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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

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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

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This list may be incomplete

1971

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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

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Date Movie
January 2 Up the Down Staircase
January 9 Stay Away, Joe
January 16 The Bridge on the River Kwai Part 1
January 23 The Bridge on the River Kwai Part 2
January 30 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
February 6 The Brotherhood of the Bell
February 13 Ben-Hur Part 1
February 20 Ben-Hur Part 2
February 27 Anzio
March 5 A Fine Madness
March 12 Five Million Years to Earth
March 19 Easy Come, Easy Go
April 2 The Shoes of the Fisherman
April 9 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
April 16 Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
April 23 Funeral in Berlin
April 30 Up the Down Staircase
May 7 Enter Laughing
May 14 The Firechasers
May 21 Gentle Giant
May 28 A Dandy in Aspic
June 4 D-Day the Sixth of June
June 11 Killer by Night
June 18 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
July 2 A Fine Madness
July 9 Five Million Years to Earth
July 16 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
July 23 Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
July 30 Funeral in Berlin
August 6 Gentle Giant
August 20 A Dandy in Aspic
August 27 Assignment K
September 3 Enter Laughing
October 29 Yellow Submarine

1981

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Date Movie
March 22 Gone with the Wind

1988

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Date Movie
March 20 Hot Paint

1989

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Date Movie
May 7 Witness
October 8 Mystic Pizza
October 15 The Big Easy

1990

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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

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Date Movie
March 29 Highway Heartbreaker
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

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Date Movie
March 14 Men Don't Tell
March 21 Without a Kiss Goodbye
April 11 Steel Magnolias
August 22 Highway Heartbreaker
November 7 Ghost

1994

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Date Movie
May 8 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
July 3 Glory

1995

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Date Movie
January 15 Presumed Innocent
July 2 Nuts
September 10 Only the Lonely

1996

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Date Movie
March 17 A Husband, A Wife, And A Lover
March 24 A Stranger to Love
June 30 For the Boys
July 21 The Godfather Part III
August 11 Dying Young

1997

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Date Movie
February 16 Dave
March 16 Stolen Women: Captured Hearts
March 23 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
August 24 The Man Without a Face

1998

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Date Movie
March 15 A Father for Brittany
March 22 It Could Happen to You
August 9 Philadelphia
September 13 Goodfellas

1999

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Date Movie
January 3 Sabrina
January 17 Dead Man Walking
March 14 Replacing Dad
March 21 Grumpy Old Men
May 2 The First Wives Club
July 4 Blue Sky
August 22 To Sir, with Love II

2000

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Date Movie
January 16 Murder at 1600
January 23 Fire Down Below
March 19 The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
March 26 Passenger 57
April 23 Michael
September 24 L.A. Confidential
October 1 City of Angels

2001

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Date Movie
January 14 Tomorrow Never Dies
January 21 Absolute Power
February 25 The Mask of Zorro
March 4 Eraser
March 18 For Love of Olivia
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

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Date Movie
January 6 Entrapment
February 17 The Fugitive
March 17 Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
March 24 Executive Decision
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

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Date Movie
March 23 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

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Date Movie
January 18 Double Jeopardy
February 29 Rules of Engagement
March 21 Proof of Life
March 28 Jesus
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

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Date Movie
January 2 Behind Enemy Lines
February 20 Stone Cold
February 27 Collateral Damage
March 27 James Patterson's Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
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

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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

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Date Movie
May 20 Million Dollar Baby

2015

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Date Movie
February 22 Act of Valor

2020

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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

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Date Movie
May 30 Gladiator
June 20 Selma
September 5 School of Rock
October 3 Star Trek

2022

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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

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Date Movie
May 26 Star Trek Into Darkness
June 5 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Episode List: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars". TV Tango.
  5. ^ "Episode List: CBS Thursday Movie Special". TV Tango.
  6. ^ "Episode List: CBS Friday Movie". TV Tango.
  7. ^ "Episode List: CBS Tuesday Night Movie". TV Tango.
  8. ^ "Episode List: CBS Saturday Movie". TV Tango.
  9. ^ "Episode List: CBS Sunday Movie". TV Tango.
  10. ^ "Episode List: CBS Tuesday Movie Special". TV Tango.
  11. ^ "Episode List: CBS Wednesday Movie". TV Tango.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Shows A-Z | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  14. ^ a b c "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.
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