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Paramount Skydance is pressing ahead with its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, filing a lawsuit to force WBD to disclose details of its $82.7 billion agreement with Netflix, which Paramount argues is inferior to its own $108.4 billion offer. “WBD’s stockholders have an immediate need for the material information being withheld in order to make a decision on Paramount’s tender offer to them,” reads the legal filing. “This additional material information, including information that the Board purports to rely on but has withheld from view, will confirm what many already know: WBD stockholders should reject the recommendation of the Board and accept Paramount’s value maximizing tender offer for their shares.” Paramount also plans to nominate a slate of directors at WBD’s next annual shareholder meeting who would be more receptive to Paramount’s proposal.
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Warner Bros. Discovery had a few things to say about that. “Despite six weeks and just as many press releases from Paramount Skydance, it has yet to raise the price or address the numerous and obvious deficiencies of its offer,” responded WBD in a statement. “Instead, Paramount Skydance is seeking to distract with a meritless lawsuit and attacks on a board that has delivered an unprecedented amount of shareholder value. In spite of its multiple opportunities, Paramount Skydance continues to propose a transaction that our board unanimously concluded is not superior to the merger agreement with Netflix.”
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Apple TV set a new monthly record in December for engagement and viewership, wrote Apple SVP of Services Eddie Cue in a Monday note. Without getting into specifics, Cue said the number of total hours viewed on the streamer was up 36% versus the year prior. Other highlights: The App Store saw over 850 million average weekly users globally, and Apple Pay eliminated over $1 billion in fraud, while generating more than $100 billion in incremental merchant sales globally.
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Nominees for the 57th Annual NAACP Image Awards were unveiled on Monday. “Bel-Air” landed the most TV nods with seven, followed by six for ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” Hulu’s “Reasonable Doubt” and Netflix film “Ruth & Boaz.” The ceremony airs live Saturday, February 28 on BET and CBS.
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Pluto TV will stream a free marathon of the first 49 seasons of “Survivor”and make episodes available on demand via a dedicated Survivor channel beginning Saturday, January 24, at 5:15p. The long-running CBS reality series returns for its landmark 50th season on Wednesday, February 25.
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Fans will have to wait a little longer for the returns of “NCIS,” “NCIS: Origins” and “NCIS: Sydney.” The procedurals were slated to resume their seasons on Tuesday, February 24, but have been bumped by a week to clear space for the State of the Union address.
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“Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History” launches Tuesday, February 3 on PBS. The four-parter from executive producer and writer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the relationship between Black Americans and Jewish Americans.
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Original “Jersey Shore” cast member Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi willguest on season one of “Canada Shore,” premiering Thursday, January 22 on Paramount+ in all markets globally.
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AMC launches its first-ever weekly flagship series from TNA Wrestling with “Thursday Night iMPACT!” live on Thursday, January 15 at 9p. Every Thursday will feature a two-hour block of wrestling action.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Nordic drama “Scenes After a Marriage,” told across eight 18-minute episodes, premieres Thursday, January 29 on Viaplay US.
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New RFD-TV series “Twisted Skillet” launches Wednesday, February 4. Hosted by Texas chef Sean Koehler, the series offers dishes with a cowboy culinary twist.
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The January premiere of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America” posted 0.54 P25-54 / 0.64 W25-54 Live+3 ratings, up +108% and + 88% respectively vs. prior six-weeks benchmarks to rank as the #1 overall ad-supported cable program of the night for M25-54.
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Telemundo closed 2025 averaging 548,000 total viewers on weekday afternoons, according to Nielsen. Year-over-year, the afternoon daypart jumped +22% among A18–49, with every program in the block delivering double-digit growth versus 2024.
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