A year ago, Les Moonves drew hearty applause from advertisers for fending off corporate turmoil. On Wednesday, the legacy of the former CEO reappeared in the venue he built into an annual display of his — and the network’s — power: the annual upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall. "Turns out Les Moonves was totally…

EXCLUSIVE: Just hours after longtime CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves exited the company in September over sexual misconduct allegations, the company’s interim CEO Joe Ianniello assured staffers in an internal memo that CBS "has a steadfast commitment to diversity, inclusion and a safe and positive working environment." He…

At the summer TCA press tour in August, CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl faced a barrage of questions about the network’s culture just days after the first story about allegations of past sexual misconduct against CBS CEO Leslie Moonves came out. At the same event, Kahl also revealed that the network was in…

Facebook made its TCA debut in hopes of talking up Facebook Watch, but wound up swatting at questions about its distribution of conspiracy peddler InfoWars. Netflix and Amazon returned to the semi-annual TV confab after being MIA for two years. Broadcasters took a back seat, literally and figuratively, at this year’s…

CBS Entertainment chief Kelly Kahl is one of few broadcast entertainment division execs to brave a Q&A with TV critics at this summer’s TCA, facing mostly questions about sexual harassment allegations against his company’s CEO/President Les Moonves, CBS News (which Kahl does not oversee), and the possibly record…

UPDATED with comment from Rob Lowe: Fans of the CBS drama Code Black were pleased to hear Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment say that they were looking to bring back the medical drama. Show creator Michael Seitzman also said that they have reached out to streaming services to give Code Black a new home and…

"Obviously this has been a tough week at CBS," network entertainment President Kelly Kahl said first thing today at the company's TCA presentation. "I know there was some speculation we might cancel this," he added of the presentation, as CBS struggles corporately and more under the weight of the sexual misconduct…

CBS’s Armageddon Upfront just wrapped. Technically, this Upfront Week’s most anticipated new-schedule unveiling was held at famed Carnegie Hall, per usual. But it began mere hours after Shari Redstone’s National Amusements took the nuclear option, changing CBS Corp’s bylaws ahead of tomorrow’s board meeting to…

Hawaii Five-O “was a really important part of my life for seven years, and I’m grateful to CBS and everyone involved with the show for giving me the opportunity,” Daniel Dae Kim said at TCA this morning during a Q&A for ABC’s new The Good Doctor, on which he is EP. Kim had been asked – again – to discuss his decision…

“If nothing else, we’ve lasted longer than the Mooch, right?,” CBS’ new entertainment president Kelly Kahl quipped while he and EVP Thom Sherman were taking their seats on stage for their first TCA executive session weeks into their jobs as new leaders of CBS, succeeding Glenn Geller. Following that opening joke, the…

CBS has made it official, announcing a new leadership team for its Entertainment division. Long-time CBS head of scheduling Kelly Kahl has been promoted to President, CBS Entertainment. The CW’s head of programming Thom Sherman is being named Senior Executive Vice President, Programming. They replace Glenn Gellar, who…

Glenn Geller is stepping down as President of Entertainment at CBS. Geller, who had been on a medical leave following a mild heart attack he suffered in March, was scheduled to return to work this week. He has opted not to come back to his post and is in discussions for a producing deal with CBS TV Studios. Two top…