Vol. 17, #850, Nov. 3, 2015
Dick Wien, Editor 212-975-5607 [email protected]
CBS CORPORATION KEY NEWS:
AUGUST -- NOVEMBER 2015
“CBS ALL ACCESS” ACROSS KEY PLATFORMS ...
“STAR TREK” IS FIRST ORIGINAL SERIES
MORE OVER-THE-INTERNET WITH SHOWTIME
In advance of the
CBS All
Oct. 4 season
Access, the
premieres of the
CBS
Emmy and Golden
Television
Globe-winning
Network’s
series HOMELAND
digital sub-
and the Golden
scription video on demand and live streaming service, is now
Globe-winning
available across key platforms, including Apple TV
series THE AFFAIR,
(http://tinyurl.com/nw423qf); Windows 10 desktop and tablet
the Showtime Networks’ stand alone streaming service
devices through the CBS App (http://tinyurl.com/qdowx37) and
“SHOWTIME” became available on Amazon Fire devices
Android TV (http://tinyurl.com/pb66w9g).
including Fire tablets, Fire TV, Fire TV stick and Android
phones and tablets, and Android TV.
Demonstrating the Company’s commitment to CBS All Access,
on Nov. 2, CBS Television Studios announced it will launch on
At the same time, the “SHOWTIME” service added
the service a totally new STAR TREK television series in
Android, iOS and Chrome web browser support for
January 2017. This marks the first original series developed
Chromecast, as well as other Google Cast-enabled
specifically for U.S. audiences for CBS All Access. The new
streaming devices. As reported in the prior “Key News”
series will have a special preview broadcast on the CBS
issue of UPDATE, in July, SHOWTIME became available on
Television Network, after which the premiere episode and all
a wide range of the most popular Internet-connected
subsequent first-run episodes will be available exclusively in the
streaming platforms, including Apple, Roku® and Roku
United States on CBS All Access. The next chapter of the STAR
TV™ models PlayStation Vue and Hulu. For more
TREK franchise will be distributed concurrently for television and
information, go to http://tinyurl.com/ovf6vr3.
multiple platforms around the world by CBS Studios
For more SHOWTIME news, see Page 6.
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NEW CONTENT CARRIAGE AGREEMENTS
International. Alex Kurtzman will serve as executive produc-
On August 27, CBS
er for the new “Star Trek” TV series. Kurtzman co-wrote and
Corporation and
produced the blockbuster films “Star Trek” (2009) with
TEGNA Inc. announced
RobertoOrci, and “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013) with Orci
a comprehensive deal that renews station affiliation
and Damon Lindelof. Both films were produced and directed
agreements for 10 TEGNA Media markets nationwide. The
by J.J. Abrams
deal includes renewals for TEGNA-owned CBS affiliates:
WUSA Washington, DC; WTSP Tampa, FL; WFMY
In Related News... CBS and Nielsen announced in
Greensboro, NC; KTHV Little Rock, AR; WLTX Columbia,
September that CBS All Access was the first app and browser
SC; WMAZ Macon, GA; KREM Spokane, WA; KHOU
experience to be certified for Nielsen’s Digital in TV Ratings
Houston, TX; KENS San Antonio, TX; and WWL New
measurement. This is in addition to the existing measurement
Orleans, LA. The markets renewed cover more than nine
of current season’s on-demand content through other
percent of the U.S. and serve more than 10 million
measurement products and Nielsen Television Index’s
households. The new deal also includes TEGNA’s participa-
measurement of Connected TV viewing. For more information,
tion in the CBS All Access streaming service. The addition
go to http://tinyurl.com/o8ra2q8. ... CBS All Access continues
of all TEGNA CBS-affiliated stations will expand the live
to add more U.S. affiliates to its local live-streaming offering
linear feed coverage of CBS All Access to 85% of U.S.
more than 110 markets are live and more than 85 percent of
households by year-end.
U.S. households will be covered by year-end.
On August 25,
NEW MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-SERIES AGREEMENT
WITH AMAZON ANNOUNCED
Building on the success of
Amazon’s exclusive in-season
licensing agreement for UNDER
THE DOME and EXTANT (UPDATE, Feb. 12, 2014), CBS
and Amazon announced in October a new multi-year,
multi-series agreement to make Prime Video the exclusive
subscription streaming home for three new CBS summer
series through 2018. The first series included in this deal will
be next summer’s highly anticipated comic-thriller
“BrainDead” from Robert and Michelle King, creators and
CBS and
Cablevision Systems Corporation
announced a broad-based multi-year content
carriage agreement covering retransmission consent for
CBS-owned television stations, and the continued carriage
of SHOWTIME, CBS Sports Network and the Smithsonian
Channel. As part of the new agreement, Cablevision is the
first cable or satellite provider to announce plans to distribute
CBS All Access and SHOWTIME Internet services to its
Optimum Online customers. For more information, go to
http://bit.ly/1Eg2ul7.
ENTERTAINMENT
executive producers of THE GOOD WIFE..
This latest deal extends and expands the popular CBS and
SHOWTIME titles available to Prime members, including
MEDIUM, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, THE TUDORS,
I LOVE LUCY, THE AMAZING RACE and CBS Films’ PRIDE,
among others. Prime members can watch CBS titles and
more via the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices
and mobile devices, or online at http://tinyurl.com/o8ra2q8/
primevideo. They can also download titles on iOS, Android
and Fire devices for offline viewing. For more information, go
to http://bit.ly/1RhZUx7
In September, Nina
Tassler, who has led
CBS Entertainment
to outstanding
success since 2004,
announced her
Nina Tassler
Glenn Geller
decision to step down
as Chairman at the end of the year. At the same time,
Glenn Geller, CBS’s head of Current Programming for
both CBS Entertainment and CBS Television Studios,
was named President, CBS Entertainment. Geller has
overseen creative affairs for many of the highest(Continued on Page 4)
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EYE ON: COLBERT
“SUPERGIRL” PREMIERE FLYS HIGH ...
SERIES SCORES WITH SUPER REVIEWS
With live +7-day ratings, THE LATE
SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT
The highly anticipated Oct. 26 debut of
extended its premiere week (the
SUPERGIRL was a ratings high flyer, soaring
week ending Sept. 11) lead in view-
to the 2015-2016 season’s #1 new series pre-
ers, moved into sole possession of
miere in viewers (averaged 12.94 million) and
first in A18-34 and tied “The Tonight
A18-49. The CBS freshman series was also
Show” in A18-49 and A25-54.
the season’s #1 new series premiere among
Digitally, the premiere episode of
all key male demos, and Monday’s top
THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN
scripted drama in viewers and key
COLBERT continues to rank as the best series debut ever
demographics. With live +7-day playback, SUPERGIRL is pro-
for any CBS show in terms of full episode streams on
jected to increase +46% in viewers (to 18.9m), +65% in A18-
CBS.com and the CBS apps – even topping all CBS
49) and +63% in A 25-54 (to 6.5). On www.CBS.com, SUPER-
primetime shows. The broadcast has also generated the
GIRL experienced the highest traffic for a show premiere this
most social impressions of any late night show, with tweets
season. The seriess premiere was also the most social drama
about the show being read 24 million times. (Source: NTI/
on television on 9/26. (Source: Nielsen Social).
