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‘Survivor 50’ Will Let Fans Vote on Game Elements

‘Survivor 50’ Will Let Fans Vote on Game Elements

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The 50th edition of Survivor is enlisting the help of a new tribe — the show’s viewers — to help determine how the game plays out. Host and executive producer Jeff Probst announced Saturday that the CBS competition’s 50th season, slated to air in February 2026, will be guided partly by votes from viewers. The show is calling the theme “In the Hands of the Fans.” “From the very first season, Survivor has been evolving. Now, for our 50th season, it’s time for the next evolution,” Probst said in a statement. “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans is unlike anything we’ve done before. For the first time ever, our loyal fans will take control — deciding key elements of the game, from twists to idols to advantages. I can’t wait to see what the fans choose for our returning players.” Viewers will be able to vote on certain elements of the season, including whether idols will be part of the game, if the final four’s traditional fire-making challenge stays or goes and whether to have live finale and …

Susan Zirinsky Back at CBS News As Interim Executive Editor

Susan Zirinsky Back at CBS News As Interim Executive Editor

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Former CBS News president Susan Zirinsky is returning to a leadership role at the news division as executive editor on a temporary basis. CBS CEO George Cheeks announced Zirinsky’s role in a memo Monday evening. Zirinsky, or “Z” as she is affectionately known inside CBS, will also continue to run the documentary division See it Now Studios. Cheeks said that CBS News and Stations chief Wendy McMahon has been searching for an executive editor “with the specific mandate of ensuring we have the expertise, resources and oversight to enable coverage of the most challenging issues with the highest degree of balance and integrity.” He noted that complex, charged news like the conflict in Gaza can be challenging to navigate. An interview conducted by CBS Mornings co-anchor Tony Dokoupil even became national news, and sparked a response from Paramount controlling shareholder Shari Redstone. And on Monday, the Anti-Defamation League released a statement criticizing a 60 Minutes statement as “biased and one-sided” against Israel. “While there is no way to cover such sensitive issues without provoking some …

Kristi Noem claims liberal bias is why her interview on CBS went so poorly

Kristi Noem claims liberal bias is why her interview on CBS went so poorly

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When all else fails, blame the interviewer. Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, is lashing out at Margaret Brennan, host of CBS’s Face the Nation, after a ruinous interview over the weekend. Before her appearance on the show Sunday, Noem said on X that she was excited to promote her new book, “No Going Back,” which she described as a “how-to guide for how Americans can help Make America Great Again!” But Noem seemed unprepared for any questions about the most newsworthy claims in that book: that she shot and killed her dog, for example. “I wonder if you have regrets about sharing this story?” Brennan asked. “This book is filled with vulnerable, painful moments in my life,” Noem explained. “The reason that this story is in the book is because people need to understand who I am. This was a dangerous animal that was killing livestock and attacking people.” Noem took to X again after the interview to complain about the interviewer. “This morning in our 15-minute interview, Margaret Brennan interrupted me …

Billy Gardell Gives Weight-Loss Update and Reflects on ‘Bob Hearts Abishola’s Final Episodes (Exclusive)

Billy Gardell Gives Weight-Loss Update and Reflects on ‘Bob Hearts Abishola’s Final Episodes (Exclusive)

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Billy Gardell‘s physical transformation in the last few years has been nothing short of phenomenal. He’s lost some 150 pounds since he first underwent bariatric surgery in 2021. And while maintaining the weight loss has and always will remain the goal, the 54-year-old actor admits it’s not easy. Speaking to ET’s Denny Directo on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, ahead of the Bob Hearts Abishola series finale on May 13 on CBS, Gardell says the key to maintaining his weight loss is consistency. Not everyone will be perfect in their weight-loss journey, but consistency throughout will go a long, long way. “Everything you do in this life is between your ears. It’s whether or not you want to. I think strength is asking for help when you can’t do it yourself,” Gardell says. “That’s how I attack this and, you know, I do it daily. And I don’t do it perfectly, but I do it way better than I used to. And so I think anything you want to change in your life …

Damon Wayans Says He Waited 10 Years to ‘Finally’ Work With Son Damon Wayans Jr. (Exclusive)

Damon Wayans Says He Waited 10 Years to ‘Finally’ Work With Son Damon Wayans Jr. (Exclusive)

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Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. are finally working together. And it’s been 10 long years in the making. The comedy father-son duo spoke to ET’s Kevin Frazier on Thursday for the CBS Schedule Reveal Celebration at the Paramount Studios Lot in Los Angeles, California, where Wayans called the partnership “amazing” while jokingly explaining why it took so long. “I’ve been trying to do this for about 10 years now,” Wayans said. “But [Wayans Jr.’s] people didn’t think I was ready yet. But it’s been in the making. We’ve been talking about it for a while and it just finally kind of came together.” Wayans and Wayans Jr. are teaming up for the new CBS sitcom Poppa’s House, in which Wayans stars as a “legendary talk radio host and happily divorced ‘Poppa.’” Poppa “has his point of view changed at work when a new female co-host (Essence Atkins) is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son (Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible …

