Los Angeles Times

From Badgers to Bratwurst, Kelly Kahl kept his eye on the prize at CBS

LOS ANGELES _ The gig: As president of CBS Entertainment, Kelly Kahl, 50, oversees all aspects of the television network's entertainment division, including programming, scheduling, marketing and promotion, digital initiatives and research. He also sits on the board of the CBS-owned cable channel Pop.

The early years: Kahl's skills as a network TV scheduler were developed during his years growing up in Burlington, Wis., where he spent Saturday mornings watching cartoons. Every year he would study the new line-up before it went on the air. "I would notice that 'Super Friends'

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times9 min read
Fast-growing Asparagus Once Flourished On California Farms. Why Is It Disappearing?
FIREBAUGH, Calif. — It was a late March morning and dozens of women and men descended on a San Joaquin Valley asparagus farm — one of the last in the state. The workers walked along the furrows, cutting the newly sprouted spears at precisely nine inc
Los Angeles Times5 min read
Jewish Voices Struggle To Find Words Of Reconciliation In Face Of Campus Violence
LOS ANGELES — Standing at a cloth-draped table where the Torah is read, Rabbi Sharon Brous delivered her Saturday sermon, recounting her experience at a recent UCLA protest. Demonstrators draped in Israeli flags screamed at students in keffiyehs. The
Los Angeles Times7 min read
A Young Actress, An Obsessed Stalker And A Hollywood Murder That Changed America
The prosecutor was studying the killer's confession, trying to understand what was wrong with it. In her first few viewings of the videotape, Marcia Clark had the gnawing sense that he was lying. She took careful notes. She watched to the end, rewoun

Related Books & Audiobooks