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Exclusive: The Curious Case of CBS’ Recent Hiring and Firing Practices!

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17 Posted in CBS, Featured, The Backlot

Fall Preview ‘10: THE DEFENDERS

You’ve seen the commercials. You’ve heard the hype. Now there’s only one thing you want to know: Which of the new fall shows are worth watching and which should be avoided at all costs? In this continuing series, we give you the scoop on some of the most highly-anticipated shows of the season, with today’s [...]

1 Posted in CBS, Fall TV Preview, The Defenders

Fall Preview ‘10: MIKE & MOLLY

You’ve seen the commercials. You’ve heard the hype. Now there’s only one thing you want to know: Which of the new fall shows are worth watching and which should be avoided at all costs? In this continuing series, we give you the scoop on some of the most highly-anticipated shows of the season. On the [...]

3 Posted in CBS, Fall TV Preview, Mike & Molly

CBS Gets its End of Season Report Card

Good Moves: Despite our general lack of excitement when it comes to CBS’ procedural heavy schedule, it’s hard to argue with success. Which is why, rather then rail against the first place network for their reliance on gruesome procedurals, not to mention their seemingly never-ending roster of spinoffs, we find ourselves taking the high road. [...]

3 Posted in CBS

Crap CBS Says

Someone needs to give the folks at CBS a reality check. In responding to the predictable ire in some circles regarding the title of the otherwise completely innocuous and unworthy of attention series $H*! MY DAD SAYS, the network is pointing out that “the program is inspired by the wildly popular Twitter phenomena, which now [...]

4 Posted in CBS, WTF?!

Snap Judgments: $#*! MY DAD SAYS, MIKE & MOLLY, HAWAII FIVE-0, THE DEFENDERS & BLUE BLOODS

According to the CBS official Description: $#*! MY DAD SAYS, based on the popular Twitter feed by Justin Halpern, stars Emmy Award winner William Shatner as Ed Goodson, a forthright and opinionated dad who relishes expressing his unsolicited and often wildly politically incorrect observations to anyone within earshot.  Nobody is immune from Ed’s rants, including [...]

4 Posted in CBS, upfront

CBS Unveils 2010-11 Primetime Schedule

Snap judgments, photos and video to come, but until then, enjoy this first look at CBS’ just announced 2010-11 Primetime Schedule — with new shows as per usual highlighted in orange — after the jump.

12 Posted in CBS, upfront

TCA Press Tour Live Blog: CBS President Talks THREE RIVERS, FLASHPOINT, LENO & More!

Television isn’t dead. Just NBC is. That in a nutshell was the underlying message delivered by CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler at this morning’s executive session at the January Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena. FOX has GLEE, ABC has MODERN FAMILY and Tassler’s own Tiffany Network — thanks in no small part to [...]

2 Posted in CBS, TCA Press Tour

3 Stories We Missed While Up in the Air (On our way to the January 2010 Television Critics Association Press Tour)

The unmitigated ratings disaster that is the Jay Leno experiment may soon be coming to an end, with NBC reportidly mulling over ways in which to turn back the clock and return Leno to his now tarnished late night throne. [Source: [ NYTimes, Updated] Your Monday night just got a wee bit funnier thanks to [...]

8 Posted in CBS, Heroes, Jay Leno

CBS Gets its Mid-Season Report Card

The Good: If you’re into gruesome murders, gory procedurals and Chris O’Donnell —which judging from the network’s ratings, an awful lot of you are — CBS is the place to be. But putting aside for a moment the inexplicably popular NCIS, CSI and soon-to-be CRIMINAL MINDS franchises, the Tiffany network has also succeeded in making [...]

15 Posted in CBS