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tyrannical bastard · January 16

52 minutes ago, HanSolo said:

Left-wing entertainment? Good lord. Half the shows are law-and-order (both “literally” Law & Order, and otherwise) where the police (or FBI, et al) are the upstanding, always-right force for good. CBS basically put Blue Bloods’ faith-and-family hour into a new city. Tim Allen is far from a left-winger over on ABC. Shows like Abbott Elementary are just goofy enough diversions about the foibles of workplace life.

Reality wise, who sings better than who, or who is under what costume are now left wing? Kevin O’Leary, arguably the most prominent part of Shark Tank with Cuban gone, is left wing? Heck, Price is Right, the most mainstream, vanilla game show imaginable is still part of the prime time lineup beyond its daytime run.

Not to mention kissing the country music community's ass with all of their "specials".

Rounding things off is CBS's commitment to the blue-haired crowd with all of the daytime and primetime game shows, and maybe Y&R and B&B.

MediaZone4K · January 16

3 hours ago, HanSolo said:

Left-wing entertainment? Good lord. Half the shows are law-and-order (both “literally” Law & Order, and otherwise) where the police (or FBI, et al) are the upstanding, always-right force for good. CBS basically put Blue Bloods’ faith-and-family hour into a new city. Tim Allen is far from a left-winger over on ABC. Shows like Abbott Elementary are just goofy enough diversions about the foibles of workplace life.

Reality wise, who sings better than who, or who is under what costume are now left wing? Kevin O’Leary, arguably the most prominent part of Shark Tank with Cuban gone, is left wing? Heck, Price is Right, the most mainstream, vanilla game show imaginable is still part of the prime time lineup beyond its daytime run.

Im not saying-left or right is inherently bad (outside of Trumpism) but it's disingenuous to pretend that there isn't a massive liberal slant in most network entertainment programming --- cable as-well.

NBC's Law & Order is not that conservative especially if you hear the prosecutors' perspectives from Mccoy to ADA Maroun. Upstanding? Last night's SVU episode featured a ring of cops getting arrested for hiding a black criminal informant's corpse in a wall after one of them raped and murdered her to silence her about them selling drugs.

Anything Shonda Rymes produces has her politics in it (especially ABC's Scandal and Grey's Anatomy). The Good Doctor was especially heavy handed.

FOX is no different from Family Guy to The Simpsons to Empire (when it was on). Not to mention Dynasty, Jane the Virgin, and Riverdale on The CW.

CBS has been no different with shows like The Good Wife, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and prior to Bari Weiss the news department was center left editorially. Despite being an otherwise liberal network it has had the most conservative appeal of the big four.

When one agrees with the perspectives that are being presented, it's hard to see it as bias.

Edited January 16 by MediaZone4K

HanSolo · January 16

The occasional “cop roots out bad cop” storyline is recycled on occasion. Always, the main characters are on the right side, catching the bad ones. That’s what, one episode this season with a bad cops story on SVU, making for a ratio of something like 21:1?

Shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy skewer everyone. The left gets mocked as does the right. The bias only seems to show up when someone is on the receiving end of a particular joke.

CBS’s scripted shows are primarily the most formulaic procedurals imaginable. Not left, not right. More like paint-by-numbers solve-the-crime shows.

The prosecutors on the Law and Order franchise being some vast left-wing bias is kind of comical. The writing is also paint by numbers, even moreso with that particular template. When one of the main prosecutors is akin to Philadelphia’s Larry Krasner, then there’s something to it.

ABC is more focused on the preposterous emergencies of the week on 911 and it’s very country music spinoff. Grays Amatomy is basically a soap opera keeping tabs on who’s boinking who this week punctuated also by preposterous scenarios. I mean maybe Abbott Elementsry being a principally Black cast is somehow liberal, but the stories are just making fun of workplaces with the occasional Philadelphia Easter egg thrown in.

And as mentioned elsewhere above, the plethora of country music specials an awards dwarfs just about all other genres of music combined.

MediaZone4K · January 16

I was prepared for the that's just one episode assessment of L&O and SVU. From regular watching you'll see that ADA Maroun is a walking SJW in almost every episode. Just last week the chief on L&O was reprimanded for blackmailing a suspect into giving information or she would reveal his secret to his daughter. How many times has Stabler had excessive force complaints on SVU? Chicago PD (NBC's most "conservative" procedural) features heavy corruption, the shaky Hank Voight and a cage where they beat up suspects. I'd say CBS procedurals are the biggest culprit at presenting cops as faultless.

Talk shows really highlight the left lean in broadcast media. The View, Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, not talk but SNL.

