It’s late January, time when the printed networks sometimes kick off pilot season with their first pilot orders focusing on the upcoming fall. Not CBS, which won’t be selecting pilots within the conventional window; as an alternative the community has 5 scripted collection already on faucet for subsequent season and a possible Hearth Nation spinoff within the works.
There was nothing typical in regards to the previous couple of years between the pandemic and the double Hollywood strike, which disrupted the TV growth cycle. Nonetheless, whereas networks like ABC and Fox had signaled a transfer towards year-round growth earlier than the pandemic, CBS had caught carefully to custom, so many thought the community would finally revert to its outdated methods.
That didn’t occur. In a serious management change at CBS, Amy Reisenbach, the community’s head of present programming of 5.5 years, was named Leisure President in November 2022. Simply a few months later, CBS, which like the opposite broadcast networks had been step by step decreasing its variety of pilots, ordered its fewest pilots ever through the 2023 pilot season, 4, together with two growth rooms for medical dramas Watson and The Pact focused for the 2024-25 season.
That was the primary indication of a shift within the community’s growth technique. A 12 months later, CBS — believed to be for the primary time ever — won’t be ordering pilots this pilot season.
A few of that could be a residual impact from the strikes — many new broadcast collection meant for the 2023-24 season, together with CBS’ drama Matlock, headlined by Kathy Bates, and comedy Poppa’s House, starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., are being delayed till subsequent season. CBS additionally just lately gave a straight-to-series order to Watson with Morris Chestnut set because the lead, and NCIS prequel NCIS: Origins, with a Georgie & Mandy Younger Sheldon spinoff additionally finalizing a straight-to-series pickup.
Securing CBS’ new scripted collection for subsequent season 9 months prematurely is a part of the community’s technique for long-term growth which Reisenbach and her boss, CBS President and CEO George Cheeks, have give you, taking a web page from the film studios’ playbook of organising their launch schedules a 12 months or extra prematurely. It replaces the normal broadcast growth cycle that primarily wipes the slate clear each Could, with the networks ranging from scratch.
The technique would permit CBS to have scripted originals on the autumn schedule even when there’s an IATSE strike as I hear Matlock is predicted to enter manufacturing within the spring and Poppa’s Home in mid-summer.
In an interview with Deadline, Reisenbach, who briefly references the potential new work stoppage, discusses the brand new growth method and what it means for the inventive group (CBS is already beginning to consider tasks for 2025-26).
Reisenbach wouldn’t elaborate on the Younger Sheldon or Hearth Nation spinoffs which haven’t been formally ordered however she shared extra particulars in regards to the NCIS prequel about Younger Gibbs.
She additionally addressed the upcoming ending of Blue Bloods, Younger Sheldon, S.W.A.T. and Bob Hearts Abishola, and the components that go into cancellation selections.
Reisenbach was open in regards to the monetary challenges of broadcast because it grapples with declining linear rankings because the community faces a probably robust four-series renewal negotiation with NBCUniversal.
She touted CBS exhibits’ function as “inventive engines” which have lengthy lives on streaming however was additionally candid in regards to the want for the trade to return collectively and “degree set a few of the prices on the beginning gate” so broadcast collection can run for seven seasons and past sooner or later.
Reaffirming CBS’ dedication to the ten PM hour, Reisenbach additionally spoke of NCIS’ long-term prospects, teased extra NCIS: Sydney and shared her expectations for the launch of the community’s scripted lineup that kicks off with the premiere of Tracker, headlined by This Is Us alum Justin hartley, after the Tremendous Bowl on Feb. 11.
DEADLINE: CBS is method forward of schedule this 12 months with 5 scripted series already set for subsequent season, and a Hearth Nation episode that might spawn a derivative in manufacturing. What’s the technique behind having the brand new 2024-25 lineup firmed up so early?
REISENBACH: It’s a few components. Clearly, Matlock and Poppa’s Home we had meant to premiere earlier. These two exhibits we rolled over to subsequent season, that felt like the proper transfer popping out of these strikes. However once I took over a few 12 months and some months in the past, I used to be extremely lucky to have inherited — and clearly it’s a schedule that I’ve labored very carefully on for the final 5 and a half years — such a powerful schedule that we’re so pleased with and we’ve had such an incredible monitor report of launching actually profitable exhibits the final 5 or so years, if not longer. [CBS has delivered the most watched new series for the past six seasons with FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, The Equalizer, Ghosts, Fire Country and NCIS: Sydney]
George and I sat down and we mentioned, how can we take the schedule and the way can we optimize it? How do we expect extra long-term? How do we expect extra strategically and the way can we create extra flexibility within the sorts of methods we develop, in order that we are able to make the most of all of our departments so significantly better? I need to provide you with a few examples.