CBS Takes a Victory Lap Amid Paramount Global Sales Talks: ‘TV’s Top 5’

CBS Takes a Victory Lap Amid Paramount Global Sales Talks: ‘TV’s Top 5’

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Welcome to the 257th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be). Here’s how this week’s episode plays out: 1. Headlines Elizabeth Banks, Robin Wright, Scooby-Doo, Chuck Lorre, Ty Burrell, Steve Carell, The Office, Law & Order: Organized Crime and NCIS: Hawai’i lead the week’s top headlines. 2. Paramount Global changes Bob Bakish is out as Paramount Global CEO, with a trio of execs — Brian Robbins, George Cheeks and Chris McCarthy — taking over as Skydance and Sony make their offers to buy the media giant. 3. CBS’ victory The network this week took a victory lap after winning the strikes-impacted 2023-24 broadcast season and snapping its own decades-old record. Additionally, the network previewed its 2024-25 schedule and discussed its long-term development strategy. We break it all …

Blue Bloods will conclude in December 2024, CBS confirms no chance of renewal

Blue Bloods will conclude in December 2024, CBS confirms no chance of renewal

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Blue Bloods has been beloved by fans for 14 years, but despite calls from fans and cast to save the show, CBS has confirmed it will not continue past the upcoming final season.  Part one of season 14 began airing in February, and part two will premiere in October, with the show ending in December.  “We really want to thank the cast and crew, everyone involved in the show,” Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach said. “We absolutely will miss the family dinners. It is important to give the show the sendoff it deserves.”  © GettyBlue Bloods has been running for 14 seasons “We love this cast, we love their passion for the show. All shows have to come to an end,” she continued. “It’s important to us to refresh the schedule. We are going to end the show come December.”  Blue Bloods has starred Tom Selleck, 79, as the patriarch of a family of New York cops, Frank Reagan, since the show’s 2010 premiere and has seen it become one of the network’s most consistent success stories in …

‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Canceled: Vanessa Lachey, Stars React

‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Canceled: Vanessa Lachey, Stars React

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NCIS: Hawai’i star Vanessa Lachey is reacting to the news the CBS series was canceled after three seasons. The actress, who portrays Jane Tennant, took to her Instagram Stories late Friday night to share how she was feeling after learning the show wouldn’t be returning for a fourth season. “Gutted, confused, blindsided,” Lachey wrote over a photo of the NCIS: Hawai’i logo, “Grateful, confident, beloved fans!” She added, “Processing this news and still being present with my family. I Love You all! Mahalo Nui Loa,” which translates to “Thank you very much.” Lachey’s post come on the heels of multiple fans, cast and crew expressing their sadness and frustration over the news. Her co-stars Tori Anderson and Jason Antoon were among those reacting to the news. Anderson, who plays Kate Whistler in NCIS: Hawai’i, shared a statement on X (formerly Twitter), writing, “Having a really hard time processing this one. Thank you to our incredible crew who made every single day feel like I was living a dream. I want to say thank you to …

Hawaii’ Canceled by CBS After 3 Seasons

Hawaii’ Canceled by CBS After 3 Seasons

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CBS is shutting down one of its NCIS field offices. The network has canceled NCIS: Hawai’i after three seasons. The show’s season — and now series — finale is set to air May 6. The series, which stars Vanessa Lachey and added former NCIS: Los Angeles star LL Cool J to its cast this season, will likely end up as the most watched show to be canceled this season — topping two other canceled CBS shows, CSI: Vegas and So Help Me Todd. NCIS: Hawai’i is averaging about 7.8 million viewers in Nielsen’s seven-day linear ratings this season, and it hits 10 million viewers over 35 days of cross-platform viewing. Those numbers would make for easy renewals most anyplace else, but they put NCIS: Hawai’i only in the middle of the pack at CBS. The network will also introduce a new NCIS series in the 2024-25 season, a prequel subtitled Origins that follows a younger version of Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by Austin Stowell). Flagship NCIS and the newest spinoff, NCIS: Sydney, are also set to …

Dan Rather Returns to CBS for CBS Sunday Morning Interview

Dan Rather Returns to CBS for CBS Sunday Morning Interview

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Dan Rather is returning to CBS News. Nearly 20 years after stepping down as the anchor of the CBS Evening News, and 18 years after he last appeared on the network, the anchor will return to a CBS program. This time, he will be the subject of an interview on CBS Sunday Morning. Per a release from CBS, “Lee Cowan talks with former CBS News anchor Dan Rather about his work at CBS and his life in news.” A source confirms that it will be Rather’s first appearance on a CBS News program since he formally left the network under tumultuous circumstances nearly two decades ago. Rather said that he was the scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report for 60 Minutes II on then-President George W. Bush’s military record, and the anchor subsequently sued the network for breach of contract. The 60 Minutes spin-off was canceled less than a year later. The incident was memorialized in a 2015 film called Truth, in which Robert Redford portrayed Rather. CBS would refuse to accept advertising …