Netflix's Ted Sarandos seen lunching with HBO's Casey Bloys

No way Ellison is stupid enough to let… I’ll just stop myself; yes he is.

Bloys' contract with WBD ends in 2027.

The cheaper, and far more effective, hbo acquisition.

Wouldn’t be surprised if Casey Bloys wants nothing to do with Ellison. When it looked like Netflix was winning the bid, Ted called Casey immediately to talk with him. When Paramount won, David Ellison never contacted him (as of reporting). Also some reports said Hollywood execs were openly wondering if David Ellison would out Cindy Holland in charge of HBO and HBO Max. She already controls Paramount+ Basically this merger sucks and WB, HBO, CNN, Cartoon. Network is ruined.

Okay, but did they split an appetizer? Who covered the check? Did either person order a drink? These are the questions we need to be asking

What a gigantic loss that would be for Paramount. Do people realize what an amazing run he has had at HBO? That dude knows quality

With all the debt of Paramount + HBO, talent fleeing for greater artistic freedom and a saturated market for right leaning media, I foresee bigger losses and more debt leading to a sell off of assets. In short, some may end up thankful they exited early to work elsewhere.

If Casey leaves I'm less certain Gunn stays

They're probably planning their approach for when HBO/Warner Bros. is bought by Netflix after the Paramount merger inevitably fails. This is far, far from a done deal, and I think even Ellison is starting to realize that.

Oh yeah, he's leaving.

Lunching with the Bloys.

James Gunn is gonna dip, Casey is getting poached, DeLuca and Abdy aren't likely to stick around, Ellison probably doesn't care either it's better for him if he doesn't have to deal with the bad PR of laying them off to replace with his Yes men.

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The bad boys of streaming.

>“David Ellison has a bro company, and that’s not Casey at all,” says one industry source familiar with the Paramount-Skydance dynamic. “He’s not a high-fiving bro watching [MMA fights](https://pagesix.com/2026/03/09/hollywood/star-studded-ufc-326-in-las-vegas-shows-the-combat-sport-is-new-place-to-be-for-celebrities/).” **Update:** I'm being downvoted and insulted by people on this sub who did a Google search of women centered shows to prove I'm wrong. Here is their evidence that Bloys supports women centered shows: 1. Girls. This premiered in 2012 before Bloys was promoted to the head of HBO. 2. Insecure. this was approved by the head of HBO before Bloys was promoted. 3. A Black Lady Sketch Show. this was approved by the head of HBO before Bloys but cancelled after Bloys became head of HBO. 4. And Just Like That. This was cancelled as mentioned in my post. 5. I May Destroy You. This was cancelled after 1 season. They were correct about Hacks but as mentioned in my post "almost" every high profile show is targeted to men. Almost every major high profile HBO show is targeted to men including Succession, HOTD, TLOU and numerous GOT spinoffs. Lots of women enjoy those shows but a majority of the audience is white men. There are very few women centered shows. Euphoria and The Idol objectify young women and have numerous scenes created to appeal to men. AJLT was cancelled. The White Lotus is written by a man. There aren't any women or POC writers and it shows. The Pitt is a show that might have more women watching it but there aren't many others. >our sources pointed out that there would be coming drama between Bloys and Paramount's Direct to Consumer chair Cindy Holland [Bloys](https://pagesix.com/2026/02/27/hollywood/inside-ted-sarandos-and-netflixs-bidding-war-for-warner-bros/), who stole the Duffer brothers of “Stranger Things” fame from Netflix. I'm not sure the Duffers were worth stealing after what they did with the final season of Stranger Things. After a decade at Netflix there is no proof they can create anything popular outside of Stranger Things and the final season looked like a c**** horror movie on Tubi even after being given a $500M budget.

Who cares?