CBS

CBS (eens 'n afkorting vir Columbia Broadcasting System) is een van die vier vernaamste nasionale radio- en TV-netwerke van die Verenigde State van Amerika. Die ander drie is ABC, Fox en NBC. Die maatskappy se hoofkantoor is die CBS-gebou in New York Stad gesetel, met hul vernaamste ateljees is in New York en Los Angeles. CBS word soms die "Eye Network" (Oog Netwerk) genoem, 'n verwysing na die maatskappy se kenteken wat sedert 1951 in gebruik is.

Geskiedenis 

Die maatskappy is na talle samesmeltings en oornames in 1927 gestig toe Columbia Records en die New Yorkse talentjager Arthur Judson saam 'n radio-maatskappy genaamd The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System begin het. In dieselfde jaar het hulle al 47 radiostasies gehad en is die maatskappy se naam na Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. verander.

CBS konsentreer aanvanklik na die stigting daarvan op sy radio-bedrywighede. Hoewel radio die belangrikste aktiwiteit gedurende die Tweede Wêreldoorlog gebly het, het hulle vanaf 1939 ook by TV-uitsendings betrokke geraak.

Van 1940 tot 1970 het CBS 'n bloeitydperk beleef. In die tyd was hulle die belangrikste televisie- en radio-netwerk in die Verenigde State. Vanaf 1970 is hierdie rol stadig deur ABC oorgeneem. Tog is CBS steeds 'n belangrike netwerk met talle suksesvolle bedrywighede.

In 1974 is die maatskappy se naam van Columbia Broadcasting System na CBS verander.

Die maatskappy word tans deur die media-konglomeraat CBS Corporation besit, wat in Januarie 2006 van Viacom afgeskei het, en oorspronklik deur CBS as 'n afwentelonderneming gestig is.

Programmering 

Programme vir die seisoen van 2015–2016, ter illustrasie:

Drama 
 NCIS
 NCIS: Los Angeles
 NCIS: New Orleans
 CSI: Cyber
 The Good Wife
 Criminal Minds
 Blue Bloods
 Hawaii Five-0
 Elementary (2012)
 Scorpion (2014)
 Madam Secretary (2014)
 Zoo (2015)
 Limitless (2015)
 Code Black (2015)
 Supergirl (2015)
 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016)
 Rush Hour (2016)

Komedie 
 The Big Bang Theory
 2 Broke Girls (2011–hede)
 Mom (2013)
 The Odd Couple (2015)
 Life in Pieces (2015)

Werklikheid 
 Survivor
 The Amazing Race
 Undercover Boss
 Big Brother
 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
 The Late Late Show with James Corden

Nuus 
 60 Minutes (1968-hede)
 CBS Evening News (1952-hede)
 CBS Morning News (1987-hede)
 CBS News Sunday Morning (1979-hede)
 The Early Show (1954-hede)
 Face the Nation (1954-hede)
 The Saturday Early Show (1997-hede)
 Up to the Minute (1992-hede)
 48 Hours Mystery (1998-hede)

Dagprogramme 
 The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-hede)
 The Young and the Restless (1973-hede)
 The Price is Right (1972-hede)
 The Talk (2010-hede)

Bekende CBS-produksies 
'n Paar ouer, bekende CBS-produksies, ter illustrasie:
 Alice (1976–1985)
 All in the Family (1971–1979)
 As the World Turns (1956–2010)
 Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
 Cagney and Lacey (1982–1988)
 Chicago Hope (1994–2000)
 Cold Case (2003–2010)
 CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
 CSI: NY
 Dallas (1978–1991)
 The Defenders (1961–1965)
 Designing Women (1986–1993)
 The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)
 The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
 The Equalizer (1985–1989)
 Evening Shade (1990–1994)
 Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005)
 Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
 Family Affair (1966–1971)
 Family Law (1999–2002)
 Flashpoint (2008–2012)
 Garfield and Friends (1988–1994)
 Gary Unmarried (2008–2010)
 Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010)
 Guiding Light (1952–2009)
 Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
 Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999)
 How I Met Your Mother
 I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
 JAG (1997–2005)
 Jericho (2006–2007)
 Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005)
 Kate & Allie (1984–1989)
 Kid Nation (2007)
 M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
 Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
 Medium (2009–2011, voor dit op NBC)
 Mike & Molly
 Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
 Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
 Murphy Brown (1988–1998)
 The Nanny (1993–1999)
 The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010)
 Newhart (1982–1990)
 Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
 Numb3rs (2005–2010)
 NYC 22 (2012–2014)
 One Day at a Time (1975–1984)
 Person of Interest (2011–2016)
 Rules of Engagement
 Power of 10 (2007)
 Rescue 911 (1989–1996)
 Shark (2006–2007)
 The Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)
 The Mentalist
 Touched By An Angel (1994–2003)
 Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986)
 Two and a Half Men
 Without a Trace (2002–2009)

Verwysings

Eksterne skakels 
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