FRIDAY'S HALL OF FAMER - LES MOONVES

Finishing off the month of November with a current newsmaker....

LESLIE MOONVES

From Wikipedia:
Leslie Roy Moonves (born October 6, 1949) is an American media executive who served as Chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation until he resigned on September 9, 2018 in light of allegations that he sexually abused many women. He is married to Julie Chen.

He had held a series of executive positions at CBS from July 1995 to September 2018. He has been on the Board of Directors at ZeniMax Media since 1999. Later, he was co-President and co-Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the original Viacom, Inc., the legal predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split in December 2005. He became Chairman of CBS in February 2016. On September 9, 2018, Les Moonves stepped down as Chairman of CBS after multiple sexual harassment claims.

According to various media reports, Moonves has amassed a net worth of over $800 million as a result of extremely generous compensation packages from CBS, with Moonves earning $68.4 million in 2017, combined with stock options of the media company, worth over $100 million. It was reported that Moonves was entitled to a severance package of over $240 million from CBS, however, this has been suspended pending the outcome of several sexual abuse allegations against him.

So there's a cheerful newsmaker to close out November's Friday Hall of Famers, huh?  We're going to seat him next to Matt Lauer in the Hall...

Moonves had started out as an actor and was able to parlay his talents to help when he played his own televersion in several TV shows, especially when he was held hostage and threatened with execution - live on TV! - in an episode of 'The Practice'.  

But for the most part he played himself TV shows which visit Hollywood 'The Nanny' or as a talking head doing commentary in documentaries ('Chicago Hope')

None of those shows mention his sexual predation.  In fact, had it not been for him being a very naughty boy, Moonves was earmarked to be a monthly showcase when we did a full year tribute to Hollywood, mostly thanks to that episode of 'The Practice'.  Heck, he even got his name featured in the episode title!  But no, he had to go cheat on the Chenwag like that....

Here are the TV shows which qualify him for membership in the Hall.

Sisters 
- Moving Pictures (1993) 
When Georgie's husband's plane goes missing and she gets into a car crash near her due date, a Hollywood producer decided to make a TV movie about her.  This leads to Georgie, John, Frankie and Alex on an tour of the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, where Moonves is one of the famous people they meet. 

Arli$$
- Timing Is Everything (1996) 
Arliss launches a league for indoor beach volleyball with a massive made-for-TV promotion.

The Nanny 
- The Heather Biblow Story (1997) 

From the IMDb:
The woman who stole Fran's job and fiance now has a job on "The Young and the Restless." Fran steals that job from her and she takes Fran's nanny job instead.

Chicago Hope
- The Other Cheek (1998) 

From the IMDb:
A TV star is rushed into the emergency room after a fall and dies suddenly, causing a news crew to hound Drs. McNeil and Yeats for the real cause of death.

The Young and the Restless 
- Episode #1.7054 (2001) 

The Practice 
- Les Is More (2003) 

 From the IMDb:
Jimmy goes to meet a mentally unstable old client of his, and is shocked to find himself being held by her at gunpoint. The event takes an even more bizarre turn when he discovers she has kidnapped CBS CEO Les Moonves, and is planning to play Russian Roulette with him on live television - while asking Jimmy to find a TV network willing to carry the broadcast. 

The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular
- Hall of Fame (2004)

O'Bservation: 'The Price Is Right' is an established show within a show thanks to appearances in 'How I Met Your Mother' and 'Martial Law'.

Episodes 
- Episode Nine (2014) 
From the IMDb:
Sean and Beverly are dead-set to leave LA, no matter how much the studios want their new script. Matt gets the lead role in a new series at NBC. Unfortunately, 'Pucks' has not yet been 'officially' canceled.

Operator:
Hi. I'm calling from CBS.36  
I have Les Moonves for Sean and Beverly. 
Beverly:
Uh, Sean and Beverly are right here. 
Operator:
You're on with Les. 
Les Moonves:
Hi. Is this Sean and Beverly?
Uh, it's Les Moon...
[Sean hangs up.]
Sean:
We have a plane to catch.
Beverly:
Are you crazy? 
Sean:
I'll call him back and say we were disconnected.
Beverly:
You hung up on Les Moonves?

Even with my (hopefully apparent) derision, this is probably the last "good" thing that'll happen for Les Moonves this year.

Enjoy your stay....  No wandering!