<PAGE>   1
     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 8, 1997
                                                           REGISTRATION NO. 333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 CKS GROUP, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


        DELAWARE                                         77-0385435
(STATE OF INCORPORATION)                    (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                               10441 BANDLEY DRIVE
                           CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014
   (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                          1996 SUPPLEMENTAL STOCK PLAN
                                 1995 STOCK PLAN

                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)


                                 MARK D. KVAMME
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                 CKS GROUP, INC.
                               10441 BANDLEY DRIVE
                           CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014
                                 (408) 366-5100
(NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)


                                    COPY TO:
                              BARRY E. TAYLOR, ESQ.
                              DANIEL R. MITZ, ESQ.
                               RAMSEY HANNA, ESQ.
                       WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                               PALO ALTO, CA 94304
                                 (415) 493-9300

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
                                                    AMOUNT                  PROPOSED                PROPOSED              AMOUNT OF
         TITLE OF SECURITIES TO                     TO BE               MAXIMUM OFFERING        MAXIMUM AGGREGATE       REGISTRATION
             BE REGISTERED                        REGISTERED          PRICE PER SHARE (1)        OFFERING PRICE              FEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>                 <C>                         <C>                  <C>
Common Stock issuable under 1996                                      
Supplemental Stock Plan                           1,000,000           $25.50/sh(2)                $ 2,550,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock issuable under                                           
1995 Stock Plan, as amended                       1,600,000           $25.50/sh(2)                $40,800,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total shares of Common Stock                      2,600,000                                       $66,300,000           $20,090.90
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)      Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
         calculating the registration fee.

(2)      Based upon the price per share in trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market as
         of the close of business on April 7, 1997.

<PAGE>   2

                                 CKS GROUP, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                     PART II


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         There are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and into the Prospectus relating to this Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 428 the following documents and information heretofore filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

         1.       The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended November 30, 1996.

         2.       The Registrant's reports on Form 8-K dated as of December 18,
1996 (as amended by Registrant's report on Form 8-K/A filed on March 6, 1997), 
January 3, 1997, January 31, 1997 (as amended by registrant's report on 
Form 8-K/A filed on March 5, 1997), February 27, 1997, March 10, 1997, and 
March 24, 1997.

         3.       The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October 23, 1995,
including any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such
description.

                  All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

                  Not Applicable.


                                      -2-


<PAGE>   3

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

                  Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"Corporation Law") provides in relevant part that "[a] corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful." With respect to
derivative actions, Section 145(b) of the Corporation Law provides in relevant
part that "[a] corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
 ... [by reason of his service in one or the capacities specified in the
preceding sentence] against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonable incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that
no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability buy in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expense
which the Court of chancery or such other court shall deem proper."

         Article VI of the Company's By-laws provides that the Company may
indemnify each person who is or was a director or officer of the Company to the
full extent permitted by Corporation Law. Such Article also provides that the
Company may, but is not required to, indemnify its employees and agents (other
than directors and officers) to the extent and in the manner permitted by the
Corporation Law.

         The Registrant has entered into an indemnification agreement with each
of its directors and officers containing provisions that are in some respects
broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware
General Corporation Law and intends to maintain insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers insuring such persons against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the securities laws.

ITEM 7.           EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

                  Not Applicable.


                                      -3-
<PAGE>   4

ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS

Exhibit
 Number                          Document
-------           --------------------------------------------------------------

4.1               1996 Supplemental Stock Plan.

4.2               1995 Stock Plan, as amended.

5.1               Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being
                  registered.

23.1              Consent of KPMG Peat & Marwick LLP, Independent Auditors.

23.2              Consent of Robbins, Spielman, Koenigsberg & Parker LLP,
                  Independent Auditors.

23.3              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

23.4              Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1              Power of Attorney (see page 5).

ITEM 9.                    UNDERTAKINGS

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act or 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the items described in Item 6 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
regis tered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.


                                      -4-
<PAGE>   5

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant, CKS Group, Inc., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, State of California, on the
8th day of April, 1997.

