CBS Books First Live Price Is Right, Kids' Choice Simulcast
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- The Price Is Right will air live for the first time in its 54-year CBS history with a Christmas primetime special hosted by Drew Carey and announcer George Gray, featuring games Plinko, Cliffhangers, and Lucky Seven before the Big Wheel showcase spin.
- Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards will simulcast on CBS for the first time in the network's nearly 40-year history, airing live from Los Angeles Saturday, November 14 at 8 pm ET/PT and produced by Done and Dusted.
- The MTV Video Music Awards will air live on CBS and MTV on September 27, part of a fall-to-New-Year slate that also includes AMAs, Tony Awards, Golden Globes, and a New Year's Eve: Nashville's Big Bash return on December 31 (8-10 PM and 10:30 PM-1:00 AM ET/PT).
- New Year's Eve: Nashville's Big Bash is returning with the same producers after last year's telecast was interrupted by tech issues, forcing CBS to cut to a Matlock repeat mid-broadcast.
- CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach brushed off last year's mishap, telling reporters, "It's live television, sometimes things happen."
Why it matters: CBS is stacking its schedule with live-event programming and landing two genuine firsts in a single slate — a primetime live Price Is Right after 54 years, plus the first Kids' Choice Awards simulcast on the network in nearly four decades. Even after last year's Nashville's Big Bash tech meltdown forced a switch to a Matlock repeat, CBS kept the same producers, signaling it views live spectacle as worth the risk.
