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{{Short description|American broadcast television and radio network}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use American English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = CBS Broadcasting Inc.
| logo = [[File:CBS logo (2020).svg|220px|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = Logo used since October 8, 2020
| image = [[File:CBS Eyemark.svg|120px|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| caption = The logo's eyemark has been in use since October 20, 1951
| type = [[Radio network|Radio]] and [[television broadcaster]]
| country = United States
| area = Worldwide
| affiliates = {{hlist|[[List of CBS television affiliates (by U.S. state)|State]]|[[List of CBS television affiliates (table)|Market]]}}
| headquarters = [[CBS Building]], [[Manhattan]], New York City, United States
| language = English
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]]
| former_names = {{unbulleted list|United Independent Broadcasters, Inc. (1927–1928)|Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1928)|Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1928–1974)|CBS, Inc. (1974–1997)}}
| owner = [[Paramount Global]]
| parent = [[CBS Entertainment]]
| key_people = {{plainlist|
* George Cheeks <small>(President and CEO, CBS Entertainment Group)</small>
* Amy Reisenbach <small>(President, CBS Entertainment)</small>
* David Berson <small>(President and CEO, [[CBS Sports]])</small>
* [[Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews]] <small>(President, [[CBS News]])</small>
* [[Wendy McMahon (television executive)|Wendy McMahon]] <small>(President and CEO, [[CBS News and Stations]])</small>
}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1927|09|18|p=y|br=yes}}
| founder = {{unbulleted list|[[Arthur Judson]]|[[William S. Paley]]}}
| launch_date = {{unbulleted list|'''Radio:''' {{Start date|1927|09|18}}|'''Television:''' {{Start date|1941|07|01}}}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.cbs.com|cbs.com}}
| online_serv_1 = Affiliated Streaming Service(s)
| online_chan_1 = [[Paramount+]]<br>[[Pluto TV]]
}}
{{Paramount evolution}}

'''CBS Broadcasting Inc.''', commonly shortened to '''CBS''' (an abbreviation of its original name, '''Columbia Broadcasting System'''), is an [[Television in the United States|American]] [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial broadcast]] [[Television broadcaster|television]] and [[radio network]] serving as the [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] property of the [[CBS Entertainment Group]] division of [[Paramount Global]] and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[MTV]].

Headquartered at the [[CBS Building]] in New York City and being part of the "[[Big Three (American television)|Big Three]]" television networks, CBS has major production facilities and operations at the [[CBS Broadcast Center]] and the headquarters of owner Paramount at [[One Astor Plaza]] (both also in that city) and [[Television City]] and the [[CBS Studio Center]] in Los Angeles. It is sometimes referred to as the '''Eye Network''', after the company's trademark symbol of an eye (which has been in use since October 20, 1951),<ref>{{cite web |title=Slanguage Dictionary: E |url=https://variety.com/static-pages/slanguage-dictionary/#e |website=Variety |access-date=June 2, 2021 |date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=December 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218071350/https://variety.com/static-pages/slanguage-dictionary/#e |url-status=live }}</ref> and also the '''Tiffany Network''', which alludes to the perceived high quality of its programming during the tenure of [[William S. Paley]] (and can also refer to some of CBS's first demonstrations of [[color television]], which were held in the former [[Tiffany and Company Building]] in New York City in 1950).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krell |first=David |date=May 10, 2015 |title=The Man Behind the Tiffany Network |url=http://davidkrell.com/david-krell/the-man-behind-the-tiffany-network/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401112544/http://davidkrell.com/david-krell/the-man-behind-the-tiffany-network/ |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=David Krell }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Westinghouse Bids for Role In the Remake: CBS Deal Advances TV's Global Reach|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/news/02iht-cbs_0.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 2, 1995|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403105014/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/news/02iht-cbs_0.html|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
{{Main|History of CBS}}
The network has its origins in '''United Independent Broadcasters, Inc.''', a radio network founded in [[Chicago]] by New York City [[talent agent]] [[Arthur Judson]] in January 1927. In April of that year, the Columbia Phonograph Company, parent of [[Columbia Records]]' record label, invested in the network, resulting in its rebranding as the '''Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System''' ('''CPBS''').<ref name="bartow">{{cite book |author=[[Erik Barnouw]] |title=A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1966 |isbn=978-0-19-500474-8 |location=New York City |pages=222–261}}</ref>  In early 1928, Judson and Columbia sold the network to Isaac and Leon Levy, two brothers who owned [[WPHT|WCAU]], the network's Philadelphia affiliate, as well as their partner Jerome Louchheim. They installed William S. Paley, an in-law of the Levys, as president of the network. With the Columbia record label out of ownership, Paley rebranded the network as the '''Columbia Broadcasting System'''.<ref>{{cite news|title=William S. Paley, Who Built CBS Into a Communications Empire, Dies at 89|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/28/obituaries/william-s-paley-who-built-cbs-into-a-communications-empire-dies-at-89.html|author=Jeremy Gerard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 28, 1990|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116110012/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/28/obituaries/william-s-paley-who-built-cbs-into-a-communications-empire-dies-at-89.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=November 16, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> By September 1928, Paley became the network's majority owner with 51 percent of the business.<ref name="berg">{{cite book |author=[[Laurence Bergreen]] |url=https://archive.org/details/looknowpaylaterr00berg |title=Look Now, Pay Later: The Rise of Network Broadcasting |publisher=Doubleday and Co. |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-451-61966-2 |location=New York City |page=[https://archive.org/details/looknowpaylaterr00berg/page/59 59] |url-access=registration}}</ref> [[Paramount Pictures]] then acquired the other 49 percent of CBS in 1929, but the [[Great Depression]] eventually forced the studio to sell its shares back to the network in 1932.<ref name="bartow" /> CBS would then remain primarily an independent company throughout the next 63 years. Under Paley's guidance, CBS would first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States and eventually one of the Big Three American broadcast television networks. CBS ventured and expanded its horizons through television starting in the 1940s, spinning off its broadcast syndication division [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]] to a separate company in 1971. In 1974, CBS dropped its original full name and became known simply as '''CBS, Inc.''' The company was listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] under the ticker symbol "CBS". The [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation]] acquired the network in 1994, renaming its legal name to the current CBS Broadcasting Inc. two years later, and in 1997 adopted the name of the company it had acquired to become [[CBS Corporation]]. In 1999, CBS came under the control of [[Viacom (1952–2006)|the original incarnation of Viacom]], which was formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971. In 2005, Viacom split itself into two separate companies and re-established CBS Corporation through the [[corporate spin-off|spin-off]] of its broadcast television, radio and select [[cable television]] and non-broadcasting assets, with the CBS network at its core.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barnes|first=Matthew Karnitschnig and Brooks|date=July 22, 2006|title=CBS and Viacom Find Life Tough After the Big Split|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115353261435314387|access-date=September 10, 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=September 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910154806/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115353261435314387|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Bloomberg News|date=January 2, 2006|title=Viacom Completes Split Into 2 Companies|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/business/media/viacom-completes-split-into-2-companies.html|access-date=September 10, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101043413/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/business/media/viacom-completes-split-into-2-companies.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Viacom board approves plan to split company|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8219102|access-date=September 10, 2021|website=NBC News|date=June 14, 2005 |archive-date=September 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910154807/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8219102|url-status=live}}</ref> CBS Corporation was controlled by [[Sumner Redstone]] through [[National Amusements]], which also controlled [[Viacom (2005–2019)|the second incarnation of Viacom]] until December 4, 2019, when the two separated companies [[2019 merger of CBS and Viacom|agreed to re-merge]] to become ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Global). Following the sale, CBS and its other broadcasting and entertainment assets were reorganized into a new division, CBS Entertainment Group.

CBS operated the [[CBS Radio]] network until 2017 when it sold its radio division to Entercom (now known as [[Audacy, Inc.]] since 2021).<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=November 17, 2017|title=Entercom Finalizes Merger With CBS Radio, Becoming No. 2 Radio Operator in US|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8039439/entercom-cbs-radio-merger-finalized-no-2-radio-operator|access-date=July 16, 2020|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716224536/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8039439/entercom-cbs-radio-merger-finalized-no-2-radio-operator|url-status=live}}</ref> Before this, CBS Radio mainly provided news and feature content for its portfolio of [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated radio stations]] in large and mid-sized markets, as well as its [[network affiliate|affiliated]] radio stations in various other markets. While CBS Corporation common shareholders (i.e. not the multiple-voting shares held by National Amusements) were given a 72% stake in the combined Entercom,<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 2, 2017|title=CBS to merge its radio business with Entercom|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-entercom-comm-m-a-cbs-corp-idUSKBN15H1MW|access-date=July 16, 2020|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716034814/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-entercom-comm-m-a-cbs-corp-idUSKBN15H1MW|url-status=live}}</ref> CBS no longer owns or operates any radio stations directly; however, it still provides radio news broadcasts to its radio affiliates and the new owners of its former radio stations, and licenses the rights to use CBS trademarks under a long-term contract. The television network has over 240 owned-and-operated and affiliated television stations throughout the United States, some also available in Canada via pay-television providers or in [[Canada–United States border|border areas]] over-the-air.

==Programming==
{{Main|List of programs broadcast by CBS|CBS News|CBS Sports}}
{{As of|2013}}, CBS provides {{frac|87|1|2}} hours of regularly scheduled network programming each week. The network provides 22 hours of primetime programming to affiliated stations Monday through Saturday from 8:00&nbsp;p.m. to 11:00&nbsp;p.m. and Sunday from 7:00&nbsp;p.m. to 11:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern and Pacific time (7:00&nbsp;p.m. to 10:00&nbsp;p.m. Monday through Saturday and 6:00&nbsp;p.m. to 10:00&nbsp;p.m. on Sunday in Central/Mountain time).

The network also provides daytime programming from 11:00&nbsp;a.m. to 4:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern and Pacific weekdays (subtract 1 hour for all other time zones), including a half-hour break for local news and features the game shows ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' and ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', [[soap opera]]s ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' and ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', and the former talk show ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]],'' which will be replaced by the new soap opera ''[[Beyond the Gates (TV series)|Beyond the Gates]]'' on February 24, 2025.

[[CBS News]] programming includes ''[[CBS Mornings]]'' from 7:00&nbsp;a.m. to 9:00&nbsp;a.m. weekdays and ''[[CBS Saturday Morning]]'' in the same period on Saturdays; nightly editions of ''[[CBS Evening News]]''; the Sunday political talk show ''[[Face the Nation]]''; early morning news program ''[[CBS Morning News]]''; and the newsmagazines ''[[60 Minutes]]'', ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'', and ''[[48 Hours (TV series)|48 Hours]]''. On weeknights, CBS airs the talk shows ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' and ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]'' (until 2023, which is now replaced by game show [[After Midnight (TV series)|After Midnight]]).