We very a lot felt that we had a schedule that solely had a pair locations that had wants going into 23-24. And so we developed Matlock and Elsbeth. However we had this nice script, Watson. I believe in earlier years we’d have simply handed however we mentioned, let’s open up a growth room, let’s take a look at that materials and let’s goal this a lot sooner than we’ve ever had earlier than, for 24-25. And that’s what we did. And we had nice materials from Craig Sweeny. It allowed us to exit and woo Morris Chestnut who we’re simply over the moon about. We’re already placing that writers room collectively, we’re going to begin manufacturing with 4 to 5 scripts banked, advertising goes to have a for much longer ramp to be able to ramp up their plan. Similar for scheduling. It’s going to make us far more environment friendly in manufacturing. So we simply felt like there have been so many advantages by making an attempt to develop a bit of bit extra long-term versus season to season as we now have up to now.
Tracker is one other good instance of that. That pilot got here in I believe Week 1 or Week 2 of me taking up. It was such a improbable pilot, and we mentioned okay, we’re not going to place it on for this season. Perhaps in earlier years, we’d have mentioned okay, we acquired a pilot in November, let’s put it on in spring. We mentioned let’s maintain this for the next season.
We dropped the primary spots for Tracker in March Insanity final spring. That’s an extended ramp-up advertising in a method that we’ve not executed earlier than. And we’re going to be doing the identical factor with Poppa’s Home come March, which I’m actually enthusiastic about, we’re going to already be kicking off that marketing campaign as nicely. Clearly we’ll be selling Elsbeth, which can be approaching air after March Insanity as nicely.
Being to date forward is permitting us to — the identical method film studios drop their teaser trailer or the teaser for his or her teaser trailer — it’s permitting us to perform extra like that. We’re already speaking about 25-26; we’ve by no means been capable of assume that far forward. And it’s often because the constructing blocks had been there to start with.
DEADLINE: Once you had been selling Tracker throughout March Insanity final spring, was it already earmarked for a Tremendous Bowl premiere?
REISENBACH: We had been selling it as coming subsequent season at that time, we had not essentially determined about Tremendous Bowl but. However as soon as we began to have a look at the items we had in place with Matlock and Elsbeth — and, clearly this was pre-strike and within the first days of the WGA strike — after we unveiled our schedule in Could, we introduced Tracker is approaching after the Tremendous Bowl as a result of we simply felt prefer it was the right present. Justin’s been on after the Tremendous Bowl earlier than with This Is Us [in 2018]. It has such broad enchantment each for women and men. I don’t assume there’s a extra good present to return on proper after that recreation. And we’ve acquired the sport of our desires with the 49ers and the Chiefs.
The most effective half about this launch is, we’re not even simply is launching Tracker however we’re launching your entire schedule. Tracker‘s simply the tip of the iceberg for the onslaught of recent content material that’s coming that week. Each promo you’ve seen has been all about premiere launch, and it’s for the entire week. And once more, by arising with this plan early, it allowed us to be a lot extra cohesive and strategic with our advertising. I’m certain you’ve seen plenty of our promos just lately, however the music we’re utilizing, I believe we actually elevated our promos this 12 months, and I believe they’re actually making folks lookup from their telephones and say, what’s on my TV proper now.
AFC this previous weekend, they’d a improbable promo with Mumford and Sons for Tracker. I believe you actually get invested within the present if you see a promo like that. And if we hadn’t had the lead time, I don’t assume advertising may have put collectively promos that basically make you’re taking discover.
DEADLINE: What’s your expectation for the launch of your scripted exhibits and the affect of a probably Taylor Swift-boosted Tremendous Bowl on it? Additionally, how did you pull it off, being the one community to debut two new drama collection this season that didn’t have greater than the pilots earlier than the strike?
REISENBACH: That’s actually a testomony to the writers and the crews and all people actually; as quickly because the strikes had been over, they launched proper into their rooms. We had been prepping all through the strikes, we made grid after a grid of when can these exhibits get again on air, what number of episodes are we going to have the ability to get with them?
