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It’s official: Paramount, now Skydance, closed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) on Tuesday.
-The deal closing marks the end of an almost yearlong effort by Paramount, which outbid Netflix for WBD in late February and then spent the last eight months overcoming various regulatory hurdles.
-Skydance celebrated the news Tuesday morning with a staff memo, in which Co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz described the company’s key priorities moving forward. Skydance especially aspires to become the most “technologically capable” media company, per the memo.
-Part of that plan, according to Skydance’s recent press release, includes unifying both direct-to-consumer streaming services, Paramount+ and HBO Max, into “a single service.”
–So, what’s the damage? Skydance faces approximately $80 billion in debt, and the newly combined company will likely spend a lot more merging both portfolios on a technical level. In fact, credit rating analysis firm Fitch has already downgraded the combined Skydance’s credit ratings from BB+ to BB, citing “uncertainty about the company’s ability to achieve its stated synergies.”
-Also, Skydance will likely make cuts to its workforce as it merges teams and technologies. Tuesday’s staff memo acknowledged “difficult decisions” will be part of the integration process moving forward.
(Source: Cynopsis)
It’s official, part two: After much speculation earlier this fall, the Emmy Awards broadcast is moving to Amazon’s Prime Video as part of an exclusive six-year deal.
-This marks the first time in 31 years that the televised award show has aired somewhere other than a major broadcast network (NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox).
-The deal includes the Creative Arts Emmys, but not the Daytime Emmys, which are organized by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences rather than the LA-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The two split in 1977 but have recently discussed merging back together.
-TV Academy Chairman Cris Abrego and Prime Video head Mike Hopkins told TheWrap that the deal represents a significant investment on Amazon’s part and will allow the Emmys’ telecast a better opportunity to evolve and market itself with more of an on-demand presence.
–The Takeaway: Streaming services are increasingly taking over the live awards telecast space – Prime Video just nabbed the Emmys, YouTube will have the Oscars in 2029 and Netflix already has the Actor Awards (formerly called the Screen Actors Guild Awards). The trend reflects the increased influence streamers have on the media landscape, as well as the potential impact of diminished ratings for broadcast networks airing live non-sports events.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“All’s Fair,” Ryan Murphy’s legal drama starring Kim Kardashian (“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”) and Sarah Paulson (“American Horror Story”) will have its Season 2 world premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Oct. 24. The second season will debut on television sometime in November on Hulu and Disney+.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tubi’s five-part docuseries “Just One Before I Die,” about one of the most passionate fan bases in sports – that of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills – premieres on Oct. 21.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In more disturbing docuseries news, Hulu’s new true-crime series “Swipe Right on the Devil,” about a murderous couple with a literal cult following, premieres a day later on Oct. 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HGTV’s home renovation competition series “Rock the Block” is returning with a new season that takes place outside Nashville. Season 8 is slated to premiere early next year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Peacock debuted an official trailer for “The Good Daughter,” a new series adapted from a Karin Slaughter novel and starring Rose Byrne (“Mrs. America”) and Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus”). The entire season premieres on Nov. 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Prime Video dropped a trailer for “The Watch: America’s Nuclear Mission,” a six-part series premiering in November.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BBC America and BBC Studios released an extended trailer for the upcoming natural history series “Blue Planet III.” The six-part series is set to premiere on BBC America and AMC+ in 2027.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars”) will star in a new limited series for Roku called “Scarlett Holmes.” The show features Hale as a modern descendant of Sherlock who uses her powers of deduction to solve romance-related mysteries, alongside a yet-to-be-cast co-star playing “Jane Watson.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
StudioCanal and Deadpan Pictures are developing a live-action show based on “The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks,” Katie Kirby’s best-selling preteen book franchise. Josie Long (“Skins”) and Holly Phillips (“Get Even”) are attached as writers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NHL star P.K. Subban is executive producing and starring in a new animated series called “Screech Owls,” based on a book series of the same name by Roy MacGregor. The series is co-produced by the NHL and Canadian production studios Shaftesbury, Sphere Animation and Boat Rocker Studios. It will premiere next fall on CBC in English and in winter 2028 on Radio-Canada and TFO in French.
(Source: Cynopsis)
All hail the Fresh Prince. Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff are developing a new series based on their early career as hip-hop performers together, called “215.” The project is one of several announced by Smith’s production company, Westbrook Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A new Netflix dramedy is in the works called “Feral,” based on the novel “Savages” by Shirley Conran. The series will star Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”) and Michelle Dockery (“Downton Abbey”) and is set to begin filming in Australia this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sports marketing agency IMG will serve as a production partner for Netflix’s coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2027. The agency will also support the Final Draw broadcast, which takes place on Dec. 11 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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