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Nevertheless, the rural purge worked. CBS' replacements for its canceled rural-themed shows (mainly acquired or in-house) such as ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' and ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', got the ratings that they wanted and became classics in their own right. Even as Creator/{{ABC}} boomed in the '70s and took the top spot, CBS continued to do well, sitting comfortably in second place right into the early 1980s, with several classic TV shows such as ''Series/{{MASH}}''[[note]]whose GrandFinale, [[Recap/MashS11E16GoodbyeFarewellAndAmen "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"]], set a ratings record for scripted programming that still stands as of February 2022, and has only ever been bested by [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague the Super Bowl]][[/note]] and ''All in the Family'''s many {{spinoff}}s (''Series/TheJeffersons'', ''Series/{{Maude}}'', and ''Series/GoodTimes'') carrying the load handily. They even indulged in genre TV in the late 1970s with shows based on Marvel superheroes ''Series/TheAmazingSpiderMan1978'' and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''; further, ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' proved that CBS could, once in a while, air successful rural programming even with the demographic shift.
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Nevertheless, the rural purge worked. CBS' replacements for its canceled rural-themed shows (mainly acquired or in-house) such as ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' and ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', got the ratings that they wanted and became classics in their own right. Even as Creator/{{ABC}} ABC boomed in the '70s and took the top spot, CBS continued to do well, sitting comfortably in second place right into the early 1980s, with several classic TV shows such as ''Series/{{MASH}}''[[note]]whose GrandFinale, [[Recap/MashS11E16GoodbyeFarewellAndAmen "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"]], set a ratings record for scripted programming that still stands as of February 2022, and has only ever been bested by [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague the Super Bowl]][[/note]] and ''All in the Family'''s many {{spinoff}}s (''Series/TheJeffersons'', ''Series/{{Maude}}'', and ''Series/GoodTimes'') carrying the load handily. They even indulged in genre TV in the late 1970s with shows based on Marvel superheroes ''Series/TheAmazingSpiderMan1978'' and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''; further, ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' proved that CBS could, once in a while, air successful rural programming even with the demographic shift.
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Things changed rapidly as Creator/{{NBC}} roared to Number 1 in 1984-1985 with its Thursday night lineup. CBS was heavily invested in dramas such as ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', with only a few sitcoms (such as ''Series/{{Newhart}}'', ''Series/DesigningWomen'' and ''Series/MurphyBrown'') to speak of. Aside from the odd ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' or ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' specials, pretty much everything CBS ran attracted much older audiences than Creator/{{NBC}}, Creator/{{ABC}}, and even the fledgling Creator/{{Fox}} network, leading to many jokes about CBS being "the network for the living dead".
CBS was ripe for a takeover during this time. UsefulNotes/TedTurner attempted a hostile takeover of the network, and failed. Loews (the same company that had owned Creator/{{MGM}} during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood) bought a controlling interest in the company in 1985, and installed its co-owner Laurence Tisch as CEO. CBS had debt that resulted from trying to block Turner's takeover, and the cost-cutting and money-raising that followed saw CBS selling many of its side businesses to focus on broadcasting; the biggest one, CBS Records (Columbia Records in North America), was sold to Creator/{{Sony}} Music on November 17, 1987 for $2 billion[[note]]The sale was completed on January 5, 1988.[[/note]] (which has caused some confusion due to Sony buying previously-unrelated Creator/ColumbiaPictures two years later).
In 1993, CBS signed Creator/DavidLetterman, who had left his show ''Late Night'' (to Creator/ConanOBrien) on Creator/{{NBC}} after being shafted out of ''Series/TheTonightShow'' job by his former friend Creator/JayLeno despite Letterman being retiring ''Tonight Show'' host Creator/JohnnyCarson's preferred choice for his replacement (something Carson never forgave either Leno or NBC for). His ''Late Show with David Letterman'' was an immediate ratings success, destroying Leno in numbers thanks to his younger fan following, but Leno soon began to win the 11:30 slot in 1995 after his interview with Creator/HughGrant. Despite this, Letterman's show was one of CBS' biggest ratings hits, along with the ''Series/TheLateLateShowWithCraigFerguson'' which aired immediately after.
