Pick of the Week: The CBS Monday Lineup Returns With a Vengeance

CBS’ Monday lineup has been taking a little break during the Olympics, but this week it comes back with a vengeance.

And that’s why it’s this week’s Pick…

My Pick of the Week is the one-two-three combo of “How I Met Your Mother,” “Two and a Half Men,” “The Big Bang Theory” and “CSI: Miami.”

The night kicks off with Carrie Underwood guest-starring on “Mother.” She plays Ted’s (Josh Radnor) latest flame, Tiffany. And when the gang suspects Tiffany is stringing Ted along, they each flash back to a time when they were in a similar relationship…

Then after the season premiere of “Rules of Engagement,” “Men” takes a major step in the Charlie-Chelsea storyline. When last we left things, Chelsea (Jennifer Taylor) called off her wedding to Charlie (Charlie Sheen) after they had a big blowup over Chelsea’s relationship with Brad (Steven Eckholdt, who also played Mark, the guy who helped break up Ross and Rachel on “Friends”). This week, Charlie makes an ill-advised trip to Las Vegas and does not come back alone. Stacy Keach and John Amos return as Chelsea’s father and Chelsea’s father’s boyfriend…

Then on “The Big Bang Theory,” Penny (Kaley Cuoco) lands Sheldon (Jim Parsons) in traffic court, which makes him miss meeting comics legend Stan Lee, who guests as himself. A guest appearance by Lee is always cool, but you know the highlight of this one is going to be Sheldon dealing with jail.

The night wraps up with a special episode of “Miami” directed by horror movie director, Rob Zombie. In the episode, Horatio and Delko (David Caruso and Adam Rodriguez) travel to LA to investigate a secret from Jesse’s (Eddie Cibrian) past.

“How I Met Your Mother,” “Two and a Half Men,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and “CSI: Miami” air Monday, March 1st beginning at 8 p.m. on CBS…

Photo Credits: Richard Foreman/CBS, Greg Gayne/Warner Bros. & Cliff Lipson/CBS