TV in 3: Seth MacFarlane-Peacock Open Marriage; a WB Insider’s Vicious Substack

Plus: ‘Baywatch’ bets on influencers

DEALS, DIVES, DISH Seth MacFarlane’s series moves, the Baywatch open casting call, Paramount under scrutiny. (The Ankler illustration; image credits below)

I wrote about Jeff Shell’s absence at Paramount and mapped out the org chart from hell looming at Paramount-Warners, plus the 10 burning questions the merger raises. Email me at lesley.goldberg@theankler.com

Welcome to TV in 3, and I hope you’ve got your Oscar pool filled out by now! Today, some news worth your attention: the backstory behind Seth MacFarlane’s quiet boomerang back to Fox after an underwhelming Peacock run that included at least five (!) shows in development that never went the distance; Fox stacking the cast of its Baywatch reboot with social media stars; and an anonymous Warner Bros. Discovery insider lighting up Substack with a vicious critique of the Paramount deal.