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Happy Labor Day (CBS-TWC War Is Over)

Blackout ends tonight, after payment dispute ends

(Newser) - CBS and cable provider Time Warner Cable have ended their payment dispute and expect programming to resume in millions of homes tonight. The agreement ends a month-long blackout of CBS and CBS-owned channels—including Showtime, CBS Sports, and the Smithsonian channel—which affected more than 3 million homes in Dallas,...

Time Warner, CBS Are Daring Us to Cut the Cord
Time Warner, CBS Are
Daring Us to Cut the Cord
OPINION
Aug 30, 2013 10:01 AM CDT

Time Warner, CBS Are Daring Us to Cut the Cord

These days we have tons of cable alternatives, J. Max Robins points out

(Newser) - Time Warner might soon regret its feud with CBS. Despite howls from consumers and the FCC, "a cable operator already reviled for its skyrocketing rates can't cut a deal with an entertainment behemoth that just trumpeted its best financial quarter ever," writes J. Max Robins at the...

CBS' Brawl With Time Warner Will Soon Look Quaint

CBS could already cut out the middleman and sell online now, says Holman W. Jenkins Jr.

(Newser) - While Time Warner Cable and CBS fiddle , the traditional TV industry is burning down around them. CBS may still want cable distribution for now, but if it really wanted to, writes Holman W. Jenkins Jr. in the Wall Street Journal , it could cut out the middleman right now and begin...

Time Warner Blacks Out CBS in 3 Major Cities

New York, Dallas, LA among those in the dark over fee dispute

(Newser) - Millions of people in cities including New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas are out of luck if they try to tune in to CBS, reports USA Today . Time Warner Cable began blacking out the network's signal for its subscribers as of 5pm Eastern in several markets because the two...

Time Warner Pulls CBS— for 30 Minutes

Stops screening CBS, Showtime after negotiations stall

(Newser) - Bad news for fans of procedural crime dramas: Negotiations between CBS and Time Warner Cable turned so sour last night that the cable network stopped airing CBS and Showtime in major cities. It pulled the plug at midnight Eastern time, following a day of discussions over the retransmission fee Time...

Has Your Favorite Show Just Been Axed?

TV cancellations, renewals and pilot pickups for next season

(Newser) - It's been a tense week in Hollywood, as TV networks announce which shows have been canceled, which have been renewed, and which pilots have been picked up for next season. Now the results are (mostly) in. Did your favorite survive the chopping block? Zap2It has been keeping score. Some...

Sportscaster Pat Summerall Dead at 82

 Sportscaster 
 Pat Summerall 
 Dead at 82 
obituary
Apr 16, 2013 4:35 PM CDT

Sportscaster Pat Summerall Dead at 82

He called football and much more for CBS and Fox

(Newser) - Longtime sportscaster Pat Summerall is dead at age 82, reports DallasNews.com . Summerall had been in the hospital recovering from a broken hip. Most might recall him as John Madden's partner on football games, but Summerall also called NBA games, golf tournaments, tennis matches, and more for CBS and...

A TV First: NBC Finishes Last in Sweeps

Worse, network fell behind Univision, too, says report

(Newser) - If there are four big networks and you finish fifth in the ratings, that's not good, right? Such is the fate of NBC in the February sweeps, reports Deadline . In the 20-day period, it had an average rating of 1.2 among the 18-49 set, which trails not only...

CBS: No Breasts, Butts, or Privates at the Grammys

Sure, like that'll happen: Deadline

(Newser) - In what is sure to be a futile move, CBS is warning Grammys performers and presenters not to bare any breasts, buttocks, or genitalia while onscreen, reports Deadline . The network's Standard and Practice department sent out a "Wardrobe Advisory" in advance of Sunday's awards ceremony that includes...

CBS May Be in Trouble for Flacco F-Bomb
 CBS May Be 
 in Trouble for 
 Flacco F-Bomb 
super bowl xlvii
Feb 4, 2013 9:53 AM CST

CBS May Be in Trouble for Flacco F-Bomb

Parents Television Council wants FCC to investigate

(Newser) - Another Super Bowl will be investigated by the FCC—not for a wardrobe malfunction this time, but for an F-bomb. While celebrating last night's win, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco appeared to say, "This is f---ing awesome," Politico reports. Another player apparently said, "Holy shit."...

