Hate when your programs get delayed due to sports? Check out the info below for CBS' Eye-Lert System, which will help viewers get through Sunday primetime programming without pulling your hair out. :devil: CBS TO EXPAND EYE-LERT SYSTEM AS OF SEPT. 14 The Multi-Platform CBS Eye-Lerts, Which Help Viewers Navigate Sunday Primetime Series Time Changes on NFL Doubleheader Weekends, Will Now Feature Mobile Push Notifications from the CBS iOS App The Network Will Continue to Provide Updates via On Air Graphics, A Ticker on the Home Page of CBS.com and Across CBS Social Media Sites CBS's Primetime Sunday Series Will Be Listed to Start 30 Minutes Later than Usual On NFL Doubleheader Dates in Eastern and Central Time Zones, With "60 Minutes" Leading the Night at 7:30 PM, ET/6:30 PM, CT The multi-platform CBS Eye-lert system, which helps Network viewers navigate Sunday primetime series time changes on NFL doubleheader weekends, is expanding as of Sept. 14. The system will now enable iOS users to receive push notifications via the CBS App and will continue to provide updates via on air graphics, a ticker on the home page of CBS.com and social media posts. "The upgraded CBS Eye-lert system will expand its reach by millions of viewers," said Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President, CBS Primetime. "We’re using multiple platforms to update our audience in the most effective ways possible." By accessing the CBS Eye-lert page on CBS.com (http://www.cbs.com/eye-lerts/), fans can: •Sign up to follow the Facebook and Twitter accounts of their favorite Sunday shows to see alerts. •Download the CBS App for iOS to set up mobile push notifications of the Eye-lert updates. Additionally, on Sundays: •The home page of CBS.com will feature a ticker with revised start times when there are delays. •CBS will continue the practice of aggressively using on air graphics to alert viewers to adjusted start times. (CBS Eye-lert will no longer provide alerts via texts or e-mail.) For the second year, CBS will list the scheduled start times for its Sunday night series 30 minutes later in Eastern and Central Time zones on doubleheader weekends. (The start times for Sunday primetime in Mountain and Pacific Time zones will remain as previously scheduled on those dates.) THE NFL ON CBS's 2014 doubleheader Sundays are: Sept. 14 and 21; Oct. 5 and 26; Nov. 2, 23 and 30; and Dec. 21 and 28. The doubleheader schedule follows: 7:30 PM, ET; 6:30 PM, CT – 60 MINUTES 8:30 PM, ET; 7:30 PM, CT – BIG BROTHER 14 (through Sept. 14); MADAM SECRETARY (as of Sept. 21) 9:30 PM, ET; 8:30 PM, CT – UNFORGETTABLE (through Sept. 14) THE GOOD WIFE (as of Sept. 21) 10:30 PM, ET; 9:30 PM, CT – UNFORGETTABLE (through Sept. 14) MADAM SECRETARY (Encore Broadcast on Sept. 21) CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (as of Sept. 28) The CBS Eye-lert system originally debuted in 2007.
09.07.2016 CBS TO RESUME ALERTS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS TO HELP VIEWERS TRACK SUNDAY PRIMETIME SERIES TIME CHANGES ON NATIONAL NFL DOUBLEHEADER WEEKENDS The Network's Updates Will Be Communicated via On-Air Graphics, a Ticker on the CBS.com Home Page, and on Twitter and Facebook Accounts CBS's Primetime Sunday Series Will Be Listed to Start 30 Minutes Later than Usual on National NFL Doubleheader Dates in Eastern and Central Time Zones, with "60 Minutes" Leading the Night at 7:30 PM, ET and 6:30 PM, CT CBS's Sunday alerts, which help Network viewers track primetime series time changes on national NFL doubleheader weekends, will resume this month. The first NFL doubleheader Sunday is Sept. 18, but the alerts will begin Sunday, Sept. 11, due to a late afternoon game being covered in select regions that may impact the primetime schedule in those markets. The updates will be provided via on-air graphics, a ticker on the home page of CBS.com and social media posts. On Sundays: The home page of CBS.com will feature a ticker with revised start times when there are delays. CBS will continue to use on-air graphics throughout the night to alert viewers to adjusted start times. Updates will be posted to Twitter via @CBSTweet and @cbs, to Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CBS and to the Sunday series' Twitter and Facebook accounts: 60 MINUTES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60minutes Twitter: @60Minutes BIG BROTHER Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigBrother Twitter: @CBSBigBrother BRAINDEAD: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrainDeadCBS Twitter: @BrainDeadCBS NCIS: LOS ANGELES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NCISLA Twitter: @NCISLA MADAM SECRETARY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MadamSecretary Twitter: @MadamSecretary ELEMENTARY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElementaryCBS Twitter: @Elementary_CBS For the fourth year, CBS will list the scheduled start times for its Sunday night series 30 minutes later in Eastern and Central Time zones on national doubleheader weekends. (The start times for Sunday primetime in Mountain and Pacific time zones will remain as previously scheduled.) THE NFL ON CBS 2016 national doubleheader Sundays are: Sept. 18 and 25; Oct. 9 and 23; Nov. 6, 20 and 27; Dec. 18; and Jan. 1, 2017. Schedule for Sept. 11: 7:00 PM, ET; 6:00 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES 8:00 PM, ET; 7:00 PM, CT — BIG BROTHER 9:00 PM, ET; 8:00 PM, CT — BRAINDEAD (Two-hour season finale) National Doubleheader Schedule: Sept. 18: 7:30 PM, ET; 6:30 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES 8:30 PM, ET; 7:30 PM, CT — THE CASE OF: JONBENÉT RAMSEY (Part one, two hours) 10:30 PM, ET; 9:30 PM, CT — NCIS: LOS ANGELES (Rebroadcast) Sept. 25: 7:30 PM, ET; 6:30 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES (49th season premiere) 8:30 PM, ET; 7:30 PM, CT — THE CASE OF: JONBENÉT RAMSEY (Part three, two hours — part two airs Sept. 19) As of Oct. 23: 7:30 PM, ET; 6:30 PM, CT — 60 MINUTES 8:30 PM, ET; 7:30 PM, CT — NCIS: LOS ANGELES 9:30 PM, ET; 8:30 PM, CT — MADAM SECRETARY 10:30 PM, ET; 9:30 PM, CT — ELEMENTARY