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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.
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.”
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.
Global streaming service spend on content will hit a record $101 billion in 2026, according to a report from Ampere Analysis, up 2% from 2025. “The accelerating shift in content investment toward streaming underscores a structural rebalancing of the global TV market, with scale and reach emerging as the central competitive differentiators for operators to remain buoyant,” said Peter Ingram, Research Manager, Ampere Analysis.
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.
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.
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. |
 Original “Jersey Shore” cast member Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi will guest on season one of “Canada Shore,” premiering Thursday, January 22 on Paramount+ in all markets globally.
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.
Nordic drama “Scenes After a Marriage,” told across eight 18-minute episodes, premieres Thursday, January 29 on Viaplay US.
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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Disney Jr.: Hey A.J.! at 7a
Hulu: Tell Me Lies
ID: Evil Lives Here at 9p; Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger at 10p
Nat Geo: Pole to Pole With Will Smith at 9p
RFD-TV: Outback Farm; Shark Farmer
TLC: Suddenly Amish at 10p |
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| PRODUCTION |
| UK’s Caravan has commenced production on “Arctic Adventure: Ultimate Survival,” a documentary for Channel 4 following an elite team of veterans who have 10 days to cover 500km through a frozen wilderness. |
| SPORTS ROUNDUP |
| FloSports is expanding the stream of live event coverage of short track dirt race event Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink. The event is airing on the newly launched FloRacing 24/7 FAST channel on Prime Video and Fubo as well as FloRacing’s YouTube channel. The Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink runs through January 17. |
| DISTRIBUTION |
| Digitoonz Spain and Hoho Rights struck an exclusive free-to-air distribution agreement for three preschool animated series: “Cloudbabies,” “Shane The Chef” and “Toad & Friends” across Latin American territories. |
| RATINGS |
| 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.
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. |
| EXECUTIVE MOVES |
| Bloomberg Media has named Hayley Romer as Managing Director of US Advertising Sales. Prior to joining Bloomberg Media, Romer was Chief Growth Officer at Art Basel.
Dina Powell McCormick, former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Trump, has been appointed President and Vice Chair of Meta.
Sally Shin has been named Executive Vice President of Growth and Partnerships for CNBC. Most recently, Shin served as a Venture Partner at Comcast Ventures.
HAND, a nonprofit public benefit corporation and standards initiative focused on building an interoperable identity layer for talent ID resolution in sports and entertainment, has appointed Renard T. Jenkins as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Jenkins is founder of I2A2.io. |
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This Day in History
1920 – The New York Times published an editorial ridiculing the idea of space travel. The paper issued a retraction in 1969, after the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
Which TV superhero had an adopted daughter named Gosalyn? The title character in “Darkwing Duck” (1991-92). Kudos to: Justin Pierce-JP Consulting Group/LA; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC; Rev. Mark Wajda/Clermont, FL; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA: Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago; Dan Quiterio-dialogic/NYC; Rosemary Cunningham-MeTV/Chicago
Today’s Trivia Question
Who played Rafael, the biological father of Jane’s child, on “Jane the Virgin” (2014-19)? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.) |
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THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY/SALT LAKE CITY: Leverage our suite of advertising solutions to unlock growth opportunities for local and national businesses. Play a role in driving the station’s revenue goals as well as serving as the home station for Utah’s new NHL team. Collaborate with our production team to create campaigns that connect our clients with their customers in meaningful ways. Full info HERE
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FURMAN ROTH ADVERTISING/NY(HYBRID): Plan, launch, and optimize digital marketing campaigns across various paid media channels (including Display, Google products, Paid Social, CTV, and Programmatic, etc.) while managing budgets effectively. Support the execution of media plans across platforms, overseeing targeting, budget allocation, and performance tracking to drive campaign success. Full info HERE
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THE SHADE ROOM/REMOTE: Develop and execute a revenue growth strategy to drive direct advertising, branded content, and sponsorship sales as well as lead the development of compelling advertising and branded content offerings tailored for TSR’s audience and cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key advertisers, media agencies, and brand partners. Full info HERE
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MARIST UNIVERSITY/ POUGHKEEPSIE, NY: Teach studio and field broadcasting and new media courses in sports media and journalism as well as be able to teach a studio course on producing a newscast and help students live stream a podcast or produce short-form feature content suitable for social media streaming. Also demonstrate through their teaching, professional activity, and service. Full info HERE
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UPWAVE
NEW YORK, NY
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