Talk:List of programs broadcast by CBS

1. Is the correct past tense broadcast or broadcasted?
2. I'd hate to have to keep this up to date between current and canceled. Can we just lump them together? -- Zoe

The point?

What's the point of this page? 50.54.236.164 (talk) 13:35, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

The Saturday Early Show

I found this page orphaned and all alone. It wants to know, can it can have a link here to call its own? --Αλεξ Σ 17:47, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

Why couldn't it? CSI: NY and Miami have they're own links. -- user:zanimum

Rock Star

How to categorize the show Rock Star (TV series)? This show is similar to American Idol, and Idol is categorized as an interactive reality game show. I don't see a section that says that exactly. Can we put Rock Star in multiple sections? Thoughts? --Eric Jack Nash 12:16, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Beauty and the Beast

[[1]] should be listed in the past dramas section, just making sure its not missed by mistake

LadySatine 06:40, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Many mistakes in "Past Shows"

I don't know if it's vandalism or just plain old stupidity, but a quick glance found several shows listed that aired on other channels. The A-Team was a NBC show and Charley's Angels was ABC. Someone needs to go through and check each one, easily done by simply looking at the article for the show which will have links to outside sources not effected by either vandalism or fetal alcohol syndrome. RoyBatty42 01:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

CBS dramas ending/cancelled

CBS dramas canceled after four seasons: The Unit, The District, Early Edition, Picket Fences, Wiseguy, The Equalizer, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, Airwolf

CBS dramas canceled after five seasons: Ghost Whisperer, Jake & The Fatman, Lou Grant, The Incredible Hulk, Cannon, Kojak

CBS dramas canceled after six seasons: Numb3rs, Judging Amy, Nash Bridges, Chicago Hope, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Northern Exposure

CBS dramas canceled after seven seasons: Medium (5 seasons on NBC, 2 seasons on CBS), Cold Case, Without a Trace, Cagney & Lacey, Trapper John, MD, Dukes of Hazard, Mission: Impossible, Medical Center

CBS dramas canceled after eight seasons: Diagnosis Murder, Walker, Texas Ranger, In the Heat of the Night (5 on NBC, 3 on CBS), Simon & Simon, Magnum, P.I., Barnaby Jones, Mannix

CBS dramas canceled after nine seasons: Touched by an Angel, Falcon Crest, The Waltons

CBS dramas canceled after ten or more seasons: CSI: Miami (10), JAG (1 on NBC, 9 on CBS), Murder, She Wrote (12), Knots Landing (14), Dallas (14), Hawaii Five-0 (12), Gunsmoke (20) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.148.253 (talk) 22:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Troubles on Mobile

Guys, the mobile version shows an empty article, with just the title left! Please, fix it. Thank u. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.252.105.120 (talk) 13:28, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Undue weight

Promoting content that has not appeared on the station is WP:UNDUE weight as well as being non encyclopedic and purely promotional in nature and needs to be removed. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:59, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Charts for Saturday morning and other

Could you have someone make the charts for Saturday morning and other for me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.245.106 (talk) 22:39, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

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Move discussion in progress

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FBI shows I Love the fbi series however the background music is way too loud you hear the actors please change this

FBI background music is way too loud 108.4.139.192 (talk) 01:07, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

This a Wikipedia article listing programs broadcast by CBS. This is not a way to contact CBS Studios directly and has no connection with CBS. Nisf (talk) 13:15, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Separate page for previously broadcast programs?

ABC and NBC have separate pages for current and previous programs, this page is incredibly long, can I create a separate page to move the previously broadcasted programs to? GbGkGl (talk) 16:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I support this move. Nisf (talk) 17:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. The page size is too long and former programming should have it's own separate page per WP:SIZESPLIT. Jackthewriterguy12 (talk) 06:05, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Done. Separate page has been created. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 22:12, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Wrong programming

Jan 21,2025 had 3 TV programs I couldn’t tape on Spectrum tv because they were loaded wrong, this person needs to find another job because they’re not very good at this one. First show, first show should have been CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell at 6:30 pm (it was loaded as 10 TV News at 5 ).Second shows, should have been Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune at 7 & 7:30 (it was loaded as To Be Announced) . Third show,should have been 10 TV News at 11 pm ( it was loaded as To Be Announced) . Pretty lazy job!any questions call 7405049832 24.210.136.4 (talk) 00:18, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Adding renewal status if known

