List of presidents of CBS Entertainment
The following is a list of presidents of the entertainment division for the CBS television network. Frank Stanton, who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973, reorganized CBS into various divisions, including separate divisions for television and radio; the following executives served under him, CBS founder William S.

List of presidents of CBS Entertainment

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of presidents of the entertainment division for the CBS television network. Frank Stanton, who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973, reorganized CBS into various divisions, including separate divisions for television and radio; the following executives served under him, CBS founder William S.

Name	Years	Notes

Hubbell Robinson	1947–1959; 1962–1963

Louis G. Cowan	1958–1959	Cowan served as President of CBS Entertainment for two years, until he was forced to resign from CBS in 1959 in the wake of the quiz show scandals.

James T. Aubrey	1958–1965	His formula was characterized by a CBS executive as "broads, bosoms, and fun," resulting in such shows as The Beverly Hillbillies and Gilligan's Island, despised by the critics – and CBS chairman William S.

Michael Dann	1963–1970	He took a pragmatic approach to programming, opting not to enforce a personal vision for the network other than to try to get more viewers without regard to key demographics.

Fred Silverman	1970–1975	To boost viewership in demographics that were believed to be more willing to respond to commercials, Silverman orchestrated the "rural purge" of 1971, which eventually eliminated many popular country-oriented shows, such as Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D., Hee Haw and The Beverly Hillbillies from the CBS schedule.

Lee Currlin	1975–1977

Robert A. Daly	1977–1980	In addition to his duties as chief of television operations at CBS, Daly was also responsible for CBS Theatrical Films, which was formed in October 1979.

Bud Grant	1980–1987	He was credited with spearheading some of CBS' best known shows of the 1980s, including Newhart and Murder, She Wrote.

Kim Lemasters	1987–1989

Jeff Sagansky	1989–1994

Peter Tortorici	1994–1995

Leslie Moonves	1995–1998	Among the shows that gave CBS a new lease on life were the CSI franchise and Survivor. CBS had six of the ten most-watched primetime shows in the final quarter of 2005: CSI, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, Survivor: Guatemala, NCIS, and Cold Case.

Nancy Tellem	1998–2004	She was responsible for deciding which shows appeared on CBS, supervised the prime-time, daytime, late-night and Saturday morning lineup on both CBS and The CW Television Network – the merged network of The WB and UPN – including shows like CSI, Survivor, Everybody Loves Raymond and The King of Queens, and helped create the landmark shows Friends and ER.

Nina Tassler	2004–2015	Tassler joined CBS in August 1997 as VP Drama, CBS Productions, before moving to the network as SVP Drama Development in 1998, then becoming President of Entertainment in 2004 and chairman in 2014.

Glenn Geller	2015–2017

Kelly Kahl	2017–present	Kahl joined CBS in January 1996 as VP Scheduling, CBS Entertainment, then becoming President of Entertainment in 2017.

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Kelly Kahl currently serves as the President of CBS Entertainment.

final_sentence: Kelly Kahl currently serves as the President of CBS Entertainment.