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Paris Attacks Prompt Changes to Terror-Themed Shows Like Supergirl and Homeland

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Following Friday's attacks in Paris, several networks have made changes to TV shows that echoed those awful real-life events. CBS and TNT have delayed episodes of their shows set to [...]


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CBS Announces Its Fall Premiere Dates, and It All Starts With Thursday Night Football

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Intent on winning the season in adults 18-49, CBS is making an aggressive early move, becoming the first broadcast network to announce its fall premiere dates.

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How CBS’ Supergirl Trailer Became a Viral Sensation

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George Schweitzer has spent 20 years overseeing the trailers for the new shows CBS unveils at its upfront presentations each May. "It used to be we showed them in Carnegie [...]

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Fall’s 5 Biggest Time Slot Battles

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The broadcast upfronts week was full of buzzwords like "big data" and "viewability," but as usual, each presentation came down to content and which new shows viewers are going to [...]

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CBS Gets Younger by Ending CSI, Adding Supergirl

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CBS is much younger than people think—and now that it's ending CSI and adding Supergirl, the network is about to get even younger. That was the big message from Les [...]