CBS summer 2023

“Tough” fills part of CBS’ summer void

After seeming to abandon the first two months of summer, CBS has shifted slightly:
Beginning July 2, it will air the new season of “Tough as Nails” (shown here) at 8 p.m. Sundays and Fridays.
That Friday slot was once slated for a new reality show, “Superfan,” starting June 9. Then – with the possibility of a writers’ strike delaying the new season – CBS changed its plan: Its four summertime reality shows would wait until July 28, Aug. 2, Aug. 9 and Aug. 10, and would extend well into the fall.
That left the network with two months of reruns, colliding with new reality shows on its competitors. Now “Tough as Nails” will fill some of that void. Read more…

CBS delays summer shows until August

CBS has finally acknowledged (sort of) that the writers strike will disrupt its fall schedule.
The network is starting some of its summer reality shows later than usual. That will nudge them into what would would usually be the start of the new season. The dates are:
— “Big Brother” (shown here with host Julie Chen) starts its 25th season on Aug. 2. Last year, it started four weeks sooner.
— “Superfan” sdebuts a week later, on Aug. 9. It had originally been set for June 9.
— “Secret Celebrity Renovation” starts July 28, but “The Challenge: USA” will wait until Aug. 10. Read more…