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Trump Celebrates Colbert Cancellation

President hopes Kimmel is next

(Newser) - It won't come as much of a surprise that President Trump is thrilled that CBS is cancelling Stephen Colbert's late-night show:
  • "I absolutely love that Colbert' got fired," he wrote on Truth Social. "His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel
...

6 Takes on Colbert News, Including Kimmel's
6 Takes on Colbert News,
Including Kimmel's
the rundown
Jul 18, 2025 8:21 AM CDT

6 Takes on Colbert News, Including Kimmel's

Two Democratic senators demand to know if politics is behind show's cancellation

(Newser) - The surprise news that CBS is pulling the plug on Stephen Colbert's late show next year has prompted much chatter about the network's motives. CBS insists it was purely a "financial decision," but skeptics see politics at play. (Parent company Paramount recently settled a lawsuit brought...

Colbert Announces CBS Is Pulling the Plug

Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end next May

(Newser) - Stephen Colbert made the announcement himself to his studio audience on Thursday at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. "I want to let you know something I found out just last night," he said, USA Today reports. "Next year will be our last season. The...

Paramount to Pay Trump $16M Over 60 Minutes Interview

Settlement follows lawsuit over editing of Kamala Harris interview

(Newser) - A rep for President Trump's legal team is calling it "another win for the American people" in the realm of "fake news": Paramount late Tuesday announced that it will pay $16 million to settle Trump's lawsuit over the editing of an October 60 Minutes interview...

60 Minutes Reporter Rebukes CBS Owner on Air

Scott Pelley speaks out after longtime executive producer resigns

(Newser) - The AP calls it "an unusual peek behind the scenes at the sort of inner turmoil that viewers seldom get the opportunity to see:" At the end of Sunday's episode of 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley paid tribute to Bill Owens, the executive producer who left the...

CBS Wants Trump's $20B Lawsuit Tossed

Paramount lawyers call it an 'affront to the First Amendment'

(Newser) - CBS News' parent company is trying to get President Trump's $20 billion l awsuit against the network thrown out, arguing that it is an "affront to the First Amendment and is without basis in law or fact." Paramount filed two motions in the US District Court for...

Shari Redstone Scolds CBS for Scolding Anchor After Coates Interview

Network 'made a mistake,' says chair of CBS' parent company

(Newser) - The chair of Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, made it clear Wednesday that she does not agree with CBS News on its decision to scold one of its anchors over his heated interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates . "I think Tony [Dokoupil] did a great job with that interview,"...

South Park Creators: We're Skipping Election Season
South Park Creators on Trump:
'Don't Know What More' to Say
CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
Sep 8, 2024 8:30 AM CDT

South Park Creators on Trump: 'Don't Know What More' to Say

Trey Parker, Matt Stone tell Vanity Fair the series won't return until 2025—after the election

(Newser) - If you were hoping Cartman and the gang would help you survive this year's election cycle, well, that's not happening: Delays have pushed off South Park returning to Comedy Central until 2025. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the animated series' creators, tell Vanity Fair that's because a)...

Paramount TV Studios Is Shutting Down

It's part of a restructuring at parent Paramount Global

(Newser) - A familiar name in the TV industry is shuttering for good: Paramount Television Studios is done at the end of this week, part of an ongoing restructuring at parent company Paramount Global, reports Deadline . The current iteration of PTVS has been around since 2013 and has been responsible for shows...

Say Hello to the 'New Paramount'
Say Hello to the
'New Paramount'
Jul 8, 2024 8:14 AM CDT

Say Hello to the 'New Paramount'

And goodbye to the reign of the Redstone family, as Paramount plans its merger with Skydance

(Newser) - Paramount Global has had a tough time of it in the digital era, struggling to gain a foothold in the streaming arena—but a new merger may remedy some of that. Per t he AP , Paramount announced Sunday that it has struck a deal to merge with the Skydance Media...

