Paramount+ axes original shows as Showtime merger nears
Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone is one of the major casualties of the sweeping broom atParamount+. The streaming service has ditched several of its original shows as it heads towards a merger with Showtime. It comes after Showtime itself also announced the cancellation of many of its own original series - removing several of them from its offered lineup altogether. Paramount+ with Showtime, as it will be called in the US, will launch later this year as a combined streaming platform from Paramount Global....