Hollywood Squares with Drew Barrymore coming in 2025

[JasonA1]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cbs-sets-fall-spring-schedule-1235889014/

CBS has Drew Barrymore as center square on a new Hollywood Squares this January, with a lead-in from The Price is Right At Night and a returning Raid the Cage.

-Jason

[Matt Ottinger]

CBS has Drew Barrymore as center square on a new Hollywood Squares this January, with a lead-in from The Price is Right At Night and a returning Raid the Cage.

I'm a little surprised we hadn't heard anything about this up until now.  Our group usually has its ears to the ground, and a major series network revival would seem a hard thing to keep secret.

[tvwxman]

Schedule-wise , what does "Winter break" mean? Limited series of this, Price, and Deal?

(took CBS long enough to do this to cross promote their shows.)

[parliboy]

Schedule-wise , what does "Winter break" mean? Limited series of this, Price, and Deal?

(took CBS long enough to do this to cross promote their shows.)

Variety has more specifics on that:

The gamer will run on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET starting in January, paired with “The Price is Right at Night” (hosted by another Drew — Drew Carey, that is) at 8 p.m. and a new season of “Raid the Cage,” hosted by Damon Wayans, Jr. and co-host Jeannie Mai, at 9 p.m. The three shows will air during a midseason break for CBS’ regular Wednesday schedule of “Survivor” and “The Summit” (fall) and “The Amazing Race” (spring).

[TimK2003]

Paging Mr. Bergeron...

[Stackertosh]

Does Hip Hop squares tape in California or New York? i wonder if they will redress the set for Hollywood Squares?

[BillCullen1]

So Drew joins Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Rivers and Paul Lynde in the center square club. Now we need a host. If I were Todd Newton's agent . . .

[Jimmy Owen]

I'm guessing Ross Mathews as host

[Nick]

Paging Mr. Bergeron...

Is there a chance that he really could retake the podium?

Now we need a host. If I were Todd Newton's agent . . .

Why?

/Wondering if Rich Fields will try to make himself announcer.

[TLEberle]

Paging Mr. Bergeron...

Is there a chance that he really could retake the podium?

Now we need a host. If I were Todd Newton's agent . . .

Why?

/Wondering if Rich Fields will try to make himself announcer.

1) I'd be a little gunshy to book as host someone approaching seventy years old, also I thought he wanted to retire.
2) The love for Todd Newton runs thick and deep through some people.

[TimK2003]

Paging Mr. Bergeron...

Is there a chance that he really could retake the podium?

1) I'd be a little gunshy to book as host someone approaching seventy years old, also I thought he wanted to retire.

Well, they DID tap a 76 year old Regis Philbin to host Million Dollar Password.  And Tom did host a pilot for a non-cable version of TTD a couple of years back.

[Loogaroo]

So Drew joins Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Rivers and Paul Lynde in the center square club. Now we need a host. If I were Todd Newton's agent . . .

Let's get one thing straight: the era of Game Show Hosts Hosting Game Shows is dead. Finito. Kaput. Stop trying to make Todd Newton happen. It's never going to happen.

[Neumms]

I’d put Drew up in Rose Marie’s square not Lynde’s, but maybe that’s just me.

For kicks, who are some names that might do well in the center square or a corner? I’d say Craig Ferguson has the chops. Was Nick Cannon good on Hip-Hop Squares? He’d have broad appeal.

[Neumms]

I'd be a little gunshy to book as host someone approaching seventy years old, also I thought he wanted to retire.

The sane network had an 85-year-old do five full hours a week. Making prime-time coin to do a handful of shows is a decent reason to be active in retirement.

[rebelwrest]

The sane network

Ok, I think CBS has earned that title. So, which network earns the opposite title?

/Please don't edit the original post.  That was funny.