Warner Bros. has sued the people who made South Park
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Warner Bros. Discovery has sued its competitor, Paramount, for $200 million.
They say that Paramount cheated them out of the streaming rights to South Park, which airs on Comedy Central.
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There is no question that these people are angry. For a business complaint, it’s a first to have big, angry chapter titles like “THE ILLICIT CONSPIRACY EMERGES.” (Direct quotation)
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Warner signed a contract with South Park Digital Studios (SPDS), the company that makes South Park, in 2019.
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SPDS is owned by Paramount, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone, who made the show. (Who, thanks to a smart deal they made in the early days of the internet, get to keep all of the money made from streaming the series.
This has made both men billionaires.) Warner needed “anchor” programming for its then-new HBO Max streaming service, so it paid an astronomical $1,687,500 per episode
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for exclusive streaming rights to the show’s back catalogue and for 30 more episodes to be made in the form of three more seasons.
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So, yes, it probably cost more than your house is worth to get the rights to stream “Not Without My Anus.”