[[CBS Sports]] programming is also provided most weekend afternoons. Due to the unpredictable length of sporting events, CBS occasionally delays scheduled primetime programs to allow the programs to air in their entirety, a practice most commonly seen with the [[NFL on CBS]]. In addition to rights to sports events from major sports organizations such as the [[National Football League|NFL]], [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA]], and [[National Collegiate Athletics Association|NCAA]], CBS broadcasts the ''[[CBS Sports Spectacular]]'', a sports [[anthology series]] that fills certain weekend afternoon time slots before (or in some cases, in place of) a major sporting event.

===Daytime===
{{main|CBS Daytime}}
CBS' daytime schedule is the longest among the major networks at {{frac|4|1|2}} hours. It is the home of the long-running game show ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', which began production in 1972 and is the longest continuously running daytime game show on network television. After being hosted by [[Bob Barker]] for 35 years, the show has been hosted since 2007 by actor and comedian [[Drew Carey]]. The network is also home to the current incarnation of ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', hosted by singer and comedian [[Wayne Brady]].

CBS is the only commercial broadcast network that continues to broadcast daytime game shows. Notable game shows that once aired as part of the network's daytime lineup include ''[[Match Game]]'', ''[[Tattletales]]'', ''[[Pyramid (franchise)|The $10/25,000 Pyramid]]'', ''[[Press Your Luck]]'', ''[[Card Sharks]]'', ''[[Family Feud]]'', and ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''. Past game shows that have had both daytime and prime time runs on the network include ''[[Beat the Clock]]'' and ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''. Two long-running primetime-only games were the panel shows ''[[What's My Line?]]'' and ''[[I've Got a Secret]]''.

The network was also home to ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]]'', a panel talk show similar in format to ABC's ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]''. It debuted in October 2010. The panel featured [[Sheryl Underwood]], [[Amanda Kloots]], [[Jerry O'Connell]], [[Akbar Gbajabiamila]], and [[Natalie Morales (journalist)|Natalie Morales]] who served as moderator. ''The Talk'' officially ended its run on December 20, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Jay Stahl and Anika |title='The Talk' last show on CBS: How the co-hosts are saying goodbye after 15 seasons |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/12/20/the-talk-ending-after-15-seasons-on-cbs-amanda-kloots-cries/77103912007/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>

CBS Daytime airs two daytime soap operas each weekday: the hour-long series ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', which debuted in 1973, and the half-hour series ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', which debuted in 1987. CBS has long aired the most soap operas out of the [[Big Three (American television)|Big Three]] networks, carrying {{frac|3|1|2}} hours of soaps on its daytime lineup from 1977 to 2009, and still retains the longest daily schedule. Other than ''Guiding Light'', notable daytime soap operas that once aired on CBS include ''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Love of Life]]'', ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'', ''[[The Secret Storm]]'', ''[[The Edge of Night]]'', and ''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]''.

===Children's programming===
{{Main|Children's programming on CBS}}
CBS broadcast the live-action series ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' on weekday mornings from 1955 to 1982, and on Saturdays until 1984. From 1971 to 1986, CBS News produced a series of one-minute segments titled ''[[In the News]]'', which aired between other Saturday morning programs. Otherwise, CBS's children's programming has mostly focused on animated series such as reruns of ''[[Mighty Mouse]]'', ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', and ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoons, as well as ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]'', ''[[Jim Henson's Muppet Babies]]'', ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', and ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. In 1997, CBS premiered ''[[Wheel 2000]]'', a children's version of the syndicated game show ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' which aired simultaneously on the [[Game Show Network]].

In September 1998, CBS began contracting the time out to other companies to provide programming and material for its Saturday morning schedule. The first of these outsourced blocks was the ''[[CBS Kidshow]]'', which ran until 2000 and featured programming from Canadian studio [[Nelvana]]<ref name="Nick Jr. on CBS">{{cite news|title=CBS picks Nick mix|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/cbs-picks-nick-mix-1117782661/|last=Schneider|first=Michael|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 15, 2000|access-date=July 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730112321/http://variety.com/2000/tv/news/cbs-picks-nick-mix-1117782661/|archive-date=July 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> such as ''[[Anatole (TV series)|Anatole]]'', ''[[Mythic Warriors]]'', ''[[Rescue Heroes]]'', and ''[[Flying Rhino Junior High]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=CTV pacts for 3 Nelvana series|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/ctv-pacts-for-3-nelvana-series-1117489638/|last=Kelly|first=Brendan|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 21, 1998|access-date=July 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730115119/http://variety.com/1998/tv/news/ctv-pacts-for-3-nelvana-series-1117489638/|archive-date=July 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

After its agreement with Nelvana ended, the network then entered into a deal with [[Nickelodeon]] to air programming from its [[Nick Jr. (block)|Nick Jr.]] block beginning in September 2000, under the banner [[Nickelodeon on CBS|Nick Jr. on CBS]].<ref name="Nick Jr. on CBS"/> By the time of the deal, Nickelodeon and CBS were corporate sisters through the latter's then parent company Viacom as a result of its 2000 merger with CBS Corporation. From 2002 to 2005, live-action and animated Nickelodeon series aimed at older children also aired as part of the block under the name [[Nickelodeon on CBS|Nick on CBS]].

Following the Viacom-CBS split, the network decided to discontinue the Nickelodeon content deal. In March 2006, CBS entered into a three-year agreement with [[DIC Entertainment]], which was acquired later that year by the [[Cookie Jar Group]], to program the Saturday morning time slot as part of a deal that included distribution of select [[broadcast delay|tape-delayed]] [[Formula One]] auto races.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cookie Jar and Dic Entertainment to Merge, Creating independent global children's entertainment and education powerhouse |url=http://www.cjar.com/press/cj_press_20080620.php |publisher=[[Cookie Jar Group]] |date=June 20, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531232059/http://www.cjar.com/press/cj_press_20080620.php |archive-date=May 31, 2009  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cookie Jar Entertainment Expands Brand Portfolio, Talent and Global Reach with Closing of DIC Transaction|url=http://www.cjar.com/press/cj_press_20080723a.php |work=[[Cookie Jar Group]]|date=July 23, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531231944/http://www.cjar.com/press/cj_press_20080723a.php |archive-date=May 31, 2009  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DIC Names Programming Chief for New CBS Block|url=http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=dic30706.htm |work=WorldScreen |date=March 7, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226231914/http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=dic30706.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Synergy not kid-friendly at Eye web|url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/markets-festivals/synergy-not-kid-friendly-at-eye-web-1117936466/|last=Guider|first=Elizabeth|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 19, 2006|access-date=July 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730115052/http://variety.com/2006/digital/markets-festivals/synergy-not-kid-friendly-at-eye-web-1117936466/|archive-date=July 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS'' replaced ''Nick Jr. on CBS'' that September, with the inaugural lineup featuring two new first-run live-action programs, one animated series that originally aired in syndication in 2005, and three shows produced before 2006. In mid-2007, KOL, the children's service of [[AOL]], withdrew sponsorship from CBS' Saturday morning block, which was subsequently renamed KEWLopolis. Complementing CBS's 2007 lineup were ''[[Care Bears]]'', ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'', and ''[[Sushi Pack]]''. On February 24, 2009, it was announced that CBS would renew its contract with Cookie Jar for another three seasons through 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Reups With Kids Programmer Cookie Jar|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/cbs-reups-kids-programmer-cookie-jar-34206|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=February 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106062740/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/179789-CBS_Reups_With_Kids_Programmer_Cookie_Jar.php|archive-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CBS Renews Cookie Jar Entertainment's Saturday Morning Block for Three More Seasons|url=http://www.cjar.com/press/cj_press_20090224.php |work=[[Cookie Jar Group]] |date=February 24, 2009 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531232115/http://www.cjar.com/press/cj_press_20090224.php |archive-date=May 31, 2009  }}</ref> On September 19, 2009, KEWLopolis was renamed [[Cookie Jar TV]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CBS Sets Lineup for Cookie Jar Block |url=http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/22324 |work=WorldScreen |date=September 4, 2009 |access-date=September 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907002142/http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/22324 |archive-date=September 7, 2009  }}</ref>

On July 24, 2013, CBS agreed with [[Litton Entertainment]], which already programmed a syndicated Saturday morning block exclusive to ABC stations and later produced a [[One Magnificent Morning|block for CBS' sister network The CW]] that received its debut the following year, to launch a new Saturday morning block featuring live-action reality-based lifestyle, wildlife, and sports series. The Litton-produced CBS Dream Team block, aimed at teenagers 13 to 16 years old, began broadcasting on September 28, 2013, replacing Cookie Jar TV.<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS partners with Litton Entertainment for Saturday teen block|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-cbs-litton-entertainment-saturday-teen-block-20130724,0,7010894.story|last=James|first=Meg|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 24, 2013|access-date=July 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725124635/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-cbs-litton-entertainment-saturday-teen-block-20130724,0,7010894.story|archive-date=July 25, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The block was renamed CBS WKND in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Michael P. |date=September 21, 2023 |title=CBS rebrands E/I programming block |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/09/21/cbs-wknd-ei-programming-rebranding/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |work=NewscastStudio}}</ref>

===Specials===
====Animated primetime holiday specials====
CBS was the original broadcast network home of the animated primetime holiday specials based on the ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip, beginning with ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' in 1965. Over 30 holiday Peanuts specials (each for a specific holiday such as [[Halloween]]) were broadcast on CBS until 2000 when the broadcast rights were acquired by ABC. CBS also aired several primetime animated specials based on the works of [[Dr. Seuss]] (Theodor Geisel), beginning with ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' in 1966, as well as several specials based on the ''[[Garfield]]'' comic strip during the 1980s (which led to Garfield getting his [[Saturday-morning cartoon]] on the network, ''Garfield and Friends'', which ran from 1988 to 1995). ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'', produced in [[stop motion]] by [[Rankin/Bass]], has been another annual holiday staple of CBS; however, that special first aired on NBC in 1964. {{as of|2011}}, ''Rudolph'' and ''[[Frosty the Snowman (film)|Frosty the Snowman]]'' are the only two pre-1990 animated specials remaining on CBS; the broadcast rights to the ''Charlie Brown'' specials are now held by Apple,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-streaming-apple-tv.html|title=Apple TV+ Says: Welcome, Great Pumpkin|first=Josef|last=Adalian|work=Vulture|date=October 19, 2020|access-date=October 19, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019203209/https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/its-the-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-streaming-apple-tv.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Grinch'' rights by NBC,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Michael |title=NBC Renews 'American Ninja Warrior', Acquires 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'  |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/34167/nbc-renews-american-ninja-warrior-acquires-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/ |access-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418143757/https://www.tvinsider.com/34167/nbc-renews-american-ninja-warrior-acquires-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Chris |date=December 25, 2021 |title=20 facts you might not know about How the Grinch Stole Christmas |page=15 |work=Yardbarker |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/20-facts-you-might-not-know-about-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/ss-AARCjnZ#image=15 |access-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209163608/https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/20-facts-you-might-not-know-about-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/ss-AARCjnZ#image=15 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the rights to the ''Garfield'' specials by [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://watch.boomerang.com/movies|title=Boomerang &#124; Full Episodes of Your Family's Favorite Cartoons|website=Boomerang|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608084708/https://watch.boomerang.com/movies|archive-date=June 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

All of these animated specials, from 1973 to 1990, began with a fondly remembered seven-second animated opening sequence, in which the words "A CBS Special Presentation" were displayed in colorful lettering (the [[ITC Avant Garde]] typeface, widely used in the 1970s, was used for the title logo). The word "SPECIAL", in [[all caps]] and repeated multiple times in multiple colors, slowly zoomed out from the frame in a spinning counterclockwise motion against a black background, and rapidly zoomed back into frame as a single word, in white, at the end; the sequence was accompanied by a jazzy though majestic up-tempo fanfare with dramatic horns and percussion (which was edited incidental music from the CBS crime drama ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'', titled "Call to Danger" on the [[Capitol Records]] soundtrack LP). This opening sequence appeared immediately before all CBS specials of the period (such as the [[Miss USA]] pageants and the annual presentation of the [[Kennedy Center Honors]]), in addition to animated specials.

