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Class-action lawsuit filed over Time Warner's CBS blackout

By Take Two Staff
Published Aug 15, 2013
CBS remains dark on the Time Warner Cable lineup in Los Angeles, New York and Dallas. Both sides reported Thursday they are back in negotiations.
CBS remains dark on the Time Warner Cable lineup in Los Angeles, New York and Dallas.
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Class-action lawsuit filed over Time Warner's CBS blackout

If you've been pining away for CBS shows like "NCIS" and the "Big Bang Theory", you may just be a Time Warner Cable subscriber. 

Time Warner has blacked out CBS shows for the last two weeks as it fights over how much it should pay in fees for the right to carry CBS-owned channels. Several southern California residents have gotten fed up enough to file a class-action suit yesterday.

With more on this media saga is Alex Ben Block, senior editor for The Hollywood Reporter.