CBS Says The World’s Best, Debuting After the Super Bowl, Isn’t Just Another Competition Show

‘We’re crossing our fingers that this is going to be a franchise for many years to come’

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Airing after the Super Bowl is one of the best time slots on TV: whichever show gets the coveted position is guaranteed to draw one of the largest entertainment audiences of the year.

This year, CBS is using Super Bowl LIII to premiere The World’s Best, its new reality competition series hosted by James Corden and featuring Drew Barrymore, Faith Hill and RuPaul Charles, who judge a variety of global acts. In addition to receiving scores from the celebrity trio, contestants are also judged by the “Wall of the World,” representing 38 different countries.

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