Nielsen Social)
Season-to-date, (through the week ending Oct. 25) THE
LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT is up +21% in both
HHs and viewers, +100% in A18-34, +60% in A18-49 and
+43% in A25-54 compared to last season’s LATE SHOW.
The broadcast is tied with "The Tonight Show" in A18-34 and
is the only 11:35 PM late night show to post gains in viewers
and key demos. (Source: NTI).
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rated and most popular series on television, including
the #1 television franchise (NCIS, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS), this summer’s top
scripted broadcast series (ZOO), THE GOOD WIFE,
last year’s freshman hits SCORPION, MADAM
SECRETARY and CSI: CYBER, and the critically
acclaimed JANE THE VIRGIN for The CW. For more
information, go to http://bit.ly/1Jab7cv.
In Other Entertainment News...
l CBS won premiere week (the week
ending Sept. 27) in viewers for the seventh
consecutive year, more than doubling last
season's margin of victory. With live +7-day
lift, the Network's nightly primetime average audience
rose to 13.2 million viewers, and ratings increased
+24% in A18-49 and +25% in A25-54. Among other Live
+7-day highlights, THE BIG BANG THEORY and NCIS
both surpassed “Sunday Night Football” as premiere
week's top two programs in viewers. CBS had nine
additional programs exceeding lifts of 3 million viewers,
more than any other network. (Source: Nielsen).
l In the week ending Oct. 18 (week four of the season), CBS had nine of the week’s top 20 programs with
the biggest 7-day lifts in viewers. THE BIG BANG
THEORY topped 20 million viewers for the fourth
consecutive week, adding +5.07m (20.03m from
14.96m, +34%). Among CBS’s other top gainers were
BLUE BLOODS, +3.92m (14.53m from 10.61m,
+37%), SCORPION, +3.88m (13.29m from 9.41m,
+41%), CRIMINAL MINDS, +3.66m (12.74m from
9.08m, +40%) and LIMITLESS, +3.64m (11.67m from
8.03m, +45%). Also ranking in the top 20 were NCIS,
NCIS: LOS ANGELES, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and
HAWAII FIVE-0. For more information go to
http://bit.ly/1Ph6O6r.
(Source:Nielsen live +7-day ratings) .
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l CBS has given a
full season, 22-episode
order to LIFE IN PIECES,
television’s #1 new
comedy. The freshman
series moves to its new
regular Thursday time
period on Nov. 5 (8:31-9:01 PM, ET/PT) as part the
Network’s return to entertainment programming on that
night.
l CBS will broadcast
the second season of
ZOO during summer
2016. In its first season,
ZOO was the most
watched scripted
summer series of 2015 (Source: NTI). It is produced by
CBS Television Studios, distributed domestically by
CBS Television Distribution and worldwide by CBS
Studios International. ... Also set for next summer is
AMERICAN GOTHIC, a new one-hour murder mystery
from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, and CBS
Television Studios, and the commic thriller “BrainDead”
-- both to be distributed domestically by CBS Television
Distribution and worldwide by CBS Studios
International. In addition, the next edition of the summer
reality hit BIG BROTHER will air in 2016.
l CBS is developing HUNTED, a new one-hour
alternative series where participants are challenged to go
on the run as some of the world’s most highly skilled
investigators and trackers pursue them. HUNTED is
based on the format of a show which premiered in
September on the UK’s Channel 4 to strong ratings,
especially among young adults.
And... CBS Daytime ended the 2014-2015 broadcast
year #1 for the 29th consecutive time. Among the
highlights: LET'S MAKE A DEAL finished with its largest
audience ever, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS delivered their
biggest audiences in years, and THE TALK topped “The
View” in W25-54 for the first time. (Source: NTI). For
more informtion, please go to: http://bit.ly/1VbLjJ6.
People: Bridget Wiley has been promoted to
Executive Vice President, Current Programs, where she
will oversee the combined department that supports current programming for both CBS Entertainment and CBS
Television Studios. ... Amy Reisenbach has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Current Programs. In
her new capacity, she will supervise all series produced
by CBS Television Studios for The CW, while continuing to work on several shows broadcast on CBS.
SPORTS
l Through seven weeks of the
2015 NFL regular season, THE NFL
ON CBS is averaging 19.0 million
viewers (Persons 2+), the highest
number of average viewers for the
first seven weeks of the season for
the AFC television package in 29
years (as far back as CBS records
go -- 1987). The broadcast is also averaging a national
household rating/share of 11.2/24, tying 2010 as the
highest average rating/share for the AFC package in 21
years (Source: NTI)
l CBS Sports is streaming more NFL ON CBS game
coverage than ever this season, including two regular
season games, four playoff games and Super Bowl 50
(Sunday, Feb. 7). Streaming coverage is available on
laptops, desktops and tablets at CBSSports.com and on
televisions through select Connected TV devices,
including Xbox One, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku®
players and Roku TV™ models.
l
Through the seven weeks of
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, CBS and
NFL Network’s game coverage is
averaging 17.6 million viewers, +5% from
last year’s 16.7 million. Coverage has
earned a combined national rating/share of 10.9/19, +6%
from last year’s 10.3/18. ... The season debut broadcast
of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Thursday, Sept.
17, featuring Denver vs Kansas City, was the mostwatched (21.1 million viewers) and highest-rated
(12.9/24) TNF broadcast ever. (Source: NTI)
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In Other Gridiron News... With an eye toward giving
NFL viewers the most field-level view of critical plays
during a game, throughout selected THURSDAY NIGHT
FOOTBALL on CBS and NFL Network and NFL ON CBS
broadcasts CBS will use four custom-molded pylons with
multiple cameras to film the goal lines and sidelines on
each side of the field (photo above). ... CBS Sports
kicked off its 20th consecutive season of Southeastern
Conference football on Sept. 5. The entire 2015 SEC ON
CBS football schedule is being streamed exclusively on
(CBSSports.com/SECLive) and on the CBS Sports
mobile app.