Obama &#39;Shuns&#39; Fox at Press Conferences
 Obama 'Shuns' 
 Fox at Press 
 Conferences 
study says
Jan 17, 2013 8:39 AM CST

Obama 'Shuns' Fox at Press Conferences

ABC gets called on the most: study

(Newser) - Does President Obama play favorites with the press? A new study shows certain media outlets getting a healthy dose of attention at news conferences, while others—notably Fox News—receive less, Politico reports. Smart Politics finds that Fox is "still shunned" at the events; its reporters, the study says,...

CNET Reporter Quits Over Meddling CBS

Network forced review site to switch top gadget choice

(Newser) - A CNET reporter has left the tech review site after owner CBS stepped in to alter a story. When the CNET team picked a Dish Network product as the best home theater and audio item at the Consumer Electronics Show, CBS rejected the choice. That's because CBS is in...

Robin Williams May Return to TV Comedy

CBS considers David E. Kelley show

(Newser) - For the first time in 30 years, the former Mork from Ork could be back on the tube. Robin Williams is working on a half-hour sitcom from David E. Kelley, and CBS is considering picking it up, the Hollywood Reporter reveals. The single-camera show tells the story of a father...

Price Is Right Looking for Male Model

He'll get a spot on the show ... for a week

(Newser) - Men, do you have what it takes to be a model on The Price is Right? CBS said today that the game show known for its female models will add a male one for a week. The show will hold its "first-ever search" for the right man in an...

Michelle Presents Letterman's Top 10

She offers some fun facts about gardening

(Newser) - Michelle Obama's media blitz continued last night on David Letterman's Late Show, where she presented the night's Top 10 list, "Fun Facts About Gardening." The list included No. 7: "In his lifetime, the average American will eat half a radish," No. 4: "...

Fox Refuses Ads for Service to, Well, Kill Ads

Dish Network's Hopper can automatically skip commercials

(Newser) - How awesome would it be if your DVR automatically skipped commercials on shows recorded off the major networks? Probably not very awesome if you were one of those same networks, which is why they're outraged over the Dish Network's upcoming "Hopper," which, Dish announced last week,...

Two and a Half Men Gets 10th Season

Ashton Kutcher gets a pay raise in renewed contract

(Newser) - Ashton Kutcher still has a job: CBS has officially picked up Two and a Half Men for a 10th season, reports the Hollywood Reporter . The renewed deal gives Kutcher and co-stars Jon Cryer and Angus T Jones raises, with Kutcher reported to now be making $725,000 an episode, up...

Supreme Court May Rule on 'Wardrobe Malfunction'

FCC wants its $550,000 fine against CBS reinstated

(Newser) - The infamous 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction may make it all the way to the Supreme Court. The FCC filed an appeal to the high court today, asking it to reconsider a decision by a lower court that threw out a $550,000 fine the FCC levied against CBS, reports...

CBS Boss Les Moonves Makes $70M

Of that, $3.5M is base salary

(Newser) - Network TV struggling? Not enough to prevent CBS honcho Les Moonves from pulling in $69.9 million in total compensation last year, reports the Wall Street Journal . The president and CEO had a base salary of $3.5 million, with the rest coming in the form of a bonus, plus...

CBS&#39; Mike Wallace Dead at 93
 CBS' Mike Wallace Dead at 93 
OBITUARY
Apr 8, 2012 9:43 AM CDT

CBS' Mike Wallace Dead at 93

'60 Minutes' veteran interviewed scads of luminaries over 65-year career

(Newser) - Veteran CBS news correspondent and 60 Minutes stalwart Mike Wallace died last night at the age of 93, reports CBS News . The self-described "nosy and insistent" reporter, who once asked Ayatollah Khamenei if he was crazy and called Martin Luther King Jr. his hero, had a broadcast career that...

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