I'm sure a lot of people are hating it.

Funny thing is I don't hate it. I don't like it either though. It's bland. It's got no persona. The old layout created by this great group of people like freaksngeeks had gusto.
This is just bleh. There's nothing interesting about it, nothing you can say Wow nice and you'll remember it for a long time.

It's unoriginal, it has no oomph. It's just a little white and that's it.

If that's the way the CBS brass wants the site, fine, but honestly, i don't think the internet needs more unoriginal websites. There's plenty of that already. And frankly, you don't need to announce a new lay out when it is so unoriginal, unimaginative. Just launch it, and be discreet about it. Because, honest, who could be proud of this.

On the other hand, when are the bug people going to add a space and a comma on episodes pages for writers and directors. The new layout was launch in August and apparently they can't repair that small bug.