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February 24 2025 CBS plans to replace the talk show The Talk with a new soap opera called Beyond the Gates.
December 20 2024 The Talk officially ended its run after 14 years on air.
2023 CBS renamed the Litton-produced Saturday morning block to CBS WKND.
2022 Amy Reisenbach becomes the latest president of CBS Entertainment, taking office in 2022 and continuing to lead the company.
December 2022 CBS News and Stations began deploying the new rebranding across local news operations, with most stations being branded as 'CBS News (region)' and adopting new graphics and music incorporating the eye motif and sound mark.
2021 CBS discontinues its historically used specially-commissioned variant of Didot as its corporate font.
March 4 2021 CBS completed the rebranding of its streaming service to Paramount+, extending the name to international markets.
February 2021 CBS Sports launched its rebrand ahead of Super Bowl LV, adopting the new visual and sonic branding elements.
2020 CBS News introduced its new branding and logo for the 2020 presidential election coverage, incorporating the new deconstructed eye motif and sonic branding.
2020 CBS dropped its long-standing taglines 'America's Most Watched Network' and 'Only CBS' to emphasize a more inclusive brand positioning.
October 2020 CBS Television Studios was renamed CBS Studios, and CBS Television Distribution was renamed CBS Media Ventures as part of the comprehensive rebranding effort.
October 2020 CBS announced a new unified branding strategy across its platforms, introducing a 'deconstructed eye' motif and a five-note sound trademark developed by Antfood. This rebranding aimed to create a more family-like connection with viewers.
September 2020 CBS announced the rebranding of CBS All Access to Paramount+ in early 2021, to feature content from the wider ViacomCBS library.
2019 CBS expanded its programming availability to the U.S. Virgin Islands through WCVI-TV in Christiansted, owned by Lilly Broadcasting.
December 4 2019 CBS and Viacom agreed to re-merge and become ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global).
December 2018 CBS launched its streaming service in Australia under the name 10 All Access, affiliated with CBS-owned free-to-air broadcaster Network 10.
September 24 2018 CBS converted its on-screen graphical elements to a 16:9 widescreen presentation for all non-news and sports programs.
September 9 2018 The New Yorker reported six additional women had raised accusations against Les Moonves, with allegations dating back to the 1980s. On the same day, Moonves resigned as chief executive of CBS.
September 6 2018 CBS board members were reported to be negotiating Les Moonves's departure from the company following the harassment allegations.
July 2018 Ronan Farrow published an article in The New Yorker alleging widespread harassment and gender discrimination at CBS, with thirty employees describing misconduct and six women specifically accusing Les Moonves of harassment and intimidation.
2017 CBS sold its radio division to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc.).
2017 CBS News and BBC News established a news-sharing agreement, replacing previous agreements with ABC News and Sky News.
2017 Kelly Kahl assumes the presidency of CBS Entertainment, leading the company from 2017 to 2022.
November 2017 CBS Corporation completed the acquisition of Network Ten in Australia, taking full ownership of the free-to-air broadcaster.
June 2017 Network Ten entered voluntary administration, with CBS Corporation becoming the network's largest creditor.
September 1 2016 CBS remained one of the only networks still framing promotions and on-screen graphics for a 4:3 presentation after ABC's conversion to 16:9 widescreen.
2015 Glenn Geller becomes president of CBS Entertainment, serving from 2015 to 2017.
May 14 2015 CBS All Access became available on Chromecast.
April 7 2015 CBS All Access became available on Roku streaming platform.
2014 CBS completed its 14-year conversion to an entirely high-definition schedule, with Big Brother and Let's Make a Deal being the final two series to convert from standard definition to HD.
October 28 2014 CBS officially launched CBS All Access, a streaming service priced at $5.99 per month ($9.99 for no commercials option).
October 16 2014 CBS announced the launch of CBS All Access, its over-the-top subscription streaming service, one day after HBO announced its similar service HBO Now.
November 2013 CBS terminated its brand licensing agreement with Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. in India, shutting down three CBS-branded channels: Big CBS Prime, Big CBS Spark, and Big CBS Love.
October 2013 CBS expanded its streaming app selections by releasing Google Play and Windows 8 apps, which included full episodes of all CBS series not licensed to other streaming services.
September 28 2013 CBS launched the Litton-produced CBS Dream Team block, aimed at teenagers 13 to 16 years old, replacing Cookie Jar TV.
July 24 2013 CBS agreed with Litton Entertainment to launch a new Saturday morning block featuring lifestyle and reality-based programming.
March 2013 CBS released its streaming app for Apple iOS devices, implementing a restriction that limited streaming of the most recent episode until eight days after initial broadcast to encourage live or same-week viewing.
January 2013 Greg Sandoval, a senior CNET writer, resigned in response to the controversy surrounding the CES award dispute.
January 2013 CNET named Dish Network's 'Hopper with Sling' digital video recorder as a nominee for the CES 'Best in Show' award and initially selected it as the winner.
January 31 2013 The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced that CNET would no longer decide the CES Best in Show award, and the award was jointly given to the Hopper with Sling and Razer Edge tablet.
January 14 2013 CNET editor-in-chief Lindsey Turrentine issued a statement acknowledging the 'impossible' situation created by CBS Interactive's veto of the Hopper's award due to ongoing litigation with Dish Network.
2012 CBS rebranded its international channels in Israel, transforming Zone Reality into CBS Reality and Zone Romantica into CBS Drama.
2011 CBS re-introduces the 'America's Most Watched Network' slogan, using it alongside the 'Only CBS' campaign.
October 2011 CBS celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Eye logo, featuring special logo version IDs during primetime lineup.
2010 The entire lawsuit filed by Dan Rather was dismissed, and his motion to appeal was denied.
October 2010 The Talk debuted as a panel talk show, featuring hosts Sheryl Underwood, Amanda Kloots, Jerry O'Connell, Akbar Gbajabiamila, and Natalie Morales as moderator.
April 5 2010 Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were rebranded as Horror Channel and Horror Channel +1.

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