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 (as well as other studios for example Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Universal 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.
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.
Titles This is a listing of topics pertaining to CBS movies broadcast on television under various umbrella titles.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.
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 (1951, Friday) Summer Cinema (1952, Saturday) The CBS Thursday Night Movies (1965–75) The CBS Friday Night Movies (1966–77) The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies (1972–74) The CBS Wednesday Night Movies (1977–81) The CBS Tuesday Night Movies (1978–86) The CBS Saturday Night Movies (1981–86) CBS Sunday Movie (1986–2006) CBS Tuesday Movie (1986–2000) CBS Wednesday Movie (1986–2000) The CBS Late Movie (1972–89) A CBS Special Movie Presentation (1974–2006) CBS Sunday Night Movies (2020–present)
Schedules This list may be incomplete
1971 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 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 Date Movie March 22 Gone with the Wind
1986 Date Movie January 12 Rockabye January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9 February 16 February 23March 2 March 9March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6April 13April 20 April 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27
1988 Date Movie March 20 Hot Paint
1989 Date Movie May 7 Witness October 8 Mystic Pizza October 15 The Big Easy
1990 Date Movie March 18 Gunsmoke: The Last Apache May 6 The Untouchables October 1 Night Walk November 11 Fatal Attraction November 18 Moonstruck December 2 The Fatal Image December 9 Donor
1992 DateMovie 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 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 Date Movie May 8 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves July 3 Glory
1995 Date Movie January 15 Presumed Innocent July 2 Nuts September 10 Only the Lonely
1996 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 Date MovieFebruary 16Dave March 16 Stolen Women: Captured Hearts March 23 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea August 24 The Man Without a Face July 13 The Godfather, Part III
1998 Date Movie March 15 A Father for Brittany March 22 It Could Happen to You August 9 Philadelphia September 13 Goodfellas September 20 The Marriage Fool
1999 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 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 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 ImpactJune 10 Something to Talk AboutJune 17 Chance of a LifetimeJune 24 Grace and GlorieJuly 1Bella MafiaJuly 8 A Father for BrittanyJuly 15 To Live AgainJuly 22 Going HomeJuly 29 The Staircase August 19 Tin Cup November 25 You've Got Mail December 30 Eraser
2002 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 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 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 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 Date MovieJanuary 1 Surrender, DorothyJanuary 15Jesse 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 BombApril 9Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades FactorApril 30Jesse Stone: Death in ParadiseMay 28We Were SoldiersJune 4Ocean's ElevenJune 18What Women Want
2007 Date Movie May 20 Million Dollar Baby
2015 Date Movie February 22 Act of Valor
2020 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-AlongOctober 4Old SchoolOctober 11CluelessOctober 18Ferris Bueller's Day OffOctober 25ScreamNovember 1Star Trek BeyondNovember 29Coming to America
2021 Date MovieMay 30GladiatorJune 20SelmaSeptember 5School of RockOctober 3Star Trek
2022 Date MovieMay 14Top GunDecember 4Fit For ChristmasDecember 11Must Love ChristmasDecember 18When Christmas Was Young
2023 Date MovieMay 26Star Trek Into DarknessJune 5Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2024
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2025 None
2026 Date Movie July 1‘’Top Gun: Maverick’’
References
External links CBS Sunday Movie - TV Tango