CBS Sunday Morning Partners With 92nd Street Y for Live Interview Series, Starting With Sylvester Stallone
CBS News' long-running morning magazine CBS Sunday Morning has signed a deal with the 92nd Street Y for a series of live interviews, pairing the television programme with one of New York's best-known cultural venues.
The partnership, called CBS Sunday Morning At 92NY, opens on 28 September with correspondent Tracy Smith in conversation with Sylvester Stallone. The night before, on 27 September, Stallone's interview with Smith will air on the regular CBS Sunday Morning broadcast — meaning viewers who catch the TV segment can follow up with the live stage event the next day. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The 92nd Street Y, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, has hosted public talks with authors, performers and public figures for decades. The new series will feature actors, musicians, politicians and others who can speak to both the morning newsmagazine's television audience and the Y's regular attendees. Rand Morrison, the executive producer of CBS Sunday Morning, oversees the programme.
Tickets for the Stallone conversation went on sale to the general public on 13 August, the same day the partnership was announced. (The Hollywood Reporter)
For anyone not in the room, the conversations will not stay exclusive to the venue. The 92nd Street Y plans to stream each event live, and the interviews will also become available afterward on CBS News streaming platforms and Paramount+, the streaming service operated by CBS parent company Paramount Global.
That three-way distribution — a live stage event, a live stream, and on-demand viewing — means a single interview can reach a theatre audience, online viewers watching in real time, and catch-up viewers across CBS's digital properties. Future guests beyond Stallone have not yet been named.
The deal adds a live-events layer to a programme that has spent nearly five decades on Sunday mornings. Whether further dates are added beyond the September launch will depend on how the series lands with audiences.
