CBS knows no limits when it comes to the various forms of geniuses they like to trot out on their various procedural dramas. Eleventh Hour stars Rufus Sewell as Dr. Hood, a quirky brainiac the FBI calls in to solve crazy crimes involving scientific gobblygook.

Not too quirky, mind you, this being CBS and all. If ever a network played it safe, it is CBS. Which is why it is no surprise that Eleventh Hour looks and feels just like all of the other crime dramas. It is dark, somber, and brooding, with just enough light touches sprinkled throughout so you don't want to slit your wrists while watching.

The first episode centered around attempts to clone a multi-millionaire's dead son, which involved lots of trial and error on jars full of fetuses. The next installment was only slightly less revolting by focusing in on pre-teen boys dropping dead inexplicably due to heart attacks. The ending to that great whodunit was so ludicrous I actually started laughing out loud, certainly more so than I did watching CBS' new Jay Mohr comedy.

But the show fits so perfectly into the CBS formula that it almost can't help but end up a success. And Rufus Sewell, who has done great work in projects as varied as John Adams and Dark City, does elevate the material somewhat with his offbeat cadence.

But if you're looking for something even remotely daring or different, look elsewhere. Eleventh Hour is pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be. Seemingly CBS has creating procedural dramas down to a science. And what better way to prove that than with a procedural scientist.