While Family Guy does poke fun at everyone, the creator of the show is a liberal and moreso goes after the opposite side. It's only really South Park, the old Mad Tv and The Boondocks that truly skewer all sides.

Country music specials and award shows part of the few "right" tv shows, compared to the tone of the speeches given at the Oscars the Grammys the Emmys, etc over the years.

Edited January 16 by MediaZone4K

NowBergen · January 16

1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:

I was prepared that's just one episode assessment of L&O and SVU. From regular watching you'll see that ADA Maroun is a walking SJW in almost every episode. Just last week the chief on L&O was reprimanded for blackmailing a suspect into giving information or she would reveal his secret to his daughter. How many times has Stabler had excessive force complaints on SVU? Chicago PD (NBC's most "conservative" procedural ) features heavy corruption, the shaky Hank Voight and even a cage where they beat up suspects.

I'd say CBS procedurals are the biggest culprit at presenting cops as faultless.

Even the talk shows highlight the left lean in broadcast media. The View, Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, plus SNL.

While Family Guy does poke fun at everyone, the creator of the show is a liberal and moreso goes after the opposite side. It's only really South Park, the old Mad Tv and The Boondocks that truly skewer all sides.

Country music specials and award shows part of the few "right" tv shows, compared to the tone of the speeches given at the Oscars the Grammys the Emmys, etc over the years.

Just enjoy tv, it's fiction.

Edited January 16 by NowBergen

MediaZone4K · January 16

51 minutes ago, NowBergen said:

You got too much time on your hands. These are fictional programs that take a bit from real situations and blow it up. If you just want a far right take just watch Fox News and Newsmax. Most don’t try to put a political lean into fiction shows no matter where they air. If you don’t like the show you are your own censor. You also are interchanging a character’s backstory with the real life actor.

Yeah, except I'm not MAGA. You can look back at my countless posts criticizing CBS' new direction, Fox News and Nexstar censoring Kimmel. You have time too to be reading and responding.

Never said I don't like any of the shows listed, just highlighted that they have bias.

You can dismiss what I say and falsely accuse me of being MAGA but it doesn't take being conservative to see a left slant in entertainment and news. It's mostly people on the left who dispute that, which is the same thinking that has Fox News viewers believing what they watch isn't biased.

Edited January 16 by MediaZone4K

Reweivvt88 · January 16

On 1/15/2026 at 1:27 PM, GoldenShine_10 said:

Could some affiliates decide to pre-empt it and have additional local newscasts?

The crazy thing is the stations most hurt by CBS News going MAGA are the CBS owned stations. It must really be horrible to work at a local CBS owned station in LA, New York, Boston, San Francisco, etc to deal with all the massive layoffs, cost cutting, less resources while the station owner turns the news operation into far right fascist propaganda that does not at all appeal to the viewers who live in these cities. Local news from CBS stations now has zero credibility, if the network can easily pull stories from 60 Minutes then there is no way the local O&O station is going to put out anything MAGA doesn't like. It's no longer possible to be a respected credible journalist if you work for CBS News. You now work and represent an evil disgraceful fascist propaganda outlet and the whole world knows it. For the stations CBS does not own, many are owned by companies like Nexstar or Sinclair which are just as bad. Television news was already dying, it's going to die a lot faster now that it has lost all credibility. This was the one advantage TV news had over online news and these companies have ruined the only advantage they had.

Edited January 16 by Reweivvt88

MediaZone4K · January 16

12 minutes ago, Reweivvt88 said:

The crazy thing is the stations most hurt by CBS News going MAGA are the CBS owned stations. It must really be horrible to work at a local CBS owned station in LA, New York, Boston, San Francisco, etc to deal with all the massive layoffs, cost cutting, less resources while the station owner turns the news operation into far right fascist propaganda that does not at all appeal to the viewers who live in these cities. Local news from CBS stations now has zero credibility, if the network can easily pull stories from 60 Minutes then there is no way the local O&O station is going to put out anything MAGA doesn't like. It's no longer possible to be a respected credible journalist if you work for CBS News. You now work and represent an evil disgraceful fascist propaganda outlet and the whole world knows it. For the stations CBS does not own, many are owned by companies like Nexstar or Sinclair which are just as bad. Television news was already dying, it's going to die a lot faster now that it has lost all credibility. This was the one advantage TV news had over online news and these companies have ruined the only advantage they had.

The problem is most layman viewers do not distinguish affiliates from O&Os. Much like Fox, the reputation of any station with the CBS logo will suffer because of this.

I knew someone who was concerned about watching Action News Jax in Jacksonville because of the CBS/FOX duopoly and I had to explain that they are just affiliates.

