The Amazing Race, which has a finished season ready to air, will occupy the space at 8pm on Wednesday.
CBS has voted Survivor outside its “slump” schedule as it is not yet clear when the long running competition series will resume production.
The network made the call Tuesday night and noted that SurvivorThe producers are working with officials in Fiji, where the films show, when production can begin in season 41, “with health and safety concerns the highest priority for everyone involved.”
Instead on Wednesday nights, CBS will air the 32nd season of The surprising race, which completed filming long before the new coronavirus pandemic stopped dozens of productions in March. It had been scheduled to air at 9 p.m. on the following Wednesdays Survivor but it will advance an hour and the night will begin.
Seal team, meanwhile, also glides from one hour to 9 pm, and SMASH, which had been scheduled for later in the season, will return at 10 p.m. None of the shows has started filming yet, and CBS says additional information about production starts and therefore dates will be announced later. premiere.
CBS announced its “fall” show in May, which was largely as usual, with a series of veteran series to return and two new shows, the comedy Chuck Lorre. B positive the queen led by Latifah Equalizer reboot, scheduled to debut. Entertainment President Kelly Kahl then acknowledged that it was “highly unlikely” that the full roster would debut in late September, hoping for a staggered start to the season based on when productions could safely restart.
NBC opted for a similar strategy, while Fox and The CW are using acquired programming and previously completed programs (both hyphenated and unscripted) to complete their fall boards. ABC is somewhere in between, featuring a schedule that is based more on unscripted series than in the recent past, but still has originals scored on all seven nights.
However, given that COVID-19 cases skyrocketed in California in recent weeks, previous projections for a resumption of production in the summer seem overly optimistic. California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered the closing of movie theaters, bars, family entertainment centers and other interior companies in an effort to combat the increase. Most of the CBS scripted movie series in Los Angeles.
Survivor He was slated to start filming his 41st season in March when he discontinued production. In a normal year, the show would have finished filming in season 41, which would air in the fall, and would be on track to end season 42.