What's wrong with adding renewal status if known? Other similar lists (like for Paramount Plus or Showtime) include this information and it's certainly something that would be of interest to people see on first glance on this page) @Nisf newsjunkie (talk) 19:33, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Nisf what is the issue with adding renewal information that is available on other pages? newsjunkie (talk) 18:03, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi there @Newsjunkie, the issue is less the information itself than the format of the page. The pages that you referenced are in a table format with columns with specific information. Putting that information in a bulleted list format in parentheses makes the page hard to read and, quite frankly, a bit sloppy. If you're willing to do the work to reformat the page so that the renewal information is easier to read, I have no objections to that. – Nisf (talk) 20:13, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't have the bandwidth/or formatting experience to do so, but as long as the information is correct I think it could be added as is until somebody is willing to do an overhaul, newsjunkie (talk) 20:38, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Adding it as is so it's visible on the page could also encourage more people to work on such an overhaul if they agree it is a visual improvement. newsjunkie (talk) 20:41, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

If you’re okay with it, I can reformat this and the other programming articles (ABC, Fox, NBC, FXX) to table formats. I check The Futon Critic daily, so I should be able to update the articles accordingly. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 16:20, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

The conversion to table is done. I think the majority of us agree that the (reported in [Month, Year]) section and bubble status is unnecessary. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 15:58, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

So far the in development shows are not in a table. If they were in a table also, I think an added column with some kind of indicator about the year it was announced/status indicator when there was last any reference to it could be valuable. Then for example one could sort the in development programs by year announced, most recent to oldest. It could also help keep track of when it might be necessary to remove them based on the unofficial (?) 3 year guideline. A lot of people don't follow the industry that closely and so if they see "in development" they might just assume that all the shows currently listed there are likely to be picked up when that is not true the longer it's been. Especially on mobile, a lot of people are not going to be able to check references as easily. And if it's just a column as part of the design it's just part of the design. newsjunkie (talk) 16:08, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

We don't think that's necessary. None of the other articles have the In Development shows as a table. The majority of Wikipedians can actually check references pretty easily with a simple click/tap. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 16:11, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Actually, this one does have in development in a table (only two columns, but one could add a third with the year): List of Paramount+ original programming. Yes one can check references, but that doesn't let you sort them as I mentioned so one could see easily what was most recently announced. And a lot of users who come to Wikipedia for the first time or only occasionally may be less knowledgeable about checking references (and the TV industry altogether.) newsjunkie (talk) 16:16, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Many people actually learn very easily how to check references. And you are right about other articles, oopsies. However, they only contain the title (with references) and genre columns though. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 16:20, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Just because another article doesn't have it doesn't mean it would be helpful to add it here (or there), especially since a lot of the tables have more columns and information. Checking the references presumes somebody is very familiar with wikipedia and comes frequently. But there may be users who just come to this page for the first time and are only curious about upcoming shows on CBS and they see this list and just assume that all those are for sure going to come to channel next season, making the year a little more prominent is one way of communicating the likelihood that some some of these shows are going to be picked or not if they were mentioned once 2 years ago and then no updates since then. newsjunkie (talk) 16:34, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Like I said, even with first timers, references are pretty easy to locate. Also, on The Equalizer, the pending status is unnecessary until the current season concludes. It would make since after it concluded, but with a few episodes left? NacreousPuma855 (talk) 16:39, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

And I think in the case of The Equalizer it makes sense to add the pending information, since we know for sure the decision is coming within the next days/weeks. With streaming shows it might make sense to wait until the season has ended because there is less of a set timeline for any renewal to happen, with the network shows I think it is helpful to add pending information once there is verified reporting on is since the timeline for decision-making is pretty clear. newsjunkie (talk) 16:39, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

It will make sense once the current season concludes. Also we had dual strikes 2 years ago that affected the broadcast networks decisions, so not every decision can be fast. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 16:43, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Again yes the references are easy to locate especially for knowledgeable users , but if we added as a year in a table for example, you could sort it by year of announcement which one can't do now and everyone can see it at first glance both new and more experienced users (and it's a reminder to maybe remove shows at the 3 year mark from that list). Yes, there are only a few episodes left, but there is verified reporting on the status of it with it pretty clear that a decision is going to come within days/weeks. And the beauty of Wikipedia is that it can reflect the most up-to-date known information. There are no strikes this year and even the year there *were* strikes they made their cancellation/renewal decisions for the coming season by that time in May. With streaming shows (like on the Paramount Plus page) there is no set timeline at all for when things will be renewed, with broadcast shows the timeline is still very clear and there is verified reporting on the status that could be included (and then easily updated when there is an update) newsjunkie (talk) 16:48, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

References also remind people when 3 years is up. Also, the majority of people are already expecting decisions, as we are into April almost May. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 16:53, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

