Soap signs off, new show plans debut

AS THE WORLD TURNS broadcasts its 13,858th and final episode on Friday, closing the book on 54 years of broadcasting.

The soap’s replacement will be THE TALK, an hour-long talk show moderated by Julie Chen and five other moms: reality star Sharon Osbourne,  and actresses Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Sara Gilbert.

THE TALK won’t premiere until Monday, October 17th.

In the meantime, CBS will fill the remaining weeks with a mix of game shows and classic soap episodes.

Starting on Monday, September 20th, which is the day the new season begins, CBS will air double episodes of THE PRICE IS RIGHT at its usual time of 11:00am and in ‘ATWT’s’ slot at 2:00pm.  Those bonus episodes of ‘Price’ will run through Friday October 1st.

Then, from Monday, October 4th through Friday, October 8th, you’ll see two hours of LET’S MAKE A DEAL, from 2:00pm-4:00pm.

And the week leading up to THE TALK’s premiere will feature classic episodes of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.  (No word on which episodes will be shown.)

Final round of U.S. Open airing Monday afternoon

Bad weather shut down the Men’s finals in the U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP on Sunday, forcing organizers to reschedule for Monday.

That means that CBS will carry live coverage of the final match Monday starting at 4:00pm on LIVE 5 WCSC.  LIVE 5 NEWS AT 5, LIVE 5 NEWS AT 5:30 and LIVE 5 NEWS AT 6 will all move to our second channel, LIVE 5 PLUS.

Number 1-seeded Rafael Nadal will take on number 3-seeded Novak Djokovic in the Men’s Final will air live on CBS, with coverage expected to wrap up some time around 7:00pm.

Lead play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg will be joined by expert analysts Mary Carillo and John McEnroe in the booth for the 11th consecutive year. Bill Macatee and analyst Jim Courier also will call tennis action for CBS Sports.  Mary Joe Fernandez serves as reporter.

LIVE 5 PLUS can be found over the air on WCSC 5.2, Comcast Cable channel 212, Time Warner Cable channel 111, Knology Cable channel 146 and Home Telephone Cable channel 116.