EXCLUSIVE: Veteran writer-producer Robby Hull, who served as co-executive producer on the first season of CBS' drama series God Friended Me, has been promoted to executive producer and co-showrunner for season 2. Hull will serve as co-showrunner alongside God Friended Me creators/executive producers Steven Lilien and…

It’s April, and Deadline is launching its annual Pilot Panic feature, where we track buzz on the broadcast pilots as they go through production and testing. We are late out of the gate this year, but that’s understandable as it’s been an extraordinary time of upheaval in the business, with 13,000 writers on Friday told…

The return of Game of Thrones for its final season was the big-ticket last night, but the comeback of Tiger Woods on Sunday morning at the Masters tournament was truly historic and a rating winner for CBS.

Starting much earlier than usual due to weather concerns, the final round of the Augusta, Georgia-held snagged a…

Former CBS chairman/CEO Leslie Moonves and CBS corporate filed legal briefs Friday in connection with a shareholder lawsuit that accuses CBS, its board and Moonves of failing to disclose information that would affect business operations and stock prices.

The Moonves comments are believed to be his first public statemen…

Triple 7s on a slot machine promises a great payout. Triple 7s on Friday’s ratings will probably have the same multiplier effect for CBS, which again won the demographic wars with its drama-action lineup.

Kicking things off for the eye network was MacGyver, which was up a tick with a solid 0.7/4 and 6.10 million…

CBS has renewed another stalwart crime procedural drama for next season. The network has given a Season 10 pickup to Blue Bloods with star Tom Selleck signing a new one-year deal to return for the 2019-2020 broadcast season. The series, from CBS TV Studios, will celebrate its 200th episode when the show premieres in…

CBS has ordered a 17th season of its flagship drama series NCIS for the 2019-2020 broadcast season. The renewal comes after NCIS star and executive producer Mark Harmon has signed a new agreement with the series’ producer, CBS TV Studios, to continue on the long-running crime procedural.

Mothership NCIS is the first…

UPDATE, 12:52 PM: The final numbers for last night’s historic NCCA tournament win by the University of Virginia over Texas Tech and they are good and not so good for CBS.

Compared to last year’s TBS, TNT and truTV broadcast Michigan and Villanova match-up title game, last night’s NCCA Championship was up 23% in viewers…

UPDATED with video: CBS’ The Talk creator/EP Sara Gilbert announced at the top of Tuesday’s broadcast that she is leaving the daily show at the end of the season.

“This is something I have been struggling with for a while, and going back and forth, but I’ve decided it’s time for me to leave the show,” Gilbert began.

Ne…

The Big Bang Theory is a few of episodes away from its series finale, but don't expect a big explosion to bring finality to the beloved characters on the CBS comedy. Director Mark
Cedrowski teased what fans of the long-running hit CBS sitcom can expect during a panel Sunday at Deadline's The Contenders Emmys.

"I honest…

James Corden took the stage by storm at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys on Sunday, in the energetic style so often enjoyed by viewers of The Late Late Show With James Corden on CBS. As he rushed around the audience demanding that everyone wake up from their post-lunch slump, the power of Corden’s contagious charm was…

No NCAA basketball on CBS this Friday? No problem, said the eye network, which managed to retain its top spot on the evening despite the lack of ratings-boosting hoops contests.

Instead of Duke’s Zion Williamson, CBS has a lineup led by a new MacGyver, which scored a 0.6/4 and 5.64 million total audience, a tick down…