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The new Cablevision deal with CBS could set a financial framework for a deal with Tribune, where WPIX in New York has been off homes in a huge portion of the country’s largest market for weeks. CBS will be affected by the standoff, since it is a part owner in the CW network, which is unavailable in many New York homes now.

The omnibus pact includes the CBS O&Os as well as Showtime, the Smithsonian Channel and the CBS Sports Network. It also covers distribution of CBS programming on Cablevision’s VOD and TV Everywhere platforms.

The agreements cover retransmission consent for CBS-owned TV stations and the continued carriage of Showtime, The Smithsonian Channel and The CBS Sports Network. Terms were not disclosed.

The 11-year veteran of the network will also oversee theatrical acquisitions and continue to contribute to The CW’s lineup.

Carlos Pelz sued the long-running show after superiors said in a performance memo that he produced poor-quality work.

The networks’ joint copyright infringement claim against digital entrepreneur Alki David’s provocative site is similar to the suit that Fox filed on Friday — also at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The action against BarryDriller Content Systems was made “to restrain defendants from exploiting without authorization, and violating plaintiffs’ rights in, some of the most valuable intellectual property created in the United States,” the networks say.

The network moved ahead with its lawsuit against ABC this week by amending its filing that alleges ABC copied elements of Big Brother for its new reality TV competition series The Glass House.

The networks will get $1.6 million from Alki David, one of their big legal adversaries. Yet David plans to go forward anyway with plans to add networks to his online TV service.

The new dating show, which had the network’s lowest rating ever for a new series debut, is gone after two episodes. The show debuted Thursday to a 0.8 rating/2 share in the 18-49 demo and 2.4 million total viewers. By Sunday, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler was already referring to it in the past tense at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

Creatively and financially, CBS believes it has had a strong 2011-2012 season. In speaking at the Television Critics Association meeting here, Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, says the network was No. 1 in total viewers, Emmy awards and upfront advertising revenue.

CBS has taken a top brand ranking among broadcast networks, according to a new poll. Perhaps helped by Downton Abbey, PBS topped ABC and NBC to finish second for “brand of the year.”

Nexstar sued Time Warner in U.S. District Court, northern district of Texas, alleging copyright infringement and breach of contract for importing its TV stations without permission. Nexstar is seeking a temporary restraining order and other injunctive relief.

The latest additions to the network’s lineup are WECP-LD Panama City, Fla.; WSVF-CA Harrisonburg, Va.; and WIYE Parkersburg, W.Va.

Mitt Romney will hold interviews today with ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News and CNN that will run this evening, sources say. The network interviews, which will be taped this afternoon, will air during the nightly news casts.

CBS News scores 43 nominations, followed by 37 for PBS, with winners to be announced Oct. 1 in New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Kristin Chenoweth was injured on the set of the CBS drama “The Good Wife” and taken by ambulance to a hospital, her publicist and the […]

CBS will start its fall season with Survivor on Sept. 19, letting NBC keep the early start it is getting on the other networks by launching shows during the Olympics. CBS will premiere its new shows, including Partners, Vegas, Elementary and Made in Jersey during the official premiere week of Sept. 24.

Satellite broadcaster Dish Network lost the preliminary legal bout with broadcast networks CBS, NBC and Fox over its commercial skipping feature known as the Auto Hop. A New York federal court Monday denied Dish’s request for a declaratory ruling that the Auto Hop does not violate copyright law.

The settlement, which will pay each cast member about $65,000, comes only 10 days before a trial in the royalties case was scheduled to start.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan said Monday that she will make a decision within a week on Dish network’s request to move the case brought by CBS, Fox and NBC against the satellite provider’s ad-skipping technology from New York to Los Angeles.

A month ago CBS canceled the series after its first season. On Friday the network announced it has changed its mind and will bring back the show for 13 episodes to run next summer.

The three broadcast networks will face Dish in court starting today over its commercial-skipping feature Auto Hop, which works on TV network programs recorded on DVRs.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to review a lower court decision that threw out the FCC’s $550,000 fine for CBS over Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the network’s live coverage of the 2004 Super Bowl. The high court’s rejection of the Obama Administration’s appeal means the agency now may have to come up with a refund for the network — which already paid the record fine.

Starting this fall, NFL’s 4:15 p.m. Sunday games will start at 4:25, the league announced Thursday. The move is designed to reduce the number of instances when stations have to cut away from the final minutes of the earlier game in order to show the later one. Fox and CBS alternate carrying the Sunday afternoon games. While Fox has a cushion built into its primetime schedule, which includes a post-game show and comedy repeats at 7-8 p.m., CBS’s lineup starts at 7 p.m. with 60 Minutes.

NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Ferguson kept it light when the lights went out. CBS says Wednesday’s edition of “The Late Late Show” was faced with lighting problems after a […]

On Tuesday, CBS was denied its request for a fast discovery process in the network’s lawsuit against ABC’s The Glass House. This comes less than a week after a District Court judge in the case refused CBS’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop production and broadcasting of the show, which debuted on June 18 as planned.

The software firm refused to comment on whether the former president of the CBS Network TV Entertainment Group would make the move.

U.S. District Judge Gary Feess has refused CBS’s request to block ABC’s new Glass House, which premiered Monday, and detailed his reasons in a 16-page ruling released Friday. CBS says it will continue to pursue the case and is seeking additional evidence from ABC and Glass House producers.