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Sunday, March 1, 2026
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What's happening: SAG-AFTRA to weigh in on Paramount‑Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition
Union executive director Duncan Crabtree‑Ireland said SAG‑AFTRA is still evaluating Paramount Skydance’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery and will issue a formal verdict when the timing is right. The union’s media and labor‑economics team is crunching data on each offer but has not taken a public stance yet.
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Chris Berman on NFL Owning 10% of ESPN: ‘I’d Be Shocked if It Was Any Dictation of that Way’
Chris Berman spent decades as the face of ESPN. He has more reason than most to think carefully about what it means for the NFL to now own a piece of the place he built his career. Speaking with CNBC Sport’s Alex Sherman, Berman was asked whether the NFL’s 10 percent equity stake in ESPN Read more... The post Chris Berman on NFL owning 10% of ESPN: ‘I’d be shocked if it was any dictation of that way’ appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Glen Powell’s 133-Minute Stephen King Sci-Fi Remake Runs Past a Major Streaming Milestone
Edgar Wright's adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man has surpassed an important milestone on streaming.
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NASCAR’s ‘Full Speed’ Docuseries Moves to Prime Video with Daytona 500 Focus for Season 3
NASCAR’s Full Speed docuseries is heading to a new home and taking a new shape. Per Sports Business Journal, the third installment will move from Netflix to Prime Video and drop the multi-episode playoff format in favor of an 85-minute feature documentary focused entirely on the 2026 Daytona 500. It premieres March 5. The series Read more... The post NASCAR’s ‘Full Speed’ docuseries moves to Prime Video with Daytona 500 focus for Season 3 appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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Desperate Housewives' Success Was More Important For ABC Than Audiences Realized
At a turning point for broadcast TV, Desperate Housewives became a quiet linchpin. The story behind its rise reveals just how high the stakes really were.
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ESPN, Horizon League Extend Partnership Entering Its Fourth Decade
ESPN and the Horizon League have a relationship that dates back to 1988, when the two first partnered on the Midwestern Collegiate Conference men’s basketball championship game. Nearly four decades later, they’re not done yet. The two sides announced a new multi-year, multi-platform media rights agreement on Wednesday, extending a partnership that has grown well Read more... The post ESPN, Horizon League extend partnership entering its fourth decade appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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💬 Top Television Social Posts
Tweet by @Great_Katzby
Warner Bros makes roughly 80 shows a year for internal/external destinations. Paramount Skydance makes roughly 120 shows a year for internal/external destinations. Massive combined leverage as a third-party content supplier on the open market.
by Brandon Katz•
Tweet by @MattBelloni
Who really won in Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Discovery? Plus new details on the mountain of debt awaiting the Ellisons. My debate with Bill Cohan @PuckNews ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/xl4sfxLQQD
by Matthew Belloni•