The neighborhood, behind its wall.

How to keep your teens at home this summer? Wall them up in the neighborhood. That’s the concept behind a new CBS reality show, debuting Aug. 9, that will enclose nine suburban families behind a 20-foot…

“Survivor: Samoa” debuts Thursday, Sept. 17, and the two-hour (two hour!!!) season premiere of “The Amazing Race” is 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27.

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“Three Rivers” doesn’t arrive until Oct. 4, but most of CBS’ new…

The Emmys have moved again. After CBS announced a date of Sept. 13, MTV pointed out that the “Video Music Awards” were already scheduled that day, with venue and sponsorships in place. “We had the flexibility to move; they didn’t,” CBS’ Jack…

Alex O'Loughlin

Canceled Tuesday by NBC, “Medium” immediately found a place on CBS’ fall schedule, where it will air Friday nights between ”Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs.” CBS Studios produces “Medium.”

But as expected, CBS canceled long-running “Without a Trace” and “The Unit.” The…

More bad news from CBS, which is reported to have canceled “Without a Trace” along with “The Unit.” Also dead: “Eleventh Hour.” More when CBS makes its plans official on Wednesday.

Because of weather interruptions last Friday, KMOV (Channel 4) will repeat the season finale of “Ghost Whisperer” at 1:07 a.m. Wednesday.

Unfortunately, KTVI (Channel 2) won’t repeat the series finale of “Prison Break.”  General manager Spencer Koch said Monday that after review, he…

Jim Beaver

Kiss of death? CBS paints the move of the mystery series as a good thing, in recognition of its appeal outside mainstream prime time. “Harper’s Island” draws an unusually large audience of people who record it using DVRs and also…

The final episode of the soap opera, which began on radio in 1937, will air Sept. 18. Here is CBS’ full announcement, celebrating the history of the show.

CBS’s “GUIDING LIGHT” TO BROADCAST ITS FINAL EPISODE ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 18

CBS’s daytime…

CBS News reporter/anchor Russ Mitchell will pick up the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism in Columbia on Friday. The award, which dates to 1930, is billed as one of journalism’s most prestigious. Mitchell got his bachelor’s in…

CBS has ordered two more editions of “Survivor,” Nos. 19 and 20, for the 2009-10 season. Why? Because it’s still popular. Always wins its time period. And although some “Survivors” are better than others, my week is just a little brighter…