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CBS's Survivor 50 premiere drew 5.06 million viewers and delivered CBS's best Wednesday night in four years, peaking at 6.18 million in the opener's first half-hour. The three-hour debut was up 26% from the fall 2025 premiere and 19% from the spring 2025 premiere, and CBS noted the night was 81% higher in total viewers than NBC. The episode featured familiar fans and marked the start of Survivor's 50th season.
Luke Grimes previews Marshals, the Yellowstone spin-off centering on Kayce Dutton’s new assignment with the U.S. Marshals. Grimes says the series is faster-paced and more action-driven than Yellowstone, while still expanding Taylor Sheridan’s universe. The show premieres March 1 on CBS, and Grimes notes Riley Green’s joining the cast; he promises fan-favorite chaos and gunfights without simply repeating the original series.
OutKick reports a second trailer for the Yellowstone spinoff Marshals—featuring Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) as a U.S. Marshal in Montana—premiering March 1, 2026 on CBS and promising high-octane action, gunplay, and family-vs-duty stakes in the Yellowstone universe.
CBS will broadcast The Late Show with Stephen Colbert live at 11:35 p.m. ET on February 24 to react to President Trump's State of the Union address, with East and Central time zones getting the live feed while West Coast viewers receive a taped broadcast (and clips may surface online).
CBS aired a delayed 60 Minutes piece examining Trump’s claim of “white genocide” in South Africa, a report long-stalled amid Bari Weiss’s editorial influence and ongoing CBS turmoil that coincides with Anderson Cooper’s exit from the program. The segment features interviews with South African farmers and officials who push back on the genocide claim, notes that independent experts find no evidence of genocide, and places the airing in the broader context of leadership changes at CBS.
Deadline reports that Stephen Colbert's interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico—meant for CBS but posted online—has drawn about 85 million views across YouTube and social platforms in 72 hours, led by the full 15‑minute clip with millions of views; Colbert’s YouTube page accounts for a large share of views while TikTok promotion drives engagement, and Talarico’s campaign says it raised about $2.5 million in response, all framed within broader media/political dynamics including regulatory actions and equal‑time rule discussions.
CBS’s Yellowstone spinoff Marshals debuts March 1, following Kayce Dutton as he joins a Montana U.S. Marshals team 15 months after Yellowstone, with Luke Grimes leading a new 13-episode cast in a grounded, real-world procedural that expands Kayce’s family dynamics and Rainwater’s arc (premiere 8/7c on CBS).
Stephen Colbert accused CBS of blocking his interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, calling the network’s denial “crap.” CBS says legal guidance indicated the broadcast could trigger FCC equal-time rules and offered alternatives. Colbert rejected the explanation, arguing the network should resist political pressure and noting long-standing exceptions for talk-show interviews, while the controversy unfolds as Talarico runs in the Texas Democratic Senate primary.
Stephen Colbert blasted CBS and its parent Paramount after they posted his interview with James Talarico on YouTube but not on the TV show, citing potential FCC equal-time concerns. He argued the network’s legal notes were overbroad and insisted his script had been approved by CBS lawyers, noting the show complied with talk-show exemptions for interviewing politicians. Colbert said the clip on YouTube has millions of views and criticized Paramount for not standing up to “bullies,” while CBS and the FCC did not immediately comment. The piece also notes Colbert’s show is slated to end after this season.
Late‑show host Stephen Colbert says CBS barred airing an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico due to potential FCC equal-time issues, a claim CBS disputes by saying it provided legal guidance and options to avoid triggering the rule for other candidates like Jasmine Crockett. The controversy unfolds amid renewed scrutiny of the FCC’s handling of political content on late-night shows and allegations of corporate influence on speech.
Colbert says CBS blocked airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico to avoid triggering the FCC’s equal-time rule; CBS cites legal guidance, while the interview remains on The Late Show’s YouTube channel, which isn’t bound by the rule. The equal-time rule dates to 1927 and has bona fide news exemptions, but a Trump-era reinterpretation by Brendan Carr tightened requirements for online records. Critics, including FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, call the move censorship and say it pressures broadcasters; the FCC did not respond to requests for comment.
Stephen Colbert claims CBS barred his planned interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico to avoid triggering FCC equal-time rules; CBS says it followed legal guidance and offered options, with the clip eventually posted to YouTube, as Talarico campaigns for the U.S. Senate amid Texas early voting.
Stephen Colbert claimed CBS did not air his interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico because network lawyers warned it could trigger the FCC's equal-time rule; the network instead released the interview on YouTube with on-air promotion to avoid providing equal-time opportunities to other candidates. The episode underscores ongoing FCC scrutiny of broadcasters and political coverage.
Stephen Colbert said CBS lawyers forbade having Texas state Rep. James Talarico on The Late Show or even explaining why the interview wouldn’t air, so he addressed the situation on air and urged viewers to watch the interview on the show’s YouTube page. He blasted FCC Chair Brendan Carr over a move to curtail the equal-time exception, argued the rule still matters for talk-show interviews, and accused Carr of partisan bias while noting CBS was enforcing the policy even as the interview exists online.
veteran journalist Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS's 60 Minutes after nearly two decades to spend more time with his children, ending his long balance between CNN and CBS; the move comes amid months of controversy at 60 Minutes, including Bari Weiss’s decision to pull a migrant-deportation segment.