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CBS NEWS Delivers Significant Adult 25-54 Audiences
by Caryn Robbins - April 24, 2015

CBS News broadcasts delivered significant adult 25-54 audiences, the demographic that matters most to those who advertise in news....


CBS News Tops Murrow Awards with Eight Wins
by Tyler Peterson - June 11, 2014

CBS News led the field in the prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards, receiving a combined eight honors for its television and radio broadcasts – the most won by a news organization. The winners were announced today by the Radio, Television & Digital News Association, which will present the awards ...


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 For Second Week
by Caryn Robbins - March 10, 2015

60 MINUTES made Nielsen's Top 10 broadcasts for the second straight time. It was the CBS News magazine's third time in four weeks and the 14th time this season that it made the prestigious list....


Liam Neeson Set for 60 MINUTES this Weekend
by Tyler Peterson - February 20, 2014

Liam Neeson says the sudden death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, still doesn't seem real, even five years after she died in a skiing accident at the age of 45. The star of films like “Schindler's List” and “Taken” also speaks about donating his wife's organs, his childhood and how his age is beg...


VIDEO: Tavis Smiley Talks DANCING WITH THE STARS Elimination
by - September 24, 2014

Talk show host Tavis Smiley and partner Sharna Burgess were the second couple to be kicked off Season 19 of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars." ...


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 For Second Week
by Caryn Robbins - March 25, 2014

60 Minutes made Nielsen's top 10 again, landing at #6 for the week. It was the program's second straight top 10 appearance....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for Fifth Straight Week
by Caryn Robbins - March 31, 2015

For the fifth straight week, 60 MINUTES landed on the Nielsen Top 10 list in viewers and households, drawing 13.83 million and scoring an 8.7/15, good for #4 by both measures....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for Third Straight Week
by Caryn Robbins - November 11, 2014

60 MINUTES has finished among America's 10 most-watched primetime broadcasts for the third straight week. The CBS newsmagazine made Nielsen's top 10 at #7, drawing an audience of 12.16 million viewers....


Sneak Peek - Woman Thrust Into End-of-Life Debate Set for CBS's 60 MINUTES, 10/19
by Danielle DeSisto - October 17, 2014

Barbara Mancini of Philadelphia, Pa., was arrested and accused of helping her dying father kill himself. She then became the focus of the end-of-life debate raging in America....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for 13th Time This Season
by Caryn Robbins - March 03, 2015

60 MINUTES drew 13.55 million viewers to land on Nielsen's top 10 list at #7. It was the 13th time the CBS News magazine made the list this season....


VIDEO: AMERICAN MASTERS Pays Tribute to CBS Newsman Bob Simon
by Caryn Robbins - February 13, 2015

The American Masters series website has an In Memoriam tribute to award-winning, CBS News and 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon, a Bronx native and Manhattan resident. Watch the video below!...


Robert Redford to Portray Newsman Dan Rather in TRUTH AND DUTY
by Caryn Robbins - July 10, 2014

Robert Redford will play famed newsman Dan Rather in the upcoming film TRUTH AND DUTY....


VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Mandy Patinkin Featured on CBS's 60 MINUTES, 11/16
by Caryn Robbins - November 13, 2014

Viewers find out everything about Patinkin - and then some - when Simon profiles the accomplished singer, stage, film and television actor on the next edition of 60 MINUTES, Sunday, Nov. 16 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....


Syrian President Assad Feature Set for CBS's 60 MINUTES, 3/29
by Caryn Robbins - March 27, 2015

CBS THIS MORNING co-host Charlie Rose interviews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus for a 60 MINUTES report to be broadcast Sunday, March 29 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....


CBS Airs 'Doubleheader' Premiere of MADAM SECRETARY, Starring Patina Miller & Bebe Neuwirth, Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 21, 2014

CBS will broadcast a special 'doubleheader' of the series premiere of MADAM SECRETARY, starring Tea Leoni, on the same night as its debut, tonight, Sept. 21....


Alfonso Ribeiro Tops Wynn Las Vegas Odds to Win ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS
by Caryn Robbins - October 22, 2014

Wynn Las Vegas' Johnny Avello predicts the odds to win this season of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS. See how your favorites fare below!...


CBS Airs 'Doubleheader' Premiere of MADAM SECRETARY, Starring Patina Miller & Bebe Neuwirth, Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 21, 2014

CBS will broadcast a special 'doubleheader' of the series premiere of MADAM SECRETARY, starring Tea Leoni, on the same night as its debut, tonight, Sept. 21....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 For 7th Straight Week
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2014

60 MINUTES is in the Top 10 again, where it has finished for seven straight weeks – its longest in-season streak on the weekly list since January 2009....


Fitness Expert Kelly Starrett Set for 60 MINUTES SPORTS Tonight
by Caryn Robbins - June 04, 2014

We are a slumped-over generation, hunched over computer screens, coiled in front of smart phones and using poor form even when we exercise....


CBS Takes Final Week of Season in Adults 25-54
by Tyler Peterson - September 23, 2014

CBS won the final week of the television year in viewers and adults 25-54 (tie), led by the series premiere of MADAM SECRETARY, the season premieres of 60 MINUTES and THE GOOD WIFE and the Network's second week of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings f...


CBS's 60 MINUTES Cracks Top 10 Four Weeks in a Row
by Caryn Robbins - November 18, 2014

For the fourth straight week, 60 MINUTES ranked among America's 10 most-watched primetime broadcasts, drawing an audience of 12.65 million viewers to finish at #8 on the Nielsen list....


CBS's MADAM SECRETARY Debut Delivers 14.3 Million Viewers
by Caryn Robbins - September 22, 2014

MADAM SECRETARY debuted with 14.3 million viewers, 60 MINUTES had its most-watched season premiere since 1997, and the season premiere of THE GOOD WIFE had its most-watched season premiere since 2011, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Sept. 21....


CBS's MADAM SECRETARY Lifts CBS's Sunday Upscale Audience
by Caryn Robbins - November 19, 2014

The addition of the freshman drama MADAM SECRETARY to CBS's Sunday night has elevated upscale audiences for the Network's 7:00-10:00 PM block with dramatic increases in the 8:00-9:00 PM hour, according to Nielsen....


CBS Films Announces PATRIOTS' DAY, Based on Events of 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing
by Caryn Robbins - April 01, 2015

CBS Films announced today that Scott Stuber, Mark Wahlberg, Dylan Clark, Stephen Levinson and Michael Radutzky will produce PATRIOTS' DAY, a theatrical motion picture chronicling the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing...


CBS Wins Week in Viewers and Key Demos Against World Series
by Caryn Robbins - October 28, 2014

CBS finished first for the week in viewers and key demographics, becoming the first network since the invention of people meters (at least 1987) to win a week against five games of the World Series...






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