CBS Plans Comedy Pilots & Eyes Cooking Shows As Boss Amy Reisenbach Ignores The Corporate Noise
11.06.2024 - 19:05
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CBS got in early with its 2024/25 schedule and has been stocking up on new shows such as NCIS: Origins, Watson and Sheriff’s Country but isn’t planning on slowing down soon.
Amy Reisenbach, President of CBS Entertainment, said during a Deadline-moderated panel session at the Banff World Media Festival that she was already planning ahead for the 2026-27 broadcast season.
This may include some new comedies and potentially cooking shows as Reisenbach explained her new programming strategy.
“What’s great as we’re talking about 2025-26, in some cases, we’ve even pinpointed places where we want to be developing for 2026-27 already,” she said. “That’s the joy of working at CBS, and with the schedule and the stability that we have on the schedule, we can think that far in advance. We’re crazy if we’re not taking advantage of that.”
Reisenbach, who was promoted in November 2022, opened the panel by saying that she wasn’t able to discuss the impending sale of parent company Paramount. “I can’t comment on anything regarding M&A. It’s very much above my head but what I can say is that it’s obviously incredibly comforting to know that George Cheeks is part of the co-CEO office. It gives us the opportunity at CBS to feel really secure, stable and focused on what we’re doing, which is the business of CBS.”
Similar to what she told Deadline earlier this year in a wide-ranging interview, she said that she still expects to pick up some development rooms and “potentially even a comedy pilot or two”.
This comes as for the first time in its history, CBS didn’t order any pilots from the traditional pilot process. “I like to say that we’re just not being beholden to a certain calendar. But in terms of pilots or going straight-to-series, or