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ViacomCBS has severed its ties with Nick Cannon over his espousal of what it calls “hateful speech and…anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” On a recent episode of his podcast Cannon's Class, Cannon discussed race and racism with former Public Enemy member Richard "Professor Griff" Griffin. Referencing the ideas of…

Survivor will no longer be part of CBS' fall schedule as a result of the COVID-19 production shutdown as S.W.A.T moves up from midseason as part of the network's rejig. Producers had hoped to get Survivor up and running to hit the fall deadline, but will not make it in time. The network said that producers are…

EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS unveiled today that they have officially merged the diversity and inclusion teams from Viacom and CBS to form a D&I “super team”. The announcement was made via a memo from Marva Smalls, ViacomCBS’ Global Head of Inclusion. “The Office of Global Inclusion (OGI) is benefitting greatly from the…

CBS is aggressively stepping up its efforts to be more inclusive to diverse television creators and writers, setting a slew of targets for the 2021/22 season. The broadcaster is committing 25% of its script development budget to projects from creators, writers and producers who are Black, Indigenous and people of…

The Bold and the Beautiful, which has been back in production for more than two weeks, has set a date for its return on the air with all-new episodes, taped during the pandemic. The CBS soap will be back to originals on July 20. The new episodes will feature two new cast editions, Tanner Novlan, who will play Steffy's…

If you’re a fan of television reruns, it was Christmas morning on Friday night. The only new fare came from the WWE Friday Night SmackDown on Fox (0.5 in demos) and a half-hour of The CW’s Masters of Illusion, which scored an 0.2 in demos. NBC’s repeat of its Dateline episode Vanished tied with SmackDown for the 18-49…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS Entertainment has combined the network's specials and alternative programming units under Jack Sussman, a 22-year CBS veteran who has overseen the network’s specials since 1998, most recently as EVP, Specials, Music and Live Events. In the new setup, Sussman will take on additional responsibilities and…

The Ivy League said Wednesday it will not hold any sports events in the fall, becoming the first major conference to declare itself out of the game in football and other sports during the traditional September-to-December schedule. While the Ivy League rarely gets the national sports spotlight, its decision is…

The night before a major holiday is normally Death Valley for programming. Despite the lockdown limiting outside activities, this year proved no exception, as reruns, repeats and encore performances kept the Friday overall numbers down on the evening. Reruns of ABC’s Shark Tank and NBC’s two-hour Dateline, plus a new…

EXCLUSIVE: The Big Brother house is under construction, offering a greenshoot of hope to fans that the CBS reality series will air this summer. Deadline understands that preliminary production prep has begun on the show's set at CBS' Radford lot in Los Angeles. The production team has received approval to start…

The Young and the Restless had been working toward a July 6 return to production. As is the case with any production plans during the coronavirus pandemic, which are in flux because conditions change daily, July 6 was a goal, not a firm restart date. It now has been moved by a week, with July 13 eyed as the new…

As they say, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy – in the best way. Nearly 25 years after joining CBS as a media relations executive, Chris Ender today was named communications chief for the CBS Entertainment Group. "Reporting to me, Chris will be responsible for all public relations, media relations and…