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Articles tagged "cbs" Column: The RockistDoes Late Night TV Still Matter? Part 1by Michael Brett[10.Sep.09] :. With the greatest shake-up in network late-night television since King Carson left his throne, now is a perfect time to ponder where late-night television is today. NewsCBS announces its fall lineupby Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][21.May.09] :. CBS took an “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it” approach to putting together its 2009-2010 television schedule. Because of the ratings success the network has had the past... News‘The Guardian’ becomes ‘The Mentalist’ for new CBS seriesby Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][22.Sep.08] :. LOS ANGELES - Network lineups are loaded with television shows where bits of hair and fibers, drops of DNA and a host of other small clues are used to track down criminals. Most of the time the tests... NewsFor fall, ‘CSI’ also stands for ‘comedy strategy implemented’ on CBSby Glenn Garvin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][15.May.08] :. CBS, for the past decade a network built around “CSI” and its gory crime-drama clones, Wednesday unveiled a fall schedule intended to make its viewers laugh as well as gag. The network...  NewsCBS breaks network ground by airing edited version of ‘Dexter’by Diane Werts [Newsday (MCT)][13.Feb.08] :. Portraying something does not equal glorifying it. Repeat this repeatedly. Lather, rinse, repeat. It’s a fair point to stress and re-stress as CBS prepares to debut Showtime’s acclaimed... NewsA resurrected, downsized ‘Jericho’ returns to the air Tuesdayby Glenn Garvin [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][10.Feb.08] :. “Jericho” returns from the dead Tuesday, and it nearly cost Brad Beyer his life. He was racing along Los Angeles’ lethal I-405 freeway when he got the message that CBS, three weeks... How CBS went wrong with ‘Kid Nation’by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][5.Sep.07] :. One of the most chilling documents to come down the pike in a while is the contract parents of participants in “Kid Nation” signed. If you haven’t heard of “Kid... According to CBS, no kids were harmed during ‘Kid Nation’by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][29.Aug.07] :. In today’s case of Be Careful What You Wish For, CBS has itself a nice little firestorm over the fall reality show “Kid Nation,” which may have broken child labor laws, may have... Networks should take more cues from their audiencesby Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][12.Jun.07] :. “Jericho,” a show about the aftermath of a mushroom-cloud holocaust, lives on. After CBS canceled the show in May, fans of “Jericho” mobilized online and vociferously... CBS’ walls against ‘Jericho’ come tumbling downby Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][8.Jun.07] :. You never thought it would happen in your lifetime, but, believe it or not, we now have actual tangible proof that television executives can, and will, listen to their viewers. It came earlier this... ‘Jericho’ supporters may get wrap-up movieby Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][24.May.07] :. Jericho, Kan., is the post-apocalyptic town that won’t die. Or rather, “Jericho,” the show based on the post-blast life of that rural town, won’t be killed - not if fans have... CBS opts for stabilityby Zap2it.com [(MCT)][16.May.07] :. After the myriad NBC additions and the ABC tumult, there’s something soothing about the schedule CBS unveiled on Wednesday morning. While CBS will be introducing three new dramas, one new... Imus prepares to sue CBS for $40 millionby David Hinckley and Corky Siemaszko [New York Daily News (MCT)][3.May.07] :. NEW YORK - Don Imus is preparing to sue his former employer - and plotting a possible return to radio. The radio jock who was fired by CBS for ripping the Rutgers women’s basketball team as... Katie Couric says she’s feeling more `in command’ at CBSby Phil Rosenthal [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][23.Apr.07] :. NEW YORK - There were times, toward the end, when Katie Couric said she felt she had “outgrown” NBC’s “Today” show, its lighter segments on occasion making her feel... CBS evening blues: Can Katie Couric survive as anchor?by Gail Shister [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][23.Apr.07] :. CBS executives deny it, but there’s a growing feeling within the network that Katie Couric is an expensive, unfixable mistake. So unfixable that Couric - the first woman to anchor a network... Networks reduce coverage of Cho videoby Gail Shister [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][20.Apr.07] :. PHILADELPHIA—In an unusual midcourse correction, TV networks have scaled back, or stopped altogether, running the disturbing video made by Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui. Bowing to a storm... Business - not politics - led to Imus’ demiseby Ron Harris [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][16.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON - In the end, radio host Don Imus was fired because he didn’t recognize the new, more diverse corporate America. He didn’t think about all of those average women and... Hypocrites need to clean up their actby Lisa Olson [New York Daily News (MCT)][13.Apr.07] :. There is no joy in this. The Rutgers women’s basketball team isn’t throwing a parade and most observers on the sidelines hardly feel the need to jump up and cheer. CBS did the right... No solo act in I-mess: Suits join shock jerk among guilty partiesby Bob Raissman [New York Daily News (MCT)][13.Apr.07] :. NEW YORK - Al Sharpton, surrounded by a phalanx of microphones and cameras, stood on 52nd Street, just off Sixth Avenue. It was 6:05 p.m Thursday. The temperature felt more November than April. The... CBS fires Imus from radio showby Michael Klein and Michael D. Schaffer [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][13.Apr.07] :. The tidal wave of outrage that had already cost Don Imus his TV show swept him off the airwaves altogether Thursday, eight days after the radio pundit used a racial slur to describe the Rutgers... Will Imus suspension be enough?by Gail Shister [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][10.Apr.07] :. Radio “shock jock” Don Imus has been hit with a shock of his own. The popular personality, known as “I-Man,” will be suspended for two weeks, beginning Monday, for his on-air... The Unitby Cynthia Fuchs[10.Apr.07] :. This is what The Unit gets right: while the men's violence can fix any given crisis, domestic effects are perpetual. CBS, MSNBC suspend Imus for 2 weeksby Austin Fenner and Corky Siemaszko [New York Daily News (MCT)][10.Apr.07] :. NEW YORK - Don Imus tried Monday to put out the firestorm of criticism that’s been raging ever since he insulted the Rutgers women’s basketball team by calling them “nappy-headed... |
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