Sean Ramos

All right, what's the craziest thing your daddy ever bought you?

For David Ellison, son of Ora Clary, the answer would be Warner Brothers.

Not the actual brothers.

Larry Ellison bought his best boy David the studio.

Larry had already bought David Paramount the studio, and Paramount the studio just beat Netflix out in a long, drawn-out saga to acquire... The WB!

The debt-ridden studio that owns Batman, Bugs, Harry, Carrie, Mad Max, The Matrix, Tony, Tyrion, all six friends, the Lego Cinematic Universe, and the .

Oh, and CNN, you just bought Wolf Blitzer.

The biggest night in Hollywood is around the corner, but we're gonna talk about the biggest deal in Hollywood and why it's probably gonna be bad for you on Today Explained.

Today Explained.

Joe Adalian is the West Coast editor for Vulture, where his piece on the mega deal between Paramount and Warner Brothers was titled, Paramount Wins, Everybody Loses.

So employees at Warner Brothers right out the gate lose.

looking straight down the barrel of layoffs.

Right.

When people think of Warner Brothers, they probably think about movies.

They probably think about Batman.

I'm Batman.

They probably think of Sinners.

They're vampires.

And one battle after another from last year.

I've had a few.