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.

Among the shows that have given CBS a new lease on life is the CSI franchise and Survivor. Tired of waiting Moonves' motion cited a "desire to return to the status of being single". Prior to that he had been in a series of executive positions for CBS since July 1995.

the predecessor to CBS Corporation from 2004 until the company split on December 31 2005. Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom Inc. Leslie Moonves (/ˈmuːnvɛz/; born October 6 1949) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation.