CBS Sunday Movie
The CBS Sunday Movie (also known at various times as the CBS Sunday Night Movie) was the umbrella title for a made-for-TV and feature film showcase series carried by CBS until the end of the 2005–2006 television season, when it was replaced with drama series. It was the last of the weekly Sunday night movie showcases aired by the Big Three television networks to be canceled, outside of special event premieres and the network's previous run of the Hallmark Hall of Fame film anthology.
On April 7, 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic), with all of its series running out of episodes in the last week of April due to production restrictions and no special or awards programming in the near future, CBS announced the temporary return of films to its Sunday night schedule starting in May, utilizing library titles from its corporate sister Paramount Pictures.[1] The films will run under the umbrella title CBS Sunday Night Movie, and will be stretched and edited to overlay either a 2 1⁄2 or 3-hour timeslot.
Titles
This is a listing of topics pertaining to CBS movies broadcast on television under various umbrella titles.[1][2]
- Film Theatre of the Air (1949, Saturday; 1951 and 1953, Tuesday)
- Premiere Playhouse (March–July 1949, Friday; 1949–50, Saturday)
- Budweiser Summer Theatre (1951, Saturday)
- Schlitz Film Firsts (1951, Friday)
- Summer Cinema (1952, Saturday)
- The CBS Thursday Night Movies (1965–75)
- The CBS Friday Night Movies (1966–77)
- The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies (1972–74)
- The CBS Wednesday Night Movies (1977–81)
- The CBS Tuesday Night Movies (1978–86)
- The CBS Saturday Night Movies (1981–86)
- CBS Sunday Movie (1986–2006)
- CBS Tuesday Movie (1986–2000)
- CBS Wednesday Movie (1986–2000)
- The CBS Late Movie (1972–89)
- A CBS Special Movie Presentation (1974–2006)
- CBS Sunday Night Movies (2020–present)
2020 Schedule
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 3 | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
May 10 | Forrest Gump |
May 17 | Mission: Impossible |
May 24 | Titanic |
May 31 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
June 7 | Grease Sing-Along[3] |
References
- "CBS Announces Sunday Night at the Movies - Five Iconic, Acclaimed Films from the Paramount Pictures Library to Be Broadcast Every Sunday in May" (Press release). CBS. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present New York: Ballantine Books, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003. ISBN 0-345-45542-8
- Andreeva, Nellie (2020-05-14). "CBS Adds 'Grease Sing-A-Long' To Its Sunday Night Movies Schedule; Watch The Trailer – Update". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-05-17.