Day: September 7, 2023

Week’s top-10 for Sept. 11: games, cowboys and some serious history

1) “Yellowstone opener,” 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, CBS. Five years ago, a wobbly cable channel, formerly The Nashville Network and Spike, became the Paramount Network. Most of its shows failed, with a splendid exception. Written and produced by Taylor Sheridan and starring Kevin Costner (shown here), it’s a modern western, with taut dialog and strong characters. Ratings soared; now CBS (also owned by Paramount) will rerun the entire series, from the start. Read more…

Best-bets for Sept. 9: Football fills five broadcast networks

1) College football. For the first time ever, there are primetime games on all five of the top commercial, broadcast networks. We expect that from ABC (which has Wisconsin,shown here, and Washington State at 7:30 p.m. ET), CBS (UCLA-San Diego State, 7:30) and Fox (Oregon-Texas Tech, 7). But now NBC, no longer confined to Notre Dame, has Charlotte-Maryland at 7:30. And CW carries Atlantic Coast Conference games; at 6:30, it has Cincinnati-Pittsburgh. Read more…