CBS was ripe for a takeover during this time. UsefulNotes/TedTurner attempted a hostile takeover of the network, and failed. Loews (the same company that had owned Creator/{{MGM}} during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood) bought a controlling interest in the company in 1985, and installed its co-owner Laurence Tisch as CEO. CBS had debt that resulted from trying to block Turner's takeover, and the cost-cutting and money-raising that followed saw CBS selling many of its side businesses to focus on broadcasting; the biggest one, CBS Records (Columbia Records in North America), was sold to Creator/{{Sony}} Music on November 17, 1987 for $2 billion[[note]]The sale was completed on January 5, 1988.[[/note]] (which has caused some confusion due to Sony buying previously-unrelated Creator/ColumbiaPictures two years later).
In 1993, CBS signed Creator/DavidLetterman, who had left his show ''Late Night'' (to Creator/ConanOBrien) on Creator/{{NBC}} after being shafted out of ''Series/TheTonightShow'' job by his former friend Creator/JayLeno despite Letterman being retiring ''Tonight Show'' host Creator/JohnnyCarson's preferred choice for his replacement (something Carson never forgave either Leno or NBC for). His ''Late Show with David Letterman'' was an immediate ratings success, destroying Leno in numbers thanks to his younger fan following, but Leno soon began to win the 11:30 slot in 1995 after his interview with Creator/HughGrant. Despite this, Letterman's show was one of CBS' biggest ratings hits, along with the ''Series/TheLateLateShowWithCraigFerguson'' which aired immediately after.
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Things changed rapidly as Creator/{{NBC}} roared to Number 1 in 1984-1985 with its Thursday night lineup. CBS was heavily invested in dramas such as ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', with only a few sitcoms (such as ''Series/{{Newhart}}'', ''Series/DesigningWomen'' and ''Series/MurphyBrown'') to speak of. Aside from the odd ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' or ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' specials, pretty much everything CBS ran attracted much older audiences than Creator/{{NBC}}, Creator/{{ABC}}, [[Creator/{{AmericanBroadcastingCompany}} ABC]], and even the fledgling Creator/{{Fox}} network, leading to many jokes about CBS being "the network for the living dead".
CBS was ripe for a takeover during this time. UsefulNotes/TedTurner attempted a hostile takeover of the network, and failed. Loews (the same company that had owned Creator/{{MGM}} during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood) bought a controlling interest in the company in 1985, and installed its co-owner Laurence Tisch as CEO. CBS had debt that resulted from trying to block Turner's takeover, and the cost-cutting and money-raising that followed saw CBS selling many of its side businesses to focus on broadcasting; the biggest one, CBS Records (Columbia Records inNorth America), the US), was sold to Creator/{{Sony}} Music on November 17, 1987 for $2 billion[[note]]The sale was completed on January 5, 1988.[[/note]] (which has caused some confusion due to Sony buying previously-unrelated Creator/ColumbiaPictures [[Creator/ColumbiaPictures Columbia Pictures Entertainment]] two years later).
In 1993, CBS signed Creator/DavidLetterman, who had left his show ''Late Night'' (to Creator/ConanOBrien) onCreator/{{NBC}} NBC after being shafted out of ''Series/TheTonightShow'' job by his former friend Creator/JayLeno despite Letterman being retiring ''Tonight Show'' host Creator/JohnnyCarson's preferred choice for his replacement (something Carson never forgave either Leno or NBC for). His ''Late Show with David Letterman'' was an immediate ratings success, destroying Leno in numbers thanks to his younger fan following, but Leno soon began to win the 11:30 slot in 1995 after his interview with Creator/HughGrant. Despite this, Letterman's show was one of CBS' biggest ratings hits, along with the ''Series/TheLateLateShowWithCraigFerguson'' which aired immediately after.