====Classical music specials====
CBS was also responsible for airing the series of ''[[Young People's Concerts]]'', conducted by [[Leonard Bernstein]]. Telecast every few months between 1958 and 1972, first in black-and-white and then in color beginning in 1966, these programs introduced millions of children to [[classical music]] through the eloquent commentaries of Bernstein. The specials were nominated for several [[Emmy Award]]s, including two wins in 1961 and later in 1966,<ref>{{Citation|title=New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3776668/awards|access-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018015418/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3776668/awards|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and were among the first programs ever broadcast from the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]].

Over the years, CBS has broadcast three different productions of Tchaikovsky's ballet ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' – two live telecasts of the George Balanchine [[New York City Ballet]] production in 1957 and 1958 respectively, a little-known German-American filmed production in 1965 (which was subsequently repeated three times and starred [[Edward Villella]], [[Patricia McBride]] and [[Melissa Hayden (actress)|Melissa Hayden]]), and beginning in 1977, the [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] staging of the ballet, starring the Russian dancer along with [[Gelsey Kirkland]] – a version that would become a television classic, and remains so today (the broadcast of this production later moved to PBS).{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

In April 1986, CBS presented a slightly abbreviated version of ''Horowitz in Moscow'', a live piano recital by pianist [[Vladimir Horowitz]], which marked his return to Russia after over 60 years. The recital was televised as an episode of ''CBS News Sunday Morning'' (televised at 9:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time in the U.S., as the recital was performed simultaneously at 4:00&nbsp;p.m. in Russia). It was so successful that CBS repeated it a mere two months later by popular demand, this time on videotape, rather than live. In later years, the program was shown as a standalone special on [[PBS]]; the current DVD of the telecast omits the commentary by [[Charles Kuralt]] but includes additional selections not heard on the CBS telecast.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Taubman |first1=Philip |date=April 21, 1986 |title=FOR HOROWITZ IN MOSCOW, BRAVOS AND TEARS |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/21/arts/for-horowitz-in-moscow-bravos-and-tears.html |access-date=January 7, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1986, CBS telecast ''Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening'' in primetime, in what was then a rare move for a commercial broadcast network, since most primetime classical music specials were relegated to PBS and [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]] by this time. The program was a concert commemorating the re-opening of [[Carnegie Hall]] after its complete renovation. A range of artists were featured, from classical conductor Leonard Bernstein to popular music singer [[Frank Sinatra]].

====''Cinderella''====
To compete with NBC, which produced the televised version of the [[Mary Martin]] Broadway production of ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'', CBS responded with a musical production of ''Cinderella'', with music by [[Richard Rodgers]] and lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]. Based upon the [[Cinderella|classic Charles Perrault fairy tale]], it is the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical to have been written for television. It was originally broadcast live in color on CBS on March 31, 1957, as a vehicle for [[Julie Andrews]], who played the title role; that broadcast was seen by over 100 million people. It was subsequently remade by CBS in 1965, with Lesley Ann Warren, Stuart Damon, [[Ginger Rogers]], and [[Walter Pidgeon]] among its stars; the remake also included the new song "Loneliness of Evening", which was originally composed in 1949 for ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' but was not performed in that musical.<ref name=recreates>{{cite news|title=Richard Rodgers recreates a ''Cinderella'' to be remembered|newspaper=[[San Mateo Times]]|date=February 19, 1966|edition=TV Week|page=54}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|0057950|Cinderella (1965, TV)}}. Accessed February 8, 2010.</ref> This version was rebroadcast several times on CBS into the early 1970s, and is occasionally broadcast on various cable networks to this day; both versions are available on DVD.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}

====National Geographic====
CBS was also the original broadcast home for the primetime specials produced by the [[National Geographic Society]]. The Geographic series in the U.S. started on CBS in 1964, before moving to ABC in 1973 (the specials subsequently moved to PBS – under the production of Pittsburgh member station WQED – in 1975 and NBC in 1995, before returning to PBS in 2000). The specials have featured stories on many scientific figures such as [[Louis Leakey]], [[Jacques Cousteau]], and [[Jane Goodall]], that not only featured their work but helped make them internationally known and accessible to millions. A majority of the specials were narrated by various actors, notably [[Alexander Scourby]] during the CBS run. The success of the specials led in part to the creation of the [[National Geographic Channel]], a cable channel launched in January 2001 as a joint venture between the National Geographic Society and [[Fox Cable Networks]]. The specials' distinctive theme music, by [[Elmer Bernstein]], was also adopted by the National Geographic Channel.

====Other notable specials====
From 1949 to 2002, the [[Pillsbury Bake-Off]], an annual national cooking contest, was broadcast on CBS as a special. Hosts for the broadcast included [[Arthur Godfrey]], [[Art Linkletter]], [[Bob Barker]], [[Gary Collins (actor)|Gary Collins]], [[Willard Scott]] (although under contract with CBS' rival NBC), and [[Alex Trebek]].

The [[Miss USA]] [[beauty pageant]] aired on CBS from 1963 to 2002, during a large portion of that period, the telecast was often emceed by the host of one of the network's game shows including Bob Barker from 1967 to 1987 (at which point Barker, an [[animal rights activist]] who eventually convinced producers of ''The Price Is Right'' to cease offering [[fur coat]]s as prizes on the program, quit in a dispute over their use), succeed by [[Alan Thicke]] in 1988, [[Dick Clark]] from 1989 to 1993, and [[Bob Goen]] from 1994 to 1996. The pageant's highest viewership was recorded in the early 1980s when it regularly topped the Nielsen ratings on the week of its broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. pulchritude tops TV charts|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|page=15|date=May 21, 1980}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pageant tops Nielsen ratings|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|page=15|date=May 19, 1982}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Beauty pageant most-watched show|work=The Globe and Mail Associated Press|page=15|date=May 18, 1983}}</ref> Viewership dropped sharply throughout the 1990s and 2000s, from an estimated viewership of 20 million to an average of 7 million from 2000 to 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=There She Goes: Pageants Move to NBC|author=Lisa de Moraes|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 22, 2002}}</ref> In 2002, [[Donald Trump]] (owner of the Miss USA pageant's governing body, the [[Miss Universe|Miss Universe Organization]]) brokered a new deal with NBC, giving it half-ownership of the Miss USA, Miss Universe and [[Miss Teen USA]] pageants and moving them to that network as part of an initial five-year contract,<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump moves pageants from CBS to NBC|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|page=2B|date=June 22, 2002}}</ref> which began in 2003 and ended in 2015 after 12 years amid Trump's controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants during the launch of his [[2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign|2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC: Done With Donald Trump, Miss USA, Miss Universe – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/nbc-donald-trump-cancels-miss-usa-miss-universe-1201461913/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=July 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630174133/http://deadline.com/2015/06/nbc-donald-trump-cancels-miss-usa-miss-universe-1201461913/|archive-date=June 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 1, 1977, it was announced that [[Elvis Presley]] had signed a deal with CBS to appear in a new television special. Under the agreement, CBS would videotape Presley's concerts during the summer of 1977; the special was filmed during Presley's final tour at stops in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] (on June 19) and [[Rapid City, South Dakota]] (on June 21 of that year). CBS aired the special, ''[[Elvis in Concert]]'', on October 3, 1977,<ref>{{cite web|title=Elvis in Concert |url=http://www.elvispresley.com.au/elvis/presley/elvis_in_concert.shtml |work=ElvisPresley.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504105529/http://elvispresley.com.au/elvis/presley/elvis_in_concert.shtml |archive-date=May 4, 2009 }}</ref> nearly two months after Presley died in his [[Graceland]] mansion on August 16.

Since its inception in 1978, CBS has been the sole broadcaster of [[The Kennedy Center Honors]], a two-hour performing arts tribute typically taped and edited in December for later broadcast during the holiday season.

==Stations==
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CBS has 15 owned-and-operated stations, and current and pending affiliation agreements with 228 additional television stations encompassing 50 states, the District of Columbia, two U.S. possessions (Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and [[Bermuda]] and [[St. Vincent and the Grenadines]].<ref name=re>{{cite web|title=Stations for Network – CBS|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=CBS|work=RabbitEars.info|access-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205222217/https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=CBS|archive-date=February 5, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="StationIndex">{{cite web|title=CBS Affiliated Television Stations|url=http://www.stationindex.com/tv/by-net/cbs|work=stationindex.com|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153013/http://www.stationindex.com/tv/by-net/cbs|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The network has a national reach of 95.96% of all households in the United States (or 299,861,665 Americans with at least one television set). Currently, [[New Jersey]], [[New Hampshire]] and [[Delaware]] are the only U.S. states where CBS does not have a locally licensed affiliate (New Jersey is served by New York City O&O WCBS-TV and Philadelphia O&O KYW-TV; Delaware is served by KYW and [[Salisbury, Maryland]], affiliate [[WBOC-TV]]; and New Hampshire is served by [[Boston]] O&O [[WBZ-TV]] and [[Burlington, Vermont]], affiliate [[WCAX-TV]]).

CBS maintains affiliations with low-power stations (broadcasting either in analog or digital) in a few markets, such as [[Harrisonburg, Virginia]] ([[WSVF-CD]]), [[Palm Springs, California]] ([[KPSP-CD]]), and [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]] ([[WIYE-LD]]). In some markets, including both of those mentioned, these stations also maintain digital simulcasts on a subchannel of a co-owned/co-managed full-power television station. CBS also maintains a sizeable number of subchannel-only affiliations, the majority of which are with stations in cities located outside of the 50 largest Nielsen-designated markets; the largest CBS subchannel affiliate by market size is [[KHNL|KOGG]] in [[Wailuku, Hawaii]], which serves as a repeater of [[Honolulu]] affiliate [[KGMB]] (the sister station of KOGG parent KHNL).

[[Nexstar Media Group]] is the largest operator of CBS stations by numerical total, owning 49 CBS affiliates (counting satellites); [[Tegna, Inc.|Tegna Media]] is the largest operator of CBS stations in terms of overall market reach, owning 15 CBS-affiliated stations (including affiliates in the larger markets in [[KHOU (TV)|Houston]], [[WTSP|Tampa]] and [[WUSA (TV)|Washington, D.C.]]) that reach 8.9% of the country.

