{"id":2289565,"date":"2026-02-19T18:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2289565"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:37:39","slug":"as-cbs-and-colbert-feud-theres-a-surprising-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/as-cbs-and-colbert-feud-theres-a-surprising-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"As CBS and Colbert Feud, There\u2019s a Surprising Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">The public brouhaha enveloping <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0070627\/\">CBS<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076301\/\">The Late Show<\/a> with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0170306\/\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> and the Federal Communications Commission has put the spotlight on the network and the regulator over questions of censorship and political pressure.<\/p>\n<p>But amid the back and forth between the late night host, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0280648\/\">FCC<\/a> and the network, CBS itself is quietly emerging as a winner in the high-stakes U.S. Senate race that has captured public attention, capturing hundreds of thousands of dollars in February alone from Democratic hopefuls <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12755814\/\">James Talarico<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12753381\/\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a>, as well as Republicans <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1978354\/\">John Cornyn<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8798507\/\">Ken Paxton<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1692209\/\">Wesley Hunt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CBS owns Ktvt, the station that serves the Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex, and a review of its political files underscores how the battle for the Senate is running through broadcast TV, and the distinct strategies that each campaign is pursuing.<\/p>\n<p>In February alone, Talarico committed $169,350 in ad spending on the Dallas CBS station, with early primetime access,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public brouhaha enveloping CBS, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and the Federal Communications Commission has put the spotlight on the network and the regulator over questions of censorship and political pressure. 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