Moonves Remains Positive about Network TV

NEW YORK, December 11: At
the UBS conference yesterday, CBS chief Leslie Moonves addressed analysts and
investors with a positive assessment of broadcast television, saying that
"the model ain't broken."

"You can still make a
lot of money in network television," he said. "We like 10 o'clock
shows."

His remarks come just days
after Jeff
Zucker announced that NBC is considering cutting the number of hours it
provides programming, and also that Jay Leno will be taking up a prime-time
slot.

"For NBC, probably a
very good move," Moonves said of Leno heading to prime time. "For us,
it wouldn't be a good move. We are winning four of five nights at 10 p.m."
He continued: "I would bet anyone who would like to bet that CSI: Miami will beat Jay by a lot.
Remember that: by a lot."

Moonves
did acknowledge that changes would come in broadcast TV, but that they would
"not happen for a long, long, long time."

—By
Kristin Brzoznowski