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CBS Vows 50 Percent of Its Reality-Show Contestants Will Be People of Color
On Monday, CBS announced a new network commitment to cast its unscripted shows, including Survivor, Big Brother, and Love Island, with at least 50 percent Black, Indigenous, and people of color. The network also plans to allocate 25 percent of its unscripted development budget toward “projects from creators/producers who are BIPOC,” a initiative they first made public this summer.
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CBS Stations Go Dark on AT&T’s DirecTV, U-verse Platforms Amid Contract Battle
CBS’ 28 O&O stations are going dark for about 6.6 million subscribers of AT&T’s DirecTV and U-verse platforms as the Eye and AT&T battle over a new retransmission consent contract. The blackout affects CBS and CW-affiliated stations in 14 major markets including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Also off the air are the CBS Sports cable channel and Smithsonian Channel.
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‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’ No Longer “Right Fit” For Network TV, CEO Says
The CEO of Victoria’s Secret said in a memo to staff Friday that the broadcast networks are no longer “the right fit” for its annual fashion shows, which have been declining in th…
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CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana
CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad that makes a case for medical marijuana. Acreage Holdings, which is in the cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing business, said it produced a 60-second ad that shows three people suffering from varying health issues who say their lives were made better by use of medical marijuana. Acreage said its ad agency sent storyboards for the ad to the network and received a return email that said: “CBS will not be accepting any ads for medical marijuana at this time.”
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CBS and Nielsen End Standoff, Reach New Measurement Agreement
The multiyear deal covers national, local and digital ratings. The new deal means that CBS has now regained its access to Nielsen's current and historical data, which it hadn't had since Dec. 31.
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Eliza Dushku: I worked at CBS. I didn’t want to be sexually harassed. I was fired
The narrative propagated by CBS, actor Michael Weatherly, and writer-producer Glenn Gordon Caron is deceptive and in no way fits with how they treated me on the set of the television show “Bull’’ and retaliated against me for simply asking to do my job without relentless sexual harassment. This is not a “he-said/she-said” case. Weatherly’s behavior was captured on CBS’s own videotape recordings.
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CBS Paid Eliza Dushku $9.5 Million After Alleged Sexual Harassment, Termination
Actress Eliza Dushku reached a confidential $9.5 million settlement with CBS last year after claiming she was written off one of the network's most successful shows following her complaints of sexual harassment by the program's leading man. The settlement became public as a result of an investigation by two independent law firms hired by the network's board to examine accusations of sexual misconduct against Leslie Moonves...
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CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise
For those unfamiliar with the project, Stage 9 is a beautiful virtual recreation of the Enterprise ship from Star Trek: The Next Generation for Windows, Mac and Linux. More experience than game, Stage 9 was built by fans over two years in the Unreal Engine. “There were two things that we were always pretty careful with,” says project leader ‘Scragnog’.
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The CEO of CBS Tried to Destroy Janet Jackson's Career After Her Super Bowl Show
Janet Jackson is back on the scene after what feels like an unbearably cruel absence. After her 2004 Super Bowl performance with Justin Timberlake, culminating in the now infamous "wardrobe malfunction," Jackson's career seemed to suddenly stall while Timberlake's climbed higher and higher. Some fans and critics claimed that Jackson was being held accountable while Timberlake wasn't―and a new report suggests that they were right.
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CBS settles lawsuit over company control; Moonves to resign: sources
CBS Corp has reached deals to settle litigation over the future of the company with its controlling shareholder Shari Redstone and National Amusements Inc and an exit agreement with CEO Leslie Moonves, two sources familiar with the discussions said on Sunday.
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CBS execs are freaking out over looming Charlie Rose exposé
CBS has been using NDAs to try to suppress potential sources for an upcoming exposé about Charlie Rose’s sexual misconduct. And top network execs who worked on Rose’s shows are panicking that they’ll be accused of turning a blind eye to his sexual misconduct. We’re told that CBS News president David Rhodes, “CBS This Morning” executive producer Ryan Kadro, “60 Minutes” executive producer Jeff Fager and former “CBS This Morning” executive producer Chris Licht are all terrified about a looming Washington Post investigation that’s now been in the works for months.
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CBS fires Charlie Rose after sexual misconduct allegations
CBS News and PBS fired Charlie Rose on Tuesday after eight women accused the veteran journalist of sexual misconduct. "Despite Charlie's important journalist contribution to our news division, there is absolutely nothing more important, in this or any organization, than ensuring a safe, professional workplace—a supportive environment where people feel they can do their best work," said CBS News President David Rhodes in a memo.
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What the Fuck Is Going On With Star Trek: Discovery?
Star Trek: Discovery is delayed yet again. A beloved Next Generation actor was reportedly offered an insulting amount of money to appear on the show. It lost a showrunner with a well-deserved fan base of his own. And CBS has made poor marketing decision after poor marketing decision. So, how screwed is this show? Short answer: Very. By Katharine Trendacosta.
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Actor William Christopher, "M*A*S*H" chaplain, dead at 84
William Christopher, who played the unassuming U.S. Army chaplain, Father Mulcahy, struggling to bring spiritual comfort to an anarchic surgical unit during the Korean War on the long-running hit TV series "M*A*S*H," died on Saturday. He was 84.
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JonBenét Ramsey’s Brother Sues CBS For $750M Over Program That Pegged Him As Her Killer
Three months after CBS aired its true-crime docuseries The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, the slain girl’s older brother is suing the network for $750M over the program that laid blame for the killing on him. Burke Ramsey, who was 10 when his 6-year-old beauty queen sister was found dead in the family’s Boulder, CO, home at Christmastime in 1996, also is suing production company Critical Content and a number of consultants involved with the program. Saying his reputation was destroyed by the three-part program...
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CBS Christmas Message (1966)
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CBS orders "Candy Crush," a new one-hour, live action game show series
CBS has ordered CANDY CRUSH, a new one-hour, live action game show series based on the globally renowned mobile game franchise. CBS, Lionsgate and King will join together on the new format created and executive produced by Matt Kunitz that will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by Lionsgate. In the game Candy Crush Saga, players match colorful candies in combinations of three or more to win points, defeat obstacles and progress through more than 2,000 levels.
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Trevor Noah Was 'Born a Crime' in South Africa
Born to mixed-race parents in apartheid-era Soweto, Noah's very existence was illegal, hence the title for his forthcoming book.
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John Oliver Loves "America's Step-Dad" Tim Kaine
"Forget the President," said Oliver, who watched all of the DNC speeches from his dressing room at The Late Show, "Tim Kaine is where it's at."
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Free TV's Decline Has Begun
The rise of CBS All Access, and the network's own original content, shows that the decline of free TV has begun.
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