TCM’s future might be saved by some of our favorite directors.
Last week, the world was up in arms as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav began to gut TCM along with other Warner Bro. holdings. It started with them canning Turner Classic Movies programming executive Charles Tabesh and announcing changes coming for the channel without a real plan.
Then, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson stepped in before it went further.
They called David Zaslav and requested to meet, which has to be a terrifying phone call to get.
We don’t know what was said on the call, but we know Charles Tabesh is not going to keep his job, and that Spielberg, Scorsese, and PTA will help program for the channel as well.
The three released a joint statement, saying:
Author: Jason Hellerman
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