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George Cheeks Teases Skydance TV Strategy In Memo To Staff, Exalts CBS, Sports & News

George Cheeks, who has a shiny new role in the Skydance corporation, called the first day of the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery the “start of a new chapter”. In a memo to staff, Cheeks, who is now Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance TV, teased the strategy of the new division that now […]

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Oct 7, 2026 · byDeadline

George Cheeks Addresses Staffers in First Memo as Skydance TV Co-Chair: ‘CBS Remains a Cornerstone’

George Cheeks, newly appointed to the role of Skydance TV co-chair and chief content officer, laid out his vision to staffers Tuesday, as the $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery officially closed. Hours after Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz sent a memo to employees at the combined […]

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Oct 6, 2026 · byVariety

WBD’s JB Perrette Is Making The Leap To Skydance In Senior Exec Role: Here’s What He’ll Oversee And Why

When Skydance confirmed the company’s executive leadership team Monday, most industry reaction centered on elevated roles for content execs like Casey Bloys, Channing Dungey and George Cheeks. But another exec in a key new post is JB Perrette, a veteran of streaming since its earliest days and a close associate of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO […]

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Oct 5, 2026 · byDeadline

Paramount-WBD New Executive Structure Unveiled As Deal Set To Close

After a year of negotiations, false starts, and internal and external politicking, the question of who will run the combined mega-studio created by Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery has been answered. As anticipated, the new media giant will see top roles for Casey Bloys, as co-chair and chief content officer Skydance DTC, and George Cheeks […]

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Oct 5, 2026 · byDeadline

Channing Dungey Poised For Expanded Post-Merger Role Overseeing Paramount & WBD Cable Networks – The Dish

EXCLUSIVE: In addition to Casey Bloys and George Cheeks, the television/streaming structure of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, recently named Skydance, would include expanded responsibilities for Channing Dungey who would be taking over the Paramount cable networks, I hear. As Deadline revealed on Friday, Paramount’s Chair of TV Media Cheeks, who currently oversees CBS Studios, […]

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Oct 5, 2026 · byDeadline

George Cheeks May Level Up in David Ellison’s TV Empire

The CBS networks chief is poised to expand his oversight with the Warner Bros. Discovery assets arriving onboard the Skydance train.

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Oct 3, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

George Cheeks May Be Poised for Expanded TV Role at Skydance Post Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

Paramount TV media chair George Cheeks, whose domain has included all of CBS in addition to the Paramount cable networks, is said to be in line for an expanded oversight at the newly merged Paramount-Warner Bros. entity (which will be named “Skydance,” the company revealed Friday). Skydance would not comment, but Cheeks has been seen […]

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Oct 2, 2026 · byVariety

Skydance Putting All 3 TV Studios Under George Cheeks: Warner Bros. TV, CBS Studios, PTVS – The Dish

More elements of the proposed post-WBD merger Skydance’s executive structure are coming into focus ahead of the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery transaction closing on Oct. 6. As Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg are poised to oversee Skydance’s movie studios, Warner Bros. and Paramount, another senior executive on Paramount CEO David Ellison’s team, Chair of TV Media […]

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Oct 2, 2026 · byDeadline