CBS Airing Titanic and Other Paramount Films in May to Fill Schedule Holes

Five movies from sibling studio will air following COVID-19 disruption

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During the pandemic, broadcast scheduling has become more complicated than ever as schedulers try to navigate COVID-19 upheaval while keeping audiences and advertisers happy in both the short and long term.

As CBS attempts to program May with fewer original episodes than planned due to the coronavirus-related production shutdown, the network is tapping sibling studio Paramount Pictures to help fill the holes in its schedule by bringing theatrical films back to broadcast TV in a major way.

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