CBS unveiled its 2008 summer schedule comprising nearly 90 hours of original programming, including three new reality series (Greatest American Dog, Million Dollar Password and Jingles), two new dramas (Swingtown and Flashpoint), summer stalwart Big Brother, two live mixed martial arts events (CBS Elite XC Saturday Night Fights), The American Theatre Wing’s 62nd Annual Tony Awards and AFI’s 10 Top 10. The summer lineup will also see rebroadcasts of Without a Trace, Numb3rs and Cold Case moving to new time periods.
Extraordinary teams of dogs and owners across the nation will compete for the title of Greatest American Dog (working title), premiering Thursday, July 10 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). Owners and their pets — from "pageant dogs" to those simply trained at home — will live together and compete against each other in games that put the owners’ ability to train their dogs to the test. The winning team will walk away with a $250,000 cash prize.
Regis Philbin returns to prime time to host Million Dollar Password, a modern update of one of television’s greatest game shows, premiering Sunday, June 1 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT).
Jingles (working title), premiering Sunday, July 27 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) from executive producer Mark Burnett, is a weekly competition which challenges contestants to write and perform a jingle about anything from products to sports teams each week.
Previously announced Swingtown, from the director of "Big Love" and "Rome," premieres Thursday, June 5 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). The series peeks into the shag-carpeted suburban homes of the culturally transformative ’70s to find couples reveling in the sexual and social revolution that introduced women’s liberation and challenged conventional wisdom.
Flashpoint, an emotional journey into the tough, risk-filled lives of a group of cops in the SRU (inspired by Toronto’s Emergency Task Force), premieres Friday, July 11 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). It’s a unit that rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings and talks down suicidal teens.
CBS’s Summer Schedule:
Thursday, Effective May 29
8:00-9:00 PM TBA
9:00-10:00 PM CSI
Saturday, May 31
9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/ CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS
delayed PT
Sunday, Effective June 1
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM COLD CASE
10:00-11:00 PM TBA
Tuesday, Effective June 3
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM SHARK
10:00-11:00 PM WITHOUT A TRACE (New Time Period)
Thursday, Effective June 5
8:00-9:00 PM TBA
9:00-10:00 PM CSI
10:00-11:00 PM SWINGTOWN (Series Premiere)*
Sunday, June 15 THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING’S 62ND
8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/ ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
delayed PT
Tuesday, June 17 AFI’S 10 TOP 10
8:00-11:00 PM
Thursday, Effective July 10
8:00-9:00 PM GREATEST AMERICAN DOG (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM CSI
10:00-11:00 PM SWINGTOWN
Friday, Effective July 11
8:00-9:00 PM GHOST WHISPERER
9:00-10:00 PM NUMB3RS (New Time Period)
10:00-11:00 PM FLASHPOINT (Series Premiere)
Sunday, Effective July 13
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM COLD CASE
10:00-11:00 PM TBA
Tuesday, Effective July 15
8:00-9:00 PM NCIS
9:00-10:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM WITHOUT A TRACE
Wednesday, Effective July 16
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER (Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS
10:00-11:00 PM CSI: NY
Saturday, July 26 CBS ELITE XC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS
9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT
Sunday, Effective July 27
7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES
8:00-9:00 PM BIG BROTHER
9:00-10:00 PM JINGLES (Series Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM COLD CASE (New Time Period)
