CBS ORDERS A FULL SEASON OF FRESHMAN COMEDY "OUT OF PRACTICE"

"Out of Practice" Is the 2005-2006 Season's Number Two New Comedy In Viewers

New Comedy Has Increased Its Adult 18-49 Ratings In Last Four Original Broadcasts

CBS has given a full season order to its freshman comedy OUT OF PRACTICE.

Starring Stockard Channing, Henry Winkler, Christopher Gorham, Paula Marshall, Ty Burrell and Jennifer Tilly, OUT OF PRACTICE ranks as the season's Number Two most watched new comedy.

OUT OF PRACTICE is averaging 11.97 million viewers, 4.9/10 in adults 25-54 and 3.9/9 in adults 18-49. It has also increased its adult 18-49 ratings in its last four original broadcasts, rising from a 3.6/8 to a 4.4/10.

With the addition of OUT OF PRACTICE, CBS has now given full season orders to four of its six freshmen programs. As previously announced last month, the dramas CRIMINAL MINDS and GHOST WHISPERER and the comedy HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER were also given full season commitments.

OUT OF PRACTICE is produced by Paramount Network Television. Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd are executive producers.