Category Archives: CBS

CBS News correspondent Robert Pierpoint dies

By doris | Published: October 26, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — CBS News correspondent Robert C. Pierpoint — who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis in a career that spanned more than four decades — died Saturday in California, his daughter said. He was 86. Pierpoint, who retired in 1990, died [...]

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Fall TV premiere week: The winners and losers

By doris | Published: September 29, 2011

Full Story at Fall TODAY.mnnbc.msn.com And they’re off! Which TV horses look strongest out of the gate and which might need to be put down. The winnersComedyAs the U.S. teeters on the precipice of a double-dip recession, laughter truly might be the best medicine. Ashton Kutcher’s Sept. 19 debut on CBS’ “Two and a Half [...]

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Andy Rooney exiting ’60 Minutes’ this Sunday

By doris | Published: September 28, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — With 1,096 essays for “60 Minutes” under his belt, Andy Rooney will deliver his 1,097th on Sunday’s broadcast. And it will be his last as a regular contributor. The 92-year-old Rooney will announce his departure at the end of the program, where he has been featured since 1978, [...]

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CBS fires back at Happy Days lawsuit

By doris | Published: June 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — CBS says stars of the hit TV show “Happy Days,” who are suing the company for unpaid merchandising revenue, don’t have a case. The company, which owns the iconic show, said in a 15-page response to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, that the [...]

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William Shatner and ‘$#*! My Dad Says’ premiere review

By doris | Published: September 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — Through an unlikely combination of elements — a popular Twitter site; CBS trying to be “hip” about social networking; the chance to work with “Will & Grace” producers David Kohan and Matt Mutchnick; William Shatner wanting to try something new — “$#*! My Dad Says” boasts the new season’s [...]

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‘As the World Turns’ stops spinning after 54 years

By doris | Published: September 19, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – It’s the last go-round for “As the World Turns.” TV’s oldest daytime drama aired its final episode Friday, concluding a run that began in April 1956. Always full of emotional turmoil, “World” was set in the mythical town of Oakdale, Ill., where there was no shortage of couplings, [...]

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Longtime journalist Daniel Schorr dies at 93

By doris | Published: July 25, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — Veteran reporter and commentator Daniel Schorr, whose hard-hitting reporting for CBS got him on President Richard Nixon’s notorious “enemies list” in the 1970s, has died. He was 93. Schorr died Friday at a Washington hospital after a brief illness, said Anna Christopher, a spokeswoman for National Public Radio, where [...]

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Judgment day nears for some TV series

By doris | Published: February 21, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com It’s getting down to the wire for “Smallville,” “Community” and a slew of other network series stuck in Nielsen purgatory — with just weeks left to go before final verdicts on their fates are handed down. For shows “on the bubble,” these are the times that try showrunners’ souls. Every week [...]

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‘Undercover Boss’ to debut after Super Bowl

By doris | Published: December 22, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – The new CBS reality series “Undercover Boss” will make its debut in one of the most coveted time slots on television — right after the Super Bowl. The series follows corporate executives who slip anonymously into low-rung jobs in their companies. The first episode features the head of [...]

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