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The Most Popular TV Shows of the Year

You probably won't be surprised that Squid Game is No. 1, per 35-day viewing stats from Nielsen

(Newser) - For the first time since streaming hit our screens, Nielsen has multi-platform ratings for television series across broadcast TV, cable, and streaming—and Netflix's Squid Game has emerged as the most-watched show for 2024-2025 overall, as well as among the 18-49 demographic, reports Variety . Nielsen's numbers measured 35...

Belichick Defends Girlfriend After Infamous CBS Interview

Coach calls the broadcast 'selectively edited' to paint her in a bad light

(Newser) - Bill Belichick is defending himself and his girlfriend after a routine book-tour interview with CBS turned into a PR fiasco . The interview drew much attention when Jordon Hudson, the 24-year-old girlfriend of the 73-year-old Belichick, interrupted from off-camera to stop a question about where they met. Key points in the...

Belichick's Girlfriend Interrupts His CBS Interview

'We're not talking about this,' says Jordon Hudson, when interviewer asks how they met

(Newser) - Bill Belichick is making the rounds promoting his new memoir—read about an excerpt here —and his interview with CBS Sunday Morning is making headlines for reasons he probably doesn't like. Interviewer Tony Dokoupil posted a video showing how the 24-year-old girlfriend of Belichick, Jordon Hudson, was a...

Your 2025 Emmys Host: Nate Bargatze


Nate Bargatze
Scores a
Big-Time Gig
Apr 17, 2025 3:30 AM CDT

Nate Bargatze Scores a Big-Time Gig

Comedian has a huge draw right now, will host the 2025 Emmys

(Newser) - The 77th Emmy Awards are coming up Sept. 14, and the host of the ceremony will be stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze, CBS News announced Wednesday. Bargatze was the top-earning comedian of the year in 2024, selling more than 1.2 million tickets, and is one of the most popular...

Trump Did Not Like What He Saw on 60 Minutes Sunday

He wants FCC chief to 'impose the maximum fines and punishment' on CBS

(Newser) - President Trump apparently didn't like what he saw when he watched 60 Minutes on Sunday night. In a Truth Social post, the president said the network should lose its broadcast license because of two segments he objected to, the Hill reports. "They did not one, but TWO, major...

CBS Wants Trump's $20B Lawsuit Tossed

Paramount lawyers call it an 'affront to the First Amendment'

(Newser) - CBS News' parent company is trying to get President Trump's $20 billion l awsuit against the network thrown out, arguing that it is an "affront to the First Amendment and is without basis in law or fact." Paramount filed two motions in the US District Court for...

Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune to Join the 'Streaming Revolution'

Sony seeks bids for streaming rights on new episodes of the wildly popular game shows

(Newser) - Two of America's favorite game shows may soon find their way into your home a different way. Although Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune have stuck it out among "the biggest holdouts of the streaming revolution," the programs' owner, Sony Pictures Entertainment, said on Thursday it was seeking...

Greg Gumbel Anchored Sports Coverage for Decades
Greg Gumbel Broke
Ground in Broadcast Booth
obituary
Dec 27, 2024 5:45 PM CST

Greg Gumbel Broke Ground in Broadcast Booth

Sportscaster handled football, basketball, baseball, and Olympics coverage

(Newser) - Greg Gumbel, a leading and groundbreaking TV sportscaster for decades, has died. He was 78. The cause of death was cancer, his family said Friday. "He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice...

Shari Redstone Scolds CBS for Scolding Anchor After Coates Interview

Network 'made a mistake,' says chair of CBS' parent company

(Newser) - The chair of Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, made it clear Wednesday that she does not agree with CBS News on its decision to scold one of its anchors over his heated interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates . "I think Tony [Dokoupil] did a great job with that interview,"...

Katie Couric: CBS Just Replaced a Woman With 2 Men

Norah O'Donnell's replacements show network is 'out of touch' at a 'potentially historic' time

(Newser) - Katie Couric is calling out her former employer, CBS, for replacing Norah O'Donnell, the lead anchor on CBS Evening News, with two men. O'Donnell is just the third woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast following ABC's Diane Sawyer and Couric, per USA Today . She announced...

