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| Editor | Rachel Clarke |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Jennifer Goddard , Jeremy Murphy |
| Photographer | Christopher Ross |
| Categories | Celebrity, Lifestyle, Fashion, Travel |
| Frequency | 6 issues per year |
| Publisher | CBS and Manifest |
| Total circulation | 200,000 |
| Founder | Jeremy Murphy, Michael Rizzi |
| First issue | January 2006; 20 years ago (January 2006) |
| Final issue | November/December 2022 |
| Company | Paramount Global |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | cbswatchmagazine |
| ISSN | 2151-0822 |
CBS Watch!, also calledWatch! Magazine, was abi-monthly magazine commissioned byParamount 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 theCBS broadcast network and predecessor brands likeShowtime,Pop TV,The CW, andSmithsonian Channel. The magazine was published bimonthly in theUnited 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]
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 featuringThe Big Bang Theory actressKaley Cuoco-Sweeting received national media coverage in USA Today[7] and onEntertainment 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 ofWomen's Wear Daily[9] during 2012 New York Fashion Week.
On June 3, 2014,Watch was the subject of a national televised special on theTVGN network, whose producers followed editors during two photo shoots in London the previous December. The magazine photographedUnder the Dome starRachelle Lefevre at The Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire in the English countryside, thenNCIS starMichael Weatherly at theMandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London. The behind the scenes footage formed the basis for a 30-minute special calledWatch 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 anNCIS edition as well as ones devoted toStar Trek, the anniversary ofThe Wizard of Oz on CBS, andThe Academy of Country Music Awards.
The magazine commissioned British violinistCharlie 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, Jeremy Murphy published a book about his experience editing the magazine.[4][13][14][15][2][16]