TV.com - 1 day 8hrs ago
Undercover Boss has been a hit since premiering after the Super Bowl, and today CBS rewarded it with a second season. So far, we've seen the head of Waste Management clean toilets, the Hooters chief watch helplessly as a manager made waitresses slurp beans off a plate with their hands behind their backs, and the boss of White Castle try to man the drive-thru window. But where will CBS take the bosses next season? We have five suggestions.
5. Comcast America's number-one cable company could...
Inside TV - 1 day 10hrs ago
It seems that CBS is eager to prove that it's still the boss by renewing its newest hit series, 'Undercover Boss,' for a second season, The Live Feed reports.
'Boss,' a wish-fulfillment show for many jaded workers, follows high-level chief-executives of top companies as they walk a mile in their employees' shoes and meet the blue collar Joes and Janes who keep their companies running.
The midseason series benefited from a plum post-Super Bowl slot for its debut, but has continued to...
TV Guide - 1 day 11hrs ago
CBS has renewed Undercover Boss for a second season, the network announced Tuesday.
The hit Reality show follows chief executives at major companies, such as Hooters and 7-Eleven, as they work alongside unknowing lower-level employees. The show debuted to 38.7 million viewers after Super Bowl XLIV — the largest series premiere since 1987. Subsequent episodes have averaged 18.7 million viewers, often building on the lead-in audience of The Amazing Race 16.
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Advertising Age - 1 day 12hrs ago
CareerBuilder is having an "ongoing conversation" with CBS, which aired the Super Bowl, about ways to make up for any puzzlement among viewers over its ad.
The Wrap - 1 day 12hrs ago
The show -- which is shaping up to be the biggest new unscripted hit on a network since ABC's "Wipeout" -- has been given the greenlight to start recruiting new bosses for a second cycle of episodes. CBS isn't saying how many new episodes of the show it's ordered, or whether the series will return next fall or winter. Thanks to the smart call of scheduling its premiere after the Super Bowl -- and the "casting" of well-known brands such as Hooters and 7-11 -- "Boss"...
Hollywood Reporter - The Live Feed - 1 day 14hrs ago
CBS is ordering a second season of its surprise success "Undercover Boss."
Since its post-Super Bowl debut, the midseason Reality show has performed strong on Sunday nights, improving considerably on its "Amazing Race" lead-in.
"We are thrilled with the overwhelming response to the series and how audiences seem to connect to it on several levels," said Jennifer Bresnan, senior vp of Reality at CBS. "The wish fulfillment of seeing the top boss perform jobs of...
Variety - 1 day 14hrs ago
CBS' "Undercover Boss" has been promoted to a second season.
Hit reality skein, which bowed after this year's Super Bowl, is the top-rated new show of the season -- averaging 18.74 million viewers, and 7.1/17 with adults 18-49.
Crimesider - 1 day 15hrs ago
NEW YORK (CBS) Ben Roethlisberger's attorneys deny that he attacked a 20-year-old college student in a nightclub south of Atlanta March 5, but Milledgeville police have requested a DNA sample from the Super Bowl champ. Milledgeville police Chief Woodrow Blue announced the latest development in the widely watched case at a news conference Monday afternoon at the Milledgeville City Hall. He was accompanied by Tom Davis, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent in charge of the case. Blue said...
Popcrunch - 1 day 18hrs ago
DNA could play a critical role in the ongoing investigation into the latest Sexual Assault allegations against star Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
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A 20-year-old college student claims the two-time Super Bowl champ assaulted in the bathroom of a nightclub in Milledgeville, Georgia — just south of Atlanta — last Friday. Roelisberger had been at the establishment celebrating his 28th birthday.
Roethlisberger’s denies the...
Mother Jones - 3 days ago
Unwittingly, Anthem helped revive Democratic efforts. Every letter it sent out was a political gift for Obama. The only thing missing was a shiny red bow. ....On Super Bowl Sunday, the president appeared on CBS, chatting with Katie Couric...."One of the major insurers in California just announced that in the individual market they're increasing their premiums by 39%," Obama said, three days after the story broke. "That's a portrait of the future if we don't do something now."...
