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In the name of racial diversity, another major TV network has announced that it will exclude white actors from participating in the casting process of a major series reboot.

CBS Entertainment’s reboot of the classic series Nancy Drew will feature a “diverse” actress in the lead role, an executive for the network said Thursday. CBS is reportedly not considering white actresses for the part.

On Saturday’s “Game On” on Washington D.C. CBS affiliate WUSA, former Washington Redskins star defensive lineman Dexter Manley commented on quarterbacks, saying the black ones like running because they are used to running away from the police. “Most of the black quarterbacks,

In a year-long analysis of ABC, NBC, and CBS morning newscasts featuring GOP presidential candidates, the Media Research Center (MRC) found “the broadcast networks have pounded the candidates with a blizzard of hostile and left-wing questions.”

Self-described transgender conservative Bruce Jenner was denied entry into Saturday’s Democratic primary debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, despite having requested a ticket directly from CBS News.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hit by allied criticism on Saturday from her two remaining 2016 Democratic presidential primary opponents, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

At the CBS News’ Democratic debate Saturday, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley doubled down on his stance on which lives matter. The former Maryland governor was booed back in July by the Black Lives Matter activist group for saying “all lives matter,” but later

On Monday’s CBS Minnesota, Kim Johnson, Matt Brickman and Jason DeRusha all reacted to the report that a former pastor has spoken out against Starbucks’ removal of Christmas ornaments on its cups. The pastor, Joshua Feuerstein, made a video that went viral

To hear the GOP establishment squeal with such glee, you would think there was a fire sale going on down at Brooks Brothers. Or maybe Congress just passed a law making country club dues tax-deductible. Or somebody invented a glow-in-the-dark golf ball.

Star Trek returns to television in January 2017, just after the 50th anniversary of its original debut.

Last April, Toya Graham made headlines when she slapped her 16-year-old son Michael in the face for joining Baltimore rioters protesting the death of Freddie Gray.

A frustrated President Obama reacted angrily to tough questions during an interview aired last night from CBS interviewer Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes.

Confession: The 2011 film Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro, is one of my favorite films of the last 5 years. In fact, I became a little obsessed with it to the point that I bought the script to see how it differed from the finished film.

CBS has offered a harsh assessment of the film “Truth” which stars Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett in a supposedly accurate account of the Dan Rather scandal. The film is based on the book by disgraced CBS News producer Mary Mapes.

Univision and Telemundo Cover Donald Trump More Than NBC, ABC, CBS Combined

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski said Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” was “planned out,” and that Hillary’s campaign cut off contact with the show “because we were not

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked on Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS if she supported a federal limit on abortion at any stage of pregnancy. The Democratic presidential hopeful declared in some cases late-term abortions are necessary

A Local television news anchor in California faces charges for driving under the influence (DUI) and assaulting a police officer after being tracked down and arrested Sunday evening.

The Media Research Center did the math and found that since the release of the videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s baby-parts trafficking, of the 243 hours of airtime available to NBC, CBS, and ABC on their various news shows, only 73 seconds has

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will be one of Stephen Colbert’s inaugural “Late Show” guests when the new version of the show returns to CBS next month.

When asked by reporters if Trump could be president one day, Colbert replied, “Honestly, he could,” according to Variety. A president “with a giant swinging set of balls isn’t the worst thing in the world,” Colbert went on to say.

The first three TV spots for the revamped Late Show with Stephen Colbert aired Sunday night on CBS’ 60 Minutes.

On CBS’s “Face the Nation,” John Dickerson asked 2016 Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee if an argument in modern debate has ever been won by using a Nazi analogy. Huckabee replied, “I don’t know if a debate has been won,

While speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” 2016 GOP primary candidate Rick Santorum argued that the SCOTUS decision which allows same-sex marriage is not the biggest issue in the U.S.

On Sunday’s “Face the Nation” on CBS, Gov. John Kasich (R-OH), who is expected to announce his running for the 2016 GOP primary candidacy in July, reacted to the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage last week by saying “everybody needs to take a

After years of failing ratings with former host David Gregory, NBC’s “Meet the Press” is gaining ratings with Chuck Todd in the driver’s seat. It is even hitting its stride among the Sunday political shows with viewers under 50 years of age.

Anyone looking for proof that David Letterman overstayed his welcome by at least a decade need look no further than the news just hours after Letterman’s farewell show broadcast Thursday night. If you bought into all the elite media hype

President Barack Obama took to his official Twitter account Wednesday evening to honor David Letterman prior to his final appearance as the host of The Late Show.

CBS dropped the first trailer for its ambitious new Supergirl series at the network’s upfront advertiser’s presentation at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday.

As unidentified individuals online strengthen their claims that the Islamic State had a hand in organizing a failed attack on a Draw Muhammad art contest in Garland, Texas, experts have told various media outlets that, while the group may have inspired the attack, little evidence suggests that ISIS operatives actually funded or planned the attack and are now trying to take credit for work they did not do.

A new CBS series will be testing the compassion and values of a dozen struggling families this summer, by presenting them with briefcases containing more than $100,000, and giving them an option to either keep it all, or share it with someone who might need it more.

One of the twin brothers who played the sons of comedian Ray Romano on the long-running CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond died Thursday of an apparent suicide.

If only David Letterman would present a top ten list of appropriate times for a talk show host to walk away from comedy. He might have found a perfect candidate for no. 1.

Transgender actress Laverne Cox has decided to bare it all for Allure Magazine’s Nude Celebrity Portrait series.

Mark Wahlberg is on his way back to Boston to pursue a leading role in an upcoming CBS Films project about the events surrounding the five-day manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an alleged co-conspirator in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

With transgender programming becoming the new normal of TV entertainment, two additional shows have been announced to assist in highlighting the lives of the transgender community.