The 92-year-old comedian hosted The Carol Burnett Show on CBS<\/a> from 1967 to 1978, alongside a core ensemble cast, including Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, and Lyle Waggoner. <\/p>\n During Tuesday\u2019s episode of Amy Poehler\u2019s Good Hang podcast, Burnett reflected on her 11 years with the network, which has been in a period of turmoil since Bari Weiss was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News in October<\/a>. Her tenure has been marked by plummeting staff morale and heavy scrutiny<\/a> over her editorial decision-making.<\/p>\n \u201cCBS left us alone,\u201d Burnett said of the show, which had a 28-piece orchestra and up to 70 costumes per week. <\/p>\n \u201cThere was one note in 11 years,\u201d Burnett told Poehler, recalling how CBS approached her about a sketch she did when she was a nudist. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Carol Burnett says CBS \u2018left us alone\u2019 when she was working on \u2018The Carol Burnett Show\u2019 (Good Hang with Amy Poehler)<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m behind the fence that says, \u2018Keep out,\u2019 and I\u2019m hanging over the fence bare-shouldered, and then my legs are bare with high-top tennis shoes and Harvey\u2019s voiceover,\u201d she recalled. \u201cHe\u2019s interviewing me, and it\u2019s a bunch of jokes about the nudist colony. No big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Burnett, the sketch continued with her character talking about having dances every Saturday night, and doing them \u201cvery carefully.\u201d However, it was that line that CBS took issue with, Burnett claimed. <\/p>\n \u201cThe network said, \u2018That was too blue. You have to change that line,\u2019\u201d she recalled. Poehler quipped that sometimes the changes to a line are \u201ceven dirtier,\u201d and Burnett confirmed that was the case. <\/p>\n She recited the new line her character delivered in response to a question about how she did the dances at the nudist colony: \u201cCheek to cheek.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey left, and they were like, \u2018That\u2019s good,\u2019\u201d Burnett added, referring to CBS\u2019s response to the line change. <\/p>\n Burnett\u2019s remarks come as Weiss has faced intense backlash<\/a> over her decisions at CBS, including the last-minute cancellation of a 60 Minutes segment about Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration to the violent El Salvadorian prison CECOT in December<\/a>. The segment eventually aired on CBS in January, after already airing in Canada on the Global Television Network. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Burnett, who has an honorary Golden Globe Award named after her, appeared on her eponymous comedy show for 11 years (Photo by Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP, File)<\/p>\n Weiss has also come under fire for the \u201cMAGA-coded\u201d<\/a> reboot of CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil, which has been beset with poor ratings<\/a>, technical mishaps<\/a>, behind-the-scenes chaos<\/a>, and cringeworthy pro-Trump segments<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the fall, there was a 10 percent payroll cut<\/a> by David Ellison, the boss of CBS\u2019s parent company, Paramount. The move included letting roughly 1,000 CBS News employees go. <\/p>\n![\"Carol](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MixCollage-03-Feb-2026-11-44-AM-5405.jpeg\")
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