CBS Has New Eye on Reaching Audiences Who Don’t Watch Its Programs on Regular TV

In 2016, Stephen Colbert brought his late-night comedy to CBS' sister network Showtime for a live election-night special that featured Colbert, his guests and a live studio audience in New York responding in real time to an outcome that neither Colbert's team, nor the majority of polls, had predicted. Now, four years later, Colbert is returning to Showtime for yet another live, election-night special.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWarnerMedia wants to take another swing at celebrity golf.The AT&T-owned media operation unveiled plans Monday for another of its golf telecasts featuring two celebrity teams squaring off against one another. The new foursome will feature Phil Mickelson and Charles Barkley taking on Stephen Curry and Peyton Manning.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHGTV, known for dozens of programs that focus on home makeovers, is doing some remodeling work on a non-traditional structure: its programming lineup.The next spate of series from the cable network – one of the biggest properties in the stable of parent company Discovery –  will add new elements to the outlet’s usual spate of fix-it shows and flip-your-house programs, including soapy storylines and a new recognition of the nation’s fragile economic state.In  one

CBS News has unveiled its 2020 election night plans, with network coverage originating from ViacomCBS' corporate headquarters in Times Square. It will be the first time that the network's election coverage will originate from Times Square, in the past it has originated from the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th street in New York, and the network's Washington D.C.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe election coverage will be from CBS News.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski CBS has set the first airdates for scripted series from its regular fall lineup.

 Mindy Kaling  secretly welcomed her second child last month. The Office alum announced the exciting news Thursday during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe first look at the trailer and key art for the CBS All Access limited-event series The Stand was unveiled today at the virtual New York Comic Con.A panel devoted to the series brought together cast members Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden, Greg Kinnear, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, Amber Heard, and Owen Teague, as well as executive producers Benjamin Cavell and Taylor Elmore.The nine-episode limited-event series premieres Thursday, Dec.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPaula Reid has, for the moment, moved from the White House to her house.The CBS News White House correspondent is still working her job full-time.

Kamala Harris and Mike Pence engaged in their sole vice presidential debate of the 2020 election, you almost definitely saw the many, many memes about the uninvited guest that paid Pence's head a visit.

Vice President Mike Pence is the topic of a lot of discussion right now over things that happened during the VP Debate and lots of people are talking about his eyes.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGet ready for more books from the anchors at Fox News Channel and its related businesses.Fox News Media said it struck a three-book deal with Harper Collins Publishers that will feature titles from the media unit’s various on-air personalities. Both Fox News and HarperCollins are controlled by the Murdoch family, the former as part of Fox Corporation and the latter under the family’s other business, News Corporation.

There was a time when “Saturday Night Live” was one of NYC’s hottest tickets, available once a year via lottery or via a day-of-show standby line, where waits of a dozen or more hours weren’t uncommon.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News paid a settlement valued as much as $4 million to an assistant to former “The Five” host Kimberly Guilfoyle – now a senior member of President Donald’s Trump’s re-election campaign – after that staffer detailed allegations of harassment in a draft complaint, according to a report in The New Yorker.The report, citing “two well-informed sources,” said Fox News paid the female assistant the money in exchange for keeping the matter from going to trial.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News is looking for a new executive producer for its A.M. program, “CBS This Morning,” after executive producer Diana Miller decided to leave the program for personal reasons.“The show will continue to be led by Claudia Milne and Jon Tower, who have been doing a fantastic job, while we look for a successor,” said CBS News President Susan Zirinsky, in a statement.

Chris Willman Music WriterCountry-pop star Maren Morris has taken a strong stand with a surprise release that she calls a “protest song,” “Better Than We Found It.” An accompanying video, also dropped late Thursday night. addresses the issues of immigration and police shootings of Black men, as they’ve unfolded in Nashville.“I wanted to write something to address exactly how I feel right now, and this came together pretty quickly,” Morris said in a statement.

Hulu! The Seth Rogen co-written coming-of-age comedy arrives to the streaming service on Oct. 1, along with a ton of other movies and TV shows, including ,  and more.Halloween fan? Hulu has you covered in October, with titles like , complete seasons of and more headed to the platform.Check out everything coming out on Hulu in October below, in addition to when they're hitting the service.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorShepard Smith brings a lot to CNBC, including a sterling reputation for chasing facts. But he wasn’t able in his first night on air to catch the audience he enjoyed at his former employer, Fox News Channel.Smith’s new 7 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal tried to harness two Fox News anchors in the recent past and failed. Now the company no doubt hopes the third time’s the charm.The company’s CNBC on Wednesday evening launched former Fox News daytime anchor Shepard Smith in a new 7 p.m.

first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. In addition to celebrities reacting on social media to the widely panned shouting match between the two candidates, many late night hosts also gave their live reactions to televised event. Jimmy Fallon addressed his audience with a heavy sigh, saying, «Man what the hell was that? Was that a debate? I am so… what was it? I am so stressed right now.