"Wow. I gotta say, if my company's got that kind of green, I'm sure they can afford to uncancel one of their best shows," the host said.

The eye-popping numbers led Late Show host Stephen Colbert to muse about the Paramount bid during his monologue Tuesday night. (Paramount owns CBS, which airs The Late Show. )

Netflix is a company that understands the value of themed entertainment. While the world doesn’t have a Netflix theme park (yet), by the time you read this, the company will have opened its second Netflix House complex in as many months, with a third location already planned for Las Vegas.

As Netflix and Paramount fight for Warner Bros. Discovery, the fate of the giant media company could rest on the value of its cable networks.

The decision to inject himself is particularly extraordinary given the president’s own conflicts and interests, according to legal experts.

Donald Trump made clear this week that not only will he be involved in the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery but that he plans to make sure that one of his media arch-nemeses, CNN, is sold in the process and put under new management.

Paramount sent a letter from CEO David Ellison addressed to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders that 'clearly sets out why Paramount’s $30.00 per share all-cash offer to acquire all of WBD is superior to WBD’s transaction with Netflix.

A video shared online soon after Netflix announced it was acquiring Warner Bros. was edited so the Netflix logo would be on the iconic water tower.