After which, I believe one of many issues that has actually been helpful up to now 12 months is the cohesiveness and transparency and communication among the many completely different departments, with scheduling and advertising and present and myself sitting down and saying, what’s the simplest, largest method that we are able to take advantage of noise in bringing again these exhibits. And it was, let’s use the Tremendous Bowl, let’s use it to launch Tracker, let’s use it to launch the entire week and let’s line up the entire exhibits and all people.
It’s not straightforward. Sure, there are specific exhibits that needed to speed up submit however each present throughout the board was all in and mentioned, we’re right here, we need to deliver again this viewers. I’m such a broadcast cheerleader. So, many props to NBC for getting their exhibits on. I used to be thrilled to see how Regulation & Order and Chicago got here again. It actually exhibits that that broadcast audiences is there, the viewers is happy and so they’re prepared for these exhibits to return again. We will really feel it, and our expectation is we’re going have an incredible week.
DEADLINE: Going again to growth, the pandemic compelled broadcast networks to make extra straight-to-series orders, which you probably did with The Equalizer and Clarice, and CBS has embraced that since. You’ll have no pilots this season. How was the choice made on that?
REISENBACH: I believe it was a call based mostly on the items that we had in place. We had put the event room for Watson into place previous to the strike so we had a pair items of fabric already that we had gotten our eyes on. After which as quickly because the strikes had been over, they put out some extra and we had been capable of exit and search for solid and a director. All of the items got here collectively, and that was an ideal instance of, let’s attempt to develop issues in a bit of little bit of a non-traditional method for CBS, and let’s see the way it goes. It’s been actually profitable for us, and we’ll proceed to search for one of the best path for the proper undertaking.
The phrase I typically use is we would like our growth to be a bit extra bespoke transferring ahead, which is, sure exhibits are going to go to pilot and sure exhibits will go straight to collection, sure exhibits might open a growth room after which we’ll go to collection. We need to be versatile.
The thought of year-round growth shouldn’t be new, we didn’t coined it however we’re extra so than ever dedicated to it as a result of we expect it permits us to choose up scripts and put them on the trail we expect is the proper path from them, not based mostly on the calendar 12 months however based mostly on what we expect is finest for that undertaking and finest for what we see as the way forward for our schedule.
DEADLINE: Is there a style of distinction within the mannequin — are comedies extra prone to go to pilot and dramas extra prone to do straight to collection or growth rooms?
REISENBACH: It’s actually undertaking to undertaking. I’d not say that it’s one or the opposite, it actually is dependent upon the items and the auspices, who’s concerned.
DEADLINE: There can be no pilots, however may you be commissioning extra growth rooms within the subsequent couple of months?
REISENBACH: My aim is to open one to 2 extra rooms by spring into summer season in some unspecified time in the future, it is dependent upon if we now have the proper tasks and we be ok with them. I’m not committing to that now, however hopefully we will get one other room or two up and operating and focused for extra long-term in addition to repeatedly doing extra extra regular growth. It’s simply being as versatile as attainable.
DEADLINE: And the tasks opening rooms may very well be drama or comedy?
REISENBACH: They may very well be both, for certain.
DEADLINE: Of your present rooms, is The Pact nonetheless energetic?
REISENBACH: Completely, The Pact may be very a lot energetic. We introduced on Ayanna Floyd who’s co-writing with Marcus Dalzine. That was all the time one the place we felt like we wished to return and do some re-imagining and rethinking on that pilot script earlier than we opened the room as a result of it’s actually vital that we now have that script in good condition first, and we had some broader concepts on the undertaking itself that we wished to deal with earlier than we opened up the room.
The Pact may be very a lot a precedence for us. And sure, that’s an ideal instance of one thing that we’re focusing on extra for 25-26 at this level.
DEADLINE: So far as 24-25, are the 5 picked-up collection all the brand new scripted exhibits or can we count on any wildcard to hitch them exterior of the potential Hearth Nation spinoff starring Morena Baccarin?
REISENBACH: We’re nonetheless getting all of our items in place. It’s a bit of too quickly till we premiere, and we do have some scripts within the hopper that we’re actually enthusiastic about. As of now, I’m not anticipating extra pickups for subsequent 12 months. However there’s all the time an opportunity. Once more, that goes to we need to be versatile. We need to be open minded. We don’t need to be held to the normal method.
