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2018 was a wild ride in the TV news business. Shocking reports in the wake of #MeToo forced the industry to vomit out more sexual harassers. Some high-profile programs suffered ratings consequences. Meanwhile, TV news executives licked self-inflicted wounds, and, once again, viewers said so long, for now at least, to…

The top executives of long-running CBS News show 60 Minutes created a culture where bullying, verbal abuse and sexual harassment thrived, according to an investigative report by two prominent law firms. The New York Times reported today on a leaked draft copy of the report, detailing the allegations against the…

Julie Chen stayed away from The Talk today, and maybe just as well: The subject of harassment and firings at CBS was front and center on the show today. Discussing yesterday’s firing of 60 Minutes exec producer Jeff Fager, the co-hosts did not mention Chen’s husband, former CBS CEO Les Moonves, by name, but generally…

“Big trees are falling” at CBS, said CBS This Morning‘s Gayle King today, as she and co-hosts Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson offered their “100%” support for guest Jericka Duncan, the CBS News correspondent who received a warning from now-ex 60 Minutes exec producer Jeff Fager Sunday night. “It certainly sounded…

CBS Evening News revealed tonight the text that 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager sent to one of the news division’s female reporters that got him fired. National Correspondent Jericka Duncan, who has been reporting on CBS' exec harassment allegations and exits, said Fager texted her after she contacted him for…

UPDATED with Fager statement: CBS News chief David Rhodes issued a statement Wednesday announcing that Jeff Fager, longtime division exec and current executive producer of 60 Minutes, was stepping down “effective immediately.” Fager is out in the wake of sexual harassment allegations, including a new one on Sunday…

The CBS board of directors said the findings of a law firm’s investigation into claims that led to the firing of Charlie Rose will be folded into the results of two new law firms’ work investigating claims against CEO Les Moonves and the culture of CBS News. The latter firms were hired last week by the CBS board of…

Jeff Fager, executive producer of CBS’ 60 Minutes, will not be back at the office Monday, Deadline has confirmed with CBS. Fager, who has been on a planned vacation, will not return to work as planned on Monday, as CBS’ internal investigation in alleged misconduct continues. “Having heard the investigation will be…

Leslie Moonves was the headliner of Ronan Farrow’s latest exposé of sexual misconduct in Hollywood, but a considerable portion of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s latest report in The New Yorker focuses on allegations against CBS News and its former chair Jeff Fager. That includes 19 current and former employees who…

CNN chief Jeff Zucker didn’t mention Donald Trump’s name or utter the phrase “fake news,” but he devoted a sizable part of his Giants of Broadcasting acceptance speech today emphasizing the cable news network’s plan to hold firm amid a constant barrage from the White House. “People from the Administration have…

UPDATE with memos from Leslie Moonves & Fager: Jeff Fager, Chairman of CBS News and Executive Producer of 60 Minutes, today announced his intention to step down from his role as chairman and to return to full focus on running the newsmagazine, effective at the beginning of the new year. At that time, David Rhodes, who…

Lara Logan is back at work at CBS newsmag 60 Minutes after being ordered to take a leave of absence for her role in a story about the raid on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. A CBS News spokesperson confirmed the news to Deadline; the rep declined to provide more information, such as when Logan will be seen on…