All CBS shows are secretly about Les Moonves

For once Anna I have to agree w/you. I too, could see that "stereotype", middle-age, male boss, married to his job, but tries to have a personal life, even tries marriage (Horatio-CSI:Miami). Mac(CSI:NY)being a widower from 9/11/01, plunges into his work, but still "tried"a work related relationship. Gil & Sarah though, do NOT make a couple, not in my eyes. And yes, Gil Grissom WILL be back!! CBS is NOT the only network w/rating toppers. I think NBC does fairly well w/all the L&O's, & Crossing Jordan. Les Moonves is just a typical middle-aged male who needs an esteem boost through his show's, it's just a "male" thing, NOT the American way, though, as someone else commented. Shame on Les Moonves and CBS to think none of us would "see" this "stereotyping".

It certainly does explain why they have Gil Grissom playing latent pedophile and doing the Electra Sidle. And all along I thought it was a matter of not being able to spell mid-life crisis without CSI.

I think this is a great article. For once I agree with Anna Johns which is a miracle.

As much as I love CSI. I do get tired of the workaholic father-figure surrounded by eager beavers and doe-eyed young women. It really is a cliche!

For Christmas, I want Les Moonves to be transported to another planet and take his young wife and eager beavers with him.

I can believe it...Furthermore, most sitcoms on Network TV are largely about big fat loud mouthed slobs married to much better looking smart beauties, could that also be a statement about most Network execs, as well - Who knows...

Already got beaten to the Joie/Julie Chen goof. Joie Chen is also with CBS to which she moved after leaving CNN in '02.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/08/broadcasts/main524816.shtml

CBS' biggest drama hit this season is Jericho, which apparently breaks this rule.

Les Moonves is married to Julie Chen, not Joey Chen.
If the characters relationships of these male-driven "crime" dramas on CBS represent how Les Mooves see himself ("a lead male character in his 50s who is a workaholic and young minions eager to please him",) then that must be the way most of the Americans see themselves as well (after all, CBS is the most watched network and all of its top ten shows are dominate by these crime dramas.)
Ah, finally someone explained to me why all the CBS crime dramas are so popular (people can't get enough of them! even reruns of these shows gather great ratings.) Come to think of it, maybe this is the formula to follow for successful crime dramas because other networks haven't been able to produce popular crime shows like the way CBS does.

That's quite understandable why the CBS shows are secretly about Les Moonves. They just happen to be the more mature adult shows that viewers are very comfortable with. They tend to avoid kids and sappiness, like on most family sitcoms. And the 50-year old lead male character is obvious--he gets what he wants and doesn't want anyone to get in his way. He tends to have a macho, no-nonsense attitude. And the tendency to go with young, 25-year old women instead of someone close to his own age is common on these shows. Some of those CBS dramas are too alike, they are very adult in the content and they aren't like the ensemble dramas that NBC loves to have.

I believe if you'd done a brief Google check, you'd have discovered that Les Moonves in married to JULIE Chen, CBS Morning Show co-host, not Joey Chen, CBS reporter.

I believe it's Julie Chen, not Joey.

She is sometimes called Chen-Bot for her robotic delivery.