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Midseason is the new fall. As Hollywood and the broader industry continue to recover from the debilitating dual actors and writers strikes, the 2024 television landscape is coming into focus. All of the broadcast networks have set return dates for most of their shows, but there’s no usual Premiere…

CBS will pay tribute to late comedian Bob Newhart with Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter special set to air on the network on Monday, July 22 at 8 pm ET/PT and streaming on Paramount+. Hosted by Entertainment Tonight's Nischelle Turner, the one-hour tribute takes a look back at Newhart’s 70-year…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Koa is stepping down as EVP Comedy Development for CBS after three years. He will not be replaced, but that is not a sign that CBS, which has deep comedy traditions, is pulling away from the genre. As Deadline reported in January, CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach and current…

Julie Chen’s Big Brother motto is to “expect the unexpected,” and the show is teasing changes to nominations and evictions amid scheduling changes to the two-night premiere. Season 26 of the reality competition started on Wednesday, July 17 as part of a two-night premiere that saw the first eight…

EXCLUSIVE: Niko Pepaj will kick off Season 8 of CBS’ S.W.A.T. on October 18 with a promotion. Returning as Officer Miguel Alfaro, Pepaj has been upgraded to a series regular fulfilling his character’s wish to be a permanent member of 20 Squad. Additionally, the new season will welcome Annie Ilonzeh…

EXCLUSIVE: God Friended Me creators Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are returning to CBS, teaming with the former The Neighborhood writer-producer Laura Moran, James Wan’s Atomic Monster and CBS Studios for Area 51. The half-hour workplace comedy, now in development, is single-camera, indicating…

Big Brother has revealed the cast for Season 26, and it includes a twist for the initial houseguests. As BB AI takes over, the 16 houseguests will be greeted with unprecedented power: they will be able to vote for a 17th houseguest. This season's houseguests include a celebrity chef, a former undercover cop, an event…

Following the shooting at Donald Trump‘s Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, news networks are continuing round-the-clock coverage. ABC, CBS and NBC have announced special primetime news coverage of the shooting on Sunday night, which is expected to feature a live address from President Joe Biden at 8pm…

Multiple news networks are preparing special coverage following the shooting at Donald Trump‘s campaign rally on Saturday in Pennsylvania. CBS and NBC will go live on Sunday morning with reporting of the incident, during which shots rang out while Trump was speaking onstage and Secret Service…

What started out as a fun accessory now represents so much more for the title character on Elsbeth. While talking with reporters Saturday at the Television Critics Tour, Carrie Preston explained why her quirky character Elsbeth Tascioni carries not one, but three bags at any one time on her CBS…

New CBS comedy Poppa's House, which stars Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., is shifting its focus to make it more of a family show. Wayans plays a legendary talk radio host in the series, which premieres on October 21 at 8:30pm, but will now become a podcaster to allow the comedy to more centered at…

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage — the title of the Young Sheldon spinoff at CBS — may suggest a level of pessimism about the story but that’s the point of the new multi-camera sitcom launching in October, explains Executive Producer Chuck Lorre. “Georgie is 19. He dropped out of high school. How…