DEADLINE: Is there an opportunity for any of the 5 (probably six) new collection to be held for 2025-26?
REISENBACH: Look, by no means say by no means, who is aware of what occurs this summer season, so and we’re able to pivot as needed. However as of now, the plan is that they are going to all be launched in some unspecified time in the future throughout subsequent season.
DEADLINE: You talked about that you just drew attainable inspiration on your long-term growth plan from the film studios’ launch technique. What has been the response from the TV inventive group? Are folks completely satisfied that now they’re growing for additional down the highway; you mentioned that you’re at the moment 2025-26. How will that affect the way in which you purchase issues, if you purchase them and what path you place them on?
REISENBACH: Sure, we’re 25-26. I believe the group has actually appreciated the honesty and transparency we’ve had about that. So Assist Me Todd was a undertaking that got here out of a really conventional growth cycle. It was pitched over the summer season, they did an overview after which a script after which we shot it on that cycle. We couldn’t be extra pleased with that present, I can’t wait so that you can see the primary couple of episodes, they’re improbable.
‘So assist me Todd’: Marcia Homosexual Harden as Margaret and Skylar Astin as Todd. Picture: Michael Courtney/CBS
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That kind of course of works, but additionally doing a growth room works. And generally you get a spec script and that’s improbable, and it’s packaged up and also you say, we acquired to go straight to collection on this. And I believe what’s been nice is folks respect that they’re not held to, I’ve to get the script in by January 31 With a purpose to be thought-about. It’s such a troublesome atmosphere on the market, there are such a lot of exhibits on the market which is improbable for the viewer. However it signifies that we now have to work that a lot more durable and lift the standard of our exhibits a lot extra to be able to make an affect and get observed. We take that on and we love that problem and I believe so does all people else.
DEADLINE: We talked in regards to the affect of the pandemic, which worn out the 2020 pilot season. The WGA strike did just about the identical to the 2023-24 growth cycle as a result of by the point it was over, there wasn’t sufficient time to purchase and develop scripts. Is that this the ultimate blow to the normal broadcast cycle, the purpose of no return? Or is it one thing that has already been occurring, so the timing is extra of a coincidence?
REISENBACH: I lean extra in direction of the coincidence. Our aim is to proceed to do the traditional growth cycle. We need to have pitches coming all 12 months spherical however I’m certain that there can be an inflow of pitches coming in the summertime. We’ll purchase pitches and put them into growth and once more, we’ll take a look at it undertaking by undertaking and see what makes probably the most sense.
And we’re nonetheless dedicated to unscripted as nicely, that also stays a precedence. We now have The Summit coming, which we’re actually enthusiastic about. I’ve beloved watching how nicely Worth Is Proper At Night time has executed, and clearly we’re thrilled with the efficiency of the 90-minute Survivor and Race this 12 months too. That’s one thing we’re wanting ahead to doing extra of sooner or later.
DEADLINE: Classes from the autumn. You simply listed a number of unscripted collection that aired then. You didn’t have scripted originals at your disposal however made strategic strikes by including NCIS: Sydney in addition to Yellowstone and SEAL Crew repeats that largely paid off. What did you be taught from their efficiency and did the thought to do extra NCIS with Origins come out of the success of Sydney on the schedule?
REISENBACH: I’ll simply begin with NCIS: Origins. No, that was in growth previous to that. And Sydney had clearly been within the works for fairly some time.
I believe we realized that we are able to experiment. I’ll simply reference Survivor and Race. We really had determined to show these into 90-90 min previous to the strikes, but it surely simply confirmed that we are able to take a look at issues a bit of otherwise than we now have up to now, making an attempt to be a bit of non-traditional when it is smart.
I believe it exhibits the ability of CBS. My massive lesson is, after we put one thing on that speaks to our viewers, they’re going to indicate up and watch.
And, whereas they didn’t have the complete schedule of help round them the way in which they usually would, they nonetheless labored and had nice viewers help for each NCIS: Sydney and Yellowstone. We’re thrilled with how NCIS: Sydney did. It’s not only a win for CBS but it surely’s actually a win for all of Paramount, for Paramount+, for Paramount Worldwide. Similar with Yellowstone, I believe it simply speaks to that the corporate is working throughout all completely different elements proper now as a lot as attainable, and we’re all in search of these wins collectively.
