Leslie Moonves

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Steven Bochco

Steven Bochco on CBS' Les Moonves buying and quickly canceling the series Public Morals

00:51

Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden on considering leaving The Young and the Restless in 2009 and why he stayed

01:46

Kevin Bright

Kevin Bright on Bright/Kauffman/Crane making a development deal with Warner Bros. and Les Moonves

01:54

Mark Burnett

Mark Burnett on meeting with Leslie Moonves at CBS to pitch Survivor

06:25

Mark Burnett on the risk Leslie Moonves took in supporting him on Survivor

03:22

Mark Burnett on presenting his choices for host of Survivor

02:09

Charles Cappleman

Charles Cappleman on the consolidation of Viacom, CBS, and Infinity, and on Mel Karmazin and Leslie Moonves

04:30

Charles Cappleman on Mel Karmazin and Leslie Moonves

00:13

Glenn Gordon Caron

Glenn Gordon Caron on Les Moonves asking him to return to television and the creation of Now And Again

03:41

Michael Chiklis

Michael Chiklis on Les Moonves believing in him

00:42

Elise Doganieri

Elise Doganieri and Bertram Van Munster on working with Les Moonves

Diane English

Diane English on Les Moonves wanting her to revamp Ink

05:01

Tom Freston

Tom Freston on becoming co-President of Viacom with Les Moonves, and Viacom splitting in two

06:16

Brad Garrett

Brad Garrett on playing Jackie Gleason in the TV movie Gleason

06:21

Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless on not liking the changes to the "Cagney" character in the Cagney & Lacey TV movies, but still wanting the the show to continue, and her frank disappointment with Moonves, feeling that he "destroyed" the Cagney & Lacey franchise

03:50

Charles Floyd Johnson

Charles Floyd Johnson on Catherine Bell becoming the new female lead on JAG

02:11

Chuck Lorre

Chuck Lorre on casting Ashton Kutcher on Two and a Half Men: "let's go away from Entourage and towards Mark Zuckerberg ... but gorgeous"

01:50

Chuck Lorre on casting Angus T. Jones on Two and a Half Men

02:03

Chuck Lorre on his relationship with CBS

01:28

Jayne Meadows

Jayne Meadows on acting in the series High Society

03:49

Bertram van Munster

Elise Doganieri and Bertram van Munster on working with Les Moonves

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart on Les Moonves convincing him to return to television with George & Leo

03:26

Jeff Probst

Jeff Probst on how he came to host Survivor

04:46

Lee Rich

Lee Rich on Leslie Moonves heading Movies of the Week at Lorimar

00:12

Lee Rich on those who wanted his position at Lorimar once he left for MGM

01:49

Lee Rich on Leslie Moonves

00:20

Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts on Leslie Moonves telling her about Everybody Loves Raymond: "You're the center of it, my dear. There's no show without you"

00:42

Phil Rosenthal

Phil Rosenthal on pitching Everybody Loves Raymond to CBS

02:43

Phil Rosenthal on Les Moonves having someone in mind to play the wife on Everybody Loves Raymond

05:55

Phil Rosenthal on the network having doubts about him as a first time show-runner for Everybody Loves Raymond

03:36

Phil Rosenthal on Les Moonves moving Everybody Loves Raymond from Friday to Monday

01:20

Phil Rosenthal on the taping of the series finale of Everybody Loves Raymond

00:35

Brandon Stoddard

Brandon Stoddard on his stint as President of ABC Entertainment

06:08

Nina Tassler

Nina Tassler on her successful interview with Leslie Moonves for a job at Lorimar Television

03:36

Nina Tassler on her first impression of Leslie Moonves

01:39

Nina Tassler on her move to CBS after Leslie Moonves became President of the company

02:13

Nina Tassler on what she has learned from Leslie Moonves

00:57

Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker on the competition between himself and President and CEO of CBS, Leslie Moonves

00:45

Anthony E. Zuiker

Anthony E. Zuiker on Leslie Moonves, who put CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on the CBS schedule

01:53

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