“Kiss my grits,” her character, Flo, was known to say. But that high-profile role was just one facet of a long, busy stage and screen career.
Category: CBS Corporation
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CBS Taps Conservative Policy Veteran for New Ombudsman Role
Kenneth R. Weinstein, who will review complaints about CBS News, was head of the right-leaning Hudson Institute, a think tank, and has no experience overseeing news coverage.
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CBS Abruptly Changes Rules for Editing ‘Face the Nation’ Interviews
The change came less than a week after an interview aired with Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary. The administration accused the network of deceptively editing her appearance.
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Paramount Strikes Seven-Year Deal to Stream UFC Fights
The seven-year $7.7 billion deal is an early win for the company’s new chairman, David Ellison, who took over last week. CBS will also show some marquee fights.
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F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s Merger With Paramount
The agency’s blessing was one of the last hurdles for the deal, which was being subjected to close scrutiny by the Trump administration.
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CBS News Names Tanya Simon Executive Producer for ’60 Minutes’
Tanya Simon, who has worked on the show for over two decades, will take over at a time of significant change for the network.
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‘South Park’ and Other Paramount Shows Skewer Trump After Settlement
“South Park,” Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have all been critical of their own company and President Trump this week.
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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Was Losing Millions at CBS Before Cancellation
CBS could not figure out a path to profitability in an entertainment world increasingly dominated by streaming.
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‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Is Being Canceled by CBS
The show will end in May, the network said, calling it “a purely financial decision.”
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Skydance in Early Talks to Acquire Bari Weiss’s Free Press
David Ellison, the founder of Skydance, and Bari Weiss, the co-founder of The Free Press, are attending the annual Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley this week.
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Paramount’s Settlement With Trump Is a Humbling Moment for ’60 Minutes’
After an astonishing concession to a sitting president, the country’s most popular television news program faces the prospect of new ownership and a chilled environment for the First Amendment.
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Shari Redstone Says She Has Thyroid Cancer
Ms. Redstone was diagnosed this spring while trying to close the sale of her family’s media empire to Skydance, a Hollywood studio backed by Larry Ellison.