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Fox Refuses Ads for Service to, Well, Kill Ads

Kevin Spak — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26:02 CDT

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, would be able to...

Two and a Half Men Gets 10th Season

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:47:12 CDT

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'

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:38:21 CDT

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

John Johnson — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:00:42 CDT

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' Mike Wallace Dead at 93

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:43:30 CDT

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 spanned...

Michelle Obama to Letterman: 'Don't Make Me Cry'

Polly Davis Doig — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:19:54 CDT

Michelle Obama dropped by David Letterman's Late Show last night, giving the dour late-night host the scoop on that Target trip that got everyone talking , sneaking out of the White House (which she apparently does semi-regularly ), her dad, her "son" Bo, and more. A rundown of the highlights, as...

Weatherman Sues CBS for Sex Discrimination

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:15:00 CDT

A San Diego weatherman is suing CBS for sex and age discrimination. Kyle Hunter , who works for Fox 5, claims his job applications have been ignored by KCBS and KCAL in Los Angeles because he's not a 20-something female, reports the Daily Mail . Hunter, 40, is seeking unspecified damages for...

Anonymous Deletes CBS Site

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:23:40 CST

Those pesky online pirates known as Anonymous struck again today, knocking CBS.com offline for "a good period of time" and deleting all of its files, Gizmodo reports. Unlike earlier strikes this week against the Justice Department and the Motion Picture Association of America, the hackers actually deleted everything, leaving...

Bachmann: CBS Conspired Against Me

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:00:00 CST

A misdirected CBS email has triggered a charge by Michele Bachmann's campaign that the network is trying to freeze out the candidate because of its liberal bias. An email sent by CBS political analyst John Dickerson—whose recipients mistakenly included a member of Bachmann's campaign—stated that Bachmann would likely...