Chad covers mergers, Bari Weiss, and all the crap that made up 2025 in the entertainment industry. He also tries to offer hope. Let the similes fly!

• The Oscars are YouTube bound in 2029

• Bari Weiss is holding right winged town halls

• Warner Bros. continues to dissuade the Ellison takeover

• Starz wants the Warner Bros. cable networks

• Most, if not all, of the most watched streaming shows are from white creators

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Schlop like schlep. Plus, the Game Awards are getting too big to sustain.

• NFL RedZone gets more commercials mid season

• Netflix doesn’t put much monetary value on WB game studios

• Warner Bros. doesn't think Paramount can afford its new bids

• Disney invests a billion into OpenAI

• Geoff Keighley on running The Game Awards

• The Game Awards doesn’t live up to the hype anymore

• The Game Awards are too expensive

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All Warner Bros, all Netflix. Chad is less than optimistic with the Warner Bros. sale to Netflix. Warner Bros. went with the richest buyer and, while selling isn't ideal in the first place, it's the better option between Comcast and Paramount Skydance.

• An update on the Warner Bros. second bids

• Netflix’s rumored plans for Warner Bros.

• What Comcast wants to do with Warner Bros.

• Parmount Skydance’s bid partially comes from Saudi Arabia

• Paramount sent two letters complaining about Netflix

• After a third round of offers, Netflix sent the highest offer

• Netflix and Warner enter exclusive talks

• Netflix wins Warner Bros

• Netflix held a Friday morning call with Wall Street analysts

• AI played a factor into the acquisition

• Warner Bros. theater output will be safe-ish

• A memo from David Zaslav suggests “generational change” in the industry

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Call of Duty Black Ops 7's campaign stinks; Starz is looking to buy A+E; and MLB's new TV home(s).

• Theater owners are following the Warner Bros. Discovery sale

• Disney might be looking to sell its smaller cable networks and Starz is looking to grow

• MLB signs new deals with Disney, NBC and Netflix

• Is Netflix’s MLB deal a sign of what’s to come on the streamer?

• The FCC is looking at the relationships between broadcast networks

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Myq Kaplan (stand up!) sits down to talk about his new special, "Rini." Plus, we get into how he wrote the special with his girlfriend (also named Rini); trying to avoid time capsule jokes; and his growth as a human and comedian.

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Tiffany Haddish ("Girls Trip," "Solar Opposites") and her friends drop by to talk about their Peacock docuseries "Tiffany Haddish Goes Off."

Plus, Disney earnings and CEO Bob Iger's AI interests; and Valve has more gaming hardware.

• Watch Tiffany Haddish on The Interviews

• Valve introduces a new Steam Machine, VR headset and controller

• NBC Sports channel is back

• Disney CEO Bob Iger talks games on streaming, user based AI generated work

• Disney stock falls after not very good quarter

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Writers, producers, and siblings Liz Astrof ("Pivoting," "2 Broke Girls") and Jeff Astrof ("Friends," Trial & Error") talk about their new NBC sitcom - "Stumble." Plus, we get into how hard it is to make a comedy show survive.

Then, IMDb credits; The New York Times goes vertical; and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's first 100 days and the push to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

• IMDb adds much needed credits for crew members
• Recording Academy adds thousands along with Latin Recording Academy
• NYT vertical video push
• David Ellison’s plans for WBD laid out

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CNN and CBS are going through changes. The former, for the better. The latter, not so much. And Peacock probably plateaued.

• CNN goes to streaming
• CBS News overhaul takes shape after initial layoffs
• Netflix is looking into acquiring Warner Bros studios and streaming
• Did Peacock peak?
• What happened between Disney and Doctor Who

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