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It looks like the cops of “Southland” will be back on the mean streets of L.A. in the fall.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has picked up the midseason drama for 13 episodes, likely for the network’s fall lineup.

The show is expected to move from its 10 p.m. Thursday timeslot to 9 p.m. – thought not necessarily on Thursday – in order to make room for “The Jay Leno Show,” which is slated to air at 10 p.m. from Monday to Friday.

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CBS has announced multi-season pickups for their juggernaut sitcoms “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory.”

“Two and a Half Men,” the most-watched comedy on TV, has been renewed for another three years, ensuring it will remain on air through 2012.

Now in its sixth season, the series stars Charlie Sheen as a carefree womanizer whose hedonistic lifestyle is interrupted when his straitlaced brother and young nephew move in with him.

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