Exclusive: The new, post-skydance merging Paramount has two large TV studio units: the existing CBS studios, led by David Stap, and supervised by Paramount chairman of the TV media George Cheeks and the newly founded paramount TV studios under the direction of the former Skydance TV President Matthunell and monitoring Dana Goldberg, co-chair of Paramount Pictures and Chair of Paramount Pictures.
In an encouraging sign for their future interactions (and possible cooperation), they had already agreed on day 1 of the two studios that exist side by side when the Skydance acquisition on August 7, the majority of overlapping overlapping series and projects are to be shared in development.
As Deadline reported last week, the main focus of CBS Studios will continue to deliver the CBS -Broadcast network and at the same time carry out streaming series for Paramount+ and external streamers if there is an opportunity, in particular extensions of existing franchise companies like that NCIS: Tony & Ziva Offshoot The studio has shown Paramount+. The CBS studios shows for CBS NCIS and the Firingland Franchise company and popular title MatlockPresent Ghosts, Watson and day soap Beyond the goals.
In the meantime, Paramount TV Studios, which combines the assets of Skydance -TV and Showtime/MTV entertainment studios, mostly focused on streaming series for Paramount+, but also for external platforms.
The demarcation asked questions about the fate of the streaming series-on-air and in the development of the CBS studios from the previous incarnation of PTVS that was closed a year ago. These included three shows that were originally co-productions between Skydance TV and PTVs and then between Skydance TV and CBS Studios in the past year-prime video's flagship drama ReacherPresent renewed for season 4; His upcoming spinoff Neagley; as well as Cross, renewed for season 2.
In the future, these series will be produced by the new PTVs as a single studio and be part of his slate, which also includes Skydance TVs Foundation For Apple TV+as well as showtime/MTVes Dexter: Resurrection, Emily in Paris And the Taylor Sheridan universe on Paramount+.
In the meantime, two streaming series that were originally developed by the former PTVs that took over CBS Studios after the death of the former – Apple TV+'s Murder botPresent renewed for the second season and the upcoming Small house in the prairie For Netflix – remains in the CBS studios, as well as those of Will CBS Studios from HomeGrown Streaming projects including the Star Trek Universum on Paramount+.
There is also a general agreement on the development of the now dissolved PTVs that had been switched to the CBS studios. The majority of the slate dominated by Paramount Pictures IP will return to PTVS, which develop series based on the forward stories of Paramount film, together with shows based on IP from the Miramax library, 49% in possession of Paramount.
There are a handful of exceptions; Projects in active development that CBS Studios have attached talent Galaxy Quest And Flash dancewill remain set.
CBS studios also retains the Unsuspecting Continuation series with Alicia Silverstone, which is in the works in Peacock. While Unsuspecting CBS Studios was a film title from Paramount and has worked in the past seven years to crack the IP for television and go through several incarnations.
In addition, the CBS studios are continued with international co-productions, including titles such as the coming King & conqueror For the BBC and Colin from accounts For binge/paramount+.
While PTVS is designed as a streaming player, occasional broadcast shows such as the upcoming CBS -Drama series can produce Y: marshals and reality series The streetthat stay with the new label. The Yellowstone Spinoff and the music competition series come from Sheridan and David Glasers 101 Studios. The streaming dominated slates of the duo, which changes from the MTVE studios in which Sheridan's overall business was determined to the new PTVs, include Yellowstone Universe and shows like Tulsa King, Landman And Mobland.
With the basic parameters of the CBS studios and the current slate and programming focus of PTVS, talks between Goldberg, Thunell, Wangen and Stapp are continued, while the CBS studios and PTVS teams meet in the studios to develop the details.