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Aug. 9, 2009

Scheming to Limit CBS TV's Liability

Drop strangers into the wilderness, make them plot against one another and force them to eat bugs - that's just asking for a lawsuit, right? CBS Television general counsel Jonathan Anschell doesn't think so.

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Drop strangers into the wilderness, make them plot against one another and force them to eat bugs - that's just asking for a lawsuit, right?

Jonathan Anschell doesn't think so.

As general counsel for CBS Television, Anschell manages lawyers who work hard to make the network's reality shows as safe as possible without losing the element of drama that keeps viewers from changing the channel.

The Calgary native joined CBS in 2004 amid the... (continued)

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