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According to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS is thisclose to a major commitment to two of their hit comedies, Two and a Half Men, and The Big Bang Theory.

The shows are looking at multi-season deals - Men for 3 years and Big Bang for 2 years.

Both shows are produced by Warner Bros. and co-created by Chuck Lorre. The Big Bang Theory currently airs at 8 p.m. on Mondays and has kept setting new series-high numbers in the ratings this season.  Two and a Half Men airs at 9 p.m. and routinely wins it’s timeslot. 

There has been some discussion about making a switcheroo after a schedule change was made for one night, putting Big Bang on after Men.  Big Bang managed to retain an extremely large amount of the Two and a Half Men viewers in the 9:30 p.m. slot, something other comedies haven’t always been able to do.

To date, these are the pilots on tap for the 2009-10 season at CBS.

Dramas

House Rules
Team: Michael Seitzman, Mark Gordon, Deborah Spera
Follows the freshman class of congressmen/women as they begin their careers in Washington, D.C.

Back
Team: Dean Widenmann, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron 
A man returns home only to discover he had been reported missing eight years earlier, following 9/11. He must learn how to reconnect with his family and a world that moved on without him.

U.S. Attorney project 
Team: Frank Military
Legal ensemble centered around a team of federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan.

Washington Field
Team: Ed Bernero, Jim Clemente, Tim Clemente
Set in the elite Washington Field office of the FBI that protects national interests, this team of agents with exceptional and diverse skills is called together for only the most critical cases.

Untitled NCIS spinoff (shoots in February)   
Team: Shane Brennan, Tony Wharmby
Spinoff from the crime procedural

Comedies

The Fish Tank (single-camera)
Team: Cathy Yuspa, Josh Goldsmith
A teenager finds himself living the dream when his parents give him the house to himself five days a week.

Untitled Mitch Hurwitz (hybrid, pilot + five scripts)
Team: Mitch Hurwitz (W), Jim Vallely (w), Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum
Starring: Jason Biggs

Tick Tock (cast-contingent)
Team: Bill Kunstler
Centers on an unconventional single mom in her 30s who decides to focus all of her energy on finding love.

At Last (cast-contingent)
Team: Shana Goldberg-Meehan
Multi-camera comedy about Lucy and James, in their mid-30s, decide to get married but realize they have a lot of baggage, friends, ex-lovers, etc.

The Karenskys
Linwood Boomer, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun
Multi-camera comedy a woman who returns to her hometown when her husband’s job.

There are sure to be more announced very soon. I’ll update this post as more information comes available.

Via The Pilot Log