What Time Warner-AT&T Merger Means For Future Of Adult Swim, “Rick and Morty”, And More
The ramifications of a $100 billion dollar buy.
The buyout isn’t even completed yet, but the Disney-FOX buy is already seeing casualties. Obviously, that all goes away if Comcast’s bid wins instead, but shows like Archer are already contemplating a future that may or may not be part of the combined efforts of Disney-FOX with creator Adam Reed waffling on whether or not the longest-running FX animated franchise in history will even continue past the show’s tenth season.
On the other hand, the AT&T-Time Warner merger sounds like the creativity will stay intact. AT&T boss Randall Stephenson has noted that creative freedom and resources will be apropo going forward. For fans of Adult Swim, Rick and Morty’s recent 70-episode pickup is going on as usual, but we would be re-missed if we didn’t point out what would be some obvious expected changes moving forward and as such we’ve got five takeaways for you as we move forward in what could be a chaotic TV atmosphere moving forward:
1)Hulu
This buy is another in the long line of TV networks and communications companies combining efforts to fight off onslaughts coming from Silicon Valley like Hulu, Netflix, Apple, and more. As a result, expect to see Time Warner content being removed from the streaming service that they had no stake in, to begin with (note: Disney’s buy of FOX would increase their stake in the streaming service while Comcast’s buy of FOX would shed the Hulu assets. In both instances, Sky Broadcasting is also a major factor in the deal, and in fact is the pearl in the clam).
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