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It was a hectic morning for CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler, who was trying to get to the office early for the announcement of her departure from the network while making sure her teenage daughter had boots and a raincoat on when leaving for school in the big storm that flooded Los Angeles Tuesday morning…

CBS CEO Leslie Moonves sensed something was afoot when he sat down for a lunch in mid-July with his executive and friend of 25 years Nina Tassler in the private dining room off his office. In the past few years, Tassler had started to feel restless on her perch atop CBS Entertainment, taking on writing a book…

After a decade at the helm of CBS Entertainment, Nina Tassler will be stepping down at the end of 2015. She will segue from her current post as chairman of CBS Entertainment to a CBS advisory role through at least 2017 when her current contract expires. Tassler will be succeeded by Glenn Geller, head of Current…

Vertical integration made a strong showing at the broadcast upfronts, with owned series getting the bulk of the new series orders and renewals. In light of last week’s media stocks beating over cord-cutting concerns, that likely was not an anomaly but the start of a new (and possibly permanent) push toward program…

Why is Supergirl a CBS and not a CW series, a TV critic asked during CBS’ TCA executive session, which started off with CBS chairman Nina Tassler congratulating sibling CW on its Golden Globe win for Jane The Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez. Tassler said she’d been a fan of the genre since developing The New Adventures Of Supe…

NBC may have turned its late-night lineup into SNL Alum Theatre — but CBS this morning unveiled plans for a sort of late night Great White Way. In announcing James Corden as Craig Ferguson’s replacement for Late Late Show, the network made note Corden had attracted international attention as the lead in the comedy One…

CBS finally announced it has cast the relatively unknown (in this country anyway) James Corden to replace Craig Ferguson as host of Late Late Show. The network did not name a date, saying only he would take the reins in 2015, replacing Ferguson, who announced April 28 he would step down in December. Word first trickled…

ABC is a tough act to follow at TCA this summer when it comes to diversity. ABC has new comedies about a Mexican family, an Asian family and a Black family and a new drama starring Viola Davis. Next at TCA is CBS, which has a new comedy series about an Irish American clan and dramas starring Tea Leoni, Josh Duhamel…

With only two weeks until The Big Bang Theory is slated to go back into production, the entire original cast, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, have no contracts and are not close to signing one. But CBS Entertainment chairman is not worried. “We’re feeling very confident that…

As she just marked her 10th year anniversary atop CBS Entertainment, Nina Tassler has been promoted to Chairman of CBS Entertainment and has signed a new contract that will keep her at the network through 2017. Tassler continues to report to her long-time boss, CBS Corp. president and CEO Leslie Moonves. Tassler…

CBS is the network that probably closest adheres to tradition both in the development process and scheduling, rolling virtually its entire fall lineup during premiere week. So it is not surprising that CBS is not running to jump in with Fox in discarding pilot season. “Pilot season isn’t perfect; it certainly is a…

The Casting Society of America’s 29th annual Artios Awards celebrating outstanding achievement in casting were handed out last night in simultaneous ceremonies in LA and NY. On the West Coast, CBS Entertainment boss Nina Tassler received the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Linda Lowy the Hoyt Bowers…