Upfronts: CBS

Not surprisingly for the most-watched network, there are very few changes in store for next season. It's good to be the king.

GONE - It was a tough year for sitcoms, as Yes, Dear, Still Standing, Courting Alex, and Out of Practice all got cut. Previous drama cancellations Threshold and Love Monkey were also officially put to rest.

MOVED - The most notably changed night is Sunday as CBS will put forward an 8-11 block of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and Without a Trace. This has potential to take some steam out of ABC.

How I Met Your Mother will lead off Monday at 8, which seems a little early (though I assume it'll move to 9 for 2007-08).

While it's not a move, it was interesting that New Adventures of Old Christine and The Unit made the new schedule. Maybe mid-season really is TV's second-best season.

NEW - Three dramas and one sitcom will debut in the fall:

The Class is the sitcom, about a group of twentysomethings who haven't seen each other since third grade and are reuinited at a suprise party. Meh.

Smith, a drama about a gang of high-stakes thieves, will close Tuesday nights. Cast includes Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen. Not sure if this will succeed where Heist did not.

Jericho is the new show Wednesday at 10 pm. A mysterious mushroom appears in a Kansas town (Jericho), and the townspeople fear the apocalypse as they lose contact with the outside world. Fungus is the new aquatic alien, apparently. If you ever wondered what happened to Gerald McRaney and Skeet Ulrich, wonder no more! They'll be here - but for long?

Shark moves into Without a Trace's Thursday spot. It stars James Woods as a high-profile Hollywood defense attorney who switches sides to lead a group of inexperienced prosecutors. Jeri Ryan co-stars, so the Trek crowd may help with ratings. Though I don't think we'll see her in spandex. At least until sweeps.

I'm actually more interested in the two mid-season dramas - Three Pounds, about a brain surgeon who is losing function in his own brain, and Waterfront, starring Joe Pantoliano as the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island who is trying to clean up his crooked ways. You know Buddy Cianci is getting paid for this.

Overall, I'm guessing CBS stays on top. The only day I'd be worried about is Tuesday, but I think they'll be able to keep it together one way or another.