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With Paramount buying WB, they should really expect some consolidation is in order for it's TV business, so I believe that Paramount will absorb CBS Studios before buying WB to be cost-effective, and this could be how:

This is the current structure of the 2 studios

Paramount Television Studios	CBS Studios
Antoinette Media MTV Animation Inc. MTV Documentary Films New Games Productions, Inc. Uptown Productions, Inc.	Nickelodeon Animation StudioBig Ticket TelevisionBET Studios CBS Media VenturesCBS Eye Animation Productions

And the following is my suggested structure of the combined studio

Paramount Television- led by the current team and will keep CBS Studios management to oversee CBS-branded shows

• Big Ticket Television
• BET Studios- the studio for BET for film and TV
• Paramount Documentary Films- (removing the MTV name from normal entertainment as Ellison has said he wants it to be music focused again)
• Paramount Television Animation- the merged MTV and CBS Animation that focuses on adult animation, with some co-productions with its sister studio
• Nickelodeon Animation- the kids and family animation label, which would also absorb Nickelodeon Movies, it would focus on streaming and TV content, only making theatrical films based on its IP (now reading Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation present), while Paramount now makes live-action Nick films itself (streaming or theatrical) without the help of the Nick label
• Paramount Media Ventures- the distribution arm
• Misc. companies with this division include New Games, Uptown, and Antoinette

For all the consolidation Ellison has done, I'm surprised that this wasn't one of the first things he did, as well as make Paramount Sports a studio within Paramount (Skydance) Studios instead of a separate unit.

But tell me what you think and what you would change.