From one set of friends to another. CBS will premiere new ensemble comedy Friends With Better Lives behind the series finale of How I Met Your Mother on March 31. Starting the following Monday, Friends With Better Lives will move to its regular Monday 8:30 PM slot, following a Big Bang Theory rerun until 2 Broke Girls takes over the 8 PM anchor position vacated by HIMYM on April 14. HIMYM will end its nine-season run with an hourlong finale almost two months before the end of the season, an unusually early exit for a series of this caliber, but CBS certainly needs the real estate. As previously announced, midseason CBS drama Intelligence will debut in the Monday 10 PM slot on January 13 after a preview behind NCIS on January 7. Here is CBS’ Monday schedule for March 31, April 7 and April 14:
MONDAY, MARCH 31
8-9 PM – HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (One-Hour Series Finale)
9-9:30 PM – FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (Special Premiere)
9:30-10 PM – MOM
10-11 PM – INTELLIGENCE
MONDAY, APRIL 7
8-8:30 PM – THE BIG BANG THEORY (R)
8:30-9 PM – FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (Time Period Premiere)
9:00 PM – NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
MONDAYS, BEGINNING APRIL 14
8-8:30 PM – 2 BROKE GIRLS (New Time Period)
8:30-9 PM – FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES
9-9:30 PM – MIKE & MOLLY
9:30-10 PM – MOM
10-11 PM – INTELLIGENCE