Longtime Analysts Are Out at The NFL Today

Matt Ryan is replacing Phil Simms, Boomer Esiason

(Newser) - CBS is making some big changes to its The NFL Today pregame show. The Athletic reports that the show, which has been around under various names since 1961, is replacing two former NFL quarterbacks with one. Analysts Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason are departing, and former Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis...

CBS Cuts Off 'Piano Man' Midsong
CBS Cuts Off
'Piano Man'
Midsong
Apr 15, 2024 7:30 PM CDT

CBS Cuts Off 'Piano Man' Midsong

Network apologizes and says concert will be rerun Friday

(Newser) - Viewers of Billy Joel's nationally broadcast concert on Sunday night are well aware that the closing lyrics of "Piano Man" are not "and they sit at the … Action 12 News!" But that's roughly what many of them heard when CBS cut away from the...

Big Bang Theory Couple Will Reunite

Jim Parsons, Mayim Bialik to reprise roles in 'Young Sheldon' finale

(Newser) - Five years on, we'll get another look at beloved TV couple Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler as stars of The Big Bang Theory Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik resume their roles for the series finale of Young Sheldon. Parsons, an executive producer, narrates the prequel series following Sheldon...

A Formerly 'Super-Sheltered' Comedian Arrives on Late Night

Taylor Tomlinson talks overcoming introversion to break barriers as female host

(Newser) - One week ago, Taylor Tomlinson didn't even have a set for her new CBS late-night show . "Nothing's done yet," the 30-year-old stand-up comedian, about to become the sole female host of a late-night show, told CBS News . "Everyone's, like, asking me. I'm like,...

Your Newest Late-Night Host Stands Apart

Taylor Tomlinson will become only female late-night host on network TV

(Newser) - A new late-night show is coming to CBS with a 29-year-old stand-up comic in the host chair. Taylor Tomlinson of Netflix comedy specials Look At You and Quarter Life Crisis will host After Midnight after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Variety reports. Colbert, an executive producer of the show,...

Ex-60 Minutes Producer Accuses CBS of 'Harsh' Firing

Alexandra Poolos, let go last year, accuses network of gender discrimination, giving male staff a pass

(Newser) - A former 60 Minutes producer is pushing back at CBS, accusing the network of gender discrimination in her firing. The Wrap and Variety report that Alexandra Poolos filed a lawsuit Tuesday in New York federal court over her 2022 termination, which took place after an associate producer had accused her...

Price Is Right Contestant Injures Himself While Celebrating

Henry was so excited over his win that he dislocated his shoulder

(Newser) - Spinning the big wheel on CBS' The Price Is Right isn't usually a family affair. But in a recent episode of television's longest-running game show , one man celebrated a win so hard that he hurt himself and needed his wife's assistance to continue. CNN reports that during...

Media Groups: We Want Jan. 6 Footage That Carlson Got
Media Groups Demand
Jan. 6 Footage
Feb 25, 2023 7:00 AM CST

Media Groups Demand Jan. 6 Footage

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Fox's Tucker Carlson exclusive access; now others want it

(Newser) - Fox News' Tucker Carlson is the only media personality given access by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to thousands of hours of Jan. 6 footage. Now, other media groups are demanding a piece of that, they noted in a Friday letter to congressional leadership, per CBS News . "Without full public...

CBS, Les Moonves Will Pay $30.5M Over Alleged Cover-Up

Network came to agreement with New York AG's office

(Newser) - CBS and its former president, Leslie Moonves, will pay $30.5 million as part of an agreement with the New York attorney general's office, which says the network's executives conspired with a Los Angeles police captain to conceal sexual assault allegations against Moonves. Under the deal announced Wednesday...

James Corden Plans Next Move
James Corden
Plans Next Move
Apr 28, 2022 7:20 PM CDT

James Corden Plans Next Move

'Late Late Show' host will end his 8-season tenure in the spring

(Newser) - James Corden, who had suggested he wouldn't remain host of The Late Late Show indefinitely, has put an end date on his tenure. The host said Thursday that he's signed a contract with CBS that runs till spring, per the Hollywood Reporter . Then he's out, after eight...

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