SitcomsOnline Digest: Paramount Looking to Merge with Warner Bros. Discovery; Samsung TV+ Adds Late Night with David Letterman

Saturday, September 13, 2025

SitcomsOnline Digest: Paramount Looking to Merge with Warner Bros. Discovery; Samsung TV+ Adds Late Night with David Letterman

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! It's a very busy news week, with another possible media merger in the works, more Saturday Night Live casting news, and more. Let's get going!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB

Media merger talks are in full swing again, and now it seems that Paramount is looking to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. (Deadline)
For those who have access to Samsung TV+ (either via a Samsung phone or television), there is a David Letterman channel which already had episodes of The Late Show with David Letterman, but now they've added his first talk show, Late Night with David Letterman. (Variety)
This is a cast exit that we didn't quite see coming from Saturday Night Live: Ego Nwodim is leaving the show. (Deadline)
It seems that it was a little less than Two and a Half Men when it came to salaries, because Jon Cryer revealed that his pay was about 1/3 of Charlie Sheen's. (Variety)
Rainn Wilson is talking about the spinoff of The Office focused on Dwight that never happened. (Variety)
The Emmy Awards tomorrow night will feature a tribute to The Golden Girls. (Deadline)
ABC is developing a food truck workplace comedy, from David E. Kelley. (Deadline)
Going Dutch has a new show runner for the upcoming season. (Deadline)
A current season South Park episode has been pulled in light of current events, though it is still on Paramount+ (for now). (Deadline)
Polly Holliday, known for her role of Flo on Alice, has died (which also means that every member of the original cast is no longer with us). (SitcomsOnline)

WEEKLY PLANNER (SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 19)

A new season of Futurama arrives Monday on FXX and Hulu.
The Emmy Awards air tomorrow on CBS.
Antenna TV has a Hazel Sunday Special tomorrow.
The Catchy Comedy binge tomorrow is The Doris Day Show.
You can stream Law & Order for free now as a FAST channel, available on Pluto TV, Amazon Freevee, and more.