CBS announces which shows are coming back and when

God bless helpful network publicists. As we're all running around trying to figure out which scripted shows will be back this spring, when they'll be back, and how many episodes they'll be making, CBS put out a press release announcing exactly that for all their shows. For those who don't want to follow the link, I'll try to reprint the whole thing (the original press release involves columns and tables, so the formatting won't be the same here) after the jump. The major news from this blog's perspective is that "How I Met Your Mother" will be making nine more episodes. Nice.

SERIES
ANTICIPATED RETURN
EXPECTED # OF NEW EPISODES

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
March 17
9

THE BIG BANG THEORY
March 17
9

TWO AND A HALF MEN
March 17
9

CSI: MIAMI
March 24
8

COLD CASE
March 30
5

CRIMINAL MINDS
April 2
7

CSI: NY
April 2
7

CSI
April 3
6

WITHOUT A TRACE
April 3
6

GHOST WHISPERER
April 4
6

NUMB3RS
April 4
6

NCIS
April 8
7

MOONLIGHT
April 11
4

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
April 14
6

SHARK
TBA
4

* THE UNIT, CANE and SHARK are on previously announced hiatus to accommodate the mid-season launches of BIG BROTHER, JERICHO and DEXTER.

**The drama series SWINGTOWN, which hasn't been scheduled yet, will also resume production.