 p.m. CT / 2-6 ET) with James Brown along with Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe, Bill Cowher, as well as Greg Gumbel and NFL insider Jason La Canfora, reporters Lesley Visser, Tasker and Wilcots.

In addition, CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports, debuts its Super Bowl coverage with more than 50 hours of original programming including first-time ever extended post-game coverage with Super Bowl Live: Post-Game Show, hosted by Brown, Marino, Esiason, Sharpe and Cowher.

Following is a preliminary schedule of pre-game programming on CBS (all times Eastern):

ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL — 10 a.m. CT / 11 a.m. ET
ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL is NFL Films’ annual look back at the greatest sights and sounds of the 2012 NFL season.  Culled by NFL Films producers, the one-hour special features the best of nearly 100 players and coaches wired for sound, focusing on the most exciting moments and the best teams on the journey to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII.  Original orchestral music was once again used in producing the show.  ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL debuted following the 1969 season.
NEW ORLEANS: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL sponsored by PEPSI — 11 a.m. CT / noon ET
CBS Sports celebrates the host city of New Orleans with a special one-hour program hosted by one of the Crescent City’s very own, internationally-acclaimed musician, composer and bandleader, Wynton Marsalis.  The Grammy Award-winning Marsalis takes us to one of the most unique cities in the world introducing the rhythm and soul of the Big Easy through its music, its people, traditions and love of football and the New Orleans Saints as it prepares for the biggest party of the year.
PHIL SIMMS ALL-IRON TEAM: SUPER BOWL EDITION sponsored by GEICO — noon CT / 1 p.m. ET
A true football lovers’ show, CBS Sports’ lead NFL analyst and former N.Y. Giants Super Bowl XXI MVP Phil Simms, and his broadcast partner, Jim Nantz,takes a look at some of the greatest stories in Super Bowl history. He will count down many of his favorite moments, including the top Catches, Blunders, Gambles and Runs in the history of the biggest game in sports. He also will delve deep into the history of the game, and tell the little known stories of the top assistant coaches, most unlikely heroes, players who should have been MVP, and the best teams never to win the Lombardi Trophy.  Some of these great stories will be told by the players and coaches themselves. Bill Belichick, John Elway, Sean Payton, David Tyree, plus an unprecedented reunion for the first time ever of Leon Lett and Don Beebe, who shared in one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl lore, will all be featured. [The All-Iron Trophy is an old fashioned iron emblematic of Simms’ obsession with ironing.  According to his mother, as a child Phil pressed his football and baseball uniforms, and to this day remains committed to creases.] 
THE SUPER BOWL TODAY — 1-5 p.m. CT / 2-6 p.m. ET
Originating live from three separate sites in New Orleans: CBS Super Bowl Park at Jackson Square, Champions Square and the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, James Brown, Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, along with Greg Gumbel, anchor the Network’s pre-game show previewing all the football and excitement leading up to Super Bowl XLVII.   NFL Insider Jason La Canfora, reporters Lesley Visser, along with Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots, also will cover the pre-game activities.
SUPER BOWL ON CBS KICK-OFF SHOW — 5 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. ET
SUPER BOWL XLVII — 5:30 p.m. CT / 6:30 p.m. ET
Immediately following the Toyota Super Bowl Today Post-Game Show, the first-ever extended post-game coverage continues live with the Toyota Super Bowl Today Post-Game Show on CBS Sports Network.
ELEMENTARY — Immediately following post-game telecast on CBS
Following this year's network telecast, CBS will present its new hit show, Elementary, which stars Jonny Lee Miller as eccentric, mischievous detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson, a former surgeon turned sober companion.

Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare – a sobriety coach. Now running free in New York solving crimes, it’s simple deduction that he’s going to need someone to keep him grounded, and it’s elementary that it’s a job for Watson.

Also, Aidan Quinn stars as Capt. Thomas Gregson, who knows from previous experience working with Scotland Yard that Sherlock is brilliant at closing cases, along with Jon Michael Hill, who portrays Det. Marcus Bell, a top-notch investigator who is initially skeptical of Holmes and his unorthodox methods.

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CBS gives full-season orders to Vegas and Elementary

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Shows are #1 and #2 among new network programs for the season

CBS announced Tuesday afternoon that it's ordered "back nine" episodes (which will make full season orders) to television's top two freshman series — Vegas and Elementary.

“Vegas and Elementary have opened strong, delivering big audiences and winning performances in important time periods,” said Nina Tassler, CBS Entertainment's president.  “Each of the shows hasrich characters, big stars and a unique visual style that have stood out in the crowd, helping make two of our strongest nights even stronger.”

Vegas, which stars Randy Quaid and Michael Chiklis, is the #1 new series of the season and ranked sixth overall.  It's a winner in its Tuesday time period in viewers and key demographics and has improved the year-ago time period by 8 percent in viewers.

Elementary, starring Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill, is the #2 new series of the season, ranked ninth overall. Like Vegas, it wins its Thursday slot in the key ratings measures, up 17% in adults 18-49 and 10% in adults 25-54.

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Live from 44 Main: My take on the fall shows from CBS and Fox

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I spent the day at WEVV today taking a look at what's new this fall from CBS and Fox, and this liveblog followed along.  I hope this helps you decide which you like - or dislike - of the two networks' new shows!