Paramount Agrees to Merger Terms
Paramount
Ends Merger
Talks With
Skydance
updated
Jun 12, 2024 5:47 PM CDT

Paramount Ends Merger Talks With Skydance

Shari Redstone had not signed on to the deal

(Newser) - The majority owner of Paramount Global said it has ended merger talks with Skydance Media. National Amusements said in a statement only that the entertainment giant and the movie production company "have not been able to reach mutually acceptable terms," the AP reports. The major missing piece had...

Paramount Global Replaces CEO With 3 Execs

They will form an 'Office of the CEO'

(Newser) - Paramount Global on Monday announced that Bob Bakish is stepping down as CEO of the film, television, and multimedia company. Bakish will be replaced by a troika of executives who will form a new "Office of the CEO." The group includes George Cheeks, the CEO of CBS; Chris...

Two Media Giants Start Merger Talks
Two Media
Giants Start
Merger Talks
Dec 20, 2023 6:15 PM CST

Two Media Giants Start Merger Talks

Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount both are facing debt and making cuts

(Newser) - Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global have begun talking about merging, a deal that would put the rivals' streaming operations and film studios—as well as TV networks CBS and CNN—under the same corporate roof. The media companies' CEOs, David Zaslav of Warner Bros. and Bob Bakish of Paramount,...

Showtime Joins Max in Getting a New Name

Cable channel will now be called Paramount+ With Showtime, which some say is a 'crazy' rebrand

(Newser) - We just got used to calling HBO Max simply ... Max . Now, we'll have to shift gears and do the same with Showtime, though that network is actually seeing its name lengthen as part of a rebrand. The Hill reports that, starting on Jan. 8, Showtime will officially become "...

Paramount Calls Quits on Yellowstone

Sequel, apparently without Costner, will take over in December

(Newser) - The hit TV series Yellowstone will ride into the sunset this fall, just in time for a sequel to pick up the story of the Dutton family. It had been unclear whether star Kevin Costner would continue to appear on the series, and the announcement didn't completely clarify that...

South Park Is Caught in the Middle of a $200M Suit

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Paramount, South Park Digital Studios over exclusivity rights

(Newser) - During the peak of the pandemic, homebound Americans continued to receive a bit of comic relief thanks to South Park, which aired a couple of COVID-themed episodes to break the tension. Who's not laughing now: Warner Bros. Discovery, which is suing competitor Paramount for airing new episodes of the...

Lawsuit Calls for an End to Top Gun Screenings

Heirs of magazine article author say Paramount had no rights to make sequel

(Newser) - Top Gun: Maverick has gotten rave reviews and has had a huge first two weekends at the box office , but if the heirs of the author of a 1983 magazine article have their way, no one else will get a chance to see it. The article in question, "Top...

ViacomCBS Shares Plunge After Rebrand

Company is now called Paramount

(Newser) - ViacomCBS is now known as Paramount, but investors don't seem be thrilled about the company's name change or its financial outlook: Deadline reports that the company's stock price nosedived 20% in trading early Wednesday, and it remains down nearly that much as of this writing. The company...

2 Big Studios, No Women Directors Through 2018

That's 47 male-directed movies

(Newser) - Nearly 50 movies from two major studios are slated to come out through 2018—and there's not a female director to be found among them, according to a tally by the Wrap . It found Paramount is set to release 25 films, while 20th Century Fox will debut 22 (that...

Final John Hughes Script May See Big Screen
Final John Hughes Script
May See Big Screen
Hollywood Rumor
Mar 8, 2010 2:11 PM CST

Final John Hughes Script May See Big Screen

Rumor gives Paramount inside track for 'Grisbys Go Broke'

(Newser) - John Hughes died last year—last night's Academy Awards even paused for a tribute—but he may have one more movie in him. Rumor has it that Paramount will pick up an unproduced Hughes script in the hopes of making a family comedy, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Grisbys Go ...

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