Nina Tassler News

CBS has given full season "back nine" orders to television's top two freshman series - VEGAS and ELEMENTARY.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Radnor, star of the hit CBS comedy HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER teased that the sitcom may be heading for a ninth and final season. In the show, Radnor portrays Ted Mosby, described as a 'hopelessly romantic, perpetually unlucky-in-love architect.'

TVGuide.com reports that Jason Segel, star of the popular CBS comedy HOW I MET YOUR MTOHER, may be leaving the series after the upcoming eighth season.

CBS has pulled its summer entry '3' after just two airings. Various repeats will plug the show's Sunday, 9:00/8:00c slot going forward, including 'Hawaii Five-0' on August 5 and 'Criminal Minds' on August 12.

TVGuide.com reports that the CBS network is currently in talks to bring back the drama series UNFORGETTABLE. The detective thriller was canceled in May despite holding its own in the ratings. If the series returns, it will have a 13-episode run which will air next summer.

CBS and Sony Pictures Television have closed a deal to renew RULES OF ENGAGEMENT for a seventh season. The 13-episode pickup - confirmed via a network spokesperson - will bring its series total to exactly 100 episodes.

CBS announced today its new 2012-2013 primetime schedule, ordering four new series and making four key time period moves to further enhance television's top-rated schedule.

Boston Playwrights' Theatre and the School of Theatre at Boston University today announced a new Master of Fine Arts Degree in Playwriting. This collaboration-the only one of its kind in universities and colleges across the nation-combines resources from both these award-winning programs for the first time.

CBS has reached agreements with David Letterman and Craig Ferguson for contract extensions to host their respective late night franchises - LATE SHOW and THE LATE LATE SHOW - through 2014, it was announced today by Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment. Both series are produced by Worldwide Pants, Inc.

In a move that renews a large portion of television's #1 primetime lineup, CBS announced today it has picked up 18 returning series for the 2012-2013 broadcast season.

David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. and Executive Producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa will be honored with the 2012 IFF Achievement in Television Award for the critically-acclaimed series 'Homeland,' at the opening night event taking place on Thursday, March 15th at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California. 'Homeland' is based on a hit Israeli television show that was developed into a Golden Globe Award-winning American series by its executive producers and Showtime, marking the highest profile American transformation of an Israeli series to date.

CBS has debuted ANATOMY OF A TV HIT: CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, a series of nine original webisodes featuring a one-of-a-kind look inside the creation of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION. The series can be viewed on CBS.com

The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com) and CBS (www.cbs.com) announced today a new 10-year deal that will keep Music's Biggest Night®, the annual GRAMMY Awards® broadcast, on CBS through 2021.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Committee has selected a groundbreaking production team, an iconic executive, an internationally renowned TV variety show host, a leading actor, an award-winning lighting designer, a multiple Emmy®-winning producer, and one of television's most beloved comedy couples as the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame, announced Television Academy Chairman and CEO John Shaffner.

Desperate Housewives stars Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Vanessa Williams have joined the dais of Broadcasting & Cable magazine's 2nd annual, off-the-record gathering, 'Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of Hollywood,' Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011.

The Recording Academy® (www.grammy.com) and CBS (www.cbs.com) announced today a new 10-year deal that will keep Music's Biggest Night®, the annual GRAMMY Awards® broadcast, on CBS through 2021.

CBS and Warner Bros. Television announced today that Ashton Kutcher will join the cast of the hit comedy, TWO AND A HALF MEN.

Academy Award nominee and Emmy winning actress Glenn Close will sit for a keynote Q&A highlighting the 'Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of New York' event set for April 20 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.

NCIS, television's #1 drama/scripted series for the second consecutive year, has been renewed by the CBS Television Network for the 2011-2012 season, it was announced today by Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment.

CBS's New Daily Daytime Talk Show Hosted by Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini to Return for a Second Season