EXCLUSIVE : The new, post-Skydance merger Paramount has two major TV studio units: the existing CBS Studios , led by David Stapf and overseen by Paramount Chair of TV Media George Cheeks, and the newly formed Paramount TV Studios , headed by former Skydance TV President Matt Thunell and overseen by Dana Goldberg, Co-Chair of Paramount Pictures and Chair of Paramount Television.
In an encouraging sign for their future interactions (and possible collaborations), on Day 1 of the two studios existing alongside each other when the Skydance acquisition closed Aug. 7, they had already agreed on how to split the majority of overlapping existing series and projects in development.
As Deadline reported last week , CBS Studios’ primary focus will remain supplying the CBS broadcast network wh