Claim: The Jacksons refused to air on any English language broadcast tv network.
Evidence: The Jacksons is an American variety show featuring the Jackson siblings -LRB- except for Jermaine , who was signed to Motown while the Jackson group was signed to the Epic/CBS record label -RRB-.
CBS -LRB- an initialism of the network 's former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System -RRB- is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.