NEWS
l
Propelled by original reporting, CBS
News’ major broadcasts ended the 20142015 television year with unrivaled
audience growth. 188.3 million people
watched all or part of CBS News' broadcasts during the
year, with more than 78 million of them in the A25-54
demographic, which is desired by those advertising in
news. Among the highlights: The CBS EVENING NEWS
WITH SCOTT PELLEY finished the 2014-2015 broadcast
year, posting the Network's largest audience in the time
period since 2005-2006 -- the broadcast’s closest competitive position with NBC in A25-54 since 1994-1995 and
in viewers since 2006-2007. ... CBS THIS MORNING
posted the largest audience in the time period for a CBS
network morning news broadcast since the start of CBS's
morning news electronic records (prior to at least 19931994). ... CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES
OSGOOD finished the 2014-2015 television year with its
largest viewer delivery since the 1987 advent of People
Meters. (Source: NTI). For more information go to
www.cbsnews.com.
l Season-to-date (through the fifth week of the 20152016 television season), viewers are watching CBS News
major broadcasts than any other broadcast network’s
news offerings. 100 million+ viewers have watched all or
part of CBS News broadcasts, with an estimated 37.76
million of them in the key A 25-54 demographic. (Source:
NTI) For more information go to: http://tinyurl.com/
nroj2dt
And... CBS THIS MORNING, network television’s only
morning newscast to post year-to-year growth in
viewers, marked its 1,000th broadcast on Oct. 30.
CBS TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION
l
JUDGE JUDY
kicked off its 20th
anniversary
season on Sept.
14, 2015. The
Judge Judith Sheindlin and
JUDGE JUDY Executive Producer
program has
Randy Douthit.
ranked #1 in firstrun syndication for the last six consecutive seasons and
has been #1 in daytime television since the 1998-99
season. (Source: NTI) ... Also celebrating milestone
anniversaries this season are ENTERTAINMENT
TONIGHT (35 years) and RACHAEL RAY (10 years).
l Dr. Phil McGraw, host and
executive producer of the #1-rated
daytime talk show DR. PHIL, has
extended his deal with CBS Television
Distribution through 2020. Currently in
its 14th season, DR. PHIL is
averaging 4.4 million viewers. DR. PHIL
Dr. Phil
has been the highest-rated daytime talk
show for the past four years. For the previous nine
seasons it ranked behind only the “The Oprah Winfrey
Show.”
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THE CW
NEVINS AND NUÑEZ KEYNOTE MIPCOM
David Nevins (l) and
Armando Nuñez
David Nevins, President of
l
Showtime Networks Inc., and
with strong returns for THE FLASH
Armando Nuñez, President
and ARROW, the latter of which had
and CEO, CBS Global
its highest-rated season premiere
Distribution Group, gave a
since the series debut in 2012.
The CW launched its fall season
joint keynote address on Oct. 6
at MIPCOM 2015, the global
l
The CW reached a new multi-year agreement with
market for entertainment content across all platforms. They
iHeartMedia to remain the exclusive broadcaster of the epic
discussed the expansion of the SHOWTIME brand
concert event, IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL and the
internationally, including their groundbreaking deal with Bell
annual holiday IHEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL concert. The
Media in Canada, and the rising demand for SHOWTIME’s
Network also ordered new cycles of the hit improv comedy
premium content on multiple platforms around the world. ...
series WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? and the hit magic com-
Also at MIPCOM, CBS Studios International hosted the
petition series PENN & TELLER: FOOL US, to air in 2016.
international premiere screening for the upcoming SHOWTIME series, BILLIONS.
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l
In September, CBS Television Distribution’s
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT launched h “ET: Before
They Were Famous, ” the first of a series of
special edition magazines to be distributed by Topix
Media Lab. The magazines will be sold at more than
50,000 newsstands nationwide and via onnewsstandsnow.com and ETonline.com
l
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL will be ending its run
after 22 cycles. The CW President Mark Pedowitz said:
"'America's Next Top Model' was a successful franchise for
two networks, first at UPN and then The CW, and it became
not just a ratings hit, but a global pop culture phenomenon. I
want to thank Tyra and Ken for all their years of success in
establishing a show that was not just popular in the U.S., but
all across the world."
CABLE
l
CBS STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL
l
In September, CBS Studios
International announced that it
had licensed first-window
broadcast rights to top international broadcasters for
the new CBS drama LIMITLESS. Television networks
that have licensed LIMITLESS include Sky Living/UK,
ProSiebenSat.1 Group/Germany, M6 Group/France,
Global/Canada, Raidue/Italy, FOX/Spain,
FOX/Sweden, RTL CBS Entertainment/Pan-Asia,
Network Ten/Australia, TV2/Norway, PRIME/New
Zealand, M-Net/Pan-Africa, TVSéries/Portugal,
AXN/India, FOX/Turkey, Turner Broadcasting
System/Pan-Latin America and MTV/Finland.
And... Japan‘s leading pay TV channel Wowow has
licensed ZOO from CBS Studios International. It will
start airing later this year.
On October 4, following the
Season 2 premiere of its hit,
Golden Globe Award-winning
drama THE AFFAIR, SHOWTIME
released the second episode of the series in a exclusive
viewing to subscribers on Showtime Anytime,
Showtime On Demand and through the “SHOWTIME”
streaming service. ... Viewers were also given an early
opportunity to sample THE AFFAIR’s second season
premiere across multiple platforms.
l
On January 17,
SHOWTIME will
premiere BILLIONS, a
complex drama about
power politics in the
world of New York high
See the BILLIONS trailer at
finance. The series
http://tinyurl.com/ojaexnf
stars Emmy® and
Golden Globe® winners Paul Giamatti and Damian
Lewis.
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“JANE THE VIRGIN” AND “ZOO” COMING TO
NETFLIX AROUND THE WORLD
EYE ON: POP
Pop (owned by CBS and Lionsgate) has
On September 28, Netflix and CBS
secured a new carriage agreement with
announced an agreement to make
AT&T U-Verse which will launch in early
Netflix the exclusive subscription
2016. ... David Mandell has been promoted to Pop’s Chief
streaming home of ZOO and JANE THE VIRGIN in more
Operating Officer, a newly created executive position at the
than 50 countries around the world. The first season of
network. Mandell will continue as Pop’s General Counsel
ZOO is now available on Netflix in the U.S., and in the
overseeing legal and business affairs, while adding content
coming months will be available in all Netflix territories. On
distribution, business development and operations to his
Oct. 12, season one of JANE THE VIRGIN launched in the
responsibilities. ... Pop presented season two of SCHITT’S
U.S., the same day season two premiered on The CW.
CREEK at the New York Television Festival on Oct. 22. ...
JANE THE VIRGIN will be available later in 2015 or 2016 in
Two original series will start production in October, including
all countries Netflix operates, except Canada.
season two of ROCK THIS BOAT: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
and a Gail Berman/Nigel Lithgoe produced game show,
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l
SHOWTIME has picked up the music-infused, onehour ensemble comedy ROADIES to be written, directed
and executive produced by Oscar winner Cameron
Crowe. Also executive producing are Emmy and Tony
nominee Winnie Holzman (“My So-Called Life,”
“Wicked”), Emmy winners J.J. Abrams (“Lost,” “Fringe,”
PERSON OF INTEREST), Bryan Burk (“Lost,” “Fringe,
PERSON OF INTEREST) and Kathy Lingg (PERSON
OF INTEREST). ROADIES will premiere across all
SHOWTIME platforms in 2016.
