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DEBT (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Debt
The table below details our debt, which was recorded at its fair value on the closing date of the Transactions and the NAI Transaction on August 7, 2025 (see Note 2). Paramount Global is the issuer of all of the senior and junior debt in the table below. Upon the closing of the Transactions, Paramount Skydance Corporation provided a full and unconditional parent guarantee of Paramount Global’s senior and junior debt.
Successor (a)
Predecessor
AtAt
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
4.0% Senior Notes due 2026
$347 $346 
3.70% Senior Notes due 2026
85 86 
2.90% Senior Notes due 2027
573 582 
3.375% Senior Notes due 2028
487 498 
3.70% Senior Notes due 2028
489 496 
4.20% Senior Notes due 2029
489 496 
7.875% Senior Debentures due 2030
915 829 
4.95% Senior Notes due 2031
1,221 1,232 
4.20% Senior Notes due 2032
921 980 
5.50% Senior Debentures due 2033
417 428 
4.85% Senior Debentures due 2034
76 87 
6.875% Senior Debentures due 2036
1,119 1,072 
6.75% Senior Debentures due 2037
75 76 
5.90% Senior Notes due 2040
272 298 
4.50% Senior Debentures due 2042
34 45 
4.85% Senior Notes due 2042
400 490 
4.375% Senior Debentures due 2043
1,079 1,146 
4.875% Senior Debentures due 2043
14 18 
5.85% Senior Debentures due 2043
1,103 1,235 
5.25% Senior Debentures due 2044
275 345 
4.90% Senior Notes due 2044
432 542 
4.60% Senior Notes due 2045
452 591 
4.95% Senior Notes due 2050
763 950 
6.25% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2057
628 644 
6.375% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2062
989 989 
Obligations under finance leases— 
Total debt (b)
13,658 14,501 
Less current portion 433 — 
Total long-term debt, net of current portion$13,225 $14,501 
(a) In connection with the pushdown of the Ultimate Parent’s basis, our debt was recorded at fair value, which resulted in a decrease to our total debt balance of $898 million, reflecting the reversal of a net unamortized discount of $390 million and unamortized deferred financing fees of $71 million, and a reduction of $1.36 billion to adjust our debt to its fair value. The adjustments to fair value for each of our senior and junior debt issuances are being amortized over the remaining term of the applicable issuance within interest expense (see Note 2).
(b) At December 31, 2025 (Successor), our senior and junior debt balances were net of unamortized fair value adjustments totaling $1.32 billion. At December 31, 2024 (Predecessor), the senior and junior debt balances included a net unamortized discount of $401 million and unamortized deferred financing costs of $74 million. The face value of our total debt at both December 31, 2025 (Successor) and December 31, 2024 (Predecessor) was $14.98 billion.
Schedule of Maturities of Long-Term Debt
At December 31, 2025, our scheduled maturities of long-term debt at face value, which excludes payments for the related interest and finance leases, were as follows:
2031 and Thereafter
20262027202820292030
Long-term debt$433 $584 $1,000 $500 $827 $11,632