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CBS TO RESUME ALERTS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS TO HELP VIEWERS TRACK SUNDAY PRIMETIME SERIES TIME CHANGES ON NATIONAL NFL DOUBLEHEADER WEEKENDS

The Network’s Updates Will Be Communicated via On-Air Graphics,

a Ticker on the CBS.com Home Page, and on Twitter and Facebook Accounts

CBS’s Primetime Sunday Series Will Be Listed to Start 30 Minutes Later than Usual

on National NFL Doubleheader Dates in Eastern and Central Time Zones,

with “60 Minutes” Leading the Night at 7:30 PM, ET and 6:30 PM, CT

            CBS’s Sunday alerts, which help Network viewers track primetime series time changes on national NFL doubleheader weekends, will resume this month. The first NFL doubleheader Sunday is Sept. 18, but the alerts will begin Sunday, Sept. 11, due to a late afternoon game being covered in select regions that may impact the primetime schedule in those markets. The updates will be provided via on-air graphics, a ticker on the home page of CBS.com and social media posts. 

On Sundays:

  • The home page of CBS.com will feature a ticker with revised start times when there are delays.

  • CBS will continue to use on-air graphics throughout the night to alert viewers to adjusted start times.

  • Updates will be posted to Twitter via @CBSTweet and @CBS, to Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CBS and to the Sunday series’ Twitter and Facebook accounts:

60 MINUTES

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60minutes

Twitter: @60Minutes

BIG BROTHER

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigBrother

Twitter: @CBSBigBrother

BRAINDEAD:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrainDeadCBS

Twitter: @BrainDeadCBS

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NCISLA

Twitter:@NCISLA

MADAM SECRETARY

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MadamSecretary

Twitter: @MadamSecretary   

ELEMENTARY

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElementaryCBS

  Twitter: @Elementary_CBS

For the fourth year, CBS will list the scheduled start times for its Sunday night series 30 minutes later in Eastern and Central Time zones on national doubleheader weekends. (The start times for Sunday primetime in Mountain and Pacific time zones will remain as previously scheduled.) 

THE NFL ON CBS 2016 national doubleheader Sundays are: Sept. 18 and 25; Oct. 9 and 23; Nov. 6, 20 and 27; Dec. 18; and Jan. 1, 2017.

Schedule for Sept. 11:

7:00 PM, ET; 6:00 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES

8:00 PM, ET; 7:00 PM, CT — BIG BROTHER

9:00 PM, ET; 8:00 PM, CT — BRAINDEAD (Two-hour season finale)

National Doubleheader Schedule:

Sept. 18:

7:30 PM, ET; 6:30 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES

8:30 PM, ET; 7:30 PM, CT — THE CASE OF: JONBENÉT RAMSEY (Part one, two hours)

10:30 PM, ET; 9:30 PM, CT — NCIS: LOS ANGELES (Rebroadcast)

Sept. 25:

7:30 PM, ET; 6:30 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES (49th season premiere)

8:30 PM, ET; 7:30 PM, CT — THE CASE OF: JONBENÉT RAMSEY

(Part three, two hours — part two airs Sept. 19)

As of Oct. 23:

7:30 PM, ET; 6:30 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES

8:30 PM, ET; 7:30 PM, CT — NCIS: LOS ANGELES

9:30 PM, ET; 8:30 PM, CT — MADAM SECRETARY

10:30 PM, ET; 9:30 PM, CT — ELEMENTARY

CHEAT TWEET: #CBS to continue alerts to help viewers track Sunday series time changes on national #NFL doubleheader weekends http://bit.ly/2chEGoZ 

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Barbara Abseck           212-975-4637             beabseck@cbs.com

CBS Interactive Contact:

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