CBS nonetheless has plans to air Large Brother and Love Island this summer season.
The community introduced its plans for the autumn on Tuesday, revealing that it will likely be bringing again hits equivalent to NCIS, FBI, and lots of extra within the fall.
This was a shock as a result of FOX and The CW had already introduced a lot of their scripted originals could be pushed to 2021.
“We’re excited to come back off one other season as America’s Most Watched Community and, regardless of the plain challenges round us, put collectively one other profitable lineup,” CBS Leisure chief Kelly Kahl stated in a press release of the schedule.
However followers of summer season content material have been questioning whether or not which means Large Brother and Love Island might nonetheless be part of the summer season agenda for the Eye community.
“It may very well be a bit later than traditional however we’re nonetheless optimistic about getting these on. These exhibits flip round fairly rapidly,” Kahl instructed Deadline.
“Large Brother has stay exhibits each week, and Love Island actually airs the night time after it shoots. These exhibits would not have lengthy put up processes.”
This may very well be excellent news for followers of each franchise, as a result of if the keep at residence orders do get lifted, they may get their fill of Large Brother and Love Island.
Even when the exhibits will not be a part of the summer season slate, it is doable they may transfer to later within the 12 months.
Like Kahl stated, there is no such thing as a quick turnaround in manufacturing, so if scripted exhibits begin manufacturing later than deliberate, then CBS might fill some gaps within the schedule.
It has already introduced Survivor and The Superb Race might be a part of the autumn schedule, so the community might zero in on a reality-heavy schedule ought to the scripted exhibits not be prepared in time.
Talking of scripted exhibits, CBS didn’t schedule Blood & Treasure Season 2, which began filming again in October.
This could make one suppose that the sequence is able to be scheduled when CBS wants it.
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