Viacom & CBS finally agree to a huge re-merger

Distance makes the heart grow fonder... Or something like that. Take CBS and MTV/Nickelodeon-owner Viacom. The two media legends split 13 years ago — and then, like Ross and Rachel, they spent the past 3 years (slowly) flirting over whether to get back together. Now the deal has officially been reached, and these are the primetime numbers:

• $28B: The combined revenue of the Brangelina-esque new "ViacomCBS."
• 140K & 3.6K: The combined number of TV episodes and movies the new company will own.
• 4.3B: The incredibly massive global reach of TV subscribers ViacomCBS claims to have.
• 61% vs. 39%: When the deal likely closes at the end of the year, CBS shareholders get 61% of the new company, Viacom shareholders get 39%.

Family Matters... The Redstone family ran Viacom until 2006, when it made sense to split off CBS as a separate company. But now that YouTube, Netflix, and social networks are eating into both companies' profits, a re-merger seems prudent. Media heiress Shari Redstone wanted to reunite, but former CBS CEO Les Moonves was against it — now that he's been pushed out for alleged sexual assault, Shari gets her family reunion.