                         CKS GROUP, INC.


                         By:   /s/ CARLTON H. BAAB
                               -------------------------------------------------
                                   Carlton H. Baab, Executive Vice President and
                                   Chief Operating Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Mark D. Kvamme, Carlton H. Baab and
Robert T. Clarkson and each of them, acting individually, as his
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorney to any and all amendments to the Registration
Statement.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       Signature                                                   Title                             Date
       ---------                                                   -----                             ----
<S>                                          <C>                                            <C> 
 /s/ MARK D. KVAMME                          President, Chief Executive                     April 8, 1997
---------------------------------------      Officer and Chairman of the Board
Mark D. Kvamme


 /s/ CARLTON H. BAAB                         Executive Vice President,
----------------------------------------     Chief Operating Officer, and                   April 8, 1997
Carlton H. Baab                              Chief Financial Officer,

                                             Director                                       April  , 1997
----------------------------------------
Thomas K. Suiter

 /s/ ALEXANDRE BALKANSKI                     Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Alexandre Balkanski

/s/PIERRE R. LAMOND                          Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Pierre R. Lamond

 /s/ BARRY R. LINSKY                         Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Barry R. Linsky

/s/  MICHAEL B. SLADE                        Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Michael B. Slade
</TABLE>

<PAGE>   6

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                    EXHIBITS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Registration Statement on Form S-8

                                 CKS GROUP, INC.

<PAGE>   7

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                               Sequentially
                                                                                                                 Numbered
      Number                             Description                                                               Page
------------------          ------------------------------------------------------------------------------     -------------
<S>                         <C>                                                                                <C>
      4.1                   1996 Supplemental Stock Plan

      4.2                   1995 Stock Plan, as amended

      5.1                   Opinion of counsel as to legality of Securities being registered

      23.1                  Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Independent Auditors

      23.2                  Consent of Robbins, Spielman, Koenigsberg & Parker LLP, Independent Auditors

      23.3                  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

      23.4                  Consent of Counsel  (contained in Exhibit 5.1)                                          ---

      24.1                  Power of Attorney                                                                        5
</TABLE>


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1
     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 8, 1997
                                                           REGISTRATION NO. 333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 CKS GROUP, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

        DELAWARE                                         77-0385435
(STATE OF INCORPORATION)                    (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                               10441 BANDLEY DRIVE
                           CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014
   (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                          1996 SUPPLEMENTAL STOCK PLAN
                                 1995 STOCK PLAN

                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)

                                 MARK D. KVAMME
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                 CKS GROUP, INC.
                               10441 BANDLEY DRIVE
                           CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014
                                 (408) 366-5100
(NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                    COPY TO:
                              BARRY E. TAYLOR, ESQ.
                              DANIEL R. MITZ, ESQ.
                               RAMSEY HANNA, ESQ.
                       WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                               PALO ALTO, CA 94304
                                 (415) 493-9300

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================================
                                                    AMOUNT                  PROPOSED                PROPOSED              AMOUNT OF
         TITLE OF SECURITIES TO                     TO BE               MAXIMUM OFFERING        MAXIMUM AGGREGATE       REGISTRATION
             BE REGISTERED                        REGISTERED          PRICE PER SHARE (1)        OFFERING PRICE              FEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock issuable under 1996                                      
Supplemental Stock Plan                           1,000,000           $25.50/sh(2)                $ 2,550,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock issuable under                                           
1995 Stock Plan, as amended                       1,600,000           $25.50/sh(2)                $40,800,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total shares of Common Stock                      2,600,000                                       $66,300,000           $20,090.90
====================================================================================================================================
(1)      Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
         calculating the registration fee.

(2)      Based upon the price per share in trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market as
         of the close of business on April 7, 1997.
2

                                 CKS GROUP, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                     PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.           INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         There are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and into the Prospectus relating to this Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 428 the following documents and information heretofore filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

         1.       The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended November 30, 1996.

         2.       The Registrant's reports on Form 8-K dated as of December 18,
1996 (as amended by Registrant's report on Form 8-K/A filed on March 6, 1997), 
January 3, 1997, January 31, 1997 (as amended by registrant's report on 
Form 8-K/A filed on March 5, 1997), February 27, 1997, March 10, 1997, and 
March 24, 1997.

