"It was very painful," she said. Another six women accused him of harassment, retaliation, forced oral sex and intimidation, leading to his resignation. She said the project was never made, and she thinks it was because she did not have sex with Moonves. Add triple Golden Globe winner Cybill Shepherd to the list of women whose careers former CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves allegedly derailed when they rebuffed his sexual advances. The series was pulled from the schedule that April with the remaining seven episodes dumped in the summer.
"My show could have run another five years, but I didn't fall on the right side of Les," she said during an interview on SiriusXM's The Michelle Collins Show that aired Wednesday. Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break. Actress Cybill Shepherd says her 1990s CBS sitcom could have continued for several more seasons, but was pulled after she turned down advances from Les Moonves, the embattled media executive accused of sexual misconduct by a dozen women. Shepherd says Moonves did not renew her 1990s hit TV comedy, Cybill, because she rejected him. Cybill Shepherd has accused former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves of propositioning her in a restaurant. "I am deeply saddened to be leaving the company. What seems mainstream now on television was network-censored fare in the 1990s. She also fought with the network about doing more than one episode on menopause. Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Eventually, network editors barred Shepherd from the editing room. Later, CBS canceled the show. It was a hugely emotional thing for me and really bad for my career to have that show just disappear like it never existed," Shepherd told the magazine. "I just loved being a part of editing as a collaboration.". "Cybill" earned three Emmys and 12 nominations over its four-year run and made a TV star out of Christine Baranski. Minyvonne Burke is a breaking news reporter for NBC News. He just stuck his tongue in my mouth.". Shepherd said she was also not allowed into the editing room to work on the final two episodes of the series. "And I'm watching him drink alcohol, and he says, 'Why don't you let me take you home,'" Shepherd said. Moonves resigned in September following a bombshell report in The New Yorker in which half a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct and intimidation. Moonves stepped down in September after six women came forward with allegations against him in July, according to a New Yorker story written by Ronan Farrow. In a new interview with SiriusXM, 'Cybill' star Cybill Shepherd says that Les Moonves propositioned her over dinner, and when she declined, her show was abruptly canceled. But it was abruptly canceled at the end of the 1997-98 TV season, turning what was intended as a cliffhanger season finale into an unresolved ending. The CBS board held its annual meeting Tuesday, but did not discuss Moonves' exit pay. Moonves has denied the sexual misconduct allegations against him. Shepherd, 68, who made her Hollywood movie debut as teenager Jacy Farrow in the acclaimed The Last Picture Show in 1971, said on the Michelle Collins Show on SiriusXM that a few seasons into the show, Moonves arranged a dinner date with her. Moonves has been accused of sexual misconduct by 12 women. Other women have also come forward with similar claims. The actress, 68, said she declined the offer and told Moonves that her friend was outside waiting for her. A request for comment by NBC News to Moonves’ lawyer and representative were not immediately returned. "And I'm watching him drink alcohol and…he says, 'well, you know, why don't you let me take you home?' "I wasn't going to fall at all for Les," Shepherd said on SiriusXM's The Michelle Collins Show.
", "He was a brilliant man who was acting stupid," she said, suggesting that the producer was likely freezing her out on Moonves' orders. "I wasn't going to fall at all for Les," she added. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Shepherd said she declined, saying she already had a ride waiting for her, courtesy of a friend who was an off-duty LAPD officer. You have 4 free articles remaining this month, Sign-up to our daily newsletter for more articles like this + access to 5 extra articles. "Untrue allegations from decades ago are now being made against me that are not consistent with who I am," Moonves said, following his resignation. ". "His assistant and my assistant made a dinner date and we went to it and he was, well, he was telling me his wife didn't turn him on, some mistress didn't turn him on," Shepherd told Collins.