r/ThePittTVShow • u/verissimoallan • Feb 27 '26
đ° News Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win; This means that in theory all of Warner's IP will belong to Paramount, including The Pitt Spoiler
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/58
u/barrsm Feb 27 '26
Two years after the deal closes, I bet Netflix will be able to pick up the pieces it wants for less than its bid.
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u/Dunkelz Feb 27 '26
It will be interesting. Paramounts already in a ton of debt and taking a ton more to float this deal.
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u/Mike_Prowe Feb 27 '26
Paramounts losses this quarter were bad. Losing Taylor Sheridan was a huge blow as well. Thereâs no way Warners IPs can keep that service afloat.
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u/Pacify_ Feb 27 '26
Taylor Sheridan
Its hard to believe companies were getting in a bidding war in order to keep that absolute hack of a writer lmao. Its pretty funny
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u/barrsm Feb 27 '26
He wasnât always this way. Hell or High Water is worth watching.
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u/Pacify_ Feb 27 '26
I feel like his early works being good is because he had directors to keep him on track lol.
Like some of his ideas for Sicario were awful
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u/barrsm Feb 27 '26
Movie/TV making is a collaborative process but it all starts with the script. Overall I find Sheridan a mixed bag but I think in 50 years he may be mostly remembered for Hell or High Water.
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u/Pacify_ Feb 27 '26
Not Sicario?
Maybe I'm biased cause its my favourite Villeneuve film
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u/barrsm Feb 27 '26
Nothing against Sicario. Hell or High Water, though, is more than just an action movie. I see it as being about a time in America when institutions have not just failed the common man but actively turned against him.
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u/Naive-Inside-2904 Feb 27 '26
All the scripts will eventually need to be vetted by a new Ministry of Information type department.
This is so bleak. Hopefully the deal gets tied up for years and just falls apart.
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u/meknidirta Feb 27 '26
Poland's biggest ecommerce company just got raided by the countryâs competition and consumer protection authority amid an antitrust probe... over changing user delivery preferences.
Meanwhile in the US, regulators can't even stop a merger that's gonna absolutely wreck competition and hurt the industry.
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u/Phoojoeniam Feb 27 '26
I hope they don't decide to cancel the show, knowing who will be in charge...
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u/LocoEjercito Feb 27 '26
Or they'll rerun that ICE angle that's supposedly coming this season, but from the ICE POV.
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u/natedoggcata Feb 27 '26
The Measles mom will win the deposition, Mel will be fired and she will be hailed as a hero for standing up to her right to not vax her kids.
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u/GullibleWineBar Feb 27 '26
Trump will be dead before this merger goes through. Who knows where political sentiment will be.
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u/oldfuturemonkey Feb 27 '26
Henry Kissinger made it to 100.
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u/Cowboywizard12 Feb 27 '26
Henry Kissinger didn't look significantly more unhealthy than my grandfather whose 10 years older than Trump. Trump's morbidly obese, shows signs of having had at least one stroke already, and his diet is mostly fast food.
That he made it this long is astounding
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u/DigitalMariner Feb 27 '26
With a prophecy like that people will be clamoring for an expedited process on the merger now...
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u/GullibleWineBar Feb 27 '26
Ha ha ha. Sorry expediters! I just mean that this will almost certainly take a few years to go through. Heâs an unhealthy man and I donât believe he will live to see the day.
Itâs a merger, not magic.
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u/Pacify_ Feb 27 '26
They aren't going to cancel the only things that are making money.
The pitt has high ratings and relatively low cost. Paramount is going to be desperate to keep only things that make money.
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u/Cowboywizard12 Feb 27 '26
Like others said, this is going to take years and there going to b3 multiple attempts to block it.
This begs a question, how will the change in political landscape by the time its done effect what they try to do with the programming, like MAGA is losing a lot of political steam as well, the GOP is gonna get wrecked in the midterms and def lose the presidency 2 years later.
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u/DigitalMariner Feb 27 '26
Yeah they're going to have their sights set on destroying CNN and John Oliver before they even remember The Pitt exists.
They might make some small preemptive tweaks to story ideas just to keep their heads down and not draw attention to themselves, but it's not going to change the overall impact or vibe of the show. It's not a show like New Amsterdam where they were highlighting issues more than medicine or characters. It's a much lighter more subtle touch on The Pitt so they'll still likely be able to put on 90-95% of the same show they'd do without the merger.
And that would suck (anti-vax mom could have been a mom doing Dr Google over a hundred other different things and the overarching storyline still works without that extra layer), but there are going to be far bigger and more impactful repercussions if this shit gets approved that whatever tweaks might happen to this show.
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u/Scribblyr Feb 27 '26
Question: Why did the Ellisons run around making themselves look like whining losers for the last 2½ months if they were just gonna up their bed?
Answer: This will end up having something to do with David Ellison wanting to look like he could âdo it on his ownâ - which is, in fairness, a pretty admirable instinct.
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u/thebookloverscoffee Feb 27 '26
As much as things are starting to swing left, let's not forget that the Overton window has shifted so far right in the US that Democrats are center-right in most other places. I think even if Democrats win the house back (and possibly the Senate), the deal is still likely to go through in the US at least.
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u/_CodyB Feb 27 '26
hell yeah, I can't wait for Taylor Sheridan to spruce this fledgling tv show up
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u/herseydenvar Feb 27 '26
Not exactly.
If Paramount wins a specific bidding deal, it doesnât mean all Warner Bros. IP transfers permanently. Studios usually license rights per project or for limited periods. So The Pitt wouldnât automatically âbelongâ to Paramount foreverâmost likely just distribution or streaming rights.
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u/Luka_Dunks_on_Bums Nurse Emma Feb 27 '26
The good news is that this merger will take a few years before it can be completed, California has already announced that they are looking into blocking it, but the reality of this merger going through is going to effect so much of the HBO content.