CBS Hands Out Renewals

LOS ANGELES: CBS has renewed 18 series for its 2013-14 lineup, for four comedies, nine dramas, three reality series and two newsmagazines.

The comedies returning to the network are The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly and How I Met Your Mother, which will head into its final season. The network previously announced the return of NCIS and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It has now decided to renewal the dramas NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, The Mentalist, Blue Bloods and The Good Wife as well. The Amazing Race, Survivor and Undercover Boss will all receive new seasons, too.