{"id":1956847,"date":"2023-06-25T21:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-move-paramount-streamer-does-more-than-just-cancel-grease-prequel-series\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T21:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T01:42:05","slug":"brutal-move-paramount-streamer-does-more-than-just-cancel-grease-prequel-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-move-paramount-streamer-does-more-than-just-cancel-grease-prequel-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Streamer&#8217;s Bold Move: Scrapping &#8216;Grease&#8217; Prequel Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrutal-move-paramount-streamer-does-more-than-just-cancel-grease-prequel-series%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Paramount+ Cancels &#8220;Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies&#8221; and Other Series<\/h2>\n<p>Streaming service Paramount+ has made a surprising decision. Instead of just canceling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hbos-game-of-thrones-prequel-goes-woke-will-explore-internalized-misogyny-and-patriarchy\/\" title=\"HBO\u2019s \u201cGame Of Thrones\u201d Prequel Goes Woke, Will Explore \u201cInternalized Misogyny\u201d And \u201cPatriarchy\u201d\">highly anticipated prequel series<\/a> &#8220;Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies,&#8221; they have chosen to completely remove it from their platform. This move has left fans and creators disappointed and frustrated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/paramount-plus-removes-grease-star-trek-prodigy-queen-of-the-universe-the-game-1235522633\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> reveals that &#8220;Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies&#8221; is not the only series facing this fate. Other shows like &#8220;Star Trek: Prodigy,&#8221; &#8220;The Game,&#8221; and &#8220;Queen of the Universe&#8221; are also being removed from Paramount+. It seems that these series have become casualties of a larger plan.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount Global has released a statement explaining their decision. They claim that the removal of these shows is part of their strategy to integrate content from Showtime, which will be added to the platform soon. The goal is to create a seamless streaming experience that appeals to a wide range of viewers.<\/p>\n<p>However, the creator of &#8220;Pink Ladies,&#8221; Annabel Oakes, is not happy with the decision. In an Instagram story, she expressed her disappointment and called it a &#8220;complete erasure&#8221; of the show she worked so hard to create. She also revealed that the series will no longer be available to watch anywhere unless it finds a new home.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/paramount-plus-removes-grease-star-trek-prodigy-queen-of-the-universe-the-game-1235522633\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, financial motivations might have played a role in this move. Warner Brothers-Disney reportedly took a tax write-down of $1.5 billion after removing underperforming content from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-15-most-anticipated-albums-of-2021\/\" title=\"The 15 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021\u00a0\">streaming services<\/a>. They also licensed some content to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-move-paramount-streamer-does-more-than-just-cancel-grease-prequel-series\/\" title=\"Paramount Streamer's Bold Move: Scrapping 'Grease' Prequel Series\">free ad-supported streamers<\/a> to offset their losses.<\/p>\n<p>While Paramount+ is expected to announce the removal of more content in the future, none will be as high-profile as the cancellation of these four projects. Fans and creators will have to wait and see what other changes are in store for the streaming platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Streaming service Paramount+ reportedly canceled &#8220;Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies&#8221; and removed the series altogether. The decision was made in exchange for a tax write-off, as per The Hollywood Reporter. This prequel series, inspired by the beloved 1978 musical, was not the only show affected by this move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1956848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}