Variety… Paramount chair of TV media George Cheeks is gracious in defeat. CBS won’t end the year as the most-watched broadcast network, but he notes there’s a good reason for that: NBC’s “Legendary February.” “In full transpa…
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Deadline… For the first time in more than a decade, it looks like CBS won’t be taking the broadcast crown for the 2025-26 TV season. While the network can still lay claim to quite a few wins this season, total viewers won’t be one of them as NBC will…
Deadline… CBS addressed the cancellations of its freshman comedy series DMV and its sophomore drama Watson on Wednesday. “In terms of DMV and Watson, we love both those shows. They were a joy to work on. Morris Chestnut is maybe one of the greatest No. 1&#…
Variety… Throughout its entire 54-year history, “The Price Is Right” never aired a live episode — until this fall. CBS revealed Wednesday that it has ordered “The Price Is Right Live,” a one-hour special set to air during the holiday sea…
Deadline… For the first time in its 54-year history on CBS, television’s longest-running game show will air live with The Price Is Right Live, a Christmas primetime special. Additionally, there will be another first when the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards…
Deadline… After serving as custodian of NBC’s late-night for years, George Cheeks, Paramount’s Chair of TV Media who oversees CBS, became the executive who last year canceled CBS’ venerable late-night franchise The Late Show. Cheeks brought up …
Deadline… CBS could add another Los Angeles-based production to its primetime lineup as the network revealed Wednesday that it is in development on a new cop drama starring Matt LeBlanc that, if greenlit, would film locally. That series, titled Flint, would mark…
Variety… Paramount TV Media chairman George Cheeks says late night is still a work in progress at the network. The Eye did a one-year deal with Byron Allen to air his “Comics Unleashed” at 11:35 p.m. as a time buy, allowing the network “to go …
Deadline… CBS is introducing a fall schedule with only two half-hour comedies. It is believed to be an all-time low for the network. The lineup also includes four franchise blocks: FBI on Mondays, NCIS on Tuesdays, Fire Country on Friday and, with an asterisk, a…
Deadline… As part of CBS’ long-term development strategy, the network has announced a development room for Flint, a new drama starring and executive produced by Matt LeBlanc. Two other projects, forensic drama I Know Who You Are and comedy Hilda! In Lights…