You have a writers strike, you get Raquel Welch and “Big Brother.”
So there, writers!
CBS just announced its January-February 2008 lineup, and it includes a lot of reality, plus a couple of scripted-series returns and one new comedy.
Welch is in the last category, in “The Captain” (debuting Monday, Jan. 28 at 8:30 p.m.), “a comedy about a wildly eclectic group of people whose lives are intertwined through the place they all call home, a fabled Hollywood apartment building.” She’s joined by Chris Klein, Jeffrey Tambor, Joanna Garcia and other ensemble members. Also back that same night (at 9:30) is Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine.”
“Jericho” – the canceled show saved by “nutty” fans – returns Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 10 p.m. (A bit too late at night, if you ask us.)
Summer stalwart “Big Brother” fills some winter primetime starting Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 9 p.m., also thereafter airing Wednesday and Sunday night at 8. “Survivor” starts its 16th competition Thursday, Feb. 7 at 8 p.m.
Drew Carey overload officially hits the tube Wednesday, Jan. 2, when his nighttime polling game “Power of 10” returns. And CBS airs new outings of “48 Hours Mystery” on Tuesdays, Jan. 22 and 29, at 10 p.m.
Everything else stays where it’s already airing, no further shuffling.
[Above: "Jericho" actors Lennie James and Skeet Ulrich in CBS photo.]