Carol Altieri Courtesy of CBS Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Carol Altieri, a long-time CBS executive who formerly led the network's standards and practices department, has died. Altieri died Aug. 9 at her home in Palm Desert, California, after a long illness. She was 76. Born in Queens, New York, and raised on Long Island, Altieri joined CBS at the height of its "Tiffany Network" era in 1969, first working as an executive assistant in the network's C-suite. She was promoted to editor in 1974 and three years later became a senior editor in CBS' program practices department, which ensures network programming meets broadcast standards (i.e., no nudity and limited profanity). She moved to Los Angeles in 1982 as a director of program practices and was promoted to vp program practices two years later. She led the department for more than 20 years, rising to senior vp level in 2003 and retiring in 2005. Altieri wrote CBS' program standards manual, which is still in use today and helped set the network's policies balancing creative freedom and broadcast standards. She testified before Congress numerous times and engaged with special interest groups and industry task forces to help protect the TV business' First Amendment rights from government overreach. She also wrote for and lectured at UCLA's Anderson School of Business. Donations in Altieri's honor can be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the Wounded Warriors Project. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Etoile 'Etoile' Cinematographer David Mullen Dissects His Favorite Shot, Filled with Red Lights and Smoke The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Why Do Sketch Comedians Keep Getting Snubbed by the Emmys? Suicide Squad 'Peacemaker' Is Back for Season 2: Here's Where and When to Watch the DC Comics Series Online Emmy Awards It's Not the Size of the Wave, It's the Story of the Journey, Says '100 Foot Wave' Docuseries' Joe Lewis FX How Rob Delaney's 'Catastrophe' Inspired the Creators of 'Dying for Sex' Live Feed 'The Pitt' Takes Top Honors at TV Critics Association Awards Etoile 'Etoile' Cinematographer David Mullen Dissects His Favorite Shot, Filled with Red Lights and Smoke The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Why Do Sketch Comedians Keep Getting Snubbed by the Emmys? Suicide Squad 'Peacemaker' Is Back for Season 2: Here's Where and When to Watch the DC Comics Series Online Emmy Awards It's Not the Size of the Wave, It's the Story of the Journey, Says '100 Foot Wave' Docuseries' Joe Lewis FX How Rob Delaney's 'Catastrophe' Inspired the Creators of 'Dying for Sex' Live Feed 'The Pitt' Takes Top Honors at TV Critics Association Awards