And... Joan Cusack received her first Emmy win for
“Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” for her
role in SHAMELESS. This marked the first win for
SHOWTIME in the “Comedy Series” category, and the
first Emmy win for SHOWTIME’s top-rated comedy
series.
l On September 3, CBS
Sports Network returned to
the gridiron for the 2015
season with its deepest schedule ever. Featured teams
include the Mountain West, American Athletic
Conference, Mid-American Conference, Conference
USA, Army and Navy football and the Patriot League.
In total, CBS Sports Network will air 63 games this
season, including 16 weeknight games.
EASIEST GAME SHOW EVER hosted by comedian and actor
Michael Ian Black (“The Jim Gaffigan Show,” “Wet Hot
American Summer,” “The State”). ... On Oct. 29, Pop will
premiere the following specials: JET TO THE SET: THE
HUNGER GAMES, a one-hour special about one of the biggest
global film franchises in history, and the 2015 BRITANNIA
AWARDS on Nov. 6.
l CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network coverage of
the college basketball season presents the most
extensive schedule ever, featuring 258 total games and
showcasing top teams and match-ups from 19 different
conferences.
l On August 17, CBS Sports Network debuted TIME
TO SCHEIN, its new one-hour live weekday sports show
with host Adam Schein. Schein also hosts THAT
OTHER PREGAME SHOW and NFL MONDAY QB on
CBS Sports Network.
INTERACTIVE
l On September 3, CBS
Interactive Advanced
Media launched “College
Sports Live” on Roku® players and Roku TV™ models.
“College Sports Live” is a subscription service featuring
live and on-demand audio and video sports coverage
from more than 100 schools.The service is also available
online and on mobile devices.
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CBS ECOMEDIA LAUNCHES “VOLUNTEERING WITH THE STARS” INITIATIVE
AS PART OF NEW “VIEWERS TO VOLUNTEERS” APP
At the Social Good Summit in New York
City (Sept. 28), CBS EcoMedia
announced a new “Volunteering With
The Stars” (VWTS) program as part of a
“Viewers To Volunteers” (V2V) app.
The “Volunteering With The Stars”
component of V2V will connect
audiences to CBS talent and the
causes they support. SURVIVOR’s Jeff Probst (Stand Up To
Cancer), THE AMAZING RACE’s Phil Keoghan (National
Multiple Sclerosis Society) and ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
hosts Kevin Frazier (School on Wheels) and Nancy O’Dell
(ALS.net) are among the inaugural group of CBS personalities
to participate in the launch. Additional CBS talent will be added in the
“This is a unique new program that, coming months
at its heart, allows every viewer to
As a part of the new “Viewers To Volunteers” platform, CBS EcoMedia is
be a philanthropist, but without
collaborating with award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker
spending their own money. ... We
Morgan Spurlock to create original content to stream on the app and
could not be more excited to
website. As previously reported (UPDATE March 19, 2015), the “Viewers
launch this initiative on a nationwide scale with the involvement of To Volunteers” platform gives the public the chance to support the causes
and nonprofits they love best, without spending their own money. V2V’s
CBS stars and the charities they
new website and digital social impact app for smartphones rewards each
support. Having Morgan Spurlock
user’s engagement with points that become real dollars for the
creating original programming for
organizations and causes selected by the user -- all funded by
this platform creates the perfect
participating brands. Toyota dealer groups in Southern California, Dallas,
storm of content in context to
Minneapolis and Philadelphia have contributed more than $600,000 to V2V
inspire real change.”
nonprofits since March 2015. This funding helped sponsor hundreds of
-- Paul Polizzotto, Founder and
athletes at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles and is
President of CBS EcoMedia,
providing books and musical instruments to students, nutritious meals to
seniors, and support to thousands of veterans, vulnerable children and
adults across the country. Between December 1, 2015 and the end of March 2016, EcoMedia is planning to
contribute $1 million dollars -- $250,000 per month -- to the nation's leading nonprofits thru V2V and
“Volunteering With The Stars.”
For full list of nonprofits participating in V2V, go to https://www.viewerstovolunteers.com/impact. The “Viewers
To Volunteers” app is available to download for free from the Apple App Store, Google Play or at the Viewers to
Volunteers website https://www.viewerstovolunteers.com/. See the Volunteering with the Stars promo spot here:
https://www.viewerstovolunteers.com.
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l In September, CBS Interactive and IMG -- a global
leader in sports, events, media and fashion -- renewed
their agreement for the production and management of
the official athletic sites of 25 of IMG’s partner
universities. CBS Interactive Advanced Media will
power the schools’ athletic sites.
CNET’s editorial team will explore how “smart home”
products behave in the real world. CNET Smart Home
launch sponsors include Procter & Gamble, Coldwell
Banker Real Estate and Travelers. Consumers can also
find the CNET Smart Home on Twitter and on Pinterest.
For more information, go to http://bit.ly/1UTOcch.
CBS TELEVISION STATIONS
l On Sept. 16,
CNET -- the world’s
largest online source
of consumer
technology news and
reviews -- announced
the launch of the
CNET Smart Home, a suburban
residence in Louisville, KY, in which the
l In August, WCBS-TV New York,
KCBS-TV Los Angeles, WBBM
Chicago and KTVT Dallas helped
welcome new THE LATE SHOW host
Stephen Colbert to the CBS family by hosting custom
promo shoots and interview sessions with anchors from
CBS-owned stations and affiliates nationwide.
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l Ann Ouellette has been named Vice President and
General Manager of WCCO-TV, Minneapolis-St. Paul.
She had been the station’s controller since June 2003
and succeeds Brien Kennedy who in April became
President and General Manager of KYW-TV and WPSGTV, Philadelphia. ... Bill Dallman has been named Vice
President and News Director of KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV
Los Angeles. He spent the past two years as Vice
President of News at Fox Sports 1 in Los Angeles where
he was as a member of the management team that
launched the national sports channel in August 2013. ...
In Philadelphia, Margaret Cronan has been named Vice
President and News Director of CBS 3 and The CW
Philly. Cronan previously worked at CBS 3 as an
executive producer in the late ‘90s. She has also served
as a news director at WBAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in
Baltimore, and WPBF-TV, the ABC affiliate in West Palm
Beach.
RADIO
l On September 16,
CBS RADIO announced
an expansion of its sports
audio footprint with the launch of a new real-time
streaming station, CBS SPORTS RADIO ROUNDUP.
