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    CBS Keeps CEO Moonves In Place During Misconduct Probe

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    In this Sept. 19, 2017 file photo, Les Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, poses at the premiere of the new television series "Star Trek: Discovery" in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
    NEW YORK (AP) --

    CBS says it will keep CEO Les Moonves in place while an outside counsel investigates sexual misconduct allegations against him.

    The company also says it will postpone its annual shareholders meeting, scheduled to take place Aug. 10, to a later date.

    On Friday, a New Yorker article quoted six women spanning three decades accusing Moonves of sexual harassing them. The CBS chief has been a prominent figure in television for decades, credited with turning around a network that had been mired for years at the ratings bottom.

    Among other things, Moonves has had a knack for picking hit shows like "Survivor" and "The Big Bang Theory."

    Chen supportive
    Les Moonves' wife, Julie Chen, is staying mum about the sexual harassment allegations against her husband.

    On Monday's episode of her daytime CBS chat show, "The Talk," she said she will not discuss the issue on the air. Chen says she has already made one statement on the matter and she will "stand by that statement today, tomorrow, forever."

    On Friday, she tweeted that she "fully supported" Moonves, calling him a "kind, decent and moral human being."

    Chen and Moonves have been married for almost 14 years and are the parents of a son, Charlie. She is a former CBS news anchor who also hosts the "Big Brother" reality show.

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    Gary Cole Talks “NCIS” As Veterans Day Special Unfolds

    Tuesday, November 11, 2025

    There's a Gary Cole for everyone.

    Whether you know him from "The West Wing" or "Veep," "The Good Wife" or "Office Space," "Dodgeball" or "Midnight Caller," you most likely know his face.

    For a while he was the "hero of the schoolyard" with his daughter's classmates for appearing in "Cadet Kelly" alongside Hilary Duff. These days, though, it's his role as Alden Parker on the long-running CBS crime procedural "NCIS" that has him stopped in the street.

    Centered on the U.S. Navy's investigative unit in Washington, D.C., the show is currently airing Season 23.

    "It's pretty powerful, that impact," says Cole of the program's devoted broadcast audience. "So a lot of people have followed the show and they have followed it, some of them, forever," he adds.

    Cole's character was brought in during Season 19 to run the team after Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) left. In a Veterans Day special, a first for the franchise, "NCIS" and "NCIS: Origins" will cross over with back-to-back episodes Tuesday. A historical mystery in "Origins" — featuring a guest appearance from Harmon on the show that follow Gibbs' early career — will find its way to the modern day on "NCIS," which airs directly after.

    Cole spoke about the success of the show, the real service members he's met and those classic "NCIS" freeze frames. This conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity.

    Q: Was the popularity of "NCIS" a plus or minus when you were thinking about taking the role?

    COLE: I didn't really look at the effect of how big or small the audience would be, because today things are much different. I mean, nothing has kind of the large, overwhelming impact that television shows of 25 years did in... Read More

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