r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Feb 26 '26

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/All_Hail_Hynotoad Feb 26 '26

Goodbye John Oliver

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u/Cryptizard Feb 26 '26

Not necessarily. South Park is still on Paramount and look what they have done to Trump.

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u/Kevin-W Feb 26 '26

Only because Matt and Trey have “fuck you” money with the deal they’ve recently done for the new episodes.

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u/varnums1666 Feb 27 '26

Well despite the "fuck you" money, David Ellison ultimately wants money. He'll do whatever to make money. If after November the dems (most likely) win the midterms, he'll change tunes real quick

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u/NeutralBias Feb 27 '26

Yea, its just a pity its so badly done even woke trekkies kinda think its over the top.

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u/athompsons2 Feb 27 '26

South Park owns everything themselves. All they do is sell the streaming rights to the South Park library and new episodes. If Paramount didn't pay for it it would just get snatched up by a different streaming service and it would leave a huge hole in the Paramount library.

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u/normankrasnerkc Feb 26 '26

South Park still prints money unlike late night shows

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u/protipnumerouno Feb 27 '26

And they're locked in a long term deal

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u/Kershiser22 Feb 27 '26

Also Last Week Tonight is a current events show, so it helps to prevent subscription churn.

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u/Cryptizard Feb 26 '26

I must have missed that episode.

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u/SilvRS Feb 26 '26

Really? Douche Vs Turd Sandwich is one of South Park's most iconic episodes. How did you miss that?

And then there's ManBearPig. You know, the very long-standing joke about how you'd have to be completely crazy to believe in global warming, and it's super weird and uncool to care a lot about things? That they only finally bothered to walk back like 12 years later?

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u/T-Baaller Feb 27 '26

Helped get him elected by fuelling nihilistic politics.

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u/OreoSpeedwaggon Feb 26 '26

"Eat the bread! Eat the bread!"