CBS originally broadcast the 1987 television series Beauty and the Beast.
The series premiered on CBS on September 25, 1987. It was created by Ron Koslow and developed as a romantic fantasy drama inspired by the traditional Beauty and the Beast story, but it placed the characters in contemporary New York City.
Linda Hamilton played assistant district attorney Catherine Chandler, while Ron Perlman played Vincent, a lion-faced man who lived in an underground community. Their relationship formed the emotional center of the show, which combined romance, crime stories, and fantasy elements.
The series ran for three seasons before ending in 1990. CBS is sometimes confused with the networks that carried later adaptations or syndicated fantasy dramas, but it was the original U.S. broadcast home of this version.