January 20th, 2007
We open at CBS Corporation headquarters.
Enter Sumner Redstone.
Redstone: So, we're facing what could possibly be the biggest sale in history!
Cut to CBS Corporation CEO Leslie Moonves.
Moonves: You don't mean-?
Cut back to Redstone.
Redstone: Yes, Mr. Moonves. I've decided last week that National Amusements will buy up Disney for $6 billion!
Cut back to Moonves.
Moonves: But... Mr. Redstone, you already own a lot of channels through National Amusements! You own CBS, half of The CW, MTV, Nickelodeon, and even VH1! Why do you want to buy Disney?
Cut back to Redstone.
Redstone: We're also buying up Warner Bros.
Cut back to Moonves, shocked.
Moonves: Wow, Mr. Redstone. Are you sure the FCC is gonna let us get away with this?
Cut back to Redstone.
Redstone: There's a 50/50 chance of the sale getting approved. I already offered to buy up both companies for $6 billion, and sent the conditions of the deal to the FCC for approval.
Cut back to Moonves.
Moonves: Still, why do you want to buy up Disney and Warner Bros?
Cut back to Redstone.
Redstone: Well, we want to add more content to Nickelodeon. And Nicktoons Network could really use some more programming for once.
Cut back to Moonves.
Moonves: We can always produce more original Nicktoons.
Cut back to Redstone.
Redstone: Yes, but I want more variety in Nickelodeon's schedule.
Thirty days later
Cut outside of CBS Corporation headquarters. Moonves and Redstone are waiting for a response.
Suddenly, a response comes in the mail.
Redstone: They actually approved the sale?
Cut to Moonves.
Moonves: What now?
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Welcome to my first timeline! And thanks for reading.
A few introductory notes: We're mostly going to be looking at the effects of the sale ITTL had Sumner Redstone wanted to buy up Disney and Warner Bros. And there are going to be a lot of them, seeing that ITTL, Viacom purchased Disney and Warner Bros.
Also, IOTL, the FCC would reject Viacom's offer to buy both Disney AND Warner Bros. ITTL, said restrictions don't exist so the FCC approved the sale ITTL.
This timeline is going to focus mainly on popular culture.
The next update will be here tomorrow at the earliest.