Doug Herzog, a former top exec at Viacom (now part of Paramount) says his alma mater will soon look a lot different in the wake of its just-closed merger with Skydance. “I would believe that 24 months from now,

Reps. Jamie Raskin and Frank Pallone Jr. are demanding a large array of documentation surrounding the terms of the merger.

Raskin and Pallone, who are the top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Energy committees, said the settlement "raises significant concerns that Donald Trump demanded and Paramount paid an illegal bribe—a $16 million payment to the President in exchange for merger approval from the FCC."

Paramount has aggressively picked up Bald Eagles, a comedy spec by rising scribe Brandon Cohen, that sources say is in the seven figures. Details on the deal and script are being kept in the aerie, but Eagles is described as an R-rated high concept workplace comedy.

New Paramount CEO David Ellison has been asked to turn over all merger and settlement documents, as well as communications with the FCC and President Trump

Paramount Plus just announced several changes it's making to the streaming service now that it's part of Skydance.

Noah was apparently inspired by his time during the lockdowns to develop the pitch, about polar opposites forced to rely on each other to survive, which, if we had been stuck in lockdown with him, might actually feel kind of pointed!

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