NowBergen · January 16

38 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said:

Yeah, except I'm not MAGA. You can look back at my countless posts criticizing CBS' new direction, Fox News and Nexstar censoring Kimmel. You have time too to be reading and responding.

Never said I don't like any of the shows listed, just highlighted that they have bias.

You can dismiss what I say and falsely accuse me of being MAGA but it doesn't take being conservative to see a left slant in entertainment and news. It's mostly people on the left who dispute that, which is the same thinking that has Fox News viewers believing what they watch isn't biased.

Okay, sorry. I apologize. Just watch tv and realize prime time is not real.

Jase · January 16

On 1/13/2026 at 11:30 AM, Geoffrey said:

I had a feeling this was the goal: Tony will be interviewing Donald Trump today. Surprise us, Tony.

Imo, interviews like this don't hold much weight given he has done a dozen (if not more), TV interviews, etc... over the past year. The 'exclusivity', if you will, isn't there. The damage done across CBS News will likely have a lasting effect that I don't think there is anything they can do to fix it.

GraphicsMan · January 17

On 1/15/2026 at 5:54 AM, Reweivvt88 said:

FOX News is very successful demonizing half the country, but they are a national propaganda outlet, they survive on subscription fees / national viewers and don't need to worry about getting viewers in major cities that are overwhelmingly left wing like a general broadcast network does. The entertainment programming on all the broadcast networks, from CBS to FOX, is left wing for a reason. They know these left wing shows don't appeal to "half the country" but they appeal to viewers in the major cities where they own stations and produce newscasts. It makes zero sense from a financial standpoint for a broadcast network like CBS to turn their news operation into far right propaganda, if the United States wasn't under an evil far right authoritarian Government this never would be happening.

Polls just came out that the majority of the country wants to abolish ICE so the half the country is evil and wants this argument doesn't even work anymore, ICE has become too evil for the trump voting demons.

Univision is literally going far right also in its content. CBS isn’t the only one. As for ICE it should be reformed not abolished imo. But enough on my politics. But you guys seem to be forgetting Trump leaves office in 2028 well technically January 20, 2029 now yes a lot can happen between now and then but the moment he gone CBS, Univision, FOX, Newsmax all of them all there money will dry out these 10 years plus the 3 more to go is 13 years. Just to make me feel old my cousin is having her first baby this year, 13 years ago I think she was still in Elementary maybe Middle School if I recall. Anyways what I’m saying is nothing lasts forever and eventually evil will fall, Trump’s evil will come back to bite him when you go up the ladder eventually you have to go down. All the stuff he’s done these past 10 should I say 13 because we have 3 more years on top of everything he’s done in his life will comeback to get him. Same goes for CBS and the other networks they will eventually get there’s too they’ll be remembered as propaganda arms and being on the wrong side of history (that if Trump doesn’t do something terrible in this term), and they’ll be remembered in history for being the propaganda arm for the far right and the next generation in history class will be taught that and eventually it could hit those networks in the pocket in terms of revenue and profit. Honestly this country starting in 2028 is gonna go far left this country shifting that way and eventually they won’t have a large audience and that’ll be there payback. Essentially I’m saying I see Fox CBS all those networks turning left wing in 10 years. Stay tuned these midterms and Trump is right he should be afraid we’re gonna see the biggest shift to the far left we’ve ever seen and when Trump leaves office Republicans might never win a presidential election again.

Edited January 17 by GraphicsMan

24994J · January 17

I don't want to hear any freedom of speech gripes, but time to turn down the politics. We're getting way off-course, if we're analyzing episodes of freaking Law & Order. Consider this a friendly reminder to keep this more CBSEN-focused, with politics relevant to the news department's moves.

Geoffrey · January 17

This is the CBS Evening News thread.

mre29 · January 18

10 hours ago, Geoffrey said:

This is the CBS Evening News thread.

Anyone else just read that in Walter Cronkite's voice?

Geoffrey · January 19

Tonight's dumbed down news, as reported by Tony and Bari:

Edited January 20 by Geoffrey

MD TV · January 26

I know the ominous news with CBS is seemingly nonstop, but still:

MD TV · January 27

As for the meeting, there were supposedly going to be even more staff cuts while adding 18 paid contributors (re: podcasters):

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5689849/after-rocky-start-bari-weiss-to-cut-staff-add-commentators-at-cbs-news

Reweivvt88 · January 27

"NYPost is reporting that the new MAGA CBS Evening News is on pace for its "lowest-rated January since at least 2000" and that CBS Mornings is also heading for its "lowest rated month on record" while CBS Saturday Morning is on pace for its lowest rated January ever.