The new station, whose programming program is produced by CBS Local Digital Media, combines the best
commentary and programming from its 14 CBS local
sports stations and CBS Sports Radio.
l CBS RADIO station WCBS-FM 101.1
New York has signed radio broadcaster
Scott Shannon to a new multi-year
contract, extending the popular host’s run
as the anchor of morning drive. Since
Shannon’s show’s debut in March 2014,
Scott
Shannon
the station’s weekly cume has grown to
approximately four million listeners.
Shannon is a NAB Hall of Famer (2003) and Marconi
Radio Award winner (Syndicated Personality of the Year,
2010).
l The St. Louis Blues and CBS RADIO’s St. Louis
stations announced in October a multi-year broadcast
rights agreement which
began at the start of the
2015-2016 season. The
agreement expands the existing partnership between
the Blues and the CBS RADIO St. Louis stations,
which include Newsradio 1120 KMOX, KYKY 98.1 FM
(Y98) and KEZK 102.5 FM. One of the most significant
changes under the agreement is the creation of new
Blues-related programming on KMOX. ... CBS
RADIO’s 97.1 The
Ticket (WXYT-FM) in association with Olympia
Entertainment, has signed a comprehensive
multi-year sports and entertainment agreement with the
Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings. The deal is an
extension of a partnership that began in 2001.
l CBS Sports Radio’s new
weekend programming schedule for the 2015 football season began on Saturday, Sept. 5 and currently airs on
330 affiliate stations across the country. The shows -focusing on pro, college and fantasy footbal --can be
heard on-air, streaming online at
www.cbssportsradio.com or by downloading the
Radio.com app for mobile devices.
l During a Sept. 10 presentation at the Interactive
Advertising Bureau’s first annual IAB Podcast Upfront
Showcase, CBS RADIO and CBS Local Digital Media
announced a number of new podcasts from major
brands and well-known personalities on the Play.it®
podcast network. For more information on the new
Play.it podcasts go to http://bit.ly/1UERjtU.
l CBS RADIO has been honored with
two 2015 NAB Marconi Radio Awards, the
most prestigious accolade in the radio
industry. Philadelphia news station KYWAM (which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year) took home top recognition
as “Legendary Station of the Year.” CBS
RADIO’s WFAN New York (which won “Legendary
Station” in 2014), was recognized as “Sports Radio
Station of the Year,” marking the sixth Marconi the station has won. Two other CBS stations were nominated
in the category: Sportsradio 94WIP Philadelphia and
670 The Score Chicago. (Continued on Page 10)
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(RADIO, continued from Page 9)
And.... On September 14, CBS RADIO launched
THE TAZ SHOW: BODYSLAMS & BEYOND, a live
two-hour daily program featuring former pro-wrestling
World Heavyweight Champion Taz. The show is
available exclusively for audio and video streaming on
the Play.it® podcast network.
PUBLISHING
l In a landmark publishing
agreement,
Stephen King’s
publisher of 20 years,
Scribner, has acquired North
American and Open Market
print, e-book, and e-digital
rights to almost the entirety of
Stephen King
Photo: Shane Leonard the bestselling author’s backlist
catalog. E-book and e-digital
audio editions of the 27 acquired titles -- which include
such favorite King works as MISERY, IT, DOLORES
CLAIBORNE and the first four volumes of the DARK
TOWER series -- will be available from Scribner and
Simon & Schuster Audio beginning on Jan.1, 2016.
Print editions in trade and mass market paperback from
the Scribner, Pocket Books and Gallery imprints will
follow. For more information and a complete list of titles
included in the agreement go to http://tinyurl.com/
qzsckr6.
l THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS by Sy
Montgomery(Atria Books) is a finalist for the 2015
National Book Award, and Gary Paulsen’s THIS SIDE
OF WILD (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
is a longlist title in Young People’s Literature. In addition,
Bill Clegg’s debut novel DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY (Scout Press) has been named to the longlist in
Fiction. Clegg’s novel also made the longlist for the UK’s
prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize.
l #1 New York Times bestselling author
Catherine Coulter has signed a deal for four books
to be published in hardcover under the Gallery
Books imprint and in paperback by Pocket Books.
The first book is scheduled for publication in 2017. ...
Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner will publish four
more adult titles with Atria, and will also make her
first foray into young people’s literature with a trilogy,
THE LITTLEST BIGFOOT, to be published by
Aladdin Books beginning in October 2016. Other
notable recent acquisitions include books by
comedian, director and actress Amy Schumer, Nike
co-founder Phil Knight and actresses Marcia Gay
Harden and Quvenzhané Wallis.
And... November 3 is official publication date for
Donald J. Trump’s CRIPPLED AMERICA, the
presidential candidate’s new book from Threshold
Editions that explores his views on key issues he
believes are facing the United States today. ...
Simon & Schuster is promoting reading for travelers
through a new program with www.Hotels.com which
allows
customers who book a minimum two-night stay in
selected U.S. destinations have the opportunity to
download one of seven free e-books from S&S.
CBS FILMS
l
LOVE THE
COOPERS, a
holiday comedy
starring Alan Arkin (“Argo”), John Goodman
(“Inside Llewyn Davis”) and Diane Keaton
(“Somethings Gotta Give”) among others,
(Continued on Page 11)
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CBS CONSUMER PRODUCTS ...
CBS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
CBS Consumer Products will
represent the merchandising
rights for the classic and current
(CBS FILMS, continued from Page 10)
opens in theaters nationwide in November. The film
is directed by Jessie Nelson (“I Am Sam”) and will
be distributed in partnership with Lionsgate. To
watch the trailer, go to http://tinyurl.com/pgkj4sp.
TV series HAWAII FIVE-0 on behalf of the Freeman Estate.
The upcoming merchandising line will include both the classic
version of the series and the modern version and focus on
apparel, gift and novelty, as well as collectibles. ... Online
retailer CafePress will become the official destination for fans
of CBS’s classic TV portfolio under the “Television City” brand.
Merchandise from more than 42 television programs in CBS’s
illustrious portfolio, including timeless classics and past
favorites, will be available on CafePress.com. Each show will
have its own shop by year-end 2016. The first shops to be
made available to consumers in November at CafePress.com
will include “Beverly Hills, 90210;” “Happy Days;” and “Mighty
Mouse.” ... On August 24, Entertainment Cruise
On The Development Front... Peter Berg
(“Lone Survivor”) is set to direct PATRIOTS' DAY,
based on the firsthand account by Boston Police
Commissioner Ed Davis of the 2013 Boston
Marathon Bombing. Matt Charman (“Bridge of
Spies”) is writing the screenplay and Scott Stuber
will produce with Dylan Clark through their
Bluegrass Films banner alongside Mark
Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Michael
Radutzky. PATRIOTS' DAY is the first feature
collaboration between 60 MINUTES and CBS
Films.
Productions, LLC announced the launch of “Star Trek: The
Cruise,” an immersive Star Trek experience for 2,200 fans, set
to sail in January 2017. As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic franchise, this is the first authorized
cruise under license by CBS Consumer Products.
