The Paramount/Warner Bros. merger is going forward and (almost) no one is happy about it

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

About that deal Paramount struck with California and 11 other states: As I suspected, Paramount has promised to stay in California and will not sell either the Paramount or Warner Bros. lots for at least five years. They have promised to release 30 movies a year, going up to 32 eventually, and spend $300 million on film production annually. There will be a third-party entity, a “news editorial independence board,” to oversee CNN and CBS News, and hopefully keep Bari Weiss’ hands off of CNN. But don’t get too excited: Ellison will be appointing this board.

Now, what I worry about looking at this is that Paramount was already saddled with $77 billion (with a B) in debt by making this deal, and cuts are going to have to come from somewhere. And what I’m seeing, at least at this early stage, there are few protections for the TV side. The exception seems to be that Pluto TV will be protected for at least five years, and Paramount and Warner Bros. will have to negotiate their cable packages separately. But that’s it. Which means TV jobs are about to be cut. Widely.

The writers aren’t happy; the actors aren’t happy; CNN isn’t happy; Wall Street isn’t happy; late night can’t be happy; the only people who appear to be happy are David Ellison and Gavin Newsom.

Jessica Lange only wanted to return to American Horror Story if she could play all four former characters (and a mystery fifth character).

 

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Seth Meyers is back from the longest hiatus Late Night has ever taken (with the exception of COVID) and has explained that they took such a long break for our own good. 

First, American Idol leaves Hollywood, and now America’s Got Talent? Maybe?

Wait, Kyle MacLachlan dated Laura Dern? And then he left her for Laura Flynn Boyle? How did I purge all of this from my 90s memory? In any event, if you were his wife, I’m not sure how you trust him around his co-workers.

This is why Whoopi will only be on The View sporadically for the next few weeks.

President Violation is promising to appeal the ruling in the lawsuit brought by CNN, MS Now, and Politico for banning them from the White House. A judge has not ruled on it yet.

Meanwhile, other media outlets, including The Washington Post, New York Times, PBS, NPR, Reuters, Getty, and HuffPost, have joined the White House Pool suspension in protest. The result of the pool not being there to cover him has been inadvertently hilarious. SOUND ON:

 

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Meanwhile, President Dummy doesn’t understand how any of this works, seething at CNN’s Kaitlin Collins for being at the UN.

 

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Oh, what’s that? Piers Morgan is lying about President Obama banning Fox News from the White House? Huh. Weird.

Apparently the White House launched something called “Trump TV” on YouTube, and it’s not going well. But those cease-and-desist letters will be coming soon, methinks.

Remember when President Doingus appointed Mel Gibson, John Voight, and Sylvester Stallone “special ambassadors” to Hollywood? Yeah, apparently Stallone was like, “Thanks, but no thanks.”

Glad to see you, Christina Applegate. Stay strong.

Dammit, Lionel Richie, get better.

We have an official cause of death for Hayden Pantierre, and I’m afraid it’s exactly what we feared.

Tick tock, have you checked your voter registration status yet?

If you are in Texas, you can check your registration here. (And be sure to check a few more times before October 5th, as they intend to keep purging.)

If you are anywhere else in the country, check your registration here.

#MeToo

Former Fox News producer Jennifer Eckhart has committed suicide. She had accused former Fox News anchor Ed Henry of raping and sexually assaulting her, leading to his termination from the network. Her lawsuit against Fox News was dismissed; she settled with Henry days before his trial was set to start.

Braden “Clavicular” Peters has been charged with “one count each of rape, drugging a person for sex and providing alcohol to a minor in Massachusetts.”

Scott “Carrot Top” Thompson is recovering from a suicide attempt shortly after being sued for sexual exploitation, and “a second independent victim” came forward to support the plaintiff.

Mindy Tessa McKoin, a Key Second Assistant Director on Shrinking, has accused executive producer Kip Kroeger of sexually harassing and assaulting her and of Warner Bros. ignoring her complaints.

Lauren Boebert has been accused of having affairs with staff members and paying them hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money. Boebert denies the allegations.

Kat Dennings recalls nixing a scene in 2 Broke Girls in which she and her co-star were supposed to run around in bras.

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Rosie O’Donnell says ABC blocked a segment she wanted to do honoring the Epstein survivors when she guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live!, so she made the video that she later posted on Instagram.

I want only the worst for him.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), which routes the caller to their nearest sexual assault service provider. You can also search for your local center here. 

Cancellations

In Development

  • Rules of Play, a crime thriller series starring Jensen Ackles, has been ordered by MGM+.
  • Zodiac, a spy thriller from Marvel Television, has been ordered by Disney+.
  • Netflix has struck a content deal with ChuChuTV.

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Who Is Martin Mull? will premiere on Netflix on October 7.
  • Clown Panic debuts on Hulu on October 12.
  • Below Deck returns on Bravo on October 12.
  • R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2 premieres on Tubi on October 9.
  • When Calls the Heart returns on Hallmark in January.
  • Dupahiya will return on Prime Video on October 1.
  • Doctor X: Mafia in White premieres on Netflix on October 9.
  • Quiztopia premieres on Netflix on December 17.
  • Grifters will premiere soon on Netflix.
  • Bride of the Barrier Master premieres on Netflix in January.
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle debuts on Hulu on September 28.
  • The Sisters Grimm returns on Apple TV on October 2.

R.I.P.

James Sloyan, Actor who appeared in Oh Madeline, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Lou Grant, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey, Moonlighting, Murder, She Wrote, Quantum Leap, The X-Files and NYPD Blue, as well as Xanadu and several other films

Anjanette Comer, Actress who appeared in My Three Sons, The Donna Reed Show, Gunsmoke, Ben Casey, and Arrest and Trial, as well as several movies

Elliot Graham, Oscar-nominated film editor

Jennifer Eckhart, Former Fox Business staffer

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