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Paramount Denies Trying to Suppress Stephen Colbert Public Access Show

Paramount Denies Trying to Suppress Stephen Colbert Public Access Show

Published by Daniella Wilson

The social media-verse exploded over the weekend with rumors that Paramount is trying to “suppress” the episode of a public-access show that Stephen Colbert hosted, but the truth is something different, sources told The Hollywood Reporter. Paramount is not actually trying to “suppress” copies of Colbert’s surprise appearance on Only in Monroe, as rumors across social media suggested over the weekend. A day after hosting the last ever Late Show on CBS, Colbert popped up as a surprise host Michigan public access TV show based in Monroe, Michigan, at 11:30 p.m. Friday. Surprise guests included Jack White and Jeff Daniels, with other surprise appearances from Steve Buscemi, Eminem and Byron Allen (via FaceTime). The show’s regular hosts, Michelle Baumann and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson (a former Miss America), also were on the show. “Stephen Colbert’s return to Monroe in the Only in Monroe episode was financed and produced by CBS Studios and was posted on Stephen Colbert’s YouTube channel in collaboration with Monroe Community Media and The Late Show’s YouTube channels,” a CBS spokesperson said. “As is …

Paramount-WBD Merger Would Create a TV Studio Behemoth

Paramount-WBD Merger Would Create a TV Studio Behemoth

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A big media merger may cause a major reset of the TV studio business. It happened after Disney acquired Fox’s studio assets. It happened both before and after the Skydance-Paramount merger. Now, with Paramount poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery, it could happen again with two of the most prolific TV studio operations in the industry. Including co-productions, Warner Bros. Television Group’s various production units and Paramount’s studios together have more than 100 series currently airing or about to premiere and another 25 to 30 more either greenlit for future dates or in development. The studios’ output touches almost every part of the TV landscape, from streaming to broadcast syndication, and includes shows ranging from Euphoria to Dora. The Warner Bros. Discovery board approved the deal Friday, but the merger still faces a potentially rocky path to regulatory approval, both domestically and abroad (Paramount is targeting the third quarter of this year for closing the deal). Assuming it clears all those hurdles, the combined TV studio …