CBS Sets Primetime Reruns to Replace March Madness

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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With the cancellation of the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball Tournament due to the Coronavirus, CBS on Friday announced that it will be running mostly reruns in primetime instead of games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights until March 27.

On March 27, CBS will air original episodes of MacGyver and Hawaii Five-O, and original episodes of MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and Blue Bloods on April 3.

The April 3 episode of Hawaii Five-O will be the series finale.

During daytime, when some March Madness games had been expected to be played, CBS said its normal daytime schedule will air in pattern. Game shows The Price is Right and Let’s Make A Deal will be encore presentations, while soap operas The Young And The Restless and The Bold And The Beautiful, as well as The Talk will air original episodes.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.