==Related services==
===Video-on-demand services===
CBS provides [[video on demand|video-on-demand]] access for delayed viewing of the network's programming through various means, including via its website at CBS.com; the network's [[mobile app|apps]] for [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], and newer version [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] devices; a traditional VOD service called CBS on Demand available on most traditional cable and IPTV providers; and through content deals with [[Amazon Video]] (which holds exclusive streaming rights to the CBS drama series ''[[Extant (TV series)|Extant]]'' and ''[[Under the Dome (TV series)|Under the Dome]]'') and [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Extends Streaming Deal With Amazon Prime|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-extends-streaming-deal-amazon-675295|last=O'Connell|first=Michael|periodical=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Guggenheim Partners|Prometheus Global Media]]|date=January 29, 2014|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924172828/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-extends-streaming-deal-amazon-675295|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Summer of SVOD: Inside Amazon Deal for 'Under the Dome,' 'Extant'|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cbs-summer-of-svod-inside-amazon-deal-for-under-the-dome-extant-1201253081/|last=Spangler|first=Todd|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723055311/http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cbs-summer-of-svod-inside-amazon-deal-for-under-the-dome-extant-1201253081/|archive-date=July 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS, Netflix Renew Streaming Pact for Library Programs|url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/cbs-netflix-renew-streaming-pact-for-select-cbs-library-programs-1200556803/|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=July 8, 2013|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723055319/http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/cbs-netflix-renew-streaming-pact-for-select-cbs-library-programs-1200556803/|archive-date=July 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cablevision Lands CBS On Demand Content Part of Overall Carriage Deal with Network|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/cable-operators/cablevision-lands-cbs-demand-content/326258|last=Farrell|first=Mike|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|date=September 26, 2012|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722032533/http://www.multichannel.com/news/cable-operators/cablevision-lands-cbs-demand-content/326258|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Notably, however, CBS is the only major broadcast network that does not provide recent episodes of its programming on [[Hulu]] (sister network The CW does offer its programming on the [[streaming media|streaming]] service, albeit on a one-week delay after becoming available on the network's website on Hulu's free service, with users of its subscription service being granted access to newer episodes of CW series eight hours after their initial broadcast), due to concerns over cannibalizing viewership of some of the network's most prominent programs; however, episode back catalogs of certain past and present CBS series are available on the service through an agreement with CBS Television Distribution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Is Now the Time for CBS to Jump on Hulu?|url=http://www.adweek.com/videowatch/now-time-cbs-jump-hulu-151178|last=Shields|first=Mike|periodical=[[AdWeek]]|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=July 16, 2013|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721154407/http://www.adweek.com/videowatch/now-time-cbs-jump-hulu-151178|archive-date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS' Moonves Happy Being No. 1, Especially Sans Hulu|url=https://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/cbss-moonves-happy-being-number-one-especailly-sans-hulu-31009/|last=Schruers|first=Fred|website=[[The Wrap]]|publisher=The Wrap News Inc.|date=September 15, 2011|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721192306/http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/cbss-moonves-happy-being-number-one-especailly-sans-hulu-31009/|archive-date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Expands Licensing Deal With Hulu Plus, Nearly Doubling Episodes|url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/cbs-expands-licensing-deal-with-hulu-plus-nearly-doubling-episodes-680463/|last=Lieberman|first=David|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=February 10, 2014|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722051350/http://deadline.com/2014/02/cbs-expands-licensing-deal-with-hulu-plus-nearly-doubling-episodes-680463/|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Upon the release of the app in March 2013, CBS restricted streaming of the most recent episode of any of the network's programs on its streaming app for Apple [[iOS]] devices until eight days after their initial broadcast to encourage live or same-week (via both [[digital video recorder|DVR]] and cable on demand) viewing; programming selections on the app were limited until the release of its [[Google Play]] and [[Windows 8]] apps in October 2013, expanded the selections to include full episodes of all CBS series to which the network does not license the streaming rights to other services.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/409203/cbs-launches-app-for-watching-full-episodes-8-days-after-airing-on-tv/ | title=CBS launches app for watching full episodes 8 days after airing on TV | agency=[[Associated Press]] | work=[[Global News]] | date=March 14, 2013}}</ref>

====Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access)====
On October 28, 2014, CBS launched [[Paramount+|CBS All Access]], an [[Over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] subscription streaming service – priced at $5.99 per month ($9.99 with the no commercials option) – which allows users to view past and present episodes of CBS shows.<ref name="NewWayToWatchCBS">{{cite web|title=New way to watch CBS shows, for $6 a month|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/16/media/cbs-digital-subscription-service/index.html|author=[[Brian Stelter|Stelter, Brian]]|last2=Pallotta|first2=Frank|website=[[CNN Money]]|publisher=[[Time Warner]]|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625211643/https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/16/media/cbs-digital-subscription-service/index.html|archive-date=June 25, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS All Access Expands Access|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/next-tv/cbs-all-access-expands-access/142623|last=Winslow|first=George|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717200008/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/next-tv/cbs-all-access-expands-access/142623|archive-date=July 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cord-Cutters Rejoice: CBS Joins Web Stream|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/business/cbs-to-offer-web-subscription-service.html|last=Steel|first=Emily|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531093605/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/business/cbs-to-offer-web-subscription-service.html?_r=0|archive-date=May 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Announced on October 16, 2014 (one day after HBO announced the launch of its over-the-top service [[HBO Now]]) as the first OTT offering by a USA broadcast television network, the service initially encompassed the network's existing streaming portal at CBS.com and its mobile app for [[smartphone]]s and [[tablet computer]]s; CBS All Access became available on [[Roku]] on April 7, 2015, and on [[Chromecast]] on May 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS All Access launches on Roku with live streaming and VOD|url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/04/07/cbs-all-access-roku/|last=Baldwin|first=Roberto|website=[[Engadget]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715131302/http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/07/cbs-all-access-roku/|archive-date=July 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS All Access app gets Chromecast support (Update: Fox and FXNow, too)|url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/05/14/cbs-all-access-chromecast-streaming/|author=Billy Steele|website=Engadget|publisher=AOL|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809093137/http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/14/cbs-all-access-chromecast-streaming/|archive-date=August 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to providing full-length episodes of CBS programs, the service allows live programming streams of local CBS affiliates in 124 markets reaching 75% of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Affiliates Sign on to Expand Reach of All Access SVOD Service|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/cbs-all-access-affiliates-deal-1201469348/|author=Cynthia Littleton|website=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=April 9, 2015|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723055322/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/cbs-all-access-affiliates-deal-1201469348/|archive-date=July 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Five Gray TV Stations Launch CBS All Access|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/five-gray-tv-stations-launch-cbs-all-access/140156|author=Michael Malone|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=April 22, 2015|access-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722063158/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/five-gray-tv-stations-launch-cbs-all-access/140156|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Expands 'All Access' Live Local TV Streaming to Two-Thirds of U.S.|url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/cbs-expands-all-access-live-local-tv-streaming-to-two-thirds-of-u-s-1201495915/|author=Todd Spangler|website=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723055317/http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/cbs-expands-all-access-live-local-tv-streaming-to-two-thirds-of-u-s-1201495915/|archive-date=July 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS All Access Expands Access|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/next-tv/cbs-all-access-expands-access/142623|author=George Winslow|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717200008/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/next-tv/cbs-all-access-expands-access/142623|archive-date=July 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hulu holdout CBS launches on-demand and live streaming|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2014/10/16/hulu-holdout-cbs-launches-on-demand-and-live.html|author=Annlee Ellingson|website=L.A. Biz|publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721225122/http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2014/10/16/hulu-holdout-cbs-launches-on-demand-and-live.html|archive-date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

CBS All Access offered the most recent episodes of the network's shows the day after their original broadcast, as well as complete back catalogs of most of its current series and a wide selection of episodes of classic series from the [[CBS Television Distribution]] and [[ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks]] program library to subscribers of the service. CBS All Access also carried behind-the-scenes features from CBS programs and special events.<ref name="NewWayToWatchCBS"/>

Original programs aired on CBS All Access included ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'', ''[[The Good Fight]]'', and ''[[Big Brother: Over the Top]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-series/|title=New Star Trek Television Series Coming In 2017 To CBS All Access – CBS.com|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=CBS|access-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172718/https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-series/|archive-date=March 4, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/the_good_wife/news/1005235/the-good-wife-spinoff-to-star-christine-baranski-and-cush-jumbo/|title=The Good Wife Spinoff To Star Christine Baranski And Cush Jumbo|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=CBS|access-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304172749/https://www.cbs.com/shows/the_good_wife/news/1005235/the-good-wife-spinoff-to-star-christine-baranski-and-cush-jumbo/|archive-date=March 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/big-brother-season-19-fall-cbs-all-access-1201796972/ |title='Big Brother': New Season Coming To CBS All Access This Fall |access-date=August 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803223253/http://deadline.com/2016/08/big-brother-season-19-fall-cbs-all-access-1201796972/ |archive-date=August 3, 2016  }}</ref>

In December 2018, the service was launched in Australia under the name '''10 All Access''', due to its affiliation with CBS-owned free-to-air broadcaster [[Network 10]]. Due to local programming rights, not all content is shared with its U.S. counterpart, whilst the Australian version also features numerous full seasons of local Network 10 shows, all commercial-free.

It was announced in September 2020 that the service would be rebranded as [[Paramount+]] in early 2021, and would feature content from the wider ViacomCBS library following the re-merger between CBS and Viacom. The name was also extended to international markets and services such as 10 All Access.<ref name="ParamountPlus">{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200915005412/en/ViacomCBS-Unveils-Brand-Upcoming-Global-Streaming-Service|title=ViacomCBS Unveils Brand for Upcoming Global Streaming Service: Paramount+|publisher=[[Paramount Global]]|via=[[Business Wire]]|date=September 15, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119021404/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200915005412/en/ViacomCBS-Unveils-Brand-Upcoming-Global-Streaming-Service|url-status=live}}</ref> The rebrand to Paramount+ took place on March 4, 2021.

===CBS HD===
CBS' master feed is transmitted in [[1080i]] [[high-definition television|high definition]], the native resolution format for CBS Corporation's television properties. However, seven of its affiliates transmit the network's programming in [[720p]] HD, while seven others carry the network feed in [[480i]] [[standard definition]]<ref name=re/> either due to technical considerations for affiliates of other major networks that carry CBS programming on a digital subchannel or because a primary feed CBS affiliate has not yet upgraded their transmission equipment to allow content to be presented in HD. A small number of CBS stations and affiliates are also currently broadcasting at [[1080p]] via an [[ATSC 3.0]] multiplex station to simulcast a station's programming such as [[WNCN]] through [[WRDC]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]], [[WTVF]] through [[WUXP-TV]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], and [[KLAS-TV]] through [[KVCW]] in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].

