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Unless you've been chilling under a rock, you've heard that Paramount cancelled the Late Show and effectively fired Stephen Colbert for his being critical of the Trump administration.

For many people, this act, on top of their similar decimation of 60 minutes, is the final straw. We cannot simply and silently allow the acquiescence of free press to billionaire fascists.

I've seen lots of talk on the internet about boycotting CBS, Paramount and Skydance. I haven't seen an exhaustive list of all their holdings, so here it is.

You will note that their kingdom is vast and you may find it difficult or troubling to give up every single thing here. Just remember that boycotts do not have to be all-or-nothing. Anything on this list that you can avoid and convince your friends to avoid is incredibly valuable.

Here we go.

Note: since some users may find this relevant, yes, I did consult AI to help me aggregate and format this list for readability.

📛 Boycott List: Paramount, CBS, Skydance – Media, Services, and Franchises to Avoid (as of July 2025)

🎬 Paramount Global / CBS

📺 Broadcast & Cable Networks:

• CBS (flagship broadcast)
• CBS Sports Network
• The CW (12.5% stake)
• BET, BET Gospel, BET Her, BET Soul, BET Jams
• VH1
• MTV, MTV2, MTV Classic, MTV Tres, MTVU, MTV Live
• Comedy Central
• Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV)
• CMT, CMT Music
• Logo TV
• Pop
• TV Land
• Smithsonian Channel

📡 Streaming Services & Digital Platforms:

• Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access)
• CBS (website/app)
• CBS Sports HQ
• CBS News 24/7
• ET Live (Entertainment Tonight live stream)
• Pluto TV (free ad-supported)
• Nick+
• Philo (joint venture)

🏭 Studios & Content Production:

• Paramount Pictures
• CBS Studios / CBS Television Studios
• Showtime Networks: Showtime, The Movie Channel, Flix
• BET Studios
• Nickelodeon Studios
• Paramount Animation
• CBS Eye Animation Productions
• MTV Entertainment Studios
• Comedy Central Productions
• Paramount Players
• Awesomeness
• See It Now Studios

🎙 Radio & Local News:

• CBS News Radio
• CBS News and Stations (owned-and-operated TV stations in 17 markets)

🧠 Related Brands & Intellectual Properties (IPs):

• Nickelodeon IPs: SpongeBob, TMNT, Dora, Blue’s Clues
• Comedy Central IPs: South Park, The Daily Show, Key & Peele
• Showtime IPs: Billions, Dexter, Homeland, Ray Donovan
• Paramount Film/TV Franchises:
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Top Gun
  • Transformers
  • Star Trek
  • Yellowstone
  • Forrest Gump
  • Titanic
  • The Godfather
  • Grease
  • CSI, NCIS
  • Twilight Zone
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender

🚀 Skydance Media

🎥 Film & Television Production:

• Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Dead Reckoning Part One
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• Without Remorse, Jack Ryan, Annihilation
• The Old Guard, The Tomorrow War, Ghosted
• Heart of Stone, Spy Kids: Armageddon
• The Family Plan, The Final Reckoning
• Series: Grace and Frankie, Altered Carbon, Jack Ryan, Foundation, FUBAR, The Big Door Prize

🎨 Animation (Skydance Animation):

• Luck (2022)
• Spellbound (2024)
• Upcoming: Pookoo, Ray Gunn, Jack and the Beanstalk, WondLa (Apple TV+), new Don Hall project (Netflix)

🎮 Gaming & Interactive:

• Archangel: Hellfire
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
• Behemoth
• Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra (upcoming)
• Untitled Star Wars games (Lucasfilm collaboration)

✅ Summary Table: Major Properties to Avoid

🛑 Note on Merger Status (July 2025)

Paramount Global and Skydance Media are in the process of merging (announced 2024). Full integration expected late 2025 pending regulatory approval. As a precaution, consider both brands as linked entities for boycott purposes.

###UPDATE: Bonus Boycott! If the above doesn't quite scratch your boycotting itch, consider also withdrawing your support from some of CBS' biggest advertisers (thanks u/Living-Release5437):

• Verizon
• Geico
• Bud Light
• Google Pixel
• T-Mobile
• Capital One
• State Farm
• Wingstop
• Toyota
• Pfizer
• Sanofi
• AbbVie
• GSK
• Target
• AstraZeneca
• Unilever
• Allstate
• Intuit/TurboTax
• Universal Pictures

And REMEMBER: if you can, whenever you cancel a subscription or in any way withdraw your support, try to tell them WHY this is happening (either in those surveys they give you after cancelling, a tweet, an email, anything. I work in UXR and I promise you that all of this feedback is aggregated and taken seriously.)

Originally Posted By u/QuantumLettuce2025 At 2025-07-18 12:15:06 PM | Source