Fear the Merger: One Network to Bind Them Into Darkness
Paramount won the bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in February, and Netflix walked away from the deal on 26 February, as LezWatch.TV warns the consolidation is bad for queer TV in the US. The piece argues that shareholder-driven conglomerates favor risk-averse reboots, sequels and procedurals, homogenize editorial voices across networks, and purge diverse shows for tax write-offs. It cites a wave of revivals including Scrubs Season 10, the Frasier revival, a Young Sheldon spinoff renewed for season 3, and Buffy: New Sunnydale.