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Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split on December 31, 2005. Prior to this he was President of CBS Entertainment from 1995 and President of Warner Bros. Television from 1993, where he green-lit the hit shows Friends, ER and Survivor. In his early career, Moonves sought to be an actor. Viacom began life as CBS Films, the television syndication division of CBS. In 1971, the division was renamed VIACOM (Video & Audio Communications), and in 1973 it was spun off, amid new FCC rules forbidding television networks from owning syndication companies (the rules were later repealed). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up ER on Wiktionary, the free dictionary ER or er may stand for: Er (biblical figure), the eldest son of Judah. ... Survivor is a popular reality television program produced in many countries throughout the world. ...

Among the many shows which have given CBS a new lease of life, Moonves can claim particular credit for the CSI series — he developed the original while at Warner Bros.

He was the only U.S. broadcast network executive who could claim an increase in viewers in 2003, up 1%. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From early 2004, Les Moonves has made regular contributions to the Late Show with David Letterman. One of these was provoked by David Letterman himself when he declared outrage that Jay Leno was featured prominently on the CBS website in an ad for CBS's telecast of the People's Choice Awards. Letterman warned the "CBS stooge in the control room" to call his buddies "before things turn ugly," ^{[citation needed]} Moonves obliged. Later appearances have taken the same format, with Letterman discussing current events and the CBS network with the company's CEO. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late night talk show host, comedian, and television producer. ... Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an American comedian of Italian and Scottish extraction who is best known as the host of the long-running NBC television variety and talk show The Tonight Show. ... The Peoples Choice Awards, held annually in January, is one of the few awards shows to be based on popularity. ...

Like Letterman's former employers at NBC (and parent company General Electric) and Westinghouse, Moonves and Viacom have become a target for the occasional late night rant. NBC, formerly called the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand) The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. ...

On December 24, 2004 he married Julie Chen, who presents CBS' The Early Show and Big Brother. December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Julie Chen, Host of Big Brother & The Early Show. Julie Chen (born January 6, 1970) is a Chinese American news anchor and television presenter, who has 10 years of broadcasting experience, is best known for co-anchoring CBSs, The Early Show and for hosting the CBS summer reality program... The Early Show title card The Early Show is a American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a. ... The American version of Big Brother has aired on CBS every summer since 2000. ...

In February 2005, Moonves was identified as the executive directly responsible for ordering the cancellation of UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise and the ending of the 18-year Star Trek television franchise.[1]. Also, he is considered to be the man responsible for the cancellation of Joan of Arcadia and Judging Amy. UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns the more widespread CBS network. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Star Trek collectively refers to a science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series, 726 episodes and ten feature films in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the... Joan of Arcadia was an American television family drama which aired on Fridays, 8-9 PM ET/PT on CBS from 2003 until 2005. ... Judging Amy was a television program that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS for 138 episodes. ...

In January 2006, Moonves was instrumental in making the deal that brought together CBS-owned UPN with the WB to form the tentatively-named "CW" network. UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns the more widespread CBS network. ... The WB Television Network is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ...

In late February 2006 CBS (under Moonves' leadership) reported 4th quarter 2005 losses of over $19.5 billion.

On February 28, 2006, Moonves led CBS to file a $500 million lawsuit against Howard Stern for allegedly breaching his contract by failing to disclose the details of his deal with Sirius Satellite Radio while still employed by Infinity Broadcasting. Stern has vowed to fight the suit, and has claimed on his radio program that Moonves, and CBS, are trying to "bully" him and his agent, Don Buchwald. Howard Stern, circa 2000. ... Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is a satellite radio (DARS) service in the United States that provides 68 streams (channels) of music and 55 streams of sports, news and entertainment. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ...

External links

• Bigography from CBS Corp. website