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Pants! — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:07:15 -0800

CBS plans to run video advertising Entertainment Weekly.

West Hollywood Side Story

Christ, what an asshole — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:31:45 -0800

The quintessential gangfight of the 80s. Vintage afterschool specials, like wine, only get better with age.
On the day he enters Kennedy High in Manhattan wearing a patch over one eye, sixteen-year-old Horace Hobart is urged to join what he believes is the toughest gang at school.
Now you can enjoy the entire run of the 1985 CBS Schoolbreak Special, Ace Hits the Big Time. (1 2 3 4 5)
It's very likely the same minds were responsible for this scene.

60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt dead at 86

jsavimbi — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:15:20 -0800

Don Hewitt has passed away

I did saw a puddy tat

Antidisestablishmentarianist — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:40:46 -0800

Apparently last.fm's parent company CBS did recently hand over last.fm user data to the RIAA. Most likely last.fm did not know until after the fact. Previously.

Lou Dorfsman - CBS Imagemaker

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:28:54 -0800

Long-time CBS in-house designer Lou Dorfsman passed away this week. He did a lot of great work, but let's just focus on one part: His cafeteria wall at CBS, dubbed Gastrotypographicalassemblage. More about the wall. And an interview with Mr. Dorfsman about the wall.

A damn fine cup of free entertainment.

PM — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:42:59 -0800

CBS has made full episodes of Twin Peaks available online. Their "Classics" page has other gems. [previously]

All the Kirk you can eat

ardgedee — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:00:22 -0800

Free Star Trek. The only Star Trek that matters -- the ones with Kirk, Spock, Bones, and the rest. Is that not enough time-killing, brain-eating sludge for you? Here's two years' worth of Twilight Zone. And a year's worth of MacGyver. A year of Hawaii Five-O. And Melrose Place. Sure, whatever.

Force majeure axe

Tehanu — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:27:55 -0800

The WGA strike has entered its third month. Since New Year's, Worldwide Pants, the Weinstein Co., and United Artists have reached interim deals with the WGA, with rumors of more to come. Microsoft announced new deals with Hollywood companies. And on Friday, ABC Studios terminated deals with more than a dozen writers. Tonight, CBS, NBC, and 20th Century Fox have followed suit. Names of producers, writers, and shows affected are still being revealed as letters are received. Force majeure. So far, reports suggest that most or all of the people whose deals were terminated are writers without projects currently on the air-- people with a show in development or with a recent show that's no longer on the air. But names are still being reported so it's not entirely certain yet. Meanwhile, there is a rumor that a deal between the AMPTP and DGA will be announced tomorrow.

a true American hero

amberglow — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:44:39 -0800

Milo Radulovich, RIP --thrown out of the Air Force during the Red Scares, he fought back--Radulovich's case (and the new medium of TV) showed millions the impact McCarthy was having and the absurd lengths he was going to. He himself wasn't ever accused of being a Communist himself tho: ... His sister had picketed outside the Book Cadillac Hotel when it refused a room to black entertainer Paul Robeson. His father subscribed to newspapers from his native Yugoslavia and had participated in a sit-down strike at Hudson Motor Car Co. ... 1998: Michigan Legal Milestone--"Milo Radulovich and the Fall of McCarthyism" NYT Obit: Milo Radulovich, 81, Dies; Symbol of ’50s Red Scare--...“the first time any of us appreciated the power of television.” ... The Red Scare revisited: inside McCarthy files HUAC Army-McCarthy hearing transcript

That's a rather lot of money

starman — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:12:39 -0800

Dan Rather sues Viacom and CBS for $70 million. Complaint (PDF). From the complaint: Central to defendants' plans to pacify the White House was to offer Mr. Rather as the public face of the story, and as a scapegoat for CBS management's bungling of the entire episode - which, as a direct result, became known publicly as "Rathergate." Killian documents. Previously one two.

LOLCATS, LOLBREAD, LOLCIRCUSES, or a Republic, if you can keep it

orthogonality — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:07:41 -0800

"Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters' Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all." CBS News said, let's give Oscar the Grim Reaper Cat 349% more ink than FBI Director Mueller contradicting Attorney General Gonzales's testimony. Media Matters asks, "There are very real and very serious questions about whether the United States is currently a fully functional republic.... Isn't it time news organizations devote more resources to exploring these issues -- even if it means fewer stories about cats and cleavage?" Has Stupor Killed the Fourth Estate? Was James Fallows that the Media Undermine[s] American Democracy?

Last FM sold

Cobbler — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:34:58 -0800

Social networking/music discovery site Last.FM has been sold to CBS for $280 million. Much as love the service, I can't help thinking that this feels like 2000 all over again...

NUTS

shawnj — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:13:13 -0800

Angry at CBS's canceling of Jericho, fans are sending nuts to CBS in an effort to get CBS to reverse their decision. At the time of this post, over four and a half tons of nuts have been sent. Why nuts? It refers to a term allegedly used in WWII by General A.C. McAuliffe at the Battle of Bastogne. The term was used as a plot device in the season finale. This is not the first time that fans of cancelled shows have used creative efforts to revive a canceled show with varying success. CBS's response so far has been tepid.

