CBS Daytime scheduling change begins December 23

Fans of The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless are gearing up to add a new show to their soapy CBS Daytime line-up. Starting in 2025, CBS’s new daytime serial, Beyond the Gates, will launch, but there will be a change in the daytime schedule leading up to its premiere.

CBS Daytime Schedule

Beyond the Gates will be taking the place of The Talk’s current time slot on the CBS Daytime Schedule. However, there is a gap between when the talk show ends and when the new daytime serial begins.

Fans of The Talk will see its finale on December 20, 2024. As Beyond the Gates premieres on February 24, 2025, encore presentations of The Price Is Right will air in the time slot beginning Monday, December 23, 2024.

The encore episodes are the only changes to the daytime schedule that were announced. Therefore, starting Monday, December 23, 2024, the weekday CBS daytime lineup will be:

Let’s Make A Deal:

AM Markets: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. PT

PM Markets: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. PT

The Price Is Right:

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. PT

The Young and the Restless:

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT

The Bold and the Beautiful:

1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. PT

The Price Is Right — Encore Presentations:

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. PT

The Bold and the Beautiful and other CBS daytime ratings

CBS has been a leader in daytime television ratings for decades. According to VideoAmp data provided by the network in a press release, CBS has opened the 2024 - 2025 broadcast season with audience growth across its daytime dramas and game shows in L+7 viewing.

CBS will further expand its daytime audience with Beyond the Gates, its new daytime drama series and debut project from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture. The serial, which premieres Monday, February 24, 2025, will air weekdays from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount Plus.

Beyond the Gates will be the first-ever one-hour Black daytime soap and the first daytime drama to premiere since “Passions” in 1999.

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has also retained its #1 status with a 16% increase in total viewers compared to last year.

CBS is the #1 daytime network, with its three top shows delivered to 3.83 million total viewers: The Price Is Right in the first spot, The Young and the Restless in second, and The Bold and the Beautiful in the top third. The Young and the Restless ranks as the #1 daytime drama, and The Bold and the Beautiful is #2 in network rankings.

CBS Daytime Broadcast Audience Growth

Viewership of The Bold and the Beautiful is up 5% compared to last year's data, with 4.13 million viewers. The Young and the Restless is also up 5%, delivering 5.09 million viewers.

For daytime game shows, The Price Is Right and Let’s Make A Deal grew 4%, delivering 5.38 million and 3.34 million total viewers, respectively.

Additionally, CBS’s The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is up 16%, delivering 3.61 million total viewers.