CBS, America's most watched network, will officially open the 2011-2012 season on Monday, September 19, highlighted by the special series debut of its new comedy, "2 Broke Girls," which premieres at a special time behind the season premiere of "Two and a Half Men."

CBS will once again launch the majority of its new and returning programming during premiere week (September 19-25). "Survivor" premieres one week earlier (Wednesday, September 14) for the ninth time in the past 10 seasons, and the comedies "Mike & Molly" (Monday, September 26) and "How to Be a Gentleman" (Thursday, September 29) will debut one week later.



The new drama, "Person of Interest," opens Thursday, September 22 preceded by back-to-back episodes of "The Big Bang Theory." "Unforgettable" premieres Tuesday, September 20 and "A Gifted Man" on Friday, September 23.

"Our playbook is pretty consistent: wherever and whenever possible we use established successful series to introduce new shows," said Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President, CBS Primetime. "We've also asked a couple of our strongest series to work overtime during premiere week in order to support the new series and bolster our performance."

CBS's 2011-2012 Premiere Dates

Wednesday, September 14

8:00-9:00 PM - "Survivor: South Pacific" (23rd edition premiere)

Monday, September 19

8:00-8:30 PM - "How I Met Your Mother" (season 7 premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM - "How I Met Your Mother" (S)
9:00-9:30 PM - "Two and a Half Men" (season 9 premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM - "2 Broke Girls" (series premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM - "Hawaii Five-0" (season 2 premiere)

Tuesday, September 20

8:00-9:00 PM - "NCIS" (season 9 premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM - "NCIS: Los Angeles" (season 3 premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM - "Unforgettable" (series premiere)

Wednesday, September 21

9:00-10:00 PM - "Criminal Minds" (season 7 premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM - "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (season 12 premiere)

Thursday, September 22

8:00-8:30 PM - "The Big Bang Theory" (season 5 premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM - "The Big Bang Theory" (S)
9:00-10:00 PM - "Person of Interest" (series premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM - "The Mentalist" (season 4 premiere)

Friday, September 23

8:00-9:00 PM - "A Gifted Man" (series premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM - "CSI: NY" (season 8 premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM - "Blue Bloods" (season 2 premiere)

Saturday, September 24

8:00-8:30 PM - "Rules of Engagement" (season 6 premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM - ComedyTime Saturday
9:00-10:00 PM - CrimeTime Saturday
10:00-11:00 PM - "48 Hours Mystery" (season premiere)

Sunday, September 25

7:00-8:00 PM - "60 Minutes" (season 44 premiere)
8:00-9:00 PM - "The Amazing Race" (seasn 19 premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM - "The Good Wife" (season 3 premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM - "CSI: Miami" (season 10 premiere)

Monday, September 26

8:30-9:00 PM - "2 Broke Girls" (time period premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM - "Mike & Molly" (season 2 premiere)

Thursday, September 29

8:30-9:00 PM - "How to Be a Gentleman" (series premiere)