         3.       The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated October 23, 1995,
including any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such
description.

                  All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

                  Not Applicable.

                                      -2-
3

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

                  Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"Corporation Law") provides in relevant part that "[a] corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful." With respect to
derivative actions, Section 145(b) of the Corporation Law provides in relevant
part that "[a] corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
 ... [by reason of his service in one or the capacities specified in the
preceding sentence] against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonable incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that
no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability buy in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expense
which the Court of chancery or such other court shall deem proper."

         Article VI of the Company's By-laws provides that the Company may
indemnify each person who is or was a director or officer of the Company to the
full extent permitted by Corporation Law. Such Article also provides that the
Company may, but is not required to, indemnify its employees and agents (other
than directors and officers) to the extent and in the manner permitted by the
Corporation Law.

         The Registrant has entered into an indemnification agreement with each
of its directors and officers containing provisions that are in some respects
broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware
General Corporation Law and intends to maintain insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers insuring such persons against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the securities laws.

ITEM 7.           EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

                  Not Applicable.

                                      -3-
4

ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS

Exhibit
 Number                          Document
-------           --------------------------------------------------------------

4.1               1996 Supplemental Stock Plan.

4.2               1995 Stock Plan, as amended.

5.1               Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being
                  registered.

23.1              Consent of KPMG Peat & Marwick LLP, Independent Auditors.

23.2              Consent of Robbins, Spielman, Koenigsberg & Parker LLP,
                  Independent Auditors.

23.3              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

23.4              Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1              Power of Attorney (see page 5).

ITEM 9.                    UNDERTAKINGS

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act or 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the items described in Item 6 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
regis tered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      -4-
5

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant, CKS Group, Inc., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, State of California, on the
8th day of April, 1997.

                         CKS GROUP, INC.

                         By:   /s/ CARLTON H. BAAB
                               -------------------------------------------------
                                   Carlton H. Baab, Executive Vice President and
                                   Chief Operating Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Mark D. Kvamme, Carlton H. Baab and
Robert T. Clarkson and each of them, acting individually, as his
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorney to any and all amendments to the Registration
Statement.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                                                   Title                             Date
       ---------                                                   -----                             ----
/s/ MARK D. KVAMME                          President, Chief Executive                     April 8, 1997
---------------------------------------      Officer and Chairman of the Board
Mark D. Kvamme

 /s/ CARLTON H. BAAB                         Executive Vice President,
----------------------------------------     Chief Operating Officer, and                   April 8, 1997
Carlton H. Baab                              Chief Financial Officer,

                                             Director                                       April  , 1997
----------------------------------------
Thomas K. Suiter

 /s/ ALEXANDRE BALKANSKI                     Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Alexandre Balkanski

/s/PIERRE R. LAMOND                          Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Pierre R. Lamond

 /s/ BARRY R. LINSKY                         Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Barry R. Linsky

/s/  MICHAEL B. SLADE                        Director                                       April 8, 1997
----------------------------------------
Michael B. Slade
6

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                    EXHIBITS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       Registration Statement on Form S-8

                                 CKS GROUP, INC.
7

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Sequentially
                                                                                                                 Numbered
      Number                             Description                                                               Page
------------------          ------------------------------------------------------------------------------     -------------
4.1                   1996 Supplemental Stock Plan

      4.2                   1995 Stock Plan, as amended

      5.1                   Opinion of counsel as to legality of Securities being registered

      23.1                  Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Independent Auditors

      23.2                  Consent of Robbins, Spielman, Koenigsberg & Parker LLP, Independent Auditors

      23.3                  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

      23.4                  Consent of Counsel  (contained in Exhibit 5.1)                                          ---

      24.1                  Power of Attorney                                                                        5
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