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CBS Entertainment’s Amy Reisenbach Says She’s Looking Far Into the Future, Already Developing Shows for 2026-2027


At the Banff World Media Festival, CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said she's plotting her primetime development plans way into the future.

But as CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said on Tuesday at the Banff World Media Festival, that’s not stopping her from plotting her primetime development plans way into the future. Reisenbach, who was named CBS Entertainment prexy in November 2022, credited Cheeks for the mandate for “doing things little differently.” The first tweak was the decision — as recommended by alternative series head Mitch Graham — to supersize “Survivor” and “The Amazing Race” to 90 minutes each. “Those shows always have so much footage that we got left on the floor, and we felt like yes, it could potentially be great opportunity to be prepared in case of this strikes happening, but even more so to give the audience more of what they want — which is more ‘Survivor,’ more ‘Race.’ The producers loved the idea.

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