Last week, CBS threw a huge and elaborate party in New York for the 20th Anniversary of 48 Hours, which after 60 Minutes, is the network’s longest running program.
The party included such people as CBS’s chairman, CBS News’ president, and 48 Hours‘ executive producer.
However, noticeably absent from the soiree was none other than the ORIGINAL anchor of 24 years, Dan Rather. Ouch!
Rather helped start the show in 1986 with the pilot 48 Hours on Crack Street and also urged the network to air the show on a weekly schedule.
According to reports, 48 Hours exec producer, Susan Zirinsky, phoned Rather before the event to let him know he would not be allowed to the party, under any circumstances.
Why the snub????
As you may recall, Rather, who left CBS in 2006, filed a $70 million lawsuit in September 2007 against the network, its former parent company Viacom, and three of his former bosses, alleging fraud against CBS. He claims he was forced out of his anchor job at CBS Evening News during the whole scandal with the alleged forged documents used in Rather’s 2004 60 Minutes report of President Bush’s National Guard Service.
Guess CBS must still be mad about getting sued! Let’s see who wins that case.
We’re on your side, Danny boy!
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