Brad Kern Departs NCIS: New Orleans Showrunner Post
Sad news NCIS: New Orleans fans – Brad Kern has exited his role as showrunner on the CBS’ hit show. Kern will no longer serve as executive producer or oversee the procedural drama. He will remain with the series in a consultant capacity.
A representative for CBS Television Studios, which produces the series, declined to comment.
What happened?!
There was a report in December that Kern was investigated twice in 2016 by CBS’ human resources department for his workplace behavior. Complaints against Kern included accusations of verbal harassment against women and making racially charged comments.
An internal investigation CBS found at the time Kern had made “insensitive” and “offensive” comments. However CBS concluded that there was no evidence of retaliation, harassment, discrimination or gender bias. The company communicated to staffers that appropriate action had been taken. Kern had undergone sensitivity training.
A CBS spokesperson said:
We were aware of these allegations when they took place in 2016, and took them very seriously. Both complaints were acted upon immediately with investigations and subsequent disciplinary action. While we were not able to corroborate all of the allegations, we took this action to address behavior and management style. We have received no further complaints since this was implemented.
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