CBS began its conversion to high definition with the launch of its simulcast feed CBS HD in September 1998, at the start of the [[1998–99 United States network television schedule|1998–99 season]]. That year, the network aired the first NFL game broadcast in high-definition, with the telecast of the [[1998 New York Jets season|New York Jets]]–[[1998 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]] game on November 8. The network gradually converted much of its existing programming from standard definition to high definition beginning with the [[2000–01 United States network television schedule|2000–01 season]], with select shows among that season's slate of freshmen scripted series being broadcast in HD starting with their debuts. ''The Young and the Restless'' became the first daytime soap opera to broadcast in HD on June 27, 2001.<ref name="HDTV">{{cite news|title=Finding the art in HDTV|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/finding-art-hdtv/97190|author=Karen Anderson Prikios|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=June 25, 2001|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722012918/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/finding-art-hdtv/97190|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

CBS' 14-year conversion to an entirely high-definition schedule ended in 2014, with ''Big Brother'' and ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' becoming the final two series to convert from [[4:3]] standard definition to HD (in contrast, NBC, Fox, and The CW were already airing their entire programming schedules – outside of Saturday mornings – in high definition by the 2010–11 season, while ABC was broadcasting its entire schedule in HD by the 2011–12 midseason). All of the network's programming has been presented in full HD since then (except for certain [[Christmas holiday season|holiday]] specials produced before 2005 – such as the Rankin-Bass specials – which continue to be presented in 4:3 SD, although some have been remastered for HD broadcast).

On September 1, 2016, when ABC converted to a [[16:9]] widescreen presentation, CBS and The CW were the only remaining networks that framed their promotions and on-screen graphical elements for a [[4:3]] presentation, though with CBS Sports' ''de facto'' 16:9 conversion with [[Super Bowl 50]] and their new graphical presentation designed for 16:9 framing, in practice, most CBS affiliates ask pay-TV providers to pass down a 16:9 widescreen presentation by default over their standard definition channels. This continued for CBS until September 24, 2018, when the network converted its on-screen graphical elements to a 16:9 widescreen presentation for all non-news and sports programs. Litton Entertainment continues to frame the graphical elements in their programs for ''Dream Team'' within a 4:3 frame due to them being positioned for future syndicated sales, though all of its programming has been in high definition.

==Branding {{anchor|Logos and slogans}}==
===Logos===
[[File:CBS Eye Ad Dec 1951.jpg|thumb|right|A 1951 advertisement for the CBS Television Network introduced the Eye logo.]]
[[File:CBS 1941.svg|thumb|Wordmark (1941–1951)|class=skin-invert]]
[[File:CBS 1946.svg|thumb|Wordmark in Helvetica Condensed font (1946–1951)|class=skin-invert]]
[[File:CBS Eye (Didot).svg|thumb|The classic CBS corporate logo, using the CBS Didot typeface, which was still used by [[CBS Television Distribution]] until 2021|class=skin-invert]]
[[File:CBS and Paramount+ streaming lockup.svg|thumb|CBS 2020 logo with "Streaming on [[Paramount+]]" lockup.]]

The CBS television network's initial logo, used from the 1940s to 1951, consisted of an oval spotlight which shone on the block letters "CBS".<ref>See an illustration of this early logo at {{cite web|title=cbs-1949.jpg|url=http://www.pharis-video.com/cbs-1949.jpg|publisher=Chuck Pharis Web Page|format=[[JPEG]]|access-date=February 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126183721/http://pharis-video.com/cbs-1949.jpg|archive-date=November 26, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The present-day Eye device was conceived by William Golden, based on a [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] [[hex sign]] and a [[Shakers|Shaker]]<!-- Note: [[Shaker]] is a disambiguation page --> drawing. While the logo is commonly attributed to Golden, some design work may have been done by CBS staff designer [[Georg Olden (graphic designer)|Georg Olden]], one of the first African-Americans to attract some attention in the postwar graphic design field.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Search for Georg Olden|author=Julie Lasky|editor1=Steven Heller|editor2=Georgette Ballance)|journal=Graphic Design History|publisher=Allworth Press|location=New York City|pages=121–122|year=2001}}</ref> The Eye device made its broadcast debut on October 20, 1951. The following season, as Golden prepared a new "ident", CBS President Frank Stanton insisted on keeping the Eye device and using it as much as possible. Golden died unexpectedly in 1959, and was replaced by [[Lou Dorfsman]], one of his top assistants, who would go on to oversee all print and on-air graphics for CBS for the next 30 years.

The CBS eye has since become a widely recognized symbol. While the logo has been used in different ways, the Eye device itself has never been redesigned.<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Logo: Design and History|url=http://www.famouslogos.net/cbs-logo/|work=FamousLogos.net|access-date=May 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018003809/http://www.famouslogos.net/cbs-logo|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> As part of a then-new graphical identity created by Trollbäck + Company that was used by the network during the 2006–2007 network television season, the eye was placed in a "trademark" position on show titles, days of the week and descriptive words, an approach highly respecting the value of the design. The logo is alternately known as the "Eyemark", a branding used for CBS' [[Westinghouse Broadcasting#End of Group W Productions|domestic television syndication division]], under the Eyemark Entertainment name, in the mid-to-late 1990s after Westinghouse Electric bought CBS, but before the King World acquisition (which Eyemark was folded into), and subsequent merger with Viacom; Eyemark Entertainment was the result of the merger of MaXaM Entertainment (an independent television syndication firm which Westinghouse acquired shortly after its merger with CBS in 1996), Group W Productions (Westinghouse Broadcasting's own syndication division), & CBS Enterprises (CBS's syndication arm from the late 1960s to the early 1970s).

The eye logo has served as inspiration for the logos of [[Associated Television]] (ATV) in the United Kingdom, [[Canal 4 (Salvadoran TV channel)|Canal 4]] in El Salvador, [[Televisa]] in Mexico, [[France 3]], [[Latina Televisión]] in Peru, [[Fuji Television]] in Japan, [[Rede Bandeirantes]] and [[TV Globo]] in Brazil, and [[Canal 10 (Uruguay)|Canal 10]] in Uruguay.

In October 2011, the network celebrated the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the Eye logo, featuring special IDs of logo versions from previous CBS image campaigns being shown during the network's primetime lineup.<ref>{{cite web|title=The CBS Eye turns 60|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-cbs-eye-turns-60/|work=[[CBS News]]|date=October 19, 2011|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703103325/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-cbs-eye-turns-60/|archive-date=July 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

CBS historically used a specially-commissioned variant of [[Didot (typeface)|Didot]], a close relative to [[Bodoni]], as its corporate font until 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 22, 2015|title=Sharpshooting Graphic Design in Times Square, With Michael Bierut|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/11/graphic-designer-in-times-square.html|access-date=January 13, 2021|website=Intelligencer|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113222824/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/11/graphic-designer-in-times-square.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Image campaigns===
====1980s====
CBS has developed several notable image campaigns, and several of the network's most well-known slogans were introduced in the 1980s. The "Reach for the Stars" campaign used during the [[1981–82 United States network television schedule|1981–82 season]] features a space theme to capitalize on both CBS's stellar improvement in the ratings and the historic launch of the space shuttle [[Columbia (space shuttle)|Columbia]]. 1982's "Great Moments" juxtaposed scenes from classic CBS programs such as ''I Love Lucy'' with scenes from the network's then-current classics such as ''Dallas'' and ''M*A*S*H''. From 1983 to 1986, CBS (by now firmly atop the ratings) featured a campaign based on the slogan "We've Got the Touch". Vocals for the campaign's jingle were contributed by [[Richie Havens]] (1983–84; one occasion in 1984–85) and [[Kenny Rogers]] (1985–86).

The [[1986–87 United States network television schedule|1986–87 season]] ushered in the "Share the Spirit of CBS" campaign, the network's first to completely use computer graphics and [[digital video effect]]s. Unlike most network campaign promos, the full-length version of "Share the Spirit" not only showed a brief clip preview of each new fall series but also utilized CGI effects to map out the entire fall schedule by night. The success of that campaign led to the 1987–88 "CBS Spirit" (or "CBSPIRIT") campaign. Like its predecessor, most "CBSpirit" promos utilized a procession of clips from the network's programs. However, the new graphic motif was a swirling (or "swishing") blue line that was used to represent "the spirit". The full-length promo, like the previous year, had a special portion that identified new fall shows, but the mapped-out fall schedule shot was abandoned.

For the [[1988–89 United States network television schedule|1988–89 season]], CBS unveiled a new image campaign officially known as "Television You Can Feel", but more commonly identified as "You Can Feel It On CBS". The goal was to convey a more sensual, new-age image through distinguished, advanced-looking computer graphics and soothing music, backgrounding images, and clips of emotionally powerful scenes and characters. However, it was this season in which CBS saw its ratings freefall, the deepest in the network's history. CBS ended the decade with "Get Ready for CBS", introduced with the [[1989–90 United States network television schedule|1989–90 season]]. The initial version was an ambitious campaign that attempted to elevate CBS out of last place (among the major networks); the motif centered around network stars interacting with each other in a remote studio set, getting ready for photo and television shoots, as well as for the new season on CBS. The high-energy promo song and the campaign's practices saw many customized variations by all of CBS's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates, which participated in the campaign per a network mandate. In addition, for the first time in history, CBS became the first broadcast network to partner with a national retailer (in this case, [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]]) to encourage viewership, with the "CBS/Kmart Get Ready Giveaway".

====1990s====
For the [[1990–91 United States network television schedule|1990–91 season]], the campaign featured a new jingle performed by [[the Temptations]], which featured an altered version of their hit "[[Get Ready (The Temptations song)|Get Ready]]". The early 1990s featured less-than-memorable campaigns, with simplified taglines such as "This is CBS" (1992) and "You're on CBS" (1995). Eventually, the promotions department gained momentum again late in the decade with "Welcome Home to a CBS Night" (1996–1997), simplified to "Welcome Home" (1997–1999), and succeeded by the spin-off campaign "The Address is CBS" (1999–2000), whose history can be traced back to a CBS slogan from the radio era of the 1940s, "The Stars' Address is CBS". During the 1992 season for the end-of-show network identification sequence, a four-note sound mark was introduced, which was eventually adapted into the network's IDs and production company vanity cards following the closing credits of most of its programs during the "Welcome Home" era.

