Murder, She Wrote

[Paul Raven]

You had to wonder what was going on when CBS moves a Top 10 show to a new night opposite one of the hottest shows of the moment.

CBS was desperately trying to go young-it was the season of Central Park West -but it seemed short sighted.

I suppose MSW represented the 'old' image they were trying to shed and it was probably expensive , but still...

If they did want to freshen Sunday where else MSW be placed?

[kalbir]

1995 CBS was sold to Westinghouse and Les Moonves arrived at CBS.

I pointed out 1995/96 Murder, She Wrote as sabotage in the Tank Jobs and Sabotage thread.

 

[Soaplovers]

I'm so happy that the four MSW tv movies are now on Tubi.. and I also think I saw the 12 seasons of the show on there as well.

[Khan]

I agree with @kalbir: the move to Thursday nights was pure sabotage on CBS' part.  MSW still performed very well on Sunday nights - well enough, in fact, to be one of CBS' only two series to land consistently within the Top 10 (with "60 Minutes" being the other) - but CBS, and Les Moonves in particular, wanted the network's demographics to skew younger.  He and his minions knew damn well MSW never stood a chance on Thursdays against "Friends," but that was precisely why they moved it there.  It's truly shameful when you think about it, lol.