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Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said it was a “mistake” that the Republican National Committee has resumed support of Alabama GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore. Collins said, “I’m disappointed that the RNC has resumed the support

Sports Media Watch has a great resource for the National Football League’s ratings since 2014 and a glance through the listings for this season through Week 13 offers a sea of red fields showing just how badly the league’s TV ratings have suffered this year.

Former CBS producer Erin Gee has made public a federal lawsuit she filed alleging sex discrimination during her 17-year tenure with the media outlet.

CBS has ended Wisdom of the Crowd after its initial 13-episode order of the Jeremy Piven-starring crime drama. The network’s decision not to order additional episodes comes as Piven facing multiple accusations of sexual assault.

Veteran broadcaster Charlie Rose has been fired by CBS News after eight separate women accused him of sexual harassment.

Tuesday on “CBS This Morning,” co-host Norah O’Donnell made a statement about fellow co-host Charlie Rose, who was suspended by his networks amid allegations of sexual misconduct and subsequent apology. O’Donnell stated there was no excuse for the behavior and

Charlie Rose, PBS interviewer and co-anchor of CBS This Morning, stands accused of sexual harassment by eight women.

Even as ratings continue to fall for the NFL’s games, the ratings for the various Sunday pregame shows on the broadcast networks have also cratered.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore should “step aside” from the December 12 U.S. Senate race if the sexual abuse accusations leveled against him in a report in The Washington Post are

TV networks have been giving wall-to-wall coverage to allegations of sexual impropriety by Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, eclipsing the coverage they have given to allegations of corruption leveled at Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez

Last week, Papa John’s made quite the splash by publicly ripping NFL leadership and threatening to end their sponsorship of the league, over how Commissioner Goodell has mishandled that national anthem protests.

Three major news networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC— failed to cover on their nightly news programs Thursday the explosive allegations from Donna Brazile that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) rigged the 2016 Democratic primary in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

Although the interview with Late Show host Stephen Colbert was already taped, due to the latest accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around him, a scheduled interview with actor Jeremy Piven was scrapped Friday.

Earlier this week, Emmy-winning actor Jeremy Piven “unequivocally” denied that he had in any way harassed or groped reality star Ariane Bellamar on two separate occasions. Apparently that denial was good enough for CBS. The Daily Mail reports that Piven was seen on the set of the CBS drama Wisdom of the Crowd Wednesday. Two more accusers have now come forward.

A new survey of some of the nation’s most polarizing brand names, finds the NFL ranking in higher on the polarization scale than several news networks: ABC CBS, Fox Business, the Huffington Post, and even Breitbart News.

The director of the annual CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Show, Rick Najera, has resigned from the role over allegations of inappropriate comments.

Media Research Center Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Monday to discuss the media’s refusal to touch the Hillary Clinton Uranium One story and other topics.

As the NFL’s 2017 season began, all the league’s broadcast partners were deeply interested in showing the national anthem in order to highlight the protests by millionaire players. But, as Week 6 hit and ratings had slipped to record lows, those same broadcasters began to end their attention on the protests to avoid angering millions of NFL fans.

The NFL is scheduled to have a meeting on Tuesday to discuss, as Commissioner Goodell puts, moving “past the anthem controversy.” For CBS, the NFL couldn’t move past the anthem controversy fast enough.

It’s quite appropriate that a man who refuses to actually speak on his own future, would choose to subtweet the retracted story about his promise to stand for the anthem. It’s even more appropriate that he would choose to subtweet it while channeling someone else.

The woman perhaps, most singularly responsible for Colin Kaepernick remaining a free agent, and out of the NFL, has spoken. Much like you would expect, her words do not bode well for Kaepernick’s chances of resuming his career.

The NFL just learned a tremendously useful lesson, that will serve them well if they choose to continue to apply it. What is that lesson? Simply this: if you don’t protest, more people will watch your games.

The former CBS lawyer — who was fired for commenting that she was unsympathetic toward the “country music fans” who were victims of the Las Vegas shooting because they are often “Republican gun toters” — claims she is receiving online threats.

CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jeff Zeleny pointed out in an interview Monday after the Las Vegas shooting that many country music fans are “likely” supporters of President Donald Trump.

Hayley Geftman-Gold, who served as senior counsel for strategic transactions at CBS, was fired Monday afternoon by the network. In a social media post, Geftman-Gold wrote that, for partisan reasons, she is “not even sympathetic” to the 50-plus murdered and 400-plus hospitalized during Sunday’s shooting massacre in Las Vegas.

Update: CBS said in a statement Monday afternoon that the employee had been fired. “This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS. Her views

CBS is currently in the early stages of developing a legal TV drama loosely based on the life and career of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Deadline reports.

The third episode of Star Trek: Discovery, airing Sunday, will make franchise history as actor Anthony Rapp will portray Lieutenant Stamets, the first openly gay Trek TV series character.

The widespread NFL protests against the national anthem are causing fans to reassess their interests in football, but the protests also seem to be causing investors to reconsider their actions

At any other point in history a magazine calling itself Sports Illustrated, putting out a cover which had no sports in it, might seem odd. Then again, few other points in history have been as dumb as 2017.

Websites owned by CBS subsidiary Showtime secretly used viewers’ web browsers to mine cryptocurrency over the weekend, according to a report.

With President Donald J. Trump entering the anthem debate, expect player protests aplenty at NFL Stadiums around the country. Also expect some very good games, with the Atlanta Falcons-Detroit Lions game at the top of the list.

The topic of illegal immigration in America is getting another Hollywood treatment with ABC’s announcement Wednesday that it’s developing a comedy series about an undocumented family.

If NFL fans continue to turn away from football, the TV networks could lose as much as $200 million in earnings, according to a new report.

The NFL has suffered new lows for the second week on CBS with a double-digit fall over last year’s ratings.

The NFL was underwhelming during the first week of the season, and merely whelming during the second week. Fox saw a massive ratings surge in Week 2, however, CBS and NBC saw their numbers go down compared to last year.