The CBS Sunday Movie (also known at various times as the CBS Sunday Night Movie) is the umbrella title for a made-for-TV and feature film showcase series originally airing from 1941 on CBS until the end of the 2005–2006 television season, when it was replaced with a drama series. It was the last of the weekly Sunday night movie showcases aired by the Big Three television networks to be canceled, outside of special event premieres and the network's previous run of the Hallmark Hall of Fame film anthology.
On April 7, 2020, as part of schedule changes associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States, CBS announced that it would air feature films under the CBS Sunday Night Movies banner for a five-week event in May 2020, featuring films from corporate sister Paramount Pictures. A sixth week was added to the event to fill the timeslot of the postponed 74th Tony Awards, featuring a sing-along version of Grease.[1]
In September 2020, CBS announced that the block would return for six additional weeks beginning in October, filling the network's Sunday-night schedule to allow time for its Sunday-night dramas (The Equalizer, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS: New Orleans) to resume production.[2]
Titles
This is a listing of topics pertaining to CBS movies broadcast on television under various umbrella titles.[1][3]
- Film Theatre of the Air (1941-42, & 1949, Saturday; 1951 and 1953, Tuesday)
- Premiere Playhouse (March–July 1949, Friday; 1949–50, Saturday)
- Budweiser Summer Theatre (1951, Saturday)
- Schlitz Film Firsts[4] (1951, Friday)
- Summer Cinema (1952, Saturday)
- The CBS Thursday Night Movies[5] (1965–75)
- The CBS Friday Night Movies[6] (1966–77)
- The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies (1972–74)
- The CBS Wednesday Night Movies (1977–81)
- The CBS Tuesday Night Movies[7] (1978–86)
- The CBS Saturday Night Movies[8] (1981–86)
- CBS Sunday Movie[9] (1986–2006)
- CBS Tuesday Movie[10] (1986–2000)
- CBS Wednesday Movie[11] (1986–2000)
- The CBS Late Movie (1972–89)
- A CBS Special Movie Presentation (1974–2006)
- CBS Sunday Night Movies (2020–present)
Schedules
This list may be incomplete
1971
Date | Movie |
---|---|
June 13 | Cutter's Trail |
June 20 | The Wrong Box |
June 27 | Once a Thief |
July 4 | A Step Out Of Line |
July 11 | Judith |
July 18 | Jack of Diamonds |
July 25 | Tarzan and the Great River |
September 19 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
September 26 | Bandolero! |
October 3 | To Sir, with Love |
October 10 | The Sand Pebbles Part 1 |
October 17 | The Sand Pebbles Part 2 |
October 24 | Battle of the Bulge Part 1 |
October 31 | Battle of the Bulge Part 2 |
November 7 | Marriage on the Rocks |
November 14 | Anzio |
November 21 | Born Free |
November 28 | The Great Race Part 1 |
December 5 | The Great Race Part 2 |
December 12 | Will Penny |
December 19 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story |
December 26 | D-Day the Sixth of June |
1972
1981
Date | Movie |
---|---|
March 22 | Gone with the Wind |
1988
Date | Movie |
---|---|
March 20 | Hot Paint |
1989
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 7 | Witness |
October 8 | Mystic Pizza |
October 15 | The Big Easy |
1990
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 6 | The Untouchables |
October 1 | Night Walk |
November 11 | Fatal Attraction |
November 18 | Moonstruck |
December 2 | The Fatal Image |
December 9 | Donor |
1992
Date | Movie |
---|---|
April 12 | Stompin' At The Savoy |
April 29 | Batman |
May 12 | With Murder in Mind |
September 20 | Terror on Track 9 |
September 27 | A House of Secrets and Lies |
December 6 | A Man Upstairs |
1993
Date | Movie |
---|---|
April 11 | Steel Magnolias |
August 22 | Highway Heartbreaker |
November 7 | Ghost |
1994
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 8 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
July 3 | Glory |
1995
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 15 | Presumed Innocent |
July 2 | Nuts |
September 10 | Only the Lonely |
1996
Date | Movie |
---|---|
June 30 | For the Boys |
July 21 | The Godfather Part III |
August 11 | Dying Young |
1997
Date | Movie |
---|---|
February 16 | Dave |
August 24 | The Man Without a Face |
1998
Date | Movie |
---|---|
March 22 | It Could Happen to You |
August 9 | Philadelphia |
September 13 | Goodfellas |
1999
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 3 | Sabrina |
January 17 | Dead Man Walking |
May 2 | The First Wives Club |
July 4 | Blue Sky |
August 22 | To Sir, with Love II |
2000
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 16 | Murder at 1600 |
January 23 | Fire Down Below |
March 26 | Passenger 57 |
April 23 | Michael |
September 24 | L.A. Confidential |
October 1 | City of Angels |
2001
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 14 | Tomorrow Never Dies |
January 21 | Absolute Power |
