Maybe CBS shouldn’t have ordered those additional three episodes earlier this month of the Stanley Tucci series. CBS has yanked the series from the schedule after airing only three episodes due to damn low ratings, which got lower as each episode aired. There are actually 8 episodes that have been taped, so perhaps the remainder will show up online for fans (really, were there any?) to watch the remaining 5 episodes.

So what do you think the odds are that people skipped the series because they also had no clue what the 3 Lbs stood for? (It actually stands for the weight of the brain).

The Tuesday 10 p.m timeslot that this show appeared in has not done well for CBS this season. Before 3 Lbs got its shot, Ray Liotta’s series Smith also tried and failed to succeed in that same slot. And it is worth noting that Smith also lived on in cyberspace with the remaining unaired episodes available for download online.

The Stanley Tucci led show 3 Lbs (I still don’t get the name) now has a series premiere date. As suspected, the new series will take the slot of the cancelled series Smith, airing Tuesdays at 10pm. The first episode airs November 14th.

The new CBS medical drama, which appears to be a cross of just about every medical drama currently on the air, stars Stanley Tucci, Mark Feuerstein, Indira Varma, Tamara Taylor, & Armando Riesco.

I am still not sure about this one, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if it fares any better than Smith did.

Well, I don’t get the name, unless somebody does lipo or breast implants, but CBS has ordered up four more scripts of their brain surgery medical drama 3 Lbs, even though it is yet to have a premiere date or any airings. But with Smith out of the way, there is at least one spot opening up on the current CBS schedule.

3 Lbs. is a New York City based medical drama surrounding an arrogant, brilliant yet wildly unpredictable surgeon Stanley Tucci, and the brain surgeon who works under him, played by Mark Feuerstein. (See, that whole 3 Lbs. title just doesn’t really make sense).

CBS has ordered three more scripts, bringing it up to a total of ten from the 7 originally ordered.

The series was originally planned for last season, with many different cast members, including Dylan McDermott (yummy!) in the Stanley Tucci role. Current cast members include Indira Varma, Tamara Taylor, Armando Riesco. CBarry Levinson was the previous director with 3 Lbs, but the series is now led by current director is Davis Guggenheim. Very few series survive such a major cast overhaul, even when it is still in the beginning stages, but CBS ordering more scripts is a positive sign.

Word of advice to CBS before the series premiere. Get a new name! 3 Lbs. just doesn’t have it.

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