‘Hollywood Squares’ to Get a Week-Long Daytime Stunt on CBS
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large CBS is taking advantage of a temporarily vacant afternoon timeslot to give its new primetime gamer “Hollywood Squares” some daytime exposure.
The rebooted game show, featuring Drew Barrymore in center square, will get a week-long daytime showcase from Monday, Jan. 27, to Friday, Jan.
31, at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT/PT — the timeslot formerly held by “The Talk,” which ended its run in December. For now, CBS has been airing “The Price Is Right” repeats in that slot as a temporary placeholder until new soap opera “Beyond the Gates” premieres on Feb.
24. In the meantime, this gives CBS a chance to find more eyeballs to sample “Hollywood Squares.” CBS will air repeats of the show’s first four episodes throughout the week (Friday’s episodes will be the same as Monday’s).
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