Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger may give Trump even more influence over what Americans watch

Following unprecedented threats from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, major affiliate station owners Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting pressured Disney's ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel's show off the air over his comments related to Charlie Kirk's killing. The cancellation is a harbinger of what could happen under a fundamental restructuring of U.S. media that will take place if the proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger is approved by the Trump administration. The deal, first revealed on September 11, 2025, would erase one of the five remaining movie studios and concentrate oversight of two of the country's most prominent…