DEADLINE: Clearly this got here out of necessity, however is analogous windowing of exhibits from different elements of the corporate one thing that you might use to complement your schedule going ahead?
REISENBACH: If the proper undertaking comes up, completely. We’re thrilled with the success of NCIS: Sydney. I believe it’s been fantastic to have these franchise extensions; they’re every its personal distinctive property. NCIS: Origins is absolutely completely different than any of the opposite NCIS‘s; it makes me really feel so outdated to say it’s interval when it’s set within the 90s, kill me now, proper?
It’s a bit of edgier and grittier than earlier NCIS‘s, it’s acquired a serialized ingredient of it that we’re actually enthusiastic about. And whereas I’d say NCIS: Sydney too actually had its personal id, it was very uniquely Australian and advised tales that may solely be advised in Australia, so I really feel like they’re each alternatives to achieve new audiences whereas additionally being true to the DNA and constant fan base of these exhibits.
DEADLINE: Are you able to tease one thing about extra NCIS: Sydney on CBS?
REISENBACH: I really feel actually optimistic and there can be information to return quickly.
‘NCIS’: Wilmer Valderrama as Particular Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres, Sean Murray as Particular Agent Timothy McGee, Katrina Regulation as NCIS Particular Agent Jessica Knight, and Gary Cole as FBI Particular Agent Alden Parker. Picture: Sonja Flemming/CBS
DEADLINE: By way of NCIS, how lengthy do you assume the mothership can go? It’s the longest-running CBS scripted collection at 20 seasons.
REISENBACH: I don’t see it slowing down anytime quickly. It’s a improbable solid with a improbable writing workers that’s been there a extremely very long time. They’re simply as reenergized as we speak as they had been as once I began on the present in Season 8 [as current executive].
So, so long as they need to preserve it going, we’re thrilled to be on the NCIS prepare. Gary [Cole] and Wilmer [Valderrama] and Sean [Murray] and Katrina [Law], all of them, they love doing the present. So we hope to proceed on for fairly some time.
DEADLINE: The upcoming launch have to be a bit bittersweet as a result of a number of massive, long-running CBS exhibits, together with Blue Bloods, Younger Sheldon and S.W.A.T, are ending. How do you make these selections? Are they largely monetary or are you analyzing it from completely different angles? Has your background as a present govt been useful to have a look at the trajectory of the collection?
REISENBACH: I’ll communicate as a TV fan first, which is I hate after we don’t get to provide exhibits correct endings. And I believe that additionally speaks to our feeling of, let’s attempt to plan long-term as a lot as we are able to. It’s a perform of getting a extremely robust schedule that we now have to refresh and meaning to be able to refresh, exhibits must finally finish.
Our aim is to all the time finish them respectfully in order that the viewers will get the ending that they completely deserve as a result of they’ve put within the time and so they love these characters, in addition to the solid and crews and writers.
DEADLINE: This isn’t restricted to CBS however how a lot do monetary constraints play a job in the way you do growth when it comes to even shopping for fewer pitches, and probably ending exhibits sooner? We noticed what occurred to Bob Hearts Abishola, which is ending with Season 5 after a serious finances reduce. How a lot do you need to keep watch over that?
REISENBACH: Monetary points are all the time going to be part of the equation but it surely’s not the entire equation. There are such a lot of various factors that go into when and why a present will finish however on the finish of the day, our aim is to guarantee that they get as a lot of a runway as attainable.
We knew for fairly some time that Bob was going to be ending and we had conversations with Chuck [Lorre] the place he actually appreciated that he had the time. He knew prematurely that the present was going to finish so he and the workforce may write to it. That’s the type of ending that when exhibits finish we need to give them.
DEADLINE: You spoke of giving departing exhibits an extended runway. Ought to we assume that no extra established, long-running CBS collection can be ending this season since we haven’t heard of others and they should have time to organize their ending?
REISENBACH: I’m not prepared to speak about that but, to be trustworthy. I’d prefer to get by our launch earlier than we begin that.
DEADLINE: In as we speak’s atmosphere, can exhibits that premiere as we speak final for 7-10 seasons and past?
REISENBACH: I completely imagine they’ll, but when we need to play the lengthy recreation right here, the trade, must level-set a few of the prices on the beginning gate after we put the items of a present collectively. Sequence are dearer than ever to provide and thus they get too costly too shortly to maintain lengthy runs.
