'Yellowstone,' U.K. 'Ghosts' to Shore Up CBS as Network Remakes Fall Schedule

Live Feed The network is jettisoning a previously announced lineup as labor strikes shut down many productions. Kevin Costner in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ Paramount Network Logo text CBS is tearing up its fall schedule. The network has set a new lineup for fall that acknowledges the actors and writers strikes and relies on a mix of unscripted shows, acquired scripted series — including Yellowstone and the British version of Ghosts — and news programming. CBS had previously announced a business-as-usual fall slate ahead of May’s upfronts, despite the fact that writers had already gone on strike against studios and streamers in seeking a new contract. All that remains of that earlier schedule are expanded, 90-minute episodes of Survivor and The Amazing Race on Wednesday nights and long-running newsmagazines 48 Hours and 60 Minutes in their usual weekend spots. In addition to Paramount Network’s Yellowstone and the U.K. Ghosts, CBS will import SEAL Team — which was formerly a CBS show — and docuseries FBI True from Paramount+ and has added three original unscripted shows: Buddy Games, Lotería Loca and Raid the Cage. Primetime editions of The Price Is Right and Let’s Make a Deal will also help fill out the slate, and
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