Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global put former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell back in charge of a broadcast network. As President of the newly merged Paramount, he oversees the day-to-day operations of the conglomerate’s media businesses, including CBS .

Just before he exited NBCU in April 2023, Shell had been actively exploring getting NBC out of the 10 p.m. hour, the part of primetime most impacted by people’s changing viewing habits that has them migrating to streaming in large numbers during that time span.

Since Shell was a proponent of NBC dropping the 10 p.m. hour, there had been speculation that he may want to do the same with CBS once he formally becomes Paramount President.

At a Los Angeles press event Wednesday with top Paramount executives , Deadline asked Shel

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