Ratings: CBS’ March Madness Coverage Tops Friday, SmackDown Slips

RELATED STORIES In the latest TV ratings, CBS’ primetime coverage of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament opening day — including No. 11-seeded Syracuse’s besting of No. 6 San Diego State — averaged 3.4 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, a far cry from what the comparable night drew two years and one pandemic-related […]

Clarice: Grade the Premiere of CBS’ Silence of the Lambs Sequel

RELATED STORIES The aftermath of the Buffalo Bill fiasco is about to be revealed. Clarice, CBS’ Silence of the Lambs sequel series, premiered Thursday, taking stock of FBI Agent Clarice Starling’s life one year after the events of the Oscar-winning Jonathan Demme film. While her life has been a hellacious cocktail comprised of one part media circus […]

CBS’ Equalizer: Grade Queen Latifah’s Debut as the Ass-Kicking Mom We Need

RELATED STORIES Nine minutes. That’s about how long the wait time is for Queen Latifah to start beating down bad guys in CBS’ reboot of The Equalizer. And boy, is it worth the wait. The pilot episode premiered Sunday following the Super Bowl, and stars Latifah as Robyn McCall, a newly retired CIA operative who […]

Clarice: Watch the Full Trailer for CBS’ Silence of the Lambs Sequel Series

RELATED STORIES Hello, Clarice: The first full trailer for CBS’ upcoming Silence of the Lambs sequel series is finally here. The psychological horror series (which premieres Thursday, Feb. 11 at 10/9c) stars Rebecca Breeds (The Originals, Pretty Little Liars) as the titular FBI agent Clarice Starling, and picks up one year after the events of the […]

CBS’ NCIS, Blue Bloods and Others Get Shorter Seasons Amid COVID Delays

More than a half dozen CBS series are set to produce shorter seasons, as the result of COVID-related delays, safety measures and other pandemic-era considerations. As is, CBS’ returning slate won’t begin to hit our screens until Thursday, Nov. 5 (with Young Sheldon, the new comedy B Positive and Mom), since Hollywood had been shut […]

TVLine Items: Silk Superhero Series, CBS’ Funeral Home Drama and More

The Korean-American, Spider-Man-like heroine Silk may lead a live-action Marvel series from Sony Pictures TV, sources tell our sister site Variety. Lauren Moon (Good Trouble, Atypical) is in talks to pen the project, with Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse‘s Phil Lord and Chris Miller exec-producing. While no outlet is officially attached yet, Amazon Prime is in […]

Friday TV Ratings: CBS’ Quarantine Haircut Show Draws Little Buzz

In the latest TV ratings, CBS’ Haircut Night in America — in which stylists walked celebs (and viewers) through the perfect DIY haircut — came out a bit short on the sides, delivering just a 0.4 demo rating to go with a total audience of 3.4 million viewers. This week’s Blue Bloods rerun, meanwhile, copped […]

Midseason Report Card: What Are CBS’ Best and Worst Rated Shows?

RELATED STORIES Now that they have wrapped their fall runs, TVLine is looking at how each network’s shows are stacking up thus far in the 2019-20 TV season — this time eyeing CBS. Listed below is the average DEMO RATING for each CBS series — and this year we are comparing Live+7 numbers (that include […]

CBS’ Love Island Cast (Very) Revealed! Who Is on the Hunt for Their ‘First’?

The cast for CBS’ Stateside adaptation of Love Island, the famously naughty international sensation, has been revealed in every sense of the word. As seen in this photo gallery and also the video above, the “11 sexy singletons” ready to find their perfect matches range in age from 21 to a positively ancient 29. Among […]