February 25 | The Mask of Zorro |
March 4 | Eraser |
March 25 | Executive Decision |
April 15 | Deep Impact |
June 10 | Something to Talk About |
June 17 | Chance of a Lifetime |
June 24 | Grace and Glorie |
July 1 | Bella Mafia |
July 8 | A Father for Brittany |
July 15 | To Live Again |
July 22 | Going Home |
July 29 | The Staircase |
August 19 | Tin Cup |
November 25 | You've Got Mail |
December 30 | Eraser |
2002
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 6 | Entrapment |
February 17 | The Fugitive |
March 31 | Analyze This |
April 7 | The Deep End of the Ocean |
April 14 | The Pilot’s Wife |
May 12 | Double Jeopardy |
June 16 | The Negotiator |
July 7 | A Time to Kill |
August 4 | Missing Pieces |
September 15 | Message in a Bottle |
October 6 | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay |
November 3 | The World Is Not Enough |
2003
Date | Movie |
---|---|
March 30 | Shanghai Noon |
April 6 | The Whole Nine Yards |
July 6 | Wild Wild West |
August 3 | Instinct |
August 17 | True Crime |
September 14 | Out of Sight |
October 26 | What Women Want |
December 28 | One True Thing |
2004
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 18 | Double Jeopardy |
February 29 | Rules of Engagement |
March 21 | Proof of Life |
April 11 | The Patriot |
April 18 | Along Came a Spider |
June 20 | The Cider House Rules |
August 22 | Pay it Forward |
December 26 | Ocean's Eleven |
2005
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 2 | Behind Enemy Lines |
February 20 | Stone Cold |
February 27 | Collateral Damage |
April 3 | John Q. |
April 10 | High Crimes |
April 17 | Don't Say a Word |
June 26 | Changing Lanes |
July 31 | I Am Sam |
October 23 | Enough |
2006
Date | Movie |
---|---|
January 1 | Surrender, Dorothy |
January 15 | Jesse Stone: Night Passage |
February 12 | The Sum of All Fears |
February 19 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
March 12 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days |
March 19 | Time Bomb |
April 9 | Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades Factor |
April 30 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise |
May 28 | We Were Soldiers |
June 4 | Ocean's Eleven |
June 18 | What Women Want |
2007
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 20 | Million Dollar Baby |
2015
Date | Movie |
---|---|
February 22 | Act of Valor |
2020
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 3 | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
May 10 | Forrest Gump |
May 17 | Mission: Impossible |
May 24 | Titanic |
May 31 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
June 7 | Grease Sing-Along[12] |
October 4 | Old School |
October 11 | Clueless |
October 18 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
October 25 | Scream |
November 1 | Star Trek Beyond |
November 29 | Coming to America |
2021
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 30 | Gladiator |
June 20 | Selma |
September 5 | School of Rock |
October 3 | Star Trek |
2022
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 14 | Top Gun[13] |
December 4 | Fit For Christmas[14] |
December 11 | Must Love Christmas[14] |
December 18 | When Christmas Was Young[14] |
2023
Date | Movie |
---|---|
May 26 | Star Trek Into Darkness |
June 5 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation |
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References
- 1 2 "CBS Announces Sunday Night at the Movies - Five Iconic, Acclaimed Films from the Paramount Pictures Library to Be Broadcast Every Sunday in May" (Press release). CBS. April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2020-09-17). "CBS Brings Back Sunday Night Movies To Fill Gap Until Scripted Dramas Return, Moves 'Big Brother' To Monday". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ↑ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present New York: Ballantine Books, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003. ISBN 0-345-45542-8
- ↑ "Episode List: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars". TV Tango.
- ↑ "Episode List: CBS Thursday Movie Special". TV Tango.
- ↑ "Episode List: CBS Friday Movie". TV Tango.
- ↑ "Episode List: CBS Tuesday Night Movie". TV Tango.
- ↑ "Episode List: CBS Saturday Movie". TV Tango.
- ↑ "Episode List: CBS Sunday Movie". TV Tango.
- ↑ "Episode List: CBS Tuesday Movie Special". TV Tango.
- ↑ "Episode List: CBS Wednesday Movie". TV Tango.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2020-05-14). "CBS Adds 'Grease Sing-A-Long' To Its Sunday Night Movies Schedule; Watch The Trailer – Update". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ↑ "Shows A-Z | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- 1 2 3 "Breaking News - More the Merrier! CBS Announces Airdates to Celebrate the 2022 CBS Holiday Collection with Original Movies and Specials | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.