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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 Wednesday 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.

Meanwhile, ABC announced Monday that it had ordered a season's worth of episodes for nine series next fall, including four freshman series.

The prime-time soap "Dirty Sexy Money," fantasy forensics series "Pushing Daisies," the "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff "Private Practice" and Christina Applegate comedy "Samantha Who?" will be back for a second season.

The other pick-ups aren't a surprise:

• "Desperate Housewives"

• "Lost"

• "Grey's Anatomy"

• "Brothers & Sisters"

• "Ugly Betty"

The rest of ABC's fall schedule will be unveiled in the next few months.