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Mike Judge Brings Back ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’
Now that the show is on a streaming platform, did you ever consider using more explicit language or content?We talked about it at the beginning. For one thing, it doesn’t seem like them anymore; it seems less innocent. But also, there’s something about them saying stupid things like “butt wagon.” They’re just really dumb and […]
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Can Paramount Compete With Netflix and Disney?
In January, the board of Paramount, including Shari Redstone, the company’s chair, met with a group of bankers to get an update on the media industry and to hear about potential deals that might help the company better compete with streaming giants like Netflix and Disney. The bankers, from Goldman Sachs and LionTree, came with […]
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‘Yellowstone’ Gets a Prequel in ‘1883,’ but It Wasn’t Easy
Given that the cable TV ratings for “Yellowstone” have risen each year since the show’s 2018 debut — with the current fourth season averaging over seven million same-day viewers an episode, outpacing most network television shows — it is no surprise that Paramount+ would want to work with Sheridan to expand the show’s universe. As […]
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Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’
In our own conversation, Renner remarked more than once that going straight from “Hawkeye” (which filmed in New York and Atlanta) to “Mayor of Kingstown” (which was shot in Toronto and in Kingston, Ontario) had been grueling, and that he might not have taken on the workload if he hadn’t been able to bring his […]
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