What are you watching in 2025?

[Jay Bee]

Just finished watching the Night Agent season 3 on Netflix.

Sounds like p0rn.

[mu_hilltopper]

Just finished watching the Night Agent season 3 on Netflix.

And? 

I liked season 1, but made only made it about two episodes into Season 2 because it was galactically dumb.

[reinko]

Paradise on Hulu is so out there with the premise - but executed at a pretty high level.  Season 2 dropped a 3 episode premiere this week and the first two have been rock solid.

[jesmu84]

Paradise on Hulu is so out there with the premise - but executed at a pretty high level.  Season 2 dropped a 3 episode premiere this week and the first two have been rock solid.

They need to end it before it gets into Lost territory

[reinko]

They need to end it before it gets into Lost territory

I've read they are doing 3 seasons and that's it.

[CreightonWarrior]

And? 

I liked season 1, but made only made it about two episodes into Season 2 because it was galactically dumb.

I also watched season 1 but heard many different places the same thing you just said so didn't even bother watching season 2.

[MU82]

We've watched the first three episodes of Night Agent S3, and we think it's definitely better than S2 - so far, anyway.

[Pakuni]

I'm going to miss HBO.

[MU82]

I'm going to miss HBO.

CNN is more likely to disappear.

[Pakuni]

CNN is more likely to disappear.

Oh, I don't think HBO is going away. But if the the nepo baby runs it the way he runs Paramount, quality will take a nosedive.

[JWags85]

Oh, I don't think HBO is going away. But if the the nepo baby runs it the way he runs Paramount, quality will take a nosedive.

Not trying to go to battle for David Ellison, but what has he done in the 7 months since taking over that would say scripted quality would take a nosedive?  I don't think the CBS News move translates to "everything else will be terrible".  Skydance Media wasn't in the business of prestige films, but they certainly weren't a joke.

[Hards Alumni]

Not trying to go to battle for David Ellison, but what has he done in the 7 months since taking over that would say scripted quality would take a nosedive?  I don't think the CBS News move translates to "everything else will be terrible".  Skydance Media wasn't in the business of prestige films, but they certainly weren't a joke.

People openly mock what CBS news has become.  And they should.

[Pakuni]

Not trying to go to battle for David Ellison, but what has he done in the 7 months since taking over that would say scripted quality would take a nosedive?  I don't think the CBS News move translates to "everything else will be terrible".  Skydance Media wasn't in the business of prestige films, but they certainly weren't a joke.

Ellison's first move after the merger was to announce plans to reduce 2,000 jobs companywide - about 10% of the workforce. That on top of a 3.5% workforce reduction a few months earlier.
Paramount entertainment's most valuable asset was Taylor Sheridan, who last fall announced he's leaving the company. And made it clear on his way out that it wasn't because of his personal compensation, but because of creative friction with Skydance and the company's insistence on him slashing production costs.

My suspicion is if they're going to try to impose production cost reductions on their most valuable assets, they won't hesitate to do it on their newly acquired properties as well. And whether there's an economic argument to be made for the layoffs last fall, it's hard to argue that cutting a tenth of your workforce won't affect quality.

My other thought is that Paramount is clearly overpaying for WBD and the only way for them to recover from that is through cost-savings measures. Will they find some bloat and redundancies that can be eliminated without it affecting quality? Sure, probably lots. But probably not enough to make this deal financially viable.
Either way, this has the potential to be another AOL-Time Warner.

[jesmu84]

What happened to anti-trust?