CBS News said Monday that the series, in primetime since 1988, will be repackaged as a syndicated strip weekdays this fall with contributors Jericka Duncan and Jonathan Vigliotti anchoring the episodes. All cases that will air have been updated to include new information.
CBS on Tuesday afternoon announced renewals for NCIS (aka broadcast’s most-watched drama), CSI: Vegas, The Amazing Race and six other series. The other programs that got the nod to return for the 2023-24 TV season are 60 Minutes (TV’s most-watched news program), the sophomore procedural NCIS: Hawa’ii, Survivor, Tough as Nails, Lingo and the true crime docuseries 48 Hours.
The returning dramas are Bull, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, MacGyver, SEAL Team and SWAT, while the news programs are 48 Hours and 60 Minutes.
Exclusives
NEW YORK (AP) — The CBS News crime franchise “48 Hours” this week launches a series of episodes on cold cases that’s aimed at satisfying an increased appetite among viewers […]
CBS said Wednesday it is going ahead and insists that its 48 Hours episode Saturday on the case of former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is balanced. Beresford-Redman is on trial for murder in the 2010 death of his wife, Monica Beresford-Redman, while the California couple was vacationing in Cancun, Mexico, with their two children. Her naked body was found in the sewer of the resort where they were staying.
This Saturday’s 48 Hours focuses on the 2012 murder of Weight Watchers executive Danielle Thomas by her live-in boyfriend, lawyer Jason Bohn, in New York. During Bohn’s trial, it was revealed that Thomas’ phone recorded a four-minute message that includes her screams and pleas for her life.
The news divisions of the big three broadcasters dominated prime time Saturday night. 20/20 at 10pmET/PT was the night’s No. 1 show drawing 5.51 million viewers, and a 1.1 A18-49 rating, more than doubling CBS’s 48 Hours in the time period in viewers and in the demo.
Programs on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela will take their place in ABC and CBS’ primetime lineups this weekend, but there won’t be any changes to their schedules, they will air on 20/20 and 48 Hours, respectively.
