TCA: Tassler insists comedies "push the envelope" without going too far
Praises revamps of "Two and a Half Men" and "CSI"
With ad dollars and hit comedies both up, he tells a Hollywood Radio TV Society panel, "I'm genuinely excited in a way I wasn't a few years ago."
See: Floral arrangements and Charlie Harper's signature bowling shirt!
Director Pamela Fryman, CBS executive Nina Tassler and cinematographer Reed Morano also named as honorees
‘Two and a Half Men’ star returns to Sin City, joins Drew Carey’s show at MGM Grand. What will consequences of latest antics bring to hit CBS sitcom?
Wes Anderson and Alexander Payne-influenced spy show "Chaos" gets a chance in a TV wasteland
But Tassler says he's in good shape professionally: "He does his job, he does it well, the show is a hit."
Everyone knows TV is a tough business, but this year was especially wild. How 10 execs got through it
Departing show after 11 seasons
Kevin Reilly leads off with pugnacious response to carriage-battle question during Tuesday's Hollywood Radio TV Society network-presidents luncheon panel; Tassler, Lee, Reilly and Ostroff also on hand
CBS entertainment president also talks the new "Hawaii Five-O," "Big Bang" contract talks and selling a show with a four-letter word
"Three Rivers" is gone, "Numbers" is not ... and Letterman, Ferguseon re-upped through 2012
"Whatever numbers they get, they're going to declare victory anyway."
The decline of NBC may turn out to be a bellwether for the Big Four networks that once ruled the television landscape.
