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Leslie Roy "Les" Moonves (/ˈmuːnvɛz/; born October 6, 1949) is Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation.

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News, by and large, has been the purest of all the television mediums, or at least we've tried to keep it that way, and there constantly is the argument about the separation between church and state.

Church, Large, News, State, Television, Way

I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it in a foreign country as it's playing in the US.

Ability, Country, Probably, Thinking, Though, Years

CBS is proud to have been the home of David Letterman since 1993. He is truly one of the great talents of our time, and we hope things work out.

Home, Proud, Talents, Work, Work Out

Broadcasting for advertisers is still the best game in town, and they know it. Look, I admire a lot of the shows on cable. I think 'Mad Men' is wonderful. I think 'Breaking Bad' is wonderful. But let's remember they're about one-tenth the audience of NCIS.

Games, Look, Men, Ncis, Thinking, Wonderful

I read the papers, I surf the Web. At the beginning of the year, I try to see at least two episodes of every show on our network. Am I surfing? All the time. I'm aware of the landscape. I'm a competitor, so I have to know whom I'm competing with.

Competing, Network, Surfing, Time, Two, Years

Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up.

Foreseeable, May, Mothership, Profit, Slightly, Tvs

You won't see Moonves on Twitter.

Moonves, See, Twitter

CBS is the largest out-of-home advertising company in the U. S.

Advertising, Cbs, Company, Home, Largest

As the TiVos and the Replays are coming into our world - and they're coming - it's better to - be inside the tent and figure out what they're doing and to work hand in hand with them as opposed to saying, 'You know what, the automobile is not going to work. I'm going to stick to my horse and carriage,' you know.

Hands, Horse, Opposed, Our World, Tent, Work

It's the quiet little hit that is succeeding totally under the radar,. . . NCIS.

Hit, Littles, Quiet, Radar, Succeed

Before the start of the 2000 season, 'C. S. I. ' wasn't supposed to be the hit. We all thought it would be 'The Fugitive.

2000, Fugitive, Season, Supposed To Be, Thought, Would Be

My wife is the host of Big Brother. Her name is Julie Chen, and she'll say, "Da da da,* but first* we do this. " So they mashed together her saying "but first" a couple dozen times. Literally. In different outfits. And when you cut it together like that, it appears very robotlike. They called her the Chenbot.

Big, Brother, Couple, Cutting, Dozen

There are plenty of people who are willing to pay $2. 6 million for 30 seconds on the Super Bowl and hundreds of thousands of dollars for 'American Idol. ' There will be advertising dollars on the Internet. We're there as well. We win either way.

Advertising, Idols, Million, People, Win, Winning

We realize that if we live in a world that depends totally on CBS. com, we'd be dead.

Dead, Depends, Live, Realizing, Totally, World

It is too soon to tell, but old, tired 'Survivor' last night beat 'X Factor. ' We're really proud of that. We're anticipating a very strong season for CBS.

Anticipating, Beat, Night, Old, Strong, Tired

The reason I've been able to maintain my position of chairman of CBS in addition to all the Viacom stuff is my team.

Able, Addition, Chairman, Position, Stuff, Team