Who Fills the Schedule

Dirk Hanlon: Paramount's streaming chief is out, days before the Warner deal. Gus: streaming's over, back to cable! Dot: negative, she says the boss is optimizing for HBO stability. Lorraine: who fills the schedule now? Dot: Taylor Sheridan leaves for NBCUniversal in 2029. Gus: I'll write a show about naps. Cindy Holland spent 13 months signing new series; HBO's Casey Bloys takes the top job.

Paramount's departing streaming chief, Cindy Holland, who helped build Netflix's original shows, spent thirteen months signing series for Paramount+ to balance a slate built on UFC fights and Taylor Sheridan dramas before Sheridan leaves for NBCUniversal in 2029; she says the boss is optimizing for HBO stability, which hands the top job to HBO's Casey Bloys, a 22-year veteran behind Succession and The White Lotus.

Starring

Dirk HanlonGus PeltDot PeltLorraine Pelt