CBS brings more diversity to its fall prime-time TV schedule
by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2019
4 minutes
CBS on Wednesday unveiled its first prime-time schedule in more than 20 years that did not have the imprint of its former chairman, Leslie Moonves, whose long iron-willed run at the company ended last year amid sexual harassment allegations.
In some ways, the program slate for the 2019-20 TV season maintains the formula that worked during the Moonves era with shows featuring familiar big-name TV stars such as Patricia Heaton and Paulie Perrette and bankable, well-known creators such as Chuck Lorre, who brought the network "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men."
But there is also a stark departure from the Moonves house style, with nonwhites or women (or both) in lead roles in seven of
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