DEADLINE: You might be going through a serious renegotiation with NBCUniversal as multi-season renewals for the FBI franchise and The Equalizer are arising this 12 months. Talking once more in regards to the economics and the way issues change shortly what do you count on? Is it more durable in as we speak’s atmosphere to attempt to make these offers?
REISENBACH: All the things is difficult in as we speak’s atmosphere, however we all the time take a look at that problem and we discover our method by it. However it could be naive to say that these items aren’t all the time difficult.
DEADLINE: There have been on- and off- conversations about the way forward for the ten PM hour on broadcast, with NBC exploring an exit a 12 months or so in the past. Because you’re doing long-term plans, do they consider originals, largely dramas, at 10 o’clock on CBS?
REISENBACH: We’re 100% dedicated to the ten o’clock hour, it’s not going anyplace. So it’s factoring in that, sure. We’ll all the time be in search of the place we probably have wants however we love 10 o’clock and we’re dedicated to it.
DEADLINE: 4 of your 5 new collection for subsequent season are talent-driven, getting a inexperienced mild with a star already connected, and all however Poppa’s Home are based mostly on IP. Speak in regards to the significance of IP and getting these packages in place?
REISENBACH: It’s humorous as a result of sure, technically they’re all IP however I don’t take a look at Matlock and Watson and even Elsbeth — they’re IP, however within the loosest sense of the phrase, they’re tremendous distinctive takes. Watson is a good instance. Sure, we’re utilizing the world of Sherlock per se, however it is a model of Watson you’ve by no means seen earlier than, they’re creating their very own mythology. Matlock, we’re utilizing that title for certain, but it surely’s utterly… we preserve joking, we’re calling it a meta reimagining, unsure we’ve absolutely landed on that but.
Sure, peak TV could also be coming down but it surely’s nonetheless a crowded atmosphere and we’ll use each instrument we now have at our disposal to guarantee that we’re breaking out of the crowded TV discipline and if meaning utilizing IP that may assist us with that and provides us that leg up how we’re advertising it, we’re undoubtedly going to do this. Having extra components in place and packaging these items up can be improbable and wanting to provide advertising as many instruments as attainable to get these exhibits on the market. Each present is a threat so having these components in place, it does up our possibilities of success.
‘Blue Bloods’: Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan. Picture: Patrick Harbron/CBS
DEADLINE: Age is only a quantity, and CBS has persistently had success with exhibits headlined by stars of their 60s and 70s. Tom Selleck’s Blue Bloods is ending however Matlock with Kathy Bates is becoming a member of different exhibits you’ve gotten on the schedule with older leads. Discuss CBS persevering with to defy conference of what a number one man or lady on tv is like?
REISENBACH: For us, it’s all in regards to the content material. When Jennie Snyder Urman turned in Matlock, she was actually clear she wished to rent any person who was of a sure age as a result of that was how she wrote the character. And we mentioned, it is a improbable script, completely. Truthfully, after we learn the script, all of us thought Kathy Bates would kill this.
I don’t assume we ever give it some thought when it comes to oh, we have to solid any person youthful. We need to solid the proper particular person for the proper function. When a script is that good, you don’t even take into consideration the age and when you’ve gotten any person like Kathy Bates approaching, we’re simply thrilled and we’re wanting ahead to having her on our air.
DEADLINE: What was probably the most stunning a part of the job a 12 months and a pair months in?
REISENBACH: Truthfully probably the most stunning half has been how unsurprised I’m at how improbable the workforce at CBS is. All people has been right here for therefore lengthy. Once you’re head of present, my favourite half about present is the truth that you’re employed with all people. However it’s completely different if you’re working with them on this job, and to see all people rise to the event by what was a tough 12 months as a result of we needed to pivot and be versatile and alter our plans a pair instances. I’m shocked by how unsurprised I’m at how improbable everybody has been, rolling with the punches, if you’ll.
Our aim is to proceed to launch new hit exhibits simply as we now have the previous few years and we really feel actually, actually bullish about what’s to return, we now have actually excessive expectations for our premiere week. Not solely are the exhibits premiering nicely on broadcast, however they’re driving content material on streaming. I like the tales that come out about how nicely NCIS has been doing on Netflix, I like how nicely the exhibits are doing on Paramount+, and I believe viewers are discovering them on Pluto as nicely.
We’re thrilled when individuals are watching our exhibits regardless of the place they discover them, we’re completely satisfied to be a content material engine.
