CBS shows ('CSI,' sitcoms) announce return dates

CBS has set return dates for 14 prime-time series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men.

The network set the dates as Hollywood writers returned to work today after a three-month strike.

How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory will return March 17. Producers will make nine new episodes before the season ends.

CSI: Miami and Cold Case will return in late March. Others are set for early April returns, including CSI on April 3.

AP