Contrary to TV listings (or blog posts) you might have seen, KMOV (Channel 4) will preempt CBS’ airing of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, not the much-promoted Grammy nominations concert at 8 p.m. An hour of paid programming…

Effective Sunday, the Alex O’Loughlin transplant drama “Three Rivers” is off the CBS schedule for what the network calls a hiatus. “Cold Case” moves to 8 p.m., followed (for the time being) by crime-drama repeats at 9 — “NCIS: Los…

Contrary to what electronic listings — even those on the station’s own website — say, KMOV (Channel 4) has scheduled coverage of the Thanksgiving parade from downtown St. Louis on Thursday. The parade bumps a parade from Detroit on CBS.…

Good if not great news for Jenna Elfman’s “Accidentally on Purpose.” After Monday night’s broadcast — of an episode I hear was especially crude; true? – CBS  ordered five more episodes, for a total of 18 for the season. That’s still…

Two more new shows have entered the safety zone — as in, it’s safe to get attached. “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “The Good Wife” both got full-season pickups from CBS on Wednesday. “NCIS: LA” is the top-rated new series of…

Because of “technical difficulties,” KMOV cut off the end of “CSI: Miami” Monday. The station says it’s working with CBS to retrieve the missing bit and air it Tuesday night; the exact time, when known, will be posted on the KMOV…

“NCIS: Los Angeles” is a hit, and next up for CBS is a spinoff of “Criminal Minds,” reportedly in the works for next season. With three editions of “CSI” and two of “NCIS” (which, you may remember, was a spinoff of “JAG”),…

It’s a wee Chenbot. A Chen-tot. A little Les.  Make your own plays on words, but the news is that Julie Chen of “The Early Show” and “Big Brother” and her husband, CBS boss Les Moonves, are the parents of a…

After an incredible 72 years, first on radio and since 1952 on television, “Guiding Light” airs its last episode Friday on CBS. I’d love to hear from people who’ve watched a long time and are sorry to see it go,…

Two Harlem Globetrotters, a former Miss America and a college student from Liberty, Mo., will compete on the 15th edition of “The Amazing Race,” CBS announced Wednesday. (Liberty is 86 miles northeast of Kansas City, Google Maps says.)

Contestants will run…