CBS STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES FIRST-WINDOW LICENSING AGREEMENT with ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES FOR the GOOD FIGHT IN INDIA

MUMBAI and LOS ANGELES - April 27, 2017 - CBS Studios International announced today a licensing agreement with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) for the exclusive pay TV rights in India to the CBS All Access original series, THE GOOD FIGHT.

From The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King, THE GOOD FIGHT picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of The Good Wife. An enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia (Rose Leslie), while simultaneously wiping out the savings of her mentor, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski). Forced out of Lockhart & Lee, they join Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) at one of Chicago's pre-eminent law firms.

THE GOOD FIGHT delivers the same powerful storylines and high-quality production values as its predecessor and has premiered to terrific critical acclaim in the U.S., said Barry Chamberlain, President of Sales, CBS Studios International. We are pleased to be working with ZEE, the original home of The Good Wife' in India, to bring audiences there the first original series from our digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, CBS All Access.

Aparna Bhosle, Business Head of ZEE's Premium and F.T.A Cluster, said, Zee Caf 's positioning - All Eyes On New' - encapsulates our promise to deliver the best in English entertainment to viewers in India. We have had a very successful partnership with CBS Studios International with the popular drama, The Good Wife,' and the critically acclaimed spinoff, THE GOOD FIGHT, has all the ingredients of being an equally power packed series.

Robert and Michelle King are the show runners and executive producers of THE GOOD FIGHT. Phil Alden Robinson has co-written and is the executive producer of the premiere episode with the Kings. Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Liz Glotzer, Brooke Kennedy and Alison Cross are also the executive producers. Kennedy directed the premiere episode. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions and is distributed worldwide by CBS Studios International.

About Zee Caf

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) is a leading global content company with an extensive content library housing over 222,000 hours of television content and rights to more than 3,818 movie titles from foremost studios and of iconic film stars. It is the only media brand to enter into Interbrand's 30 Best Indian Brands Report 2015.' ZEE is one of the largest Indian programming content distributors with an estimated reach of more than 1 billion viewers in over 171 countries including the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

ZEE launched Zee Caf in India on March 15, 2000. The channel is one of India's leading English GEC. It encompasses an exhaustive library of the top U.S. shows like The Big Bang Theory, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Two and a Half Men, House of Cards, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, and more. Catering to English-speaking audiences, it boasts a healthy mix of reality and scripted show offerings directly from the U.S. It has associations with powerful international studios such as Fremantle, Disney, WB, CBS, and Sony, and is currently available across all major DTH & Cable networks in India. For more information, please visit the website: www.zeecafe.tv.

About CBS Studios International

CBS Studios International is the leading supplier of programming to the international television marketplace, licensing to more than 200 markets in more than 60 languages across multiple media platforms. The division distributes content from CBS Television Studios, CBS Television Distribution, Showtime, CBS News, CBS Films and a library of more than 70,000 hours of programming. The Studio participates in a number of international channel ventures and also exports a diverse lineup of formats for local production. CBS Studios International has 13 offices around the world, including its base in Los Angeles and EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam. CBS Studios International is a division of CBS Corporation.

Press Contacts:

Luke Fredberg

(CBS Studios International) 31 20 794 3466 luke.fredberg@cbs.com

Jennifer Weingroff

(CBS Studios International) 1 323-575-5460 jennifer.weingroff@cbs.com

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