CBS adds TV classics to web line up
Recently, TV Squad reported that NBC has added all kinds of classic TV shows to their online outlets. Now comes the announcement that CBS is also bringing a variety of well-loved TV dramas to the web. CBS Interactive is raiding the CBS Library, which is "one of the largest television programming libraries in the entertainment business," to present TV series online across the CBS Audience Network. Like the NBC fodder, the CBS offering is gangbusters: full-length episodes of classic Star Trek, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and Melrose Place. CBS plans to add more programs and clips in the coming months, including sports and other kinds of entertainment.
For Trekkies, all three seasons for ST will be shown, all 79 episodes -- including City on the Edge of Forever and Spock's Brain! For The Twilight Zone, seasons one and two will be the initial offering. Season one of MacGyver, Hawaii Five-O and Melrose Place, as well.
The TV shows are available online right now, without a fee (although you will have to watch an ad or two). The CBS Audience Network is comprised of 300 web sites, including partners such as AOL, Microsoft, CNET Networks, Comcast, Joost, Bebo, Netvibes, Sling Media and Veoh and social application partners including Automattic, Brightcove, Clearspring, DAVE Networks, Goowy Media, meebo, MeeVee, Musestorm, Ning, RockYou!, Slide, VideoEgg, Voxant and vSocial as well as Web sites from CBS's owned television, radio, and affiliated stations.

9 Comments