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Before I begin, I think it's important that you, the reader, should familiarize yourself with the  core units of Paramount: CBS Entertainment Group (Broadcast Production) Paramount Pictures (Film Production) Paramount Media Networks (Cable Networks and Brands) Paramount Streaming Paramount International Networks I won’t focus too much on streaming and the international side of Paramount. I also won’t be focusing on lesser linear channels like CMT, Comedy Central, VH1, POP, Paramount Network, Smithsonian Network, TV Land, or LOGO because, and I’m going to be honest, most of them are not vital for the future of the company. There are shows on those outlets that are worth saving, but that’s a conversation for another time. I want you all to understand the core brands of Paramount as well because these are where most of the company's attentions should be focused on, and for some reason, not a lot of people acknowledge them, especially when talking about Skydance's sta...

PREFACE: Let me start off by saying I am not and will likely never become an employee of Paramount Skydance. I have no inside information nor privy to anything that is happening within Paramount Skydance or any of the Paramount-owned brands themselves.  This is an original fan-made concept that will likely go nowhere beyond this presentation. My brain works differently than most folks, and when an idea pops up, I have to execute it completely. And if you're an individual coming from Paramount Skydance or any of its ancillary divisions, hey, thanks for checking these ideas out. We'll talk. -jh  Have you ever wanted to just utterly destroy something out of spite only to have the opportunity to rebuild it from the ground up?   Don’t do that.  That’s no way to live, my friends, because you should never get that opportunity.  Still, it could be a bit cathartic to get it out of the way.  I am not a fan of Paramount Skydance. I have been utterly livid at the...

  The last week of January is always the coldest week of the year for me. Two women who were a huge part of my life passed away decades apart in the same week.  I think that's partially why I'm not really a fan of my birthday week because it comes so close to that cold week. People passing away suddenly never sits well with me, and that's why that coldness never really goes away.  Twenty-seven years ago, I lost the first person who really understood me, helped guide me into the person I am today, and never made me feel like I was weird.  My grandma was a saint. She was my mother's mother. A teacher, a helper, someone who would give her all to help someone else, even if it was a total stranger. She had this aura, this presence of peace and kindness that was just omnipresent. She was creative and encouraged my creativity, much like my mom does today. She had seen a lot of the world for what it was, endured the prejudices within it, but held on to her faith and empathy ...

“There are fixed points throughout time where things must stay exactly the way they are. This is not one of them, this is an opportunity. Whatever happens here will create its own timeline, its own reality, a temporal tipping point. The future revolves around you, here, now, so do good!” - The Doctor DISCLAIMER: The following is an alternate history of CBS's Action Zone, a block that aired in the 1994-95 season and had continuity attached to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles until its final season on the network. This is purely speculative and a work of fiction, although some real-world elements were included and presented for realistic situations and scenarios. Neither this series nor its author are connected to nor reflect the views and opinions of CBS, Paramount Skydance, or any entity or persons mentioned and does not mean to infringe on the copyrights and trademarks of those parties. - JH In 1994, CBS launched a newly-branded action block to shake up its Saturday morning lineup. Th...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 97 on January 15 this year. On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day... and yes, that's the official name of the federal observation of the third Monday of January is despite what the current administration wants to tell you... there is a weird erasure of what this brave man accomplished for civil rights in this country. It feels low-key and intentionally so this year. Events celebrating Dr. King are being cancelled nationwide, and the current administration has been hellbent on erasing his name and accomplishments in achieving civility, peace, equity, and brotherhood in this country and throughout the world. Dr. King actually won his Nobel Peace Prize. It wasn't given to him like a Best Dad mug a couple of weeks after Father's Day.  The media tends to downplay the holiday as a whole for the most part, often shortening it to MLK Day, which I'm sure our current administration will misread and use to chug raw unpasteurized whole mi...

 There are two groups of people who comes to mind when anybody talks about the legacy of UPN. The first group of people tends to talk about shows that played a huge part in their childhood like Moesha, Half & Half, One on One, Malcolm and Eddie, The Parkers, Eve, Girlfriends , All of Us , and Everybody Hates Chris and shows like Star Trek: Voyager, America's Next Top Model, Enterprise, WWE Smackdown, and Veronica Mars .  The second group tends to look at the channel in a mockingly light and love to talk about network failures like The Strip. Desmond Pfeiffer, Jake 2.0, Platypus Man, Shasta McNasty , and Homeboys in Outer Space. Home Movies oddly gets left out of this conversation despite it having only one season on UPN.  Go figure.  The reason UPN is popping up in conversations lately is because the creator of one of the channel's shortest-run shows died this week. Or, rather, the creator of the source material behind one of those shows. Scott Adams, the creato...