October 14, 2003

CBS LUMINARIES -- PAST AND PRESENT -- TO CONVERGE IN MANHATTAN FOR "CBS AT 75," A NEW LIVE ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAVAGANZA

COMMEMORATING CBS'S MONUMENTAL ANNIVERSARY,

TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, NOV. 2 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Well over 100 CBS luminaries -- past and present -- will gather for CBS AT 75, a new three-hour entertainment extravaganza commemorating CBS's 75th anniversary, which will be broadcast live from the Hammerstein Ballroom at New York's Manhattan Center, Sunday, Nov. 2 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

This special event, to be attended by CBS personalities representing decades of popular and beloved CBS shows, will feature salient moments from the Network's spectacular archive of entertainment, news, sports and radio broadcasts. CBS-affiliated celebrity hosts and attendees -- as well as some surprise guests -- will help showcase some of the most remarkable, informative, entertaining and humorous moments the Network has presented over the years. (The presenters will be announced at a later date.)

The black-tie festivities will begin with a pre-broadcast cocktail gathering and sit-down dinner in the Hammerstein Ballroom, from where the live broadcast will also originate.

The current status of participating celebrities includes:

Entertainment Personalities -- Alan Alda, John Amos, Loni Anderson, Lucie Arnaz, Ed Asner, Adrienne Barbeau, Bob Barker, Catherine Bell, Candice Bergen, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Boyle, Amy Brenneman, Carol Burnett, Dixie Carter, Anthony Clark, Robert Conrad, Tim Conway, David Copperfield, Jon Cryer, Tyne Daly, Ted Danson, Fran Drescher, Patrick Duffy, Georgia Engel, Chad Everett, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, Susan Flannery, Bonnie Franklin, Marla Gibbs, Sharon Gless, Linda Gray, Peter Graves, Andy Griffith, Larry Hagman, Valerie Harper, Patricia Heaton, Sherman Hemsley, Howard Hesseman, Hal Holbrook, Ken Howard, Don Johnson, Craig Kilborn, Martin Landau, Angela Lansbury, Anthony LaPaglia, Linda Lavin, Michael Learned, Michele Lee, Art Linkletter, June Lockhart, Marjorie Lord, Tina Louise, Mike O'Malley, Gerald McRaney, Rue McClanahan, Rose Marie, Gavin MacLeod, Donna Mills, Rob Morrow, David Morse, Jim Nabors, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Pastorelli, William Petersen, MacKenzie Phillips, Suzanne Pleshette, Cheech Marin, Mary Tyler Moore, Annie Potts, Joe Regalbuto, Tim Reid, Rob Reiner, Doris Roberts, Wayne Rogers, Gary Sandy, Isabel Sanford, Jane Seymour, Grant Shaud, Charlie Sheen, Tom Selleck, Tom Skerritt, Jean Smart, Susan St. James, the Smothers Brothers, Jerry Stiller, Loretta Swit, Richard Thomas, Joan Van Ark, Dennis Weaver, Dawn Wells, Betty White and Tom Wopat.

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News Personnel -- Ed Bradley, Walter Cronkite, Steve Kroft, Don Hewitt, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Bob Schieffer, Bob Simon, Harry Smith, Lesley Stahl and Mike Wallace

Sports Broadcasters -- Boomer Esiason, Phyllis George, Dan Marino, Jim Nantz, Deion Sanders, Pat Summerall and Lesley Visser

To further honor the Network's milestone, CBS commissioned Peter Max to create an original work of art featuring the famous CBS eye logo to be used in on-air and print promotions and publicity campaigns for the special.

CBS AT 75 is being produced by Cates-Doty Productions. Gil Cates will executive produce the special and Dennis E. Doty will serve as producer. Emmy Award-winner Louis J. Horvitz ("The Academy Awards") will direct the special.

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Press Contacts: Barbara Abseck  212/975-4637            beabseck@cbs.com
                        Andrea Ballas           323/575-2858            andrea.ballas@tvc.cbs.com