After an avalanche of criticism, CBS has gone back to the drawing board for “The Activist,” its upcoming reality game show where contestants were to compete to push woke, left-wing causes on social media.
Actor Jeff Daniels told CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert that white Americans suffer from a “blindness” and said if they “get educated” — reading books by leftist authors like Ta-Nehisis Coates — and “accept that systemic racism exists,” we can all “welcome in a new America.”
Last week, CBS announced a new reality TV series based on activists vying with each other to raise interest around woke, social justice causes. But before a single episode has aired, the series is being slammed by left-wing journalists and TV critics as “truly horrific,” “grotesque,” and the “worst idea ever.”
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former acting and deputy CIA director Michael Morell sounded off on President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, which resulted in a swift takeover by the Taliban.
Anyone interested in watching people protest about the environment, politics, human rights, health, education, race, and the inequality of life in general, then CBS has a reality show planned for you: “The Activist.”
Left-wing comedian Bill Maher on Friday acknowledged the success of “Gutfeld!” host Greg Gutfeld for achieving something unique in the world of conservative comedy, as the show beat out left-wing late-night shows dominated by liberal hosts, earning Gutfeld the title as the “king of late-night.”
Left-wing CBS late night host Stephen Colbert has equated the January 6 rioters in Washington, D.C. to the Taliban in Afghanistan, suggesting U.S. forces should be deployed to fight those Trump supporters who stormed Capitol Hill.
President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Friday addressed the pushback and bans on mask mandates in schools despite vaccination status.
After “Black Widows'” quick death, online movie pirates might be the very scourge that saves movie theaters from extinction.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s two-hour, tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey has been nominated for an Emmy Award.
Monday, CBS “This Morning” host Gayle King revealed her Thanksgiving festivities this year will go on without members of her family who are yet to get the coronavirus vaccine.
Friday, CBS News correspondent Jamie Wax admitted the press failed in its coverage of disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti, who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels.
James Corden, host of CBS’s “Late Late Show,” is promising to update one of his TV show bits after activists claimed that the segment is grounded in racism.
First it was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s turn to face the woke cancel mob. Now it is Rita Moreno’s for defending him.
Ariana Grande, James Corden and Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur performed a parody of Hairspray’s “Good Morning Baltimore” on “The Late Late Show.”
Former White House coronavirus task force adviser Andy Slavitt on Monday discussed the coronavirus pandemic and the United States’ response to the outbreak.
“I watched MAGA rallies as a reference,” said director Vincenzo Natali explaining inspiration he drew from for a mass death scene in the finale of his version of Stephen King’s “The Stand” from Donald Trump’s campaign rallies. In the CBS streaming version of King’s often serialized book, villain Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgård) presides over brainwashed followers and their debauchery inside a Las Vegas casino-hotel complex converted into a hedonistic cathedral for him and his acolytes.
CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden has come under attack from a cancel mob for its recurring segment “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts,” which has made light of strange Asian delicacies, including bull penis, chicken feet, and 1,000-year-old eggs.
Critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi, author and contributing writer for The Atlantic, on Tuesday revealed “so many students” have come to his classrooms “angry” that they never learned about systemic racism and racism in high school.
The Trump-bashing Tony Awards — which hit a record low in ratings in 2019 — will become the first major awards show to move to streaming after finally setting a date for September 26, after being postponed due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Since the death of George Floyd last year, Hollywood has devoted significant air time to promoting far-left racial ideologies. A new report has found that in the last 12 months, 127 TV episodes have pushed Black Lives Matter, the “defund the police” movement, and the belief that America is “systemically racist.”
CBS has canceled the woke legal drama, “All Rise,” starring Simone Missick, after only two seasons.
CNN and MSNBC ignored Wednesday night Israel receiving rocket attacks from Hamas.
The deal is the latest Hollywood project involving Stacey Abrams. As Breitbart News reported, CBS said it was developing a drama series based on a romance novel that Abrams published in 2004 under the name Selena Montgomery.
Monday on CBS’s “This Morning,” former first lady Michelle Obama commented on the statement she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, released in reaction to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd.
During an interview that aired Monday on CBS’s “This Morning,” former first lady Michelle Obama voiced her concern for her daughters as they grow up and enter the world.
Thursday on CBS’s “This Morning,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was confident in Democrats’ election prospects in 2022.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy of County Music honors drew a record-low audience, joining other awards shows also finding dwindling viewer interest.
A study found President Joe Biden has received a far larger amount of positive news coverage than former President Trump did during their respective first three months in office.
Monday on CBS’s “This Morning,” former House Speaker John Boehner discussed his criticisms of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) from his forthcoming book, “On the House: A Washington Memoir.”
Sunday at the conclusion of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi read the comments to her failed hit job attempt alleging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was involved in a “pay-to-play” with Publix and COVID-19 vaccines. DeSantis vehemently shot the story down, calling it a “fake narrative” and saying it is why people do not trust “corporate media.”
CBS Television Stations executives Peter Dunn and David Friend “will not return to their positions, and will be leaving the company” following allegations of racist and abusive behavior. “Peter Dunn, President of the CBS Television Stations, and David Friend, Senior
CBS Studios has entered an overall deal with Black Lives Matter, gender equity advocate, and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke, as well as her producing partner Mervyn Marcano. The anti-Trump Burke, and Marcano will partner with CBS Studios to develop scripted, unscripted, and documentary content, according to a report by Deadline.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday sounded off on the CBS “60 Minutes” “hit job” attempt regarding a “pay-to-play” with Publix and COVID-19 vaccines. The Governor passionately shot it down as “wrong” and a “fake narrative.”
Sunday, CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired a report saying that weeks before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced a partnership with Publix grocery stores to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in its pharmacies, Publix donated $100,000 to his PAC.
Monday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) discussed her recent push for more Asian representation in the White House after President Joe Biden vowed to create the “most diverse cabinet” in American history.
During an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” World Health Organization (WHO) member Dr. Peter Daszak shot down the theory of an accidental laboratory leak being behind COVID-19’s origination.
Sharon Osbourne is leaving The Talk following controversy stemming from her defense of Piers Morgan’s right to criticize Meghan Markle.
Greg Spottiswood, the creator, executive producer, and co-showrunner of the ultra-woke CBS courtroom drama “All Rise,” has been fired over racism allegations and abusive behavior in the writer’s room.
CBS’ sitcom United States of Al hasn’t premiered yet but the Chuck Lorre-produced show is already coming under attack for its portrayal of its Afghan protagonist, who is played by a non-Afghan actor. The controversy has become so acrimonious that series executive producer and former CNN personality Reza Aslan has publicly defended the show against the attacks.
