Following its series premiere last week Thursday and a special preview following the AFC Divisional Playoff game on Sunday, CBS has announced that “Hollywood Squares” will now air Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m. starting Wednesday, January 29. The final Thursday installment of the series will air on Thursday, January 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Hosted by Nate Burleson (“CBS Mornings,” “The NFL Today”), with Drew Barrymore (“The Drew Barrymore Show”) appearing as the center square, “Hollywood Squares” is a primetime revival of the iconic game show, and thus far has performed well for CBS, giving the network good reason to utilize the series as the lead-in to its Wednesday game night programming block after it was originally scheduled to join the night in the 10:00 p.m. ET/PT slot.
The Wednesday lineup will now kick off at 8:00 p.m. with “Hollywood Squares,” followed by all-new episodes of “The Price is Right at Night” at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and “Raid the Cage” at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
On Wednesday, February 5, CBS will interrupt the schedule for “Super Bowl Greatest Commercials,” a one-time-only special that will air at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, replacing an original episode of “The Price is Right at Night.”
The updated CBS primetime schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, January 29
- 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT – “Hollywood Squares,” moves to its new time (original)
- 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT – “The Price is Right at Night” (original)
- 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT – “Raid the Cage” (original)
Wednesday, February 5
- 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT – “Hollywood Squares” (original)
- 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT – “Super Bowl Greatest Commercials” (original special)
- 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT – “Raid the Cage” (original)
Wednesday, February 12
- 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT – “Hollywood Squares” (original)
- 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT – “The Price is Right at Night” (original)
- 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT – “Raid the Cage” (original)
Wednesday, February 19
- 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT – “Hollywood Squares” (original)
- 9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT – “The Price is Right at Night” (original)
- 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT – “Raid the Cage” (original)
Celebrity guests joining Drew Barrymore this season on “Hollywood Squares” include Tyra Banks, Julie Bowen, Yvette Nicole Brown, Whitney Cummings, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Tiffany Haddish, Oliver Hudson, Pete Holmes, Gabriel Iglesias, Jo Koy, Jay Leno, Justin Long, Kevin Nealon, RuPaul, Andrew Rannells, Kristen Schaal, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Sheryl Underwood and Jimmy O. Yang, among others who will be announced at a later date.