====2000s====
Throughout the 2000s, CBS' rating resurgence was backed by the network's "It's All Here" campaign (which introduced updated versions of the 1992 sound mark used during certain promotions and production company vanity cards during the closing credits of programs); in 2005 campaign introduced the slogan "Everybody's Watching", the network's strategy led to the proclamation that it was "America's Most Watched Network". The network's 2006 campaign introduced the slogan "We Are CBS", with [[Don LaFontaine]] providing the voiceover for the IDs (as well as certain network promos) during this period. In 2009, the network introduced a campaign entitled "Only CBS", in which network promotions proclaim several unique qualities it has (the slogan was also used in program promotions following the announcement of the timeslot of a particular program). The "America's Most Watched Network" was re-introduced by CBS in 2011, used alongside the "Only CBS" slogan.<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS, America's Most Watched Network, Also Posts The Largest Live Plus 7-Day DVR Lift During The 2010–2011 Season|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/13/cbs-americas-most-watched-network-also-posts-the-largest-live-plus-7-day-dvr-lift-during-the-2010-2011-season/95448/|work=[[TV by the Numbers]]|date=June 13, 2011 |first1=Bill |last1=Gorman |access-date=May 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018081239/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/13/cbs-americas-most-watched-network-also-posts-the-largest-live-plus-7-day-dvr-lift-during-the-2010-2011-season/95448/|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====2020s====
In October 2020, CBS announced that it would begin to employ a more unified branding between the network and its divisions to strengthen [[brand awareness]] across platforms. The two main components of the rebranding are a "deconstructed eye" motif using the individual shapes of the eyemark (such as an animated station ID), and a five-note [[sound trademark]] developed by the audio design agency [[Antfood]], phonetically resembling the "This is CBS" slogan.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Inside the rebranding of CBS-owned local stations |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/01/05/cbs-television-stations-branding-design/ |first1=Dak |last1=Dillon |access-date=January 12, 2023 |website=NewscastStudio | date=January 5, 2023 }}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Alongside the rebranding, CBS Television Studios was renamed CBS Studios, and CBS Television Distribution was renamed CBS Media Ventures. The network also dropped the "America's Most Watched Network" and "Only CBS" taglines, with chief marketing officer Michael Benson explaining that they aimed to "be something where people feel like they are part of the family. It's tough to unify if you're bragging about yourself."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

As part of the rebranding, CBS News and CBS Sports also introduced new logos and imaging incorporating the deconstructed eye motif and sonic branding, with CBS News initially using it for coverage of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], and CBS Sports launching its rebrand ahead of [[Super Bowl LV]] in 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=October 8, 2020|title=CBS rethinks iconic eye in new branding strategy|url=https://adage.com/article/media/cbs-rethinks-iconic-eye-new-branding-strategy/2286431|access-date=October 8, 2020|website=Ad Age |first1= Jeanine |last1=Poggi |archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013210635/https://adage.com/article/media/cbs-rethinks-iconic-eye-new-branding-strategy/2286431|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=October 8, 2020|title=CBS Casts New Eye on Audiences Who Don't Watch Its Programs on Regular TV|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cbs-marketing-mike-benson-streaming-video-netflix-1234797032/|access-date=October 8, 2020|website=Variety|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008153713/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cbs-marketing-mike-benson-streaming-video-netflix-1234797032/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS Sports rolls out new branding, graphics with Super Bowl coverage |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/02/09/cbs-sports-graphics-package/?og=1 |access-date=October 1, 2022 |website=NewscastStudio | date=February 9, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Teti |first=John |date=October 1, 2021 |title=Finally, on CBS, the football matches the business cards |url=https://www.ological.net/finally-on-cbs-the-football-matches-the-business-cards/ |access-date=January 26, 2022 |website=Ological.net}}</ref> In December 2022, [[CBS News and Stations]] began to deploy the rebranding on the local news operations of CBS's owned-and-operated stations, with most now being branded as "CBS News (region)" to align themselves with CBS News and its chain of [[CBS News (streaming service)#CBS News Local|local streaming news channels]] (with some exceptions in markets where a station's [[call sign]] has had a strong heritage, such as [[KPIX-TV|KPIX]]) and adopting new graphics and [[Television news music|music]] incorporating the eye motif and sound mark (replacing [[Frank Gari]]'s "Enforcer" music package, which was based on a theme historically used by [[WBBM-TV]]).<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Michael |date=December 19, 2022 |title=CBS News Detroit Set To Launch |url=https://www.nexttv.com/features/cbs-news-detroit-set-to-launch |access-date=January 12, 2023 |website=Broadcasting Cable }}</ref>

==International broadcasts==
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CBS programs are shown outside the United States: through various Paramount Global international networks and/or content agreements, and in two North American countries, through U.S.-based CBS stations. [[Sky News]] broadcasts the ''CBS Evening News'' on its channels serving the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy.

===Canada===
In Canada, CBS network programming is carried on cable, satellite, and [[IPTV]] providers through affiliates and owned-and-operated stations of the network that are located within proximity to the Canada–United States border (such as [[KIRO-TV]] in [[Seattle]]; [[KBJR-TV|KBJR-DT2]] in [[Duluth, Minnesota]]: [[WWJ-TV]] in [[Detroit]]; [[WIVB-TV]] in [[Buffalo, New York]]; and [[WCAX-TV]] in [[Burlington, Vermont]]), some of which may also be receivable over-the-air in parts of southern Canada depending on the signal coverage of the station. Most programming is generally the same as it airs in the United States; however, some CBS programming on U.S.-based affiliates permitted for carriage by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] by Canadian cable and satellite providers are subject to [[simultaneous substitution]]s, a practice in which a pay television provider supplants an American station's signal with a feed from a Canadian station/network airing a particular program in the same time slot to protect domestic advertising revenue.

===Bermuda===
In Bermuda, CBS maintains an affiliation with [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]]-based [[ZBM-TV]], locally owned by [[Bermuda Broadcasting|Bermuda Broadcasting Company]].

===Mexico===
CBS programming is available in Mexico through affiliates in markets located within proximity to the [[Mexico–United States border]] (such as [[KYMA-DT]]/[[Yuma, Arizona]]; [[KVTV]]/[[Laredo, Texas]]; [[KDBC-TV]]/[[El Paso, Texas]]; [[KVEO-TV|KVEO-DT2]]/[[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]]/[[Harlingen, Texas|Harlingen]]/[[McAllen, Texas]]; and [[KFMB-TV]]/[[San Diego]]), whose signals are readily receivable over-the-air in border areas of northern Mexico.

===Central America, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean===
In Central America, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean, many subscription providers carry either select U.S.-based CBS-affiliated stations or the main network feed from CBS O&Os [[WCBS-TV]] in [[New York City]] or [[WFOR-TV]] in [[Miami]]. In addition, network's programming has been available in the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] since 2019 on [[WCVI-TV]] in [[Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands|Christiansted]] (owned by [[Lilly Broadcasting]]).

===Peru===
In Peru, many subscription providers carry either select U.S.-based CBS-affiliated stations or the main network feed from CBS O&Os [[WCBS-TV]] in [[New York City]] or [[WFOR-TV]] in [[Miami]].

===Colombia===
In Colombia, many subscription providers carry either select U.S.-based CBS-affiliated stations or the main network feed from CBS O&Os [[WCBS-TV]] in [[New York City]] or [[WFOR-TV]] in [[Miami]].

===Guam===
In the U.S. territory of [[Guam]], the network is affiliated with low-power station [[KUAM-LP]] in [[Hagåtña, Guam|Hagåtña]]. Entertainment and non-breaking news programming is shown day and date on a one-day [[broadcast delay]], as Guam is located on the west side of the [[International Date Line]] (for example, ''NCIS'', which airs on Tuesday nights, is carried on Wednesdays on KUAM-LP, and is advertised by the station as airing on the latter night in on-air promotions), with live programming and breaking news coverage airing as scheduled, meaning live sports coverage often airs early in the morning.

===Puerto Rico===
In the U.S. territory of [[Puerto Rico]], CBS is carried through a special feed of [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] affiliate [[WSEE-TV]], relayed via [[Mayagüez]]-based translator W22FA-D.

===United Kingdom===
On September 14, 2009, the international arm of CBS, [[CBS Studios International]], reached a joint venture deal with [[Chellomedia]] to launch six CBS-branded channels in the United Kingdom – which would respectively replace [[Zone Romantica (UK)|Zone Romantica]], [[Zone Thriller]], Zone Horror, and [[Zone Reality (UK)|Zone Reality]], as well as timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1 – during the fourth quarter of that year.<ref>{{cite press release |title=CBS Studios International Partners with Chellomedia on UK Television Channels|url=http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW%5FDomains%5CZONE%5FPRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CCBS+FINALChello+Zone+partnership+press+release%2Edoc |format=DOC |publisher=Chello Zone |date=September 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724023344/http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CCBS+FINALChello+Zone+partnership+press+release.doc |archive-date=July 24, 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS to launch UK channels with Chellomedia|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-to-launch-uk-channels-with-chellomedia/5005560.article|work=Broadcastnow|date=September 14, 2009|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711150409/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-to-launch-uk-channels-with-chellomedia/5005560.article|archive-date=July 11, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 1, 2009, it was announced that the first four channels, [[CBS Reality (UK)|CBS Reality]], CBS Reality +1, CBS Drama, and [[CBS Justice|CBS Action]] (later CBS Justice), would launch on November 16 respectively replacing Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1, Zone Romantica and Zone Thriller.<ref name=broadcastnow>{{cite magazine|title=CBS channels to launch in UK|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-channels-to-launch-in-uk/5006298.article|author=Chris Curtis|magazine=Broadcastnow|date=October 1, 2009|access-date=November 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004091723/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-channels-to-launch-in-uk/5006298.article|archive-date=October 4, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 5, 2010, Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were rebranded as [[Horror Channel]] and Horror Channel +1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/03/31/zone-horror-rebrands-as-horror-channel/|title=Zone Horror rebrands as Horror Channel|publisher=Broadband TV News|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406035542/http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/03/31/zone-horror-rebrands-as-horror-channel/|archive-date=April 6, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a180007/cbs-to-launch-new-uk-channels.html |title=CBS to launch new UK channels |author=Andrew Laughlin |date=October 1, 2009 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611101731/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a180007/cbs-to-launch-new-uk-channels.html |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[CBS News]] and [[BBC News]] have maintained a news-sharing agreement since 2017, replacing the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s longtime agreement with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] and CBS' with [[Sky News]] (which would have ended in any event in 2018 due to that entity's purchase by NBCUniversal).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bbc-cbs-abc-sky-news-1202494555/|title=BBC and CBS Forge News Pact, Leaving ABC and Sky Out of the Picture|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|date=July 17, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819090506/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bbc-cbs-abc-sky-news-1202494555/|archive-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of the close of the Viacom merger on December 4, 2019, [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] is now a sister operation to CBS, though no major changes to CBS' relationship with the BBC are expected shortly, as Channel 5 sub-contracts [[5 News|its news programming obligations]] to [[ITN]].

