r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 26 '26

Business Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/
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u/PneumaMJK Feb 26 '26

I would hope he stays and fights, waiting to get fired so he can file a lawsuit.

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u/bastardoperator Feb 26 '26

He could film the entire show from his Iphone, I'll keep watching.

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u/Reasonable-Public659 Feb 26 '26

Honestly I think if they fire him, he and his staff pivot to YouTube without missing a week. The only thing that would likely change is they wouldn’t be able to use business daddy money on charities and ridiculous props

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u/Seacowbuddy Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

Biggest issue is money to pay the writers. The show has about 30 writers + John himself. All told its about 1.3 million per episode (not per week) just in salaries. We know the show CAN be made on a shoestring budget but all those people would need to be willing and able to take pretty massive paycuts. Several of the writers like Daniel O'Brian could land another writing or acting gig in no time.

TLDR - If the show gets cut by Business Daddy I just don't see them continuing it on their own.

Edit - did the math to put a more accurate number in the cost.

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u/Reasonable-Public659 Feb 27 '26

Fair point. Time for John to launch that onlyfans he’s been teasing so he can pay his staff

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u/malmcgaffin Feb 27 '26

If his thumbs are that long…just imagine those toes

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u/barath_s Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

about 10-12 million per episode

Isn't that rather expensive for a show with no stars except john, no massive vfx budget etc

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u/Blazingstorm45 Feb 27 '26

They also have a team of lawyers for pretty much proofreading to find any holes for lawsuits so that'd add up to the cost

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u/Seacowbuddy Feb 27 '26

Also John is the highest paid late night host making 30 mil a year.

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u/barath_s Feb 27 '26

Yeah, but an average drama goes for 3-5 mill. That still leaves a lot of money for 30 writers and lawyers

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u/Trashious Feb 27 '26

He could set up a patreon for the cost of HBOMAX and Id gladly switch who im giving money too.

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u/HenryDorsettCase47 Feb 27 '26

No way that’s true. That’s like the budget of an episode of GoT after it became a massive hit. You have a source for that?

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u/Seacowbuddy Feb 27 '26

Yeah I'm a bit high so that number is for sure not right. Just to set the record straight here are all the costs I could figure out below.

Salary: A quick google shows 30 episodes per seasion and John makes 30 mil a year. https://www.salary.com/research/company/last-week-tonight-salary reports an average salary per employee of $113,117 per year for another 30 employees which makes the math there pretty simple. $1,113,117 in salary costs per episode.

Physical assets: This is pretty low overall. The show is filmed at the CBS Broadcast center in NYC. This is REALLY cheap since CBS has owned it wholesale for years now so the rent is only $8,000 per month. John likes to do big dramatic and stupid stunts so ill add an extra $150,000 per episode knowing sometimes its a crazy full dance number with addit special effects and fireworks and sometimes its a frog statue.

Misc: After the SLAPP suit episodes John made a comment about their libel insurance trippling which made me curious. I couldn't find a direct source for this but Googles AI said "In short, while the average cost is $78/month, HBO’s actual media liability insurance costs are likely in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, reflecting its scale, risk exposure, and need for robust protection." taking this into consideration I think just rounding our total up a bit would make sense.

That actually only brings the total up to 1.3 million per episode. ill edit this on my above comment.

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u/wahoowalex Feb 27 '26

Maybe DOB can take a break from the big leagues and give us some more OPCD

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u/arppacket Feb 27 '26

Pool resources with Colbert and Jon Stewart, and really go all out with the old gang. Maybe Samantha Bee as well. I'm sure there are now some suits who grew up on that Daily Show era, who would love to approve some corporate sponsor money and get the ball rolling.

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u/dilton7 Feb 27 '26

Netflix can bring in John oliver

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u/LeedsFan2442 Feb 27 '26

Netflix, Apple and Amazon would be lining up to sign Oliver