CBS announces 11 renewed shows

On Thursday, as part of a post-strike fiesta in the television world, CBS announced that it would renew 11 of its series for the 2008-09 season.

There were no surprises: All three “CSI” series, “Criminal Minds,” “Cold Case,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “NCIS,” “Numb3rs,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Without a Trace” and “The Big Bang Theory” will return.

Fans of “The Unit,” “Shark,” “Rules of Engagement,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” “Jericho,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Welcome to the Captain” and “Moonlight” will have to wait to find out the fates of their shows. And “Cane” never received a full-season order, so things look bleak for that series.