===Australia===
Australian free-to-air broadcaster [[Ten Network Holdings]] has been owned by CBS Corporation since 2017 (and subsequently, Paramount Global). Network Ten's channels, [[Network 10|10]], [[10 Peach]], [[10 Bold]], and [[10 Shake|Nickelodeon]], all carry CBS programming, with the latter drawing extensively from the wider Paramount Global library including MTV and Nickelodeon. Before the acquisition, CBS had long been a major supplier of international programs to the network. The cost of maintaining program supply agreements with CBS and 21st Century Fox was a major factor in the network's unprofitability during the mid-2010s.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mason|first1=Max|title=Keeping Ten afloat relies on reworking 21st Century Fox and CBS TV deals|url=http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/keeping-ten-afloat-relies-on-reworking-21st-century-fox-and-cbs-tv-deals-20170612-gwpb8e|access-date=November 22, 2017|work=Australian Financial Review|date=June 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041956/http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/keeping-ten-afloat-relies-on-reworking-21st-century-fox-and-cbs-tv-deals-20170612-gwpb8e|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Network Ten entered voluntary administration in June 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Danckert |first=Sarah |date=June 14, 2017 |title=Network Ten heads into voluntary administration |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/network-ten-heads-into-voluntary-administration-20170614-gwqo47.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |access-date=June 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829011122/http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/network-ten-heads-into-voluntary-administration-20170614-gwqo47.html |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> CBS Corporation was the network's largest creditor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Battersby|first1=Lucy|title=CBS claiming debts of $843 million from Network Ten|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/cbs-claiming-debts-of-843-million-from-network-ten-20170710-gx8bmq.html|access-date=November 16, 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116204815/http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/cbs-claiming-debts-of-843-million-from-network-ten-20170710-gx8bmq.html|archive-date=November 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> CBS Corporation chose to acquire the network, completing the transaction in November 2017.<ref>[https://images.tenplay.com.au/~/media/Corporate%20Site%20Media/Files/Media%20Releases/2017/CBS%20Corporation%20Completes%20Acquisition%20Of%20Ten%20Network.pdf CBS Corporation Completes Acquisition Of Ten Network.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116132657/https://images.tenplay.com.au/~/media/Corporate%20Site%20Media/Files/Media%20Releases/2017/CBS%20Corporation%20Completes%20Acquisition%20Of%20Ten%20Network.pdf |date=November 16, 2017 }}, Ten Network Holdings, November 16, 2017.</ref>

===Asia===

====Hong Kong====
In Hong Kong, the ''CBS Evening News'' was broadcast live during the early morning hours on ATV; networks in that country maintain an agreement to rebroadcast portions of the program 12 hours after the initial broadcast to provide additional content in case their affiliates have insufficient news content to fill time during their local news programs.

====Philippines====
In the [[Philippines]], ''CBS Evening News'' is broadcast on satellite network [[Q (Philippine TV network)|Q]] (a sister channel of [[GMA Network]] which is now [[GTV (Philippine TV network)|GTV]]), while ''CBS This Morning'' is shown in that country on [[Lifestyle (Philippine TV channel)|Lifestyle]] (now [[Metro Channel]]). Several CBS entertainment programs such as ''[[CSI (franchise)|CSI]]'', ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', and ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]'' Series are broadcast by [[Studio 23]] (now [[ABS-CBN Sports and Action|S+A]]) and [[Maxxx]], which are both owned by [[ABS-CBN Corporation]]. [[60 Minutes]] is currently broadcast on [[CNN Philippines]] as a part of their Stories block, which includes documentaries and is broadcast on Wednesday at 8:00&nbsp;p.m. before [[CNN Philippines Nightly News]] with replays in a capacity as a stand-alone program on Saturdays at 8:00&nbsp;a.m. & 5:00 pm and Sundays at 6:00 a.m, all in local time (UTC + 8).

====India====
In India, CBS maintained a brand licensing agreement with Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. for three CBS-branded channels: [[Big CBS Prime]], [[Big CBS Spark]], and [[Big CBS Love]]. These channels were shut down in late November 2013. Following the CBS-Viacom merger, the Hindi-language general entertainment channel [[Colors TV]] became a sister network to CBS through the [[Viacom18]] joint venture with [[TV18]].

====Israel====
In Israel, in 2012 the channels Zone Reality and Zone Romantica were rebranded as CBS Reality and CBS Drama, respectively. The channels were carried by Israeli television providers [[Yes (company)|Yes]] and [[Hot (Israel)|Hot]], although {{as of|2018|lc=y}} they both only carry CBS Reality.

==Controversies==

===Brown & Williamson interview===
In 1995, CBS refused to air a ''[[60 Minutes]]'' segment that featured an interview with a former president of research and development for [[Brown & Williamson]], the U.S.'s third largest tobacco company. The controversy raised questions about the legal roles in decision-making and whether journalistic standards should be compromised despite legal pressures and threats. The decision nevertheless sent shockwaves throughout the television industry, the journalism community, and the country.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The 60 Minutes controversy: What lawyers are telling the news media|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/coml18&div=18&id=&page=|author=Joseph A. Russomannno|author2=Kyo Ho. Youm|journal=Communications and the Law|volume=18|issue=3|page=65|date=September 1996|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018015420/http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals%2Fcoml18&div=18&id=&page=|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref> This incident was the basis for the 1999 [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]]-directed drama film, ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]''.

===Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy===
{{main|Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy}}
In 2004, the Federal Communications Commission imposed a record $550,000 fine, the largest fine ever for a violation of federal decency laws, against CBS for an incident during its broadcast of [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]] in which singer [[Janet Jackson]]'s right breast (which was partially covered by a piece of nipple jewelry) was briefly and accidentally exposed by guest performer [[Justin Timberlake]] at the end of a duet performance of Timberlake's 2003 single "[[Rock Your Body]]" during the [[halftime show]] (produced by then sister cable network [[MTV]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Apologizes for Jackson Breast-Flash |url=http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SUPER_BOWL_JACKSON?SITE=CACRU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |agency=Associated Press |date=February 2, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040202201416/http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SUPER_BOWL_JACKSON?SITE=CACRU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |archive-date=February 2, 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following the incident, CBS apologized to its viewers and denied foreknowledge of the incident, which was televised live. The incident resulted in a period of increased regulation of broadcast television and radio outlets (including self-imposed content regulation by networks and syndicators), which raised concerns surrounding [[censorship]] and [[freedom of speech]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Timberlake apologizes for revealing Super Bowl|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/08/timberlake.jackson/index.html|work=CNN|date=February 8, 2004|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104458/http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/08/timberlake.jackson/index.html|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and resulted in the FCC voting to increase its maximum fine for indecency violations from US$27,500 to US$325,000.<ref name="Washington Post FCC Final Fine">{{cite news|title=The Price for On-Air Indecency Goes Up|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700287.html|author=Frank Ahrens|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=D1|date=June 8, 2006|access-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922210031/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/07/AR2006060700287.html|archive-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, a Philadelphia federal court annulled the fine imposed on CBS, labeling it "arbitrary and capricious".<ref>{{cite news |title=Janet Jackson's Breast Freed, This Time by Court |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aKVPpRZ9A3tE |author=Ann Woolner |work=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |date=July 25, 2008 |access-date=July 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730165215/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aKVPpRZ9A3tE&refer=home |archive-date=July 30, 2008  }}</ref>

===Killian documents controversy===
{{main|Killian documents controversy}}
On September 8, 2004, less than two months before the [[2004 United States presidential election|Presidential election]] in which he defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate [[John Kerry]], CBS aired a controversial episode of ''[[60 Minutes II|60 Minutes Wednesday]]'', which questioned then-President [[George W. Bush]]'s service in the [[Air National Guard]] in 1972 and 1973.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Questions On Bush Guard Duty, 60 Minutes Has Newly Obtained Documents On President's Military Service|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-questions-on-bush-guard-duty-08-09-2004/|author=Rebecca Leung|work=CBS News|date=September 8, 2004|access-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304185609/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-questions-on-bush-guard-duty-08-09-2004/|archive-date=March 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Following allegations of forgery, CBS News admitted that four of the documents used in the story had not been properly authenticated and admitted that their source, Bill Burkett, had admitted to having "deliberately misled" a CBS News producer who worked on the report, about the documents' origins out of a confidentiality promise to the actual source.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Statement On Bush Memos|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-statement-on-bush-memos/|last=Murphy|first=Jarrett|work=[[CBS News]]|date=February 11, 2009|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813145900/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-statement-on-bush-memos/|archive-date=August 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18982-2004Sep13.html|title=Expert Cited by CBS Says He Didn't Authenticate Papers|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|last1=Dobbs|first1=Michael|last2=Kurtz|first2=Howard|date=September 14, 2004|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602140157/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18982-2004Sep13.html|archive-date=June 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The following January, CBS fired four people connected to the preparation of the segment.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Ousts 4 For Bush Guard Story|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-ousts-4-for-bush-guard-story-10-01-2005/|last=Murphy|first=Jarrett|work=[[CBS News]]|date=January 10, 2005|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726051131/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-ousts-4-for-bush-guard-story-10-01-2005/|archive-date=July 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather filed a $70&nbsp;million lawsuit against CBS and former corporate parent Viacom in September 2007, contending the story, and his termination (he resigned as CBS News chief anchor in 2005), were mishandled.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dan Rather Sues CBS for $70 Million|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3625465&page=1|author=Scott Mayerowitz|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=September 19, 2007|access-date=July 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103210036/http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3625465&page=1|archive-date=November 3, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Who killed Dan Rather? |url=http://archive.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/09/rather/index.html |work=Salon.com |date=March 9, 2005 |access-date=March 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517145336/https://archive.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/09/rather/index.html |archive-date=May 17, 2008  }}</ref> Parts of the suit were dismissed in 2008;<ref>{{cite news|title=Rather's Lawsuit Shows Role of G.O.P. in Inquiry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17rather.html|author=Jacques Steinberg|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 16, 2008|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625034123/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17rather.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> subsequently in 2010, the entire suit was dismissed and Rather's motion to appeal was denied.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dan Rather loses bid in CBS lawsuit|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jan-13-la-et-rather13-2010jan13-story.html|author=Matea Gold|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 13, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018015057/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/13/entertainment/la-et-rather13-2010jan13|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Hopper controversy===
{{See also|CNET#Hopper controversy}}
In January 2013, [[CNET]] named [[Dish Network]]'s "Hopper with [[Slingbox|Sling]]" digital video recorder as a nominee for the [[International CES|CES]] "Best in Show" award (which is decided by CNET on behalf of its organizers, the [[Consumer Electronics Association]]), and named it the winner in a vote by the site's staff. However, CBS division CBS Interactive disqualified the Hopper and vetoed the results as CBS was in active litigation with Dish Network over its [[AutoHop]] technology (which allows users to skip commercial advertisements during recorded programs).<ref>{{cite web|title=Exclusive: CBS forced CNET staff to recast vote after Hopper won 'Best in Show' at CES|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/14/3874682/exclusive-cbs-forced-cnet-editors-to-recast-vote-after-hopper-win|author=Joshua Topolsky|work=The Verge|date=January 14, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225124806/http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/14/3874682/exclusive-cbs-forced-cnet-editors-to-recast-vote-after-hopper-win|archive-date=February 25, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> CNET announced that it would no longer review any product or service provided by companies that CBS Corporation was in litigation with. The "Best in Show" award was instead given to the [[Razer USA|Razer Edge]] tablet.<ref name="wsj-hopper">{{cite web|title=Dish Recorder Snubbed for CNET Award Over CBS Legal Scuffle|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/01/10/dish-recorder-snubbed-for-cnet-award-over-cbs-legal-scuffle/|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corp.]]|date=January 10, 2013|access-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112233243/http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/01/10/dish-recorder-snubbed-for-cnet-award-over-cbs-legal-scuffle/|archive-date=January 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=pcmag-cnethopper/><ref name=verge-cescbs/> On January 14, 2013, CNET editor-in-chief Lindsey Turrentine said in a statement that its staff was in an "impossible" situation due to the [[conflict of interest]] posed by the lawsuit, and promised to prevent a similar incident from occurring again. The conflict also prompted the resignation of CNET senior writer Greg Sandoval.<ref name=pcmag-cnethopper>{{cite web|title=CNET Picked Dish Hopper as 'Best of CES' ... Until CBS Stepped In|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414276,00.asp|author=Chloe Albanesius|work=[[PC Magazine]]|access-date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117060254/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414276,00.asp|archive-date=January 17, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result of the controversy, the CEA announced on January 31, 2013, that CNET will no longer decide the CES Best in Show award winner due to the interference of CBS (with the position being offered to other technology publications), and the "Best in Show" award was jointly awarded to both the Hopper with Sling and Razer Edge.<ref name="verge-cescbs">{{cite web|title=CNET loses CES awards following Dish Hopper controversy; DVR named 'Best In Show'|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/31/3937476/cnet-loses-ces-awards-following-dish-hopper-controversy-dvr-named|work=The Verge|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018020224/https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/31/3937476/cnet-loses-ces-awards-following-dish-hopper-controversy-dvr-named|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=After CNET Snub, CEA Awards 'Best of CES' to Dish Hopper|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414988,00.asp|author=Chloe Albanesius|work=PC Magazine|date=January 31, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306115715/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414988,00.asp|archive-date=March 6, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Harassment allegations ===
In July 2018, an article by [[Ronan Farrow]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' claimed that thirty "current and former CBS employees described harassment, gender discrimination, or retaliation" at CBS and six women accused Les Moonves of harassment and intimidation.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/les-moonves-and-cbs-face-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct|title=Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct|first=Ronan|last=Farrow|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525004659/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/les-moonves-and-cbs-face-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct|archive-date=May 25, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Following these allegations, it was reported on September 6, 2018, that CBS board members were negotiating Les Moonves's departure from the company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/06/media/les-moonves-cbs-exit-talks/index.html|title=CBS reportedly negotiating exit for CEO Les Moonves|last=Disis|first=Brian Stelter and Jill|work=CNNMoney|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906210952/https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/06/media/les-moonves-cbs-exit-talks/index.html|archive-date=September 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

