Deborah Norville, host of CBS’ Inside Version since 1995, is branching out from the anchor desk into the sport present world with a brand new trivia present known as The Good Line. Can she be the following Meredith Vieira a la Millionaire, and hit a scores jackpot?
The massive information was introduced on Thursday (December 19) in a press launch obtained by Selection. The outlet introduced that CBS Media Ventures is shifting ahead with The Good Line, which had beforehand been in growth, and it’s being picked up by CBS stations in syndication nationwide. Season 1 will premiere within the fall of 2025.
The Good Line was pitched as a sister present to The Flip Facet, hosted by Jaleel White, which noticed CBS lean into the trendy resurgence of sport exhibits within the fall of 2024. Following that present’s profitable launch, Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of CBS Information and CBS Media Ventures, mentioned the distributor “discovered the daytime viewers continues to have an enormous urge for food for and engagement with sport exhibits.”
“We’re constructing on that success by bringing The Good Line to {the marketplace}, with a number everybody already is aware of and admires,” McMahon added. “Deborah is a pure internet hosting this present – her wit and allure resonate with audiences. We’re assured The Good Line would be the good match for stations’ lineups.”
Whereas followers don’t have a trailer or a weekday to mark on their calendars simply but, a pilot for The Good Line was filmed in August. Right here’s the gist:
This trivia sport contains questions on from world occasions, popular culture, sports activities, science and extra. In every spherical, contestants are given a class after which are tasked with arranging occasions, gadgets or folks so as. For instance, a participant will probably be given six actors and they should organize them by their worldwide field workplace gross. Winners are in a position to create “the right line” by way of that right order, thus the title. Nonetheless, in the event that they don’t accomplish that, they are going to be eradicated. The final individual standing performs a closing spherical for an opportunity at $10,000.
“I grew up watching means too many sport exhibits and have at all times wished to do one,” Norville mentioned within the press launch. “With The Good Line, I’ve discovered the suitable format. The present is a quick, enjoyable, good tackle trivia and popular culture with tidbits of stuff you didn’t know – and it’s performed in a means that you just’ve acquired an opportunity to win even for those who’re simply guessing. Plus, as a journalist, I like that I get to share enjoyable information you’ll need to move alongside to your folks.”
Norville has an enormous resume as she’s been the face of Inside Version (and its precursor exhibits) for almost 30 years. She has additionally as an anchor and correspondent for CBS Information and she or he additionally served as a co-host of NBC’s Right now and anchor of NBC’s Information at Dawn, amongst different self-titled information exhibits.
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The Good Line, CBS, Fall, 2025