CBS is suspending tonight’s initially scheduled premiere of “Hollywood Squares” every week because of the wildfires all through the Los Angeles space. In consequence, the present will now bow on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. ET as a substitute.

In accordance with insiders, the choice was made as a result of it didn’t really feel acceptable to showcase a lighthearted present that includes celebrities joking with one another at this second because of the severity of the fires and the variety of celebrities who’ve misplaced properties within the catastrophe.

Additionally, CBS’ KCBS-TV has been airing wall-to-wall information protection of the fires and is prone to proceed to take action tonight. For the remainder of the nation, CBS will now air repeats of “George and Mandy’s First Marriage” and “Ghosts” within the 8 p.m. hour.

Drew Barrymore serves as middle sq. of the up to date model of “Hollywood Squares,” which CBS first picked as much as air final January. Nate Burleson hosts the present, which strikes to its common 10 p.m. Thursday time slot starting Jan. 29.

Jesse Collins (for Jesse Collins Leisure) and Barrymore (through her Flower Movies) are the producers on this new “Hollywood Squares.” A lot of the format stays the identical: “The ‘board’ for the sport is a vertical stack of open-faced cubes, every occupied by a celeb seated at a desk and going through the contestants. The celebrities are requested questions and the contestants decide the legitimacy of their solutions to win the sport.”

Barrymore hosts the first-run syndicated speak present strip “The Drew Barrymore Present,” which CBS stations air in main markets, for CBS Media Ventures. This reps the primary re-creation of the common “Hollywood Squares” since a syndicated model hosted by Tom Bergeron from 1998 to 2004.