CBS Daytime Lineup Stays in Place for 2013-14 Season

LOS ANGELES: The Bold and the Beautiful, The Talk, The Price is Right and Let’s Make a Deal have all received pickups from CBS for its daytime schedule for the 2013-14 season.

The Bold and the Beautiful, which is about to celebrate its 26th anniversary, is touted as the most-watched dramatic series in the world. The Talk is currently averaging 2.35 million viewers, up 11 percent from last year. The long-running game show The Price is Right recently celebrated its 40th anniversary and is averaging 4.3 million viewers. Let’s Make a Deal is growing by double-digit percentages in key demos. As previously announced, The Young and the Restless is also coming back. The show is about to celebrate its 40th year on air.

"Over the past few years, we have successfully transitioned our daytime schedule to a balance of program genres with new creative energy, while maintaining our ratings leadership," said Nina Tassler, the president of CBS Entertainment. "We are proud of CBS’s history of quality and leadership in daytime, thrilled with our current success and we look forward to more great things ahead from the outstanding creative talent in place at each of the shows."

"I am excited and energized by the pickup of our lineup for next season, which features a balanced mix of talk, game shows and drama," added Angelica McDaniel, the senior VP of daytime for CBS Entertainment. "We have been number one for over two decades, and our goal is to challenge ourselves to make our successful schedule even stronger."