Discovery abruptly axed, then reinstated, its longstanding TV writers' training program.
Numerous TV writers told Insider they would not have been able to establish their careers without the TV workshop.
The WBTV workshops not only developed emerging talents, but also helped ease their way into paid work in Hollywood.
But even with Zaslav examining every asset across the company to find a promised $3 billion in synergies, the WBTV writers' and directors' workshops seemed unlikely targets.
"The training is just phenomenal," a third alum of the writers' workshop told Insider.