CBS is casting for The Real Love Boat, a reality TV version of the 1970s and 1980s show. The dating format sounds very familiar and generic, but there’s a question on the application that suggests it could go in a different direction.
After years of hoping for a Celebrity Survivor, for CBS to offer us this flimsy facsimile—which is basically just a repackaged I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!—instead is insulting.
CBS is getting on the Wordle wagon with a revival of Lingo, hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race host RuPaul Charles.
CBS has dumped its plans to air a five-episode competition reality show featuring activists and hosted by Usher, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Julianne Hough. The show, called The Activist, received a lot of criticism for its format.
CBS has committed to diversifying its reality show casts: they’ll cast 50 percent BIPOC starting next year. But their promises about the people who actually cast and make reality TV are less specific.
“CBS has opted to ignore its rampant discrimination issues and lack of inclusion,” a former CBS executive says. Is that reflected in its reality TV?
Moonves continued to play an active role in CBS’ reality TV shows, including approving final casts of shows such as Big Brother and Survivor; he also previously defended Big Brother’s bigotry and bad behavior.