People who follow the TV industry do know that schedule, but there a lot of people who don't who follow it closely at all. The people who edit this page are going to be much more knowledgable about this than the average person. Some people who may be more familiar with streaming shows may not be aware of that schedule at all. Or people from outside the United States. I honestly think for in development shows the year announced ends up being the most valuable piece of information, so it just seems hidden unnecessarily in the references when it could be there at first glance in a table. newsjunkie (talk) 17:00, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

See, you are only thinking about people who are not good at reading on Wikipedia. You need to also consider the majority of people who find the first glance distracting. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 17:03, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Why would it be distracting in a table? See also: Wikipedia:The Pope is Catholic newsjunkie (talk) 17:05, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

See also: WP:3RR, WP:BLUDGEON, WP:NOTLISTENING NacreousPuma855 (talk) 17:21, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

The references already provide information, and you are trying to bludgeon the article with your changes. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 17:24, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

I am listening and making substantive arguments in response to yours, and I'm trying not to make assumptions about the background or common knowledge of readers from a wide range of backgrounds. You don't own the article either. There is no established guidance on this from the Television Project, and so far the only people participating in this discussion are the two of us, which is far from any consensus yet. Wikipedia:Common knowledge newsjunkie (talk) 17:27, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Development Status

Hi @Nisf I'm definitely not opposed to removing a project that hasn't seen any updates from the development category (That's partly why I think showing the year announced is important) but should there also be some way or somewhere of showing previously in development projects rather than just deleting them? At least two of the other projects arguably are also no longer in development at CBS. Not sure how this fits into any guidelines and how best to do it practically (and I guess there are other sources too like Futoncritic) but info about previously in development projects can also be valuable. newsjunkie (talk) 16:41, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

I would create a separate Wikipedia page for those projects if if you think it meets WP:NOTABILITY guidelines. The current page is far too large as is (I do want to split off former programming to its own page ala the ABC, NBC, and Fox programming pages at some point) and cancelled projects fits outside the scope of programs broadcast by CBS (in the past, present, or future). - Nisf (talk) 17:14, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't have the bandwidth myself to do a whole page myself but just wanted to put it out there and wondering what the guidelines and what the best solution would be. Not sure it needs its own page rather than a separate category somewhere, but just kind of totally erasing them from the historical record doesn't seem quite right to me I guess. Or maybe they could go in a category a former programming page if there is one at some point? newsjunkie (talk) 17:20, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

About that cited link

@Nisf I just thought if somebody comes to the page and wants more information about the status of those two remaining shows with everything else having been decided, the link would have the information on the ongoing negotiations for both. That there are negotiations ongoing isn't speculation, and not everybody understands/follows the ins and outs of the TV business. newsjunkie (talk) 04:29, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

It is an even more waste of space and no other programming articles do that. They can refer to a simple Google search. NacreousPuma855 (talk) 21:10, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

This is probably going to be irrelevant soon for these two shows anyway one way or another, but if every other show has a citation now, I don't see any harm in adding one for what would be a brief period of time that doesn't take up that much space to provide a little more information to less informed readers. Providing additional information can be one function of citations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#WP:WHYCITE It should be based on what his helpful to readers. Just like the other pages have the table set-up with renewal/cancellation information and the plan is to add it here because there is agreement that it would be helpful for readers. But that kind of thing could also go the other direction to other pages with other edits. newsjunkie (talk) 06:09, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

This misconstrues the purpose of WP:WHYCITE. The objective is verifiability. If something is already cited and verifiable, adding additional citations that are primarily for the purpose of "providing additional information" is crossing the line into what WP:ELs are for, making it refclutter (and could be considered skirting the restriction on putting ELs in article content). Wikipedia is not intended to be a source of external links; rather, it is to be a summary of a topic. Also, we are not news. We're not here to "report" on happenings - that is what fansites are for. ButlerBlog (talk) 12:30, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Technically at the moment the status of those two shows is not verified at all through any citation on that page and it seems to be being treated as common knowledge perhaps. Originally I think for the current shows there were no citations at all, it was just taken maybe as common knowledge. All the renewed shows now have citations verifying their renewal status. As do all the in development shows. There is one link to https://www.cbs.com/shows/ at the top, but that doesn't display all the shows unless you go through the different categories Dramas, Comedies, Primetime etc..... newsjunkie (talk) 16:46, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

It's not clear in any of this discussion what "those two shows" refers to. ButlerBlog (talk) 17:11, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

The Equalizer and Poppa's House, the two remaining yet to be renewed or cancelled shows. This is the link in question (already used for some of the in development shows): https://deadline.com/2025/03/the-equalizer-poppas-house-canceled-renewed-cbs-bubble-1236351931/ newsjunkie (talk) 17:17, 10 April 2025 (UTC)