CBS Watch!, also called Watch! Magazine, was a bi-monthly magazine commissioned by Paramount Global and published by Manifest.[clarification needed] The glossy print magazine, covered celebrity, fashion, beauty, travel, culture and wellness through articles mainly about actors and hosts involved with programming on the CBS broadcast network and predecessor brands like Showtime, Pop TV, The CW, and Smithsonian Channel. The magazine was published bimonthly in the United States with both newsstand and subscription distribution. Post COVID outbreak, the magazine's frequency was reduced to quarterly. The last issue was published in November/December 2022.[1][2] CBS Watch had a circulation number of approximately 200,000 copies per edition. It was created by former CBS Vice President Jeremy Murphy, who left in 2016 to start his own company 360bespoke.[3][4]

History

The magazine launched in January 2006 as a quarterly and increased to six times a year in 2007.[5][6]

In 2010, a pictorial shot by Patrick Demarchelier featuring The Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting received national media coverage in USA Today[7] and on Entertainment Tonight.[8]

Watch! has conducted photo shoots around the world, including in Italy, Ireland, London and Paris. A photo from the Paris shoot featuring Cote DePablo walking two French poodles on Avenue Montaigne was reprinted on the cover of Women's Wear Daily[9] during 2012 New York Fashion Week.

On June 3, 2014, Watch was the subject of a national televised special on the TVGN network, whose producers followed editors during two photo shoots in London the previous December. The magazine photographed Under the Dome star Rachelle Lefevre at The Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire in the English countryside, then NCIS star Michael Weatherly at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London. The behind the scenes footage formed the basis for a 30-minute special called Watch TV.

Also in September 2014, Watch! began publishing monthly specially themed issues devoted to a single topic exclusively for newsstand audiences. Among the special issues are an NCIS edition as well as ones devoted to Star Trek, the anniversary of The Wizard of Oz on CBS, and The Academy of Country Music Awards.

The magazine commissioned British violinist Charlie Siem to create a musical score for marketing and promotional purposes in 2014. Siem recorded a five-minute song called "Canopy" in a church in London with the 22-member English Chamber Orchestra. The magazine commissioned a second five-minute behind-the-scenes video that featured Siem and the orchestra performing the piece in its entirety.[10][11][12]

In 2024, Justin Murphy published a book about his experience editing the magazine.[4][13][14][15][2][16]

References

  1. ^ "Get digital access to back issues CBS Watch! Magazine | Magzter.com". Magzter. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  2. ^ a b Roche, Eddie (2024-09-10). "Jeremy Murphy Shares The Stories Behind His New Book, Too Good To Fact Check!". Daily Front Row. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  3. ^ "Longtime CBS Veteran Launches Boutique Communications Firm". 10 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b "How Jeremy Murphy's Latest Book Redefines Media Commentary -". 2025-03-09. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  5. ^ Learmonth, Michael (2005-08-12). "Eye drafts glossy mag". Variety. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  6. ^ "CBS to Launch Watch Magazine in 2006". Writers Write. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  7. ^ Clark, Cindy (29 September 2010). "Kaley Cuoco admits to secret relationship with co-star Johnny Galecki". USA Today.
  8. ^ "Kaley Cuoco for CBS Watch! Magazine on Entertainment Tonight" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. First Post.
  9. ^ Wicks, Amy (15 August 2012). "CBS Turns Eye to Fashion With Watch Magazine".
  10. ^ "Charlie Siem’s Busy Year". from WWD issue 03/12/2014
  11. ^ Elliot, Stuart (February 24, 2014). "With a Classical Violinist's Composing Debut, Watch Magazine Adds Music to Its Content". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "Magazine Has a Soundtrack, and It's Classical". Fishbowl NY on Adweek.
  13. ^ Marks, Lisa (2024-10-06). "Q&A: Ten for The TEN with Jeremy Murphy". The TEN. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  14. ^ "Jeremy Murphy – The New York PR man too outrageous to be fact-checked". SO IT GOES - John Fleming's blog. 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  15. ^ Sayej, Nadja. "Jeremy Murphy On Top Fashion Moments In Book, 'Too Good To Fact Check'". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  16. ^ "Too Good to Fact Check: Flying the Skies with Stars, Scotch, and Scandal (Mostly Mine)". Retrieved 2025-03-10.
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