Starting next week, Life in Pieces will move to Thursday nights on CBS where it will face new competition from Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes Reborn, and Bones on ABC, NBC, and FOX, respectively. While Life in Pieces will be losing its Monday night slot, it will not be losing its lead-in. The Big Bang Theory will also move back to its regular Thursday night slot following the conclusion of Thursday Night Football.
While Life in Pieces was taking a break this week, the Monday night timeslot was taken over by Supergirl, which aired its first episode after a new episode of The Big Bang Theory. Supergirl put the lead-in to better use, pulling in almost 13 million viewers and an 18-49 rating of 3.1. Supergirl is also boasting more impressive reviews than its predecessor, with a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 52 reviews.
Still, Life in Pieces is doing fairly well compared to its competition. CBS doesn’t seem too worried about Life in Pieces losing its audience with the timeslot change. They just ordered 9 more episodes of the freshman comedy, bringing the total to a full 22-episode season.