CBS Survivor Means Work, Work, Work

rschram — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:02:20 -0800

Road Closed for Tribal Council: Vunivutu Villagers Latest Beneficiaries of the Survivor Boomtown Effect
The hit "reality" TV show, Survivor, premieres tonight on CBS in the United States. Over the past year, a sleepy village on Vanua Levu, the second largest island of Fiji has been hosting the production crew—and reaping the benefits. 150 villagers have been employed by the crew to work about 10 hours a day, seven days a week, for USD 5.00 per hour (and double time on Sundays and holidays). For some it was their first experience in any form of paid employment. This article from the Fiji Post, reposted by a Vanua Levu blogger, gives some behind the scene details. Meanwhile the island's new eco-resort village is putting finishing touches on their community hall. Globe-trotting gap year students and reality TV junkies, look north. Vanua Levu is for lovers. [Survivor Maps, Vorovoro, the eco-resort with a difference, Vorovoro's new bure (community hall), Google's hires satellite image of the area]

The 60's, then and now

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:46:47 -0800

San Francisco, 1967. CBS news is there: "This is the house of a popular local band that plays hard rock music. They call themselves the Grateful Dead." In between some seriously heavy-handed editorializing from grand old man of the news Harry Reasoner, you can catch an interview with Garcia and company plus footage of a Golden Gate Park concert. Jump ahead 38 years, and another CBS newsman, a rather more respectful Ed Bradley, pays a friendly visit to grand old man of the 60's, Mr. Zimmerman. [links to Google video]

Let's Go to the Mall!!

ericbop — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:55:05 -0800

Let's Go To the Mall!! Could Robin Sparkles be the patron saint of Black Friday? Ok, so maybe her myspace page is just marketing for a CBS sitcom, but her video is one of the funniest, most accurate (and too damned catchy for its own good!) 80's video parodies in recent memory. The show's not bad, either. Probably the best comedy not on NBC right now.

No flys on these guys

unSane — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:14:48 -0800

What does everyone called Gary Smith, John Williams or Robert Johnson have in common with Saddam Hussein, the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, the President of Bolivia, and the dead 9/11 hijackers? They're on the No-Fly List, that's what, even if they're babies. But the 11 British suspects recently charged with plotting to blow up airliners with liquid explosives were not on it, despite the fact they were under surveillance for more than a year. They were deliberately left off the list. in case it fell into the wrong hands.

Some may call it exploiting racial tensions. CBS calls it darn good television.

amro — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:33:36 -0800

Survivor: Cook Islands' 20 castaways will be grouped by race, with competitors divided into four tribes consisting of whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanics. If your reaction is "oof," you are not alone. But host Jeff Probst says, "I found it to be one of the freshest ideas we’ve had going back to the beginning of this show."

By George! and other puns

kyleg — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:28:45 -0800

March Madness: 11th seeded George Mason upset UConn in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament this afternoon, continuing their unexpected streak of upsets. Their wins validate not only their inclusion in the tournament, but the rising status of mid-major conferences. The most prominent critic of the inclusion of these smaller schools has been CBS analyst Billy Packer, who verbally assaulted the head of the selection committee on live TV just two weeks ago, and has yet to apologize for his obvious error.

Parsing the Coverup

digaman — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:22:36 -0800

If the same journalistic standards applied to CBS by the independent Rathergate panel had been applied to the Pentagon Papers, they never would have seen the light of day, says James Goodale, former vice chairman of the New York Times.

Going, going ...

terrier319 — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:02:55 -0800

He's going but apparently not fast enough for some. The long and storied career of Dan Rather began in Texas, catapulted after his reporting on the Kennedy assassination and is marked over the decades by on-air outbursts, tantrums and what some might call just plain weirdness. Among yesterday's inauguration coverage TV highlights was Dan getting choked up at a marching band playing a patriotic song. Meanwhile, the scandal that brought him down continues. Should Rather resign now? What does he owe to the producers who have been fired? What does he owe viewers? What is his legacy? And who (or what) should replace him?

Media

semmi — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:26:05 -0800

To set the record straight: While the country was busy with CBS and Rather's mistake, the story of Bush going AWOL was lost.

First the NYTime, then CBS. Who will face reality?

HTuttle — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:35:40 -0800

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. First the NYTimes, then CBS. Who will face reality?

I'd like to break that story

ericost — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:07:29 -0800

Dan Rather: : "If the documents are not what we were led to believe, I'd like to break that story. Any time I'm wrong, I want to be right out front and say, 'Folks, this is what went wrong and how it went wrong.'" (reg. req.)

Andrew Sullivan: "Memo to Rather: you can't break that story, because someone else in pajamas already did. Check the frequency, Kenneth. You are so far from being out front on this, you are leagues behind in the dust. Have you heard of the Internet? You can find it on that weird machine in your office they call a computer."

Me: Is anyone else astonished as I am at how far CBS seems to have its head up its ass WRT news media in the 21st century?

CBS and Internet Fisking

alethe — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:55:27 -0800

Forged Documents? For Shame.