At this pace, Disney and Comcast will value Hulu in the year 2197. reuters.com/business/media…

So, glee?

Let’s get this straight: there may be broadcast equals in any of the four major team sports, but NOBODY excels in all four the way Sean McDonough does. He is the most unappreciated great TV broadcaster of our time.

Well, at least everything else at Paramount is steady.

Little scooplet: I’m told the Apollo-Sony offer for Paramount includes a control premium for Shari Redstone. cnbc.com/2024/05/03/par…

Time to make a 25-year long TV series that concludes with a joke about how people didn’t like Unfrosted.

It really bothers me that this account has such great content and consistently shows sports content not from the 70s. Change your account name!

One thing that may be important re: Shari’s thinking. Does the Apollo-Sony offer give her the same control premium she was getting with Skydance? If it doesn’t, would she support that deal over Skydance?

Skydance’s bid for Paramount now hinges on Shari Redstone as special committee decides to end exclusive talks amid new Sony-Apollo offer.

Story here:

cnbc.com/2024/05/03/par…

'The NBA is going to make out very well here because they have a lot of interesting bidders,' says Alex Sherman on the league reportedly targeting a $76 billion windfall in new TV rights deal. $AMZN $DIS $CMCSA $WBD

Step 1: NBCU gets NBA rights
Step 2: NBC brings back Roundball Rock
Step 3: NBCU buys WBD
Step 4: NBCU puts games back on TNT and hires all the Inside The NBA guys.

Now where’s my investment banking fee….

Love Chuck, but it’s been pretty clear it was going to be NBCU vs WBD for this package for more than a year.

The Barry McCarthy era didn’t quote go as hoped

John Tesh confirms NBC could re-license ‘Roundball Rock’ if they get NBA rights dlvr.it/T6FFCN

More on this and the NBA rights fight between NBCU and Warner Bros Discovery coming up in 5 min on Last Call

ESPN’s model is eroding. Past and present execs are split on how it can protect its dominance cnbc.com/2024/03/21/esp…

OK Internet, I came through for you.

I reached John Tesh. If NBC gets back the NBA, all NBC needs to do is give him and his lawyer a call and hammer out a deal …. and “Roundball Rock” can return.

cnbc.com/2024/04/30/nbc…

Bronny James is going to be the first pick in the draft, isn’t he.