Ousted CBS Producer Trey Sherman Accuses Network of Race-Based Layoffs

Zachary Leeman Oct 31st, 2025, 10:15 am

(TikTok/Ted Shaffrey/AP photo)

A former CBS producer accused the network of race-based layoffs after the company laid off 1,000 employees in a first round of cuts.

Trey Sherman , an associate producer for and for the network’s CBS Race & Culture Unit, took to TikTok on Wednesday to claim discrimination as part of the cuts . Fox News first flagged the video.

@treymous Is CBS is doing race-based layoffs? #cbsnews #layoffs ♬ original sound – Trey Sherman

Sherman is Black and both of his positions were eliminated in the new cuts, which came after Skydance and Paramount (parent company of CBS) had a merger approved this year.

“I just got laid off from my job at

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