CBS was ripe for a takeover during this time. UsefulNotes/TedTurner attempted a hostile takeover of the network, and failed. Loews (the same company that had owned Creator/{{MGM}} during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood) bought a controlling interest in the company in 1985, and installed its co-owner Laurence Tisch as CEO. CBS had debt that resulted from trying to block Turner's takeover, and the cost-cutting and money-raising that followed saw CBS selling many of its side businesses to focus on broadcasting; the biggest one, CBS Records (Columbia Records in
In 1993, CBS signed Creator/DavidLetterman, who had left his show ''Late Night'' (to Creator/ConanOBrien) on
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Paramount Television was inherited by CBS following the 2006 Viacom-CBS split. It was retitled CBS Paramount Television and used that name until CBS lost the right to the Paramount name, after which it was called CBS Television Studios (Paramount would reestablish Paramount Television as a separate company in 2013). In 2020, the "Television" part was dropped, as well, acknowledging that it no longer produces content for TV alone; it is presently known as '''CBS Studios'''. For shows produced before the 2006 split, see Creator/{{Paramount}}.\\\
Also included are series produced by the company's divisions: CBS Productions (the original television arm of CBS, before the 1999 merger with Viacom), CBS Eye Productions, and CBS Eye Animation Productions.\\\
Also included are series produced by the company's divisions: CBS Productions (the original television arm of CBS, before the 1999 merger with Viacom), CBS Eye Productions, and CBS Eye Animation Productions.\\\
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Paramount Television was inherited by CBS following the 2006 Viacom-CBS split. It was retitled CBS Paramount Television and used that name until CBS lost the right rights to the Paramount name, after which it was called CBS Television Studios (Paramount would reestablish Paramount Television as a separate company in 2013). In 2020, the "Television" part was dropped, as well, acknowledging that it no longer produces content for TV alone; it is presently known as '''CBS Studios'''. For shows produced before the 2006 split, see Creator/{{Paramount}}.\\\
Also included are series produced by the company's divisions: CBS Productions (the original television production arm of CBS, before the 1999 merger with Viacom), CBS Eye Productions, and CBS Eye Animation Productions.\\\
Also included are series produced by the company's divisions: CBS Productions (the original television production arm of CBS, before the 1999 merger with Viacom), CBS Eye Productions, and CBS Eye Animation Productions.\\\
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From 1928 (when it originated on radio) until 1974, this network was officially known as the [[https://cbs.com Columbia Broadcasting System]]. It was founded by Westinghouse and currently owned by Creator/ParamountGlobal. Its eye logo (known internally as the "Eyemark") is among the most widely recognized corporate logos; based on old Shaker art, the logo premiered on CBS-TV in 1951, and eventually became the symbol for the entire company.
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From 1928 1927 (when it originated on radio) until 1974, this network was officially known as the [[https://cbs.com Columbia Broadcasting System]]. It was founded by Westinghouse talent agent Arthur Johnson (with investments from Creator/ColumbiaRecords) and currently owned by Creator/ParamountGlobal. Its eye logo (known internally as the "Eyemark") is among the most widely recognized corporate logos; based on old Shaker art, the logo premiered on CBS-TV in 1951, and eventually became the symbol for the entire company.
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Meanwhile, CBS's sports coverage--long a mainstay of its weekend programming--started to hit a few road bumps of its own. The network lost the NBA in 1990, a 1990-93 deal with Major League Baseball was a financial and ratings disaster, and after they lost rights to the NFL in 1994, the joke became "'''C'''an't '''B'''roadcast '''S'''ports". Not helping matters was CBS losing a number of key affiliates (Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, Dallas and others) to Creator/{{Fox}} (many of the CBS stations that jumped to Fox were in markets where the NFL team was a member of the National Football Conference, the package that moved from CBS to Fox, with most of these stations owned by New World Communications), leaving them to find affiliation elsewhere, many on UHF channels, causing a DisasterDominoes situation across much of the US. Still without any solid hits (and a short-lived attempt at being YoungerAndHipper which resulted in major flops), CBS ended up merging with Westinghouse[[note]]an old-style industrial conglomerate whose main attraction was their "Group W" broadcasting division, which had been for years hamstrung with two of their stations being affiliated with Creator/{{NBC}}, which dictated heavily how to present their schedule and news against their wishes[[/note]] in 1995; this was prefaced by a deal (part of the aforementioned mess that resulted from Fox's plundering of their affiliate base) that switched three of Westinghouse's five stations[[note]]NBC affiliates KYW-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and WBZ-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, and ABC affiliate WJZ-TV in Baltimore[[/note]] to CBS.[[note]]The other two, KPIX-TV in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco and KDKA-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, were already CBS affiliates; the only change to them was less pre-emptions. The deal occurred due to WJZ-TV in Baltimore losing its Creator/{{ABC}} affiliation to Creator/{{NBC}} affiliate WMAR-TV (owned by Scripps, which had signed with ABC so the latter could prevent CBS from taking their affiliates in Cleveland and Detroit), something which angered Westinghouse and caused them to fear more defections. CBS picked up Philadelphia's KYW-TV in this deal, which meant they had to sell longtime O&O WCAU-TV. The buyer wound up being Creator/{{NBC}}, who had wanted to own a station in Philadelphia for decades and traded KCNC-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} and KUTV in Salt Lake City for WCAU-TV.[[/note]] The network would then attempt to rebuild its sports division by signing a football rights contract with the [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballConferences Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) in 1996, quickly becoming one of CBS Sports' [[CashCowFranchise biggest ratings hits]] in years. A further merger occurred, this time with Creator/{{Viacom}} (CBS's own former distribution arm) in 2000. This was initially complicated by the fact that Viacom already owned half of Creator/{{UPN}}, and both CBS and UPN had owned-and-operated stations in many of the same markets (Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Miami, and Pittsburgh). Viacom cleared this hurdle when the FCC legalized duopolies, leading to the two networks becoming corporate siblings. CBS regained the NFL in 1998 when it aggressively outbid NBC for their expiring AFC rights, while NBC attempted (and failed) to get the rights to ''Series/MondayNightFootball''.
