Shaq himself showed up onstage at the company’s event in Manhattan on Wednesday. Other surprise celeb appearances included CNN broadcaster Anderson Cooper, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, and former NFLer Terry Crews.
“We have the best creative team in the business and will continue to produce innovative, genre-defining programming that super serves our fans,” Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of the Warner Bros. Television Group and WBD US Networks, said in a statement.
The news arrives ahead of Paramount Skydance’s planned $110 billion merger with the storied entertainment company—a deal that has attracted the scrutiny of both entertainment industry insiders and lawmakers concerned about its impact on market competition and consumer choice.
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