• The Hollywood Reporter, Monday, January 7, 2008 11:15 AM

The CW is rejiggering its schedule, putting a Monday comedy block back on Sundays and dramas "Gossip Girl" and "Reaper" on new nights. Further, reality show "Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious" is set to debut Feb. 18, while "Beauty and the Geek" comes out on March 11, leading into "One Tree Hill" on Tuesdays.

"We are really trying to take advantage of admittedly a very changed schedule now because of the strike," says Kelly Kahl, senior executive vice president of program operations at CBS, who oversees scheduling for both CW and CBS. "With the strike, we have an interesting opportunity to experiment, and with the nice stability from our reality shows, we can get a look at how some of these (scripted) shows do in other time periods."

Starting Feb. 10, the Monday comedy block that includes "Everybody Hates Chris," "Aliens in America," and "Girlfriends" and "The Game" will move to Sundays. "Our Sunday schedule has not been setting the world on fire," Kahl says. "The comedies have very loyal audiences, and we're going to give them a chance to thrive somewhere else."

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