Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Ahoy, maties! Mark Burnett ΓΆβ;¬" the man behind Survivor, The Apprentice and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ΓΆβ;¬" has gone skull-and-crossbones for his newest show, Pirate Master, which premieres May 31 on CBS.
To the fans of Jericho: We have read your emails over the past few days and have been touched by the depth and passion with which you have expressed your disappointment... In the coming weeks, we hope to develop a way to provide closure to the compelling drama that was the Jericho story.
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In an attempt to fix it record-low ratings, CBS News recently installed veteran producer Rick Kaplan, who has upped the number of stories covered and dropped the informal touches that Couric brought to it.
"By putting himself front and center in an anti-Bush ad, the viewer might have the feeling everything he says is anti-Bush. And that doesn't seem like an analytical approach to the issues we want to discuss."
When asked what standards Batiste violated, Genelius said he participated in "advocacy," but noted that she had not seen the ad to verify the charge.
Iraq veteran Gen. John Batiste "has been asked to leave his position as a consultant to CBS News" over a new VoteVets ad criticizing the Iraq war.
NEW YORK (AP) - It surely wasn't what CBS dreamed about when Katie Couric was hired: the "CBS Evening News" last week recorded its smallest audience since and probably many years before that.
Shock jock Don Imus reportedly plans to sue CBS Radio in an effort to collect the $40 million balance left on his contract, according to Fortune.com. Imus was fired by CBS on April 12 after making racially insensitive remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
Don Imus, the tousled and acerbic radio host whose racial remarks engendered a media storm that triggered a swift upending of his career, is not going away quietly even if the imbroglio has all but disappeared from the national conversation in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre.
This just seems so pathetic to me. I know that NBC's The Office replicated, to an extent, the BBC version of The Office, but I think CBS copying NBC is just plain stupid.
CBS's president and general manager of Digital Media Group, Jonathan Leess, shows off a demo of what the television giant has in store for its Web site in the future, featuring a unique blend of broadcast and user-generated content.
"It's a disaster. Everybody knows it's not working. CBS may not cut her loose, but I guarantee you, somebody's thinking about it. We're all hunkered down, waiting for the other shoe to drop."
Americans are divided on whether it was right to fire radio personality Don Imus for his controversial remark about the Rutgers women's basketball team, with a vast gap between blacks and whites on the issue.
I know I'm plunging into dangerous waters, but I've got to go against the raging Don Imus tide. I think he could have been given much more time off for bad behavior but should not have received from MSNBC and CBS Radio what amounts to corporate capital punishment.
Carlson is set to emcee the CBS pilot for Do You Trust Me, a new gameshow from The Weakest Link producer Phil Gurin, which tests strangers' belief in each other.
Media mogul Sumner Redstone says he's looking to his chief lieutenant, CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves, to "do the right thing" when it comes to deciding whether to fire Don Imus, the CBS Radio star shock jock now being whipsawed in a storm of racial controversy.
Bruce Gordon, former head of the NAACP and a director of CBS Corp., said Wednesday the broadcasting company needs a "zero tolerance policy" on racism and hopes talk-show host Don Imus is fired for his demeaning remarks about the mostly black Rutgers women's basketball team.
The project centers on a high-flying Wall Street guy (Jason Biggs) who dies in a BlackBerry-related car crash. Because hell is at full capacity, he is reassigned to "hell on Earth." He is stripped of his career, his fancy apartment and the fabulous trappings of his former existence and must figure out a way to get by.
CBS News replaced Rome Hartman, the executive producer of the "Evening News with Katie Couric," last night with the long-time television news executive and producer, Rick Kaplan, according to several people who were informed of the decision. The move follows a run of disappointing ratings results for the CBS newscast, which had introduced
67% Doubt U.S. Can Stop Iraq Violence; Iran Not Seen As Threat Requiring Military Action.
CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:CBS.A) has created CBS Mobile, a new platform within CBS Interactive dedicated to building and growing the Company's mobile operation across its various properties, including CBS Entertainment, CBS Sports and CBS News.
Mr. Bush's approval rating is less than half of what Clinton's was as he entered his 7th year in office -- despite having being impeached by the House of Representatives.
President Bush's overall approval rating has fallen to just 28 percent, a new low, while more than twice as many (64 percent) disapprove of the way he's handling his job.








