The Al Pearce Show broadcast live in Hollywood (7:45-8:30 a.m. Pacific Time). It was carried on CBS-owned KNXT, which played music from the end of the Pearce program until regular programming began at 11:30 a.m. The evening version of the show alternated with the highly successful "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" on Thursday nights at 8:00 pm from July 10, 1952 until September 18, 1952, at which point the ‘’Burns and Allen Show’’ became weekly. However, the "Total Television" reference book by Alex McNeil says "his prime-time half-hour show ... replaced "The Burns and Allen Show" for the summer," giving a starting date
CBS been hosted since 2007 by actor/comedian Drew Carey. The network is also home to the current incarnation of "Let's Make a Deal", hosted by singer/comedian Wayne Brady, which originated in 1964 on NBC and was revived by CBS in 2009 (after a 19-year absence as a regular series), and is one of the several game show franchises in United States television history to appear on all of the traditional Big Three networks, with "Family Feud", "The Price is Right", "Password", and "Match Game" being the others. , CBS is the only commercial broadcast network that continues to broadcast daytime game