“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…