FOX
3:15 p.m.:  BEN AND KATE
Hehehe!  I love it!  Here's another Fox comedy winner, just book it.  Nat Faxon's Ben Fox is a goofball with his head firmly in the clouds.  His sister, the ever-steady, ever-organized and prepared-for-anything Kate (played by Dakota Johnson) and her five-year-old daughter Maddie (played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones) are the foils to most of Ben's schemes ... but they love him, despite the wacky misadventures he gets them into. Indeed, maybe Kate will learn a little something from him ... maybe?  The show will air on Tuesday nights between Raising Hope and New Girl at 7:30 CT.  And if you're not watching it, you're missing out.

2:30 p.m.:  THE MOB DOCTOR
What a relief - a good show after the indigestion-inspiring show I watched before this one.  (See below.)  In The Mob Doctor, Jordana Spiro plays Dr. Grace Devlin, a talented young resident at Chicago's Roosevelt Medical Center.  She's a surgeon with a bright future, but because of her brother's gambling debts, she's forced to work for the Mafia on the sly.  And "on the sly" could mean she works anywhere and on anyone involved with the mob.  Watching her juggle both of her worlds is captivating, and it gives Fox a good, solid follow-up drama to Bones on Monday nights.  It'll air at 8 CT.

1:55 p.m.:  THE MINDY PROJECT
Oh, wow. Where do I start?  First off, I wanted to like this one.  Mindy Kaling, actress/writer/producer/comedian best known for her role as Kelly Kapoor on NBC's The Office, finally got her own show.  I wanted to like it, but it didn't take long to decide that it's not something I could ever watch again, not even on a bet.  It'll be canceled fairly soon, if there is justice on this planet.  This show - hell, even the idea for this show - wasn't good enough to pass muster at NBC.  NBC.  Think about that.  That should be your first clue that something's amiss here, folks.  Kaling's character (Surprise! Her name is Mindy!) is a trainwreck, and not in a good way.  She talks too much, drinks too much and is incredibly immature (thus the "Project" in The Mindy Project, I guess).  The show also stars Chris Messina, who most recently had a recurring role on HBO's Six Feet Under.  I conclude this with that because six feet under is where this stinker belongs. Ugh.  However, if you like it, it'll air on Tuesday nights at 8:30 CT.  Let us pray that it doesn't drag its lead-in, the returning New Girl, down with it.

CBS
One thing that's perfectly clear about the crop of CBS' new shows this year is that they've spared no expense, left no stone unturned and brought aboard some real star power to bolster what's already a strong schedule.  In addition to a host of returning favorites this season, four new series - Elementary, Vegas, Made in Jersey and Partners - fit right in and should give CBS a real, solid lead over its competitors.  These shows are that good.

11:25 a.m.:  ELEMENTARY
A modern-day take on Sherlock Holmes, Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes, Lucy Liu as Joan Watson and Aidan Quinn as Capt. Tobias Gregson.  Holmes is fresh out of rehab, and Watson has been hired by Holmes' father as his "sober companion."  The two team their skills - Holmes' ability to deduce damn near anything and Watson's medical expertise - to help the NYPD solve cases most might find impossible.  The pilot's opener was a bit stilted, but as the show went on, it got progressively better.  Call it "quirky."  Quirky keeps you wondering what comes next.  If you're wondering what comes next, you won't change the channel.  It should do well against Rock Center (NBC) and Scandal (ABC) on Thursday nights at 9.

10:40 a.m.:  VEGAS
Ah, the allure of Sin City ... this is at least the third TV show to use Las Vegas' name in the title in my lifetime, and of those three, this one is my favorite.  Inspired by real life, starring Dennis Quaid as cowboy-turned-sheriff Ralph Lamb and Michael Chiklis as mob fixer Vincent Savino, the show is set in the '60s.  Now, I know what you're thinking:  "Didn't we do the '60s thing briefly last year?"  Yeah, we did (on ABC with Pan Am and NBC with The Playboy Club), but unlike those mediocre efforts, this one's actually good.  With Quaid and Chiklis on board, it's a solid alternative on Tuesday nights at 9 CT, where it'll go up against Parenthood (NBC) and Private Practice (ABC).

9:50 a.m.:  MADE IN JERSEY
Janet Montgomery plays Martina Garretti, a new lawyer in a fancy NYC law firm.  She's from New Jersey, and while people don't expect much from her, she's (maybe a little surprisingly) good at what she does.  Using her street smarts, she gets to the bottom of a tough murder case in the pilot I watched - despite some bumps in the road along the way.  Kyle MacLachlan plays her boss, Donovan Stark; Stephanie March plays a snobby, bitchy lawyer in the firm, which, if you're familiar with her former roles, is a bit of a switch.  This one will air Friday nights at 8 p.m. CT against Grimm on NBC; What Would You Do? on ABC; Fringe on Fox and Nikita on The CW.  I like its chances - a lot.  It might face a peripheral challenge from Fringe, but the rest? No contest.

9 a.m.:  PARTNERS
This new show on CBS, which will air on Monday nights at 7:30 p.m. CT, stars Michael Urie (formerly of Ugly Betty) as Louis and David Krumholtz (formerly of NUMB3RS) as Joe.  They're lifelong friends and now business partners, and the interaction is between the two (one's gay, the other straight) is hilarious.  This one looks like another CBS winner.

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