CBS moves 'Gentleman' to Saturdays

CBS will replace battling Thursday comedy "How To become a Gentleman" with "Rules of Engagement." By March. 20, the veteran half-hour starring David Spade will trade its Saturday 8 p.m. time slot with rookie "Gentleman," which unsuccessful to hold onto its Thursday 8 p.m. lead-in, "Large Bang Theory." "Gentleman" will proceed to Saturday on March. 15. "Gentleman" basically signaled its departure in the plum slot when Thursday's episode sank to 7.8 million total audiences, a precipitous plunge in the 13.six million who updated in "Theory." Whilst not the cancellation some might have expected after two woeful rankings performances up to now, moving "Gentleman" may be the first rejiggering CBS has been doing to the fall schedule, that has otherwise seen some impressive begins from "2 Broke Women" and "Memorable." Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com