CBS Home Entertainment has
restored the classic film MY
FAIR LADY, giving it a 4K HD
upgrade. Partnering with BY Experience the film has had a
limited re-release in more than 800 theaters nationwide
beginning Oct. 18. The MY FAIR LADY: 50th ANNIVERSARY
EDITION was released in anew Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack
on Oct. 27,. ... CSI: CYBER – THE FIRST SEASON, arrived
CBS Films’ latest acquisition, which is currently in
production in London, is an adaptation of the Man
Booker Prize-winning THE SENSE OF AN
ENDING, the decades spanning romantic novel by
Julian Barnes. The film stars Academy Awardwinner Jim Broadbent (“Iris”), Charlotte
Rampling (“Melancholia”), Harriet Walter (“The
Young Victoria”), Emily Mortimer (“Hugo”),
Michelle Dockery (“Downton Abbey”), among
others. It will be directed by Ritesh Batra (“The
Lunchbox”) from a screenplay by award-winning
playwright Nick Payne, and produced by David
Thompson and Ed Rubin (“Woman in Gold”).
on DVD on Sept.15. … Acclaimed SHOWTIME original
series, PENNY DREADFUL - THE COMPLETE
#####
SECOND SEASON arrived on Blu-ray and DVD on Oct. 6.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This newsletter may include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements
inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual factual results to differ materially from the
forwardlooking statements. CBS Corporation's news releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission including but not limited to its most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Qs, contain a description of
factors that could affect future results. The forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this
document and we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or
circumstances. For more information about CBS Corporation, see the Company's news releases and filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission which can be found on the CBS Corporation website,
www.cbscorporation.com, in the "News" and "Investor Relations" sections, respectively.
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STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Third Quarter 2015
Select sample information for descriptive purposes only, as of the applicable dates referenced below
CBS Network Time-Period-Winning Programs
48 Hours
The Big Bang Theory
Blue Bloods
CBS+NFLN Thursday Night Football
Code Black
Hawaii Five-0
(1)
Limitless
NCIS:
NCIS: New Orleans
Supergirl
Survivor
(1) Source: NTI, Nielsen Media Research. Average audience,
"Live+Same Day" ratings. Mon-Sat 8-11p, Sun 7-11p, Persons 2+.
Time-period-winning programs defined as programs with a plurality of
weekly wins in their respective time periods. Most current time period
only. Excludes canceled or moved programs. 2015/2016 season to
date, 9/21/15-11/1/15.
Young and Hungry (ABC Family)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
The Game (BET)
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Odd Couple (CBS)
Big Brother (CBS)
Scorpion (CBS)
Blue Bloods (CBS)
Survivor (CBS)
Code Black (CBS)
The Talk (CBS)
Criminal Minds (CBS)
Under the Dome (CBS)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
Zoo (CBS)
CSI: Cyber (CBS)
Extant (CBS)
The 100 (CW)
America’s Next Top Model
(CW)
Beauty and the Beast (CW)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Jane the Virgin (CW)
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(CBS)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(CBS)
The Messengers (CW)
Limitless (CBS)
The Vampire Diaries (CW)
Madam Secretary (CBS)
Power (Starz)
NCIS (CBS)
Impastor (TV Land)
Rank
No. 1
No. 2
No. 1
No. 1
No. 3
No. 2
No. 3
No. 1
No. 3
No. 1
Simon & Schuster's New York Times Best Sellers (5)
Rank
Weeks
on List
2
2
All the Light We Cannot See
Vince Flynn and Kyle
Mills
Anthony Doerr
6
76
Hardcover Nonfiction:
The Last of the President’s Men
The Wright Brothers
Bob Woodward
David McCullough
8
14
1
24
Mary Higgins Clark with
Alafair Burke
10
6
Wake Up Happy
Michael Strahan with
Veronica Chambers
6
1
Children’s Series:
Dork Diaries
Rachel Renee Russell
5
138
Children’s Middle Grade Paperback:
Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper
2
10
Vince Flynn and Kyle
Mills
2
2
Bob Woodward
5
1
3
2
All the Light We Cannot See
Vince Flynn and Kyle
Mills
Anthony Doerr
10
57
Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction:
The Last of the President’s Men
Bob Woodward
9
1
Title
The Originals (CW)
Mass-Market Paperback Fiction:
The Cinderella Murder
Reign (CW)
Author
Hardcover Fiction:
The Survivor
Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous:
(2) Represents current shows CBS Corporation or its subsidiaries
produce, own an equity stake in, and/or distribute as of 9/30/15.
New shows are in bold.
First-Run Syndication Programs
Dr. Phil
The Doctors
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight Weekend
Hot Bench
Inside Edition
Inside Edition Weekend
The Insider
Market
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
San Francisco
Dallas
Houston
Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Boston
(4)
(4) Source: "Year-To-Date Market Total Revenue Performance Summary" for
year-to-date September 2015, per Miller Kaplan Arase LLP.
TV Production (Network and First-Run) (2)
Elementary (CBS)
CBS Radio Revenue Ranking in Top 10 Markets
The Insider Weekend
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! Weekend
Judge Judy
Mr. Food
Rachael Ray
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune Weekend
E-Book Fiction:
The Survivor
E-Book Nonfiction:
The Last of the President’s Men
Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
Showtime Networks Subscriptions (3)
(In Millions)
Showtime Networks
3Q ‘15
76.2
The Survivor
3Q ‘14
75.3
(3) Source: Company data. Showtime Networks includes Showtime,
The Movie Channel and FLIX. Data as of 9/30/15.
(5) Source: The New York Times. Data as of 11/1/15.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Third Quarter 2015 – Continued
CBS Corporation Major-Market Media Presence in the
Top U.S. Television and Radio Markets as of September 30, 2015
Television
Market and
Market Rank(2)
New York, NY
#1—Television
#1—Radio
Stations
WCBS-TV
WLNY-TV
Network
Type
Affiliation
UHF CBS
UHF Independent
Los Angeles, CA(3)
#2—Television
#2—Radio
KCAL-TV
KCBS-TV
VHF Independent
UHF CBS
Chicago, IL
#3—Television
#3—Radio
WBBM-TV
VHF CBS
Philadelphia, PA
#4—Television
#9—Radio
KYW-TV
WPSG-TV
UHF
UHF
CBS
The CW
DallasFort Worth, TX
#5—Television
#5—Radio
KTVT-TV
KTXA-TV
UHF
UHF
CBS
Independent
San Francisco, CA
#6—Television
#4—Radio
KPIX-TV
KBCW-TV
UHF
UHF
CBS
The CW
Boston, MA
#8—Television
#10—Radio
WBZ-TV
WSBK-TV
UHF
UHF
CBS
MyNetworkTV
Washington, D.C.
