CBS is temporarily benching "Murphy Brown" and "Early Edition" and swapping timeslots for "Michael Hayes" and the newsmag "Public Eye With Bryant Gumbel."
"Murphy Brown" will also take a break in March, and "Cybill" will return to the schedule in "Murphy's" Wednesday 8:30 p.m. slot March 4.
"Michael Hayes" will move to the 9 p.m. Wednesday slot, leading out of "Cybill" and into "Chicago Hope," starting March 4. Gumbel's slow-starting newsmag will shift March 3 to Tuesdays at 9 p.m.
The CBS Saturday drama "Early Edition" will return after the NCAA Basketball Championship. Starting Feb. 28, "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" returns to Saturday at 8 p.m., followed by "Magnificent Seven" and "Walker, Texas Ranger."
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