On September 9, 2018, ''The New Yorker'' reported that six additional women (in addition to the six original women reported in July) had raised accusations against Moonves, going back to the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |title=As Leslie Moonves Negotiates His Exit from CBS, Six Women Raise New Assault and Harassment Claims |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/as-leslie-moonves-negotiates-his-exit-from-cbs-women-raise-new-assault-and-harassment-claims |access-date=September 10, 2018 |agency=The New Yorker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910113047/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/as-leslie-moonves-negotiates-his-exit-from-cbs-women-raise-new-assault-and-harassment-claims |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following this, Moonves resigned the same day as chief executive of CBS.<ref>{{cite news |title=Les Moonves Resigns As CEO Of CBS Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations |url=https://headlinestoday.org/international/2653/les-moonves-resigns-as-ceo-of-cbs-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations/ |access-date=September 10, 2018 |agency=Headlines Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910220527/https://headlinestoday.org/international/2653/les-moonves-resigns-as-ceo-of-cbs-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations/ |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Presidents of CBS Entertainment==
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Executive
! Term
|-
| [[Arthur Judson]] || 1927–1928 
|-
| [[William S. Paley]] || 1928–1946
|-
| [[Frank Stanton (executive)|Frank Stanton]] || 1946–1971 
|-
| Louis Cowan || 1957–1959 
|-
| [[James Thomas Aubrey]] || 1959–1965<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news|title=James Aubrey Jr., 75, TV and Film Executive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/12/obituaries/james-aubrey-jr-75-tv-and-film-executive.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 12, 1994|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706163244/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/12/obituaries/james-aubrey-jr-75-tv-and-film-executive.html|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Dann]] || 1963–1970
|-
| [[Fred Silverman]] || 1970–1975
|-
| [[Arthur R. Taylor]] || 1972–1976<ref>{{cite news|title=President of CBS Resigns in Shakeup|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/658561232.html?dids=658561232:658561232&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717085226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/658561232.html?dids=658561232:658561232&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2013 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 13, 1976|access-date=August 23, 2012|quote=Arthur R. Taylor resigned today as president of CBS and Chairman William S. Paley said he would step aside as chief executive officer in a shakeup at the ...}}</ref>
|-
| [[John Backe]] || 1976{{ndash}}1980<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/business/media/john-backe-dies-at-83-put-cbs-back-atop-prime-time.html|title=John Backe Dies at 83; Put CBS Back Atop Prime Time|work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Roberts|first=Sam|date=October 28, 2015|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706163328/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/business/media/john-backe-dies-at-83-put-cbs-back-atop-prime-time.html|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bud Grant (broadcaster)|B. Donald Grant]] || 1980–1987<ref name=network/><ref name=variety>{{cite news|title=Bud Grant dies at 79, Was CBS Entertainment president in the '80s|url=https://variety.com/2011/scene/news/bud-grant-dies-at-79-1118040373/|last=Dagan|first=Carmel|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 25, 2011|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628201846/http://variety.com/2011/scene/news/bud-grant-dies-at-79-1118040373/|archive-date=June 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Kim LeMasters || 1987–1990<ref name=network>{{cite news|title=CBS Entertainment Chief Is Leaving The Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/31/arts/cbs-entertainment-chief-is-leaving-the-network.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 31, 1987|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625031725/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/31/arts/cbs-entertainment-chief-is-leaving-the-network.html|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=echo/>
|-
| Jeff Sagansky || 1990–1994<ref name=echo>{{cite news|title=Sagansky Echoes Predecessors With Plans For CBS's Future|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C43B38566617&p_field_direct-0=document_id|newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution|The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution]]|date=January 16, 1990|access-date=August 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019060911/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C43B38566617&p_field_direct-0=document_id|archive-date=October 19, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Peter Tortorici || 1994–1995
|-
| [[Leslie Moonves]] || 1995–1998<ref name=fill>{{cite news|title=The Media Business: CBS Fills President's Post At Entertainment Division|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/18/business/the-media-business-cbs-fills-president-s-post-at-entertainment-division.html|last=Carter|first=Bill|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 18, 1998|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625023650/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/18/business/the-media-business-cbs-fills-president-s-post-at-entertainment-division.html|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nancy Tellem]] || 1998–2004<ref name=fill/>
|-
| [[Nina Tassler]] || 2004–2015<ref name="deadline.com">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/nina-tassler-exit-cbs-entertainment-chairman-glenn-geller-successor-president-1201527846/|title=Nina Tassler Leaving As CBS Entertainment Boss, Glenn Geller To Replace Her|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 15, 2015|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723211104/https://deadline.com/2015/09/nina-tassler-exit-cbs-entertainment-chairman-glenn-geller-successor-president-1201527846/|archive-date=July 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Glenn Geller || 2015–2017<ref name="deadline.com"/>
|-
| [[Kelly Kahl]] || 2017–2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/kelly-kahl-named-president-thom-sherman-senior-svp-for-cbs-entertainment-1202104390/|title=Kelly Kahl Named President, Thom Sherman Senior EVP CBS Entertainment|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 30, 2017|access-date=May 30, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531015920/http://deadline.com/2017/05/kelly-kahl-named-president-thom-sherman-senior-svp-for-cbs-entertainment-1202104390/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=November 16, 2022 |title=CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl and Senior VP Thom Sherman to Exit, Amy Reisenbach Named as Successor |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/cbs-kelly-kahl-exit-1235434588/ |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=Variety }}</ref>
|-
|Amy Reisenbach
|2022–present<ref name=":3" />
|}

==See also==
{{div col}}
* [[CBS Cable]], the company's early (and abortive) foray into cable broadcasting
* [[CBS Innertube]]
* [[CBS Kidshow]]
* [[CBS Mobile]]
* [[ExtraVision]] (teletext service broadcast by the network in the 1980s)
* [[History of CBS]]
* [[Lists of CBS television affiliates]]
* [[Meredith Corporation]]
* ''[[Westmoreland v. CBS]]''
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==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book|title=Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way|author=Ken Auletta|publisher=Vintage|location=New York City|year=1992|isbn=0-679-74135-6|url=https://archive.org/details/threeblindmiceho00aule_0}}
* {{cite book|title=The New Media Monopoly|edition=6th|author=Ben H. Bagdikian|publisher=Beacon Press|location=Boston|year=2000|isbn=0-8070-6179-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mediamonopoly0000bagd}}
* {{cite book|title=A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933|author=Erik Barnouw|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York City|year=1966|isbn=978-0-19-500474-8}}
* {{cite book|title=The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, 1933–1953|url=https://archive.org/details/goldenwebhistory00barn|url-access=registration|author=Erik Barnouw|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York City|year=1968|isbn=978-0-19-500475-5}}
* {{cite book|title=News From Nowhere: Television and the News|author=Edward J. Epstein|publisher=[[Random House]]|location=New York City|year=1973|isbn=0-394-46316-1}}
* {{cite book|title=Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts the News|author=Bernard Goldberg|publisher=Regnery|location=Washington, D.C.|year=2002|isbn=0-89526-190-1|url=https://archive.org/details/biascbsinsiderex00gold}}
* {{cite book |title=The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1920–1961 |author=Jeff Kisseloff |publisher=Viking |location=New York City |year=1995 |isbn=0-670-86470-6}}
* {{cite book|title=The Evening Stars: The Making of the Network News Anchor|author=Barbara Matusow|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|location=New York City|year=1984|isbn=0-345-31714-9}}
* {{cite book|title=As It Happened: A Memoir|url=https://archive.org/details/asithappenedmemo00pale|url-access=registration|author=William Paley|publisher=Doubleday|location=Garden City, New York|year=1979|isbn=0-385-14639-6}}
* {{cite book|title=Over the Wire and On TV: CBS and the UPI in Campaign '80|author=Michael J. Robinson|name-list-style=amp|author2=Margaret Sheehan|publisher=Russell Sage Foundation|location=New York City|year=1983|isbn=0-87154-722-8|url=https://archive.org/details/overwireontv00robi}}
* {{cite book|title=In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle|url=https://archive.org/details/inallhisglorylif00smit|url-access=registration|author=Sally Bedell Smith|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|location=New York City|year=1990|isbn=0-671-61735-4}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |author=Lewis J. Paper |year=1987 |title=Empire: William S. Paley and the Making of CBS |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-00591-1 |oclc=15283845 |url=https://archive.org/details/empirewilliamspa00pape }}

==External links==
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* {{YouTube|user=CBS|CBS}}
* [http://promonet.cbs.com/external/CBSEyeDentity_Site/toc.html CBS Eye-dentity Logo Guidelines website]
*[https://westmb.org/L_Networks/L_Networks-CBS.html Columbia Broadcasting System] — Western States Museum of Broadcasting

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