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Meanwhile, CBS's sports coverage--long a mainstay of its weekend programming--started to hit a few road bumps of its own. The network lost the NBA in 1990, a 1990-93 deal with Major League Baseball was a financial and ratings disaster, and after they lost rights to the NFL in 1994, the joke became "'''C'''an't '''B'''roadcast '''S'''ports". Not helping matters was CBS losing a number of key affiliates (Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, Dallas and others) to Creator/{{Fox}} (many of the CBS stations that jumped to Fox were in markets where the NFL team was a member of the National Football Conference, the package that moved from CBS to Fox, with most of these stations owned by New World Communications), leaving them to find affiliation elsewhere, many on UHF channels, causing a DisasterDominoes situation across much of the US. Still without any solid hits (and a short-lived attempt at being YoungerAndHipper which resulted in major flops), CBS ended up merging with Westinghouse[[note]]an the Westinghouse Electric Corporation[[note]]an old-style industrial conglomerate whose main attraction was their "Group W" broadcasting division, which had been for years hamstrung with two of their stations being affiliated with Creator/{{NBC}}, which dictated heavily how to present their schedule and news against their wishes[[/note]] in 1995; this was prefaced by a deal (part of the aforementioned mess that resulted from Fox's plundering of their affiliate base) that switched three of Westinghouse's five stations[[note]]NBC affiliates KYW-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and WBZ-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, and ABC affiliate WJZ-TV in Baltimore[[/note]] to CBS.[[note]]The other two, KPIX-TV in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco and KDKA-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, were already CBS affiliates; the only change to them was less pre-emptions. The deal occurred due to WJZ-TV in Baltimore losing its Creator/{{ABC}} affiliation to Creator/{{NBC}} affiliate WMAR-TV (owned by Scripps, which had signed with ABC so the latter could prevent CBS from taking their affiliates in Cleveland and Detroit), something which angered Westinghouse and caused them to fear more defections. CBS picked up Philadelphia's KYW-TV in this deal, which meant they had to sell longtime O&O WCAU-TV. The buyer wound up being Creator/{{NBC}}, who had wanted to own a station in Philadelphia for decades and traded KCNC-TV in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} and KUTV in Salt Lake City for WCAU-TV.[[/note]] The network would then attempt to rebuild its sports division by signing a football rights contract with the [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballConferences Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) in 1996, quickly becoming one of CBS Sports' [[CashCowFranchise biggest ratings hits]] in years. In 1997, Westinghouse Electric sold all of its industrial assets to other companies and renamed itself to CBS Corporation (although CBS would retain the Westinghouse brand until 2021). A further merger occurred, this time with Creator/{{Viacom}} (CBS's own former distribution arm) in 2000. This was initially complicated by the fact that Viacom already owned half of Creator/{{UPN}}, and both CBS and UPN had owned-and-operated stations in many of the same markets (Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Miami, and Pittsburgh). Viacom cleared this hurdle when the FCC legalized duopolies, leading to the two networks becoming corporate siblings. CBS regained the NFL in 1998 when it aggressively outbid NBC for their expiring AFC rights, while NBC attempted (and failed) to get the rights to ''Series/MondayNightFootball''.
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