#7—Radio
Atlanta, GA
#9—Television
#8—Radio
WUPA-TV
UHF
The CW
Radio
Stations
WBMP
WCBS
WCBS
WFAN
WFAN
WINS
WWFS
KAMP
KCBS
KNX
KROQ
KRTH
KTWV
AM/
FM
FM
AM
FM
AM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
WBBM
WBBM
WCFS
WJMK
WSCR
WUSN
WXRT
KYW
WIP
WOGL
WPHT
WXTU
WZMP
KJKK
KLUV
KMVK
KRLD
KRLD
KVIL
KCBS
KFRC
KITS
KLLC
KMVQ
KZDG(4)
WBMX
WBZ
WBZ
WODS
WZLX
WIAD
WJFK
WJFK
WLZL
WNEW
WPGC
WAOK
WVEE
WZGC
AM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
Format
Top 40
News
Classic Hits
Sports
Sports
News
Hot Adult Contemporary
Top 40
Adult Hits
News
Alternative
Classic Hits
Rhythmic Adult
Contemporary
News
Top 40
News
Classic Hits
Sports
Country
Adult Alternative
News
Sports
Classic Hits
News/Talk
Country
Top 40
Adult Hits
Classic Hits
Spanish
News
Sports
Hot Adult Contemporary
News
News
Alternative
Hot Adult Contemporary
Top 40
Indian Talk/Music
Hot Adult Contemporary
News
Sports
Top 40
Classic Rock
Hot Adult Contemporary
Sports
Sports
Spanish
News
Rhythmic Top 40
News/Talk
Urban
Sports
CBS Local Digital
Media(1)
Websites
newyork.cbslocal.com
losangeles.cbslocal.com
chicago.cbslocal.com
philadelphia.cbslocal.com
dfw.cbslocal.com
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
boston.cbslocal.com
washington.cbslocal.com
atlanta.cbslocal.com
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Third Quarter 2015 – Continued
Television
Market and
Market Rank(2)
Houston, TX
#6—Radio
Radio
Network
Affiliation
Stations
Type
TampaSt. Petersburg, FL
#11—Television
WTOG-TV
UHF
The CW
Detroit, MI
#13—Television
#12—Radio
WKBD-TV
WWJ-TV
UHF
UHF
The CW
CBS
Phoenix, AZ
#14—Radio
Seattle-Tacoma, WA KSTW-TV
#14—Television
#13—Radio
VHF The CW
Minneapolis, MN
#15—Television
#16—Radio
WCCO-TV
KCCO-TV(5)
KCCW-TV(6)
UHF CBS
VHF CBS
VHF CBS
Miami-Ft.
Lauderdale, FL
#16—Television
#11—Radio
Denver, CO
#17—Television
WFOR-TV
WBFS-TV
UHF
UHF
CBS
MyNetworkTV
KCNC-TV
UHF
CBS
Orlando, FL
#33—Radio
Cleveland, OH
#32—Radio
Sacramento, CA
#20—Television
#28—Radio
KOVR-TV
KMAX-TV
UHF
UHF
CBS
The CW
St. Louis, MO
#22 Radio
Pittsburgh, PA
#23—Television
#26—Radio
KDKA-TV
WPCW-TV
UHF CBS
VHF The CW
Stations
KHMX
KIKK
KILT
KILT
KKHH
KLOL
KMLE
KOOL
KZON
AM/
FM
FM
AM
AM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
Format
Hot Adult Contemporary
Sports
Sports
Country
Top 40
Spanish
Country
Classic Hits
Top 40
CBS Local Digital
Media(1)
Websites
houston.cbslocal.com
tampa.cbslocal.com
WDZH
WOMC
WWJ
WXYT
WXYT
WYCD
KFNQ
KJAQ
KMPS
KZOK
KMNB
KZJK
WCCO
FM
FM
AM
AM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
AM
Top 40
Classic Hits
News
Sports
Sports
Country
Sports
Adult Hits
Country
Classic Rock
Country
Adult Hits
News/Talk
detroit.cbslocal.com
WKIS
WPOW
WQAM
FM
FM
AM
Country
Top 40
Sports
miami.cbslocal.com
seattle.cbslocal.com
minnesota.cbslocal.com
denver.cbslocal.com
WJHM
WOCL
WOMX
WDOK
WKRK
WNCX
WQAL
KHTK
KNCI
KSFM
KYMX
KZZO
KEZK
KMOX
KYKY
KDKA
KDKA
WBZZ
WDSY
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
Top 40
Classic Hits
Hot Adult Contemporary
Adult Contemporary
Sports
Classic Rock
Hot Adult Contemporary
Sports
Country
Rhythmic Top 40
Adult Contemporary
Hot Adult Contemporary
Adult Contemporary
News/Talk
Hot Adult Contemporary
News/Talk
Sports
Hot Adult Contemporary
Country
cleveland.cbslocal.com
sacramento.cbslocal.com
stlouis.cbslocal.com
pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Third Quarter 2015 – Continued
Television
Market and
Market Rank(2)
Baltimore, MD
#26—Television
#21—Radio
Indianapolis, IN
#27—Television
San Diego, CA
#17—Radio
Riverside-San
Bernardino, CA
#25—Radio
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Stations
WJZ-TV
Network
Type
Affiliation
VHF CBS
WBXI-CA(7)
UHF
Radio
Stations
WJZ
WJZ
WLIF
WWMX
AM/
FM
AM
FM
FM
FM
Format
Sports
Sports
Adult Contemporary
Hot Adult Contemporary
KEGY
KYXY
KFRG
KRAK
KVFG
KXFG
FM
FM
FM
AM
FM
FM
Top 40
Adult Contemporary
Country
Sports
Classic Hits
Country
CBS Local Digital
Media(1)
Websites
baltimore.cbslocal.com
Independent
The CBS Local Digital Media group operates the websites of the Company’s television stations and radio stations. Many of these websites are combined for the
television stations and non-music radio stations in co-located markets and provide news, information, entertainment, as well as other services, and promote
stations’ programming.
Television market rankings based on Nielsen Media Research Local Market Universe Estimate, September 2015. Radio market rankings based on Nielsen Audio
Market Survey, Fall 2015.
As required by the FCC, the Company assigned KFWB-AM to a divestiture trust. The Company is a beneficiary of the trust. The trustee is operating the radio
station and is responsible for selling the radio station to a third party.
KZDG-AM in San Francisco, California, is programmed by a third party through a time brokerage agreement.
