CBS’ Leslie Moonves: Wall Street Hero, ‘Pushover’ at Home, Future Ambassador?

This report first appeared in the Oct. 3 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

Two and a half years ago, Leslie Moonves was sitting at midtown Manhattan’s Composition Box Theatre for a production of “One Man, Two Guvnors,” laughing so hard his sides ached.

Onstage was an English comedian whom the CBS chief executive had never heard of before: James Corden, a now-36-year-ancient with a résumé that includes…