Mike Schur Warns Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Would Cut Jobs, Shrink TV Buyers to 1
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Updated · The A.V. Club · Aug 24
Mike Schur Warns Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Would Cut Jobs, Shrink TV Buyers to 1
3 articles · Updated · The A.V. Club · Aug 24
Summary
Mike Schur said in a Hollywood Reporter guest column that the pending Paramount-Warner Bros. merger would be "bad for everyone except those at the very top," hurting creatives across television.
The veteran showrunner argued another media conglomerate would eliminate industry jobs and reduce commissioning opportunities by further shrinking the buyer's market for new and riskier programming.
Schur framed the warning through his own 20-year career, saying that if someone behind shows such as The Good Place, Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine has felt consolidation's harms, others have suffered more.
The merger remains on hold, but Schur cast it as part of a broader consolidation trend that he says favors concentrated corporate control over creative risk-taking.