KCCO-TV is operated as a satellite station of WCCO-TV
KCCW-TV is operated as a satellite station of WCCO-TV
WBXI-CA is a Class A low-power television station. Class A low power television stations do not implicate the FCC’s ownership rules.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Third Quarter 2015 – Continued
Select sample information for descriptive purposes only, as of the applicable dates referenced below
CBS Television Distribution: Off-Network Syndicated Product*
48 Hours
60 Minutes
The 4400
The Andy Griffith Show
The Amazing Race
America's Next Top Model
Any Day Now
Barnaby Jones
Becker
The Beverly Hillbillies
Beverly Hills 90210
Blue Bloods
Bonanza
Brady Bunch
Brotherhood
Caroline in the City
Charmed
Cheers
Clueless
Combat!
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: New York
Dexter
Diagnosis Murder
The Division
Elementary
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Hates Chris
Family Ties
Frasier
The Game
Get Smart
Ghost Whisperer
Girlfriends
Gomer Pyle, USMC
The Good Wife
The Guardian
Gunsmoke
Half & Half
Happy Days
Hawaii Five-O
Highlander
Hogan’s Heroes
The Honeymooners
Hot in Cleveland
I Love Lucy
JAG
The L Word
Laverne & Shirley
Little House on the Prairie
The Love Boat
MacGyver
Matlock
Medium
Melrose Place
Mission Impossible
Moesha
Mork & Mindy
My Three Sons
Nash Bridges
NCIS
NCIS Los Angeles
Numb3rs
The Odd Couple
One On One
The Parkers
Penn & Teller
Perry Mason
Queer as Folk
Rawhide
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Seven Days
Seventh Heaven
Showtime Championship Boxing
Sister Sister
Sleeper Cell
Soul Food
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Next Generation
Star Trek: Original
Star Trek: Voyager
Survivor
Taxi
This American Life
Touched by an Angel
The Tudors
The Twilight Zone
The Wild Wild West
Wings
Undercover Boss
* This is a partial list of CBS Television Distribution product library, which includes more than 70,000 hours of programming.
CBS Interactive
CBS Interactive Web Sites
Global Unique Monthly Visitors
262 Million
(1)
Global Reach
14%
(2)
Global Rank
#12
(3)
(1) Source: comScore Media Metrix. Monthly average of global unique visitors for the third quarter of 2015.
(2) Source: comScore Media Metrix. Monthly average of global reach for the third quarter of 2015.
(3) Ranking based on the comScore Media Metrix worldwide figure for CBS Interactive web sites’ unique monthly visitors of 270 million
for September 2015.
CBS Interactive Web Sites
CBS.com
CBSNews.com
CBSSports.com
CBS College Sports Network
CHOW
CNET
ComicVine
Download
GameFAQs
GameSpot
Giant Bomb
Last.fm
MaxPreps
CBS Audience Network Distribution Partners
Metacritic
mySimon
onGamers
OnlyLady
SmartPlanet
Sportsline
Tech Republic
TV.com
TVGuide.com
UrbanBaby
XCar
ZDNet
Zol.com
Comcast
AT&T
DirecTV
Dish
Roku
Yahoo!
YouTube
Dailymotion
TV Guide
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Third Quarter 2015 – Continued
Select sample information for descriptive purposes only, as of the applicable dates referenced below
CBS SPORTS NETWORK Online Partners as of September 30, 2015
Colleges/Universities
Air Force • goairforcefalcons.com
UAB • uabsports.com
Alabama • rolltide.com
Auburn • auburntigers.com
Baylor • baylorbears.com
Boise State • broncosports.com
Boston University • goterriers.com
Central Michigan • cmuchippewas.com
Cincinnati • gobearcats.com
Coastal Carolina • goccusports.com
Colorado State • csurams.com
Connecticut • uconnhuskies.com
DePaul • depaulbluedemons.com
Denver • denverpioneers.com
Duquesne • goduquesne.com
East Carolina • ecupirates.com
Elizabeth City • ecsuvikings.com
Fayetteville State • fsubroncos.com
Florida Atlantic • fausports.com
Fresno State • gobulldogs.com
George Washington • gwsports.com
Georgetown • guhoyas.com
Georgia • georgiadogs.com
Houston • uhcougars.com
UIC • uicflames.com
Iowa • hawkeyesports.com
Johns Hopkins • hopkinssports.com
Lafayette • goleopards.com
Long Beach State • longbeachstate.com
Louisiana Tech • latechsports.com
Loyola (MD) • loyolagreyhounds.com
Loyola Marymount • lmulions.com
Loyola Chicago • loyolaramblers.com
Marquette • gomarquette.com
Marshall • herdzone.com
Maryland-Eastern Shore • umeshawks.com
Massachusetts • umassathletics.com
Michigan State • msuspartans.com
Michigan • mgoblue.com
Minnesota • gophersports.com
Mississippi • olemisssports.com
Missouri State • missouristatebears.com
Navy • navysports.com
UNLV • unlvrebels.com
Nevada • nevadawolfpack.com
Northern Illinois • niuhuskies.com
North Carolina State • gopack.com
North Texas • meangreensports.com
Notre Dame • und.com
Oakland (MI) • ougrizzlies.com
Ohio • ohiobobcats.com
Ohio State • ohiostatebuckeyes.com
Penn State • gopsusports.com
Pepperdine • pepperdinesports.com
Pittsburgh • pittsburghpanthers.com
Providence • friars.com
Purdue • purduesports.com
Rice • riceowls.com
Rutgers • scarletknights.com
St. John’s • redstormsports.com
San Diego • usdtoreros.com
San Diego State • goaztecs.com
San Jose State • sjsuspartans.com
Seton Hall • shupirates.com
Siena • sienasaints.com
South Carolina • gamecocksonline.com
Southern California • usctrojans.com
Southern Illinois • siusalukis.com
SMU • smumustangs.com
Southern Miss • southernmiss.com
Stephen F. Austin • sfajacks.com
Stony Brook • goseawolves.org
Tennessee – utsports.com & utladyvols.com
UC Davis • ucdavisaggies.com
UCF • ucfathletics.com
USC • usctrojans.com
UT Arlington • utamavs.com
UTEP • utepathletics.com
TCU • gofrogs.com
Texas Tech • texastech.com
Tulane • tulanegreenwave.com
Utah • utahutes.com
Vanderbilt • vucommodores.com
Villanova • villanova.com
Virginia • virginiasports.com
Wake Forest • wakeforestsports.com
Western Carolina • catamountsports.com
Western Kentucky • wkusports.com
Western Washington • wwuvikings.com
Wyoming • wyomingathletics.com
Conferences/Associations
Arena Football League • arenafootball.com
Big Ten Conference • bigten.org
Conference USA • conferenceusa.com
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation • mpsfsports.com
NACDA • nacda.com
Patriot League • patriotleague.com
USA Water Polo • usawaterpolo.org
Western Wrestling Conference •
westernwrestlingconference.com
Affiliates
American Legion
ASA/USA Softball
East Tennessee State
Florida
International Baseball Federation
Liberty
Lynn
National Fastpitch Coaches Association
PBR
Valparaiso