John Oliver Dodges David Ellison-Skydance News on ‘Last Week Tonight’

Variety - Oct 5, 2026

The big media news this week concerned Skydance Corp., David Ellison’s newly formed Hollywood mega-company comprising Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which Ellison (and his father Larry) acquired in a $111 billion debt-addled merger that is set to officially close Oct. 6. What the long-term future of the studio behemoth may look like is […]

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