George Cheeks Addresses Paramount Global Shakeup, Company Morale At CBS Schedule Reveal
deadline.comThree days after he was named to the newly formed Office of the CEO of Paramount Global, George Cheeks, President and CEO of CBS, faced reporters at the unveiling of the broadcast network’s fall 2024 schedule.
On Monday, Bob Bakish exited as Paramount Global CEO, replaced by a trio of senior executives, division heads Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins who comprise the Office of the CEO.
Cheeks quipped about having an uneventful week and spoke briefly of his partnership with McCarthy and Robbins in his opening remarks. RELATED: ‘Blue Bloods’ Future Is Sealed: The Long-Running Series Will Wrap For Good In December “We are in the process of finalizing our strategic plan which we are going to roll out as soon as possible,” he said, echoing the trio’s comments from Monday. RELATED: Upfronts 2024: Pilot Buzz & Other Development Updates In Another Atypical Broadcast Cycle Cheeks also stressed that there will be no interference from each of the top executives in the working of the portfolios they didn’t oversaw before getting the new Office of the CEO duties. RELATED: ‘Fire Country’ Spinoff ‘Sheriff Country’ Starring Morena Baccarin Ordered To Series By CBS For 2025-26 Season “Divisional clarity will continue,” Cheeks said, explaining that he remains the sole head of CBS, Robbins will remain the sole head of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon and McCarthy will be the sole head of MTV Entertainment and Showtime. RELATED: CBS Teases New Series ‘Matlock,’ ‘NCIS: Origins’ & ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ “In other words, I have no involvement in Paramount Pictures greenlights and Brian has no involvement in CBS show greenlights,” he said before segueing to touting CBS’ ratings success as the network is poised to
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