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CBS and Zynga Bring Survivor Season 50 into The Hands of Fans with Partnership in Words With Friends, Zynga Poker, Two Dots, and More
Businesswire· 2026-02-18 16:00
Core Insights - Zynga Inc. has announced a collaboration with CBS to celebrate the 50th season of the reality competition Survivor, integrating the show's gameplay into five titles within Zynga's portfolio [1] Group 1 - The collaboration marks the first time in Survivor's 25-year history that the game is described as "In the Hands of the Fans," indicating a shift towards viewer-driven gameplay [1]
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Forbes· 2026-02-18 15:23
“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert mocked CBS and its lawyers after the broadcaster denied it blocked him from broadcasting an interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate Rep. James Talarico and said presented him with “options” to comply with the FCC’s “equal time” rule.Read more: https://t.co/Dv6bV84QFRPhoto: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images ...
Stephen Colbert addresses FCC controversy over Texas Democrat interview
NBC News· 2026-02-18 15:05
With growing tensions behind the scenes and on the air at CBS, late night Late Show host Steven Colbear called out his own network for the second night in a row. Here's the issue. On Monday, Colbear claimed the network blocked his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Terico from airing on TV out of fear of retaliation from the Federal Communications Commission.Then on Tuesday, CBS released a statement saying the show was not prohibited from airing the interview, but that network lawyers provided guid ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2026-02-18 14:30
Stephen Colbert’s stinging criticism of President Trump, CBS and the FCC might shape how media companies approach November’s midterm elections.Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: https://t.co/10NiZbS4eZ ...
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The Economist· 2026-02-18 12:50
♦️ CBS is at the centre of a row over press freedom.♦️ Pete Hegseth reportedly requests that the army’s spokesman is sacked.♦️ Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor, floats the idea of raising the city’s property-tax rate.Follow the latest news https://t.co/BephTZvNXU ...
CBS nixed Talarico interview over FCC concerns, Colbert claims
MSNBC· 2026-02-18 12:25
addressing a big story at the intersection of politics and media as the late-night host Colbert and his employer CBS duke it out. He says the network blocked his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Tallarico from airing on TV. He also accuses CBS parent company Paramount of not standing up to quote bullies over new FCC guidance on equal time for political candidates.But CBS says Colbert is not telling the whole story. MSNOW reporter Nick McCool shares more on the late show controversy. Th ...
Lawrence: Banned from Colbert, James Talarico says Trump is afraid of losing Texas
MSNBC· 2026-02-18 04:49
And so for the first time ever our first guest tonight was banned on television last night. Stephen Colbert's most popular guest of the year so far is not a movie star. He's someone most Americans have never heard of until CBS decided that their viewers should not hear from him last night on Stephen Colbert's program.In 2006, Stephen Colbert started using the phrase is the Colbert bump, to describe the surge in popularity that could happen for someone just by being on TV with Stephen. A surge in book sales ...
Rep. Crockett SPEAKS OUT on CBS Colbert controversy with her opponent
MSNBC· 2026-02-18 04:37
RECENT POLLING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON shows both James Tallarico and Jasmine Crockett within the margin of error against the two most likely Republican opponents in that race. And Trump is so freaked out by the situation in Texas that he is uncharacteristically pretty silent-ish about it, refusing to endorse a Republican candidate in the primary campaign, choosing instead to keep his powder dry and leave his options open. I just haven't made a decision on that race yet it's got a ways to go and i ha ...