CBS moves 'Gentleman' to Saturdays

CBS will replace fighting Thursday comedy "How to be 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 not successful to keep onto its Thursday 8 p.m. lead-in, "Large Bang Theory." "Gentleman" will go to Saturday on March. 15. "Gentleman" essentially signaled its departure within the plum slot when Thursday's episode sank to 7.8 million total audiences, a precipitous plunge within the 13.6 000 0000 who up-to-date in "Theory." Although not the cancellation some may have expected after two woeful ratings performances so far, moving "Gentleman" might be the very first rejiggering CBS is doing towards the fall schedule, which has otherwise seen some impressive starts from "2 Broke Women" and "Memorable." Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com