Wednesday, February 22, 2023
CBS Renews 9 More Series for 2023-24; Not Dead Yet Scores Big in Delayed 7-Day MP Viewing
CBS announced that it has renewed nine additional series for the 2023-2024 season. The renewed CBS Original series are NCIS, 60 Minutes, CSI: Vegas, NCIS: Hawai'i, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Tough as Nails, Lingo and the true crime docuseries 48 Hours, Saturday's #1 non-sports primetime series for 17 consecutive seasons. To date, CBS has renewed 19 series, including the previously announced #1 new series/drama Fire Country, #1 comedy Young Sheldon, Ghosts, The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, So Help Me Todd, The Equalizer, FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted. In addition, The Never Game, a new drama starring Justin Hartley, received an early series order for the 2023-2024 season.
After seven days of viewing across linear and digital platforms, the series debut of Not Dead Yet (on 2/8 at 8:30pm) soared to 7.6 million Total Viewers, marking ABC's most-watched multiplatform comedy debut in nearly 4 years - since Bless This Mess on 4/16/19. Quadrupling its Live+Same Day Adult 18-49 rating with a delayed-viewing increase of +300% (0.44 rating to 1.76 rating), Not Dead Yet delivered the biggest growth ever for an ABC comedy debut. In addition, with a lift of +4.0 million viewers from its Live+Same Day average to its Multiplatform+7 Day average (3.6 million to 7.6 million), Not Dead Yet posted the largest delayed-viewing increase for an ABC comedy debut in over 4 years in Total Viewers - since The Conners on 10/16/18.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, August 22
Happy's Place - "Sisters Ink" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When Isabella gifts Bobbie matching sister mugs, Bobbie is forced to quickly think of an equally thoughtful gift, resulting in Isabella expecting the sisters to get matching tattoos; Steve and Takoda investigate where Emmett has been sneaking off.
Happy's Place - "Whiskey Business" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When Steve drops his favorite pen down a crack in the bar, Bobbie decides to pry the bar open to find it, discovering a very valuable bottle of whiskey in the process; Steve is thrown by Emmett's reaction to breaking a knife that Steve gifted him.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of August 18)
Friday, August 22
- Kerry Washington (UnPrisoned) - Kerry talks about Shadow Force on a repeat of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/One Day at a Time) - Valerie appears on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Isabela Merced (100 Things to Do Before High School/Growing Up Fisher) - Isabela chats about HBO Max's Peacemaker on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/28 - Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/04 - The Wayans Bros. - The Complete Series
03/11 - Frasier (2023) - Season Two
04/01 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Third Season
05/13 - The Drew Carey Show - The Complete Series* (missing 4 episodes and some music has been replaced or altered)
06/06 - Shoresy - Season 2
06/17 - Looney Tunes - Collector's Vault - Volume 1 (Blu-ray)
07/22 - Bewitched - The Complete Series - 60th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)
08/26 - The Huckleberry Hound Show - The Complete Original Series (Blu-ray)
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