John Krasinski slammed on social media for ‘selling out’ his show Some Good News to ViacomCBS

John Krasinski was slammed by some fans after selling his popular YouTube series Some Good News to ViacomCBS.

‘We’re taking a break for now, but there is more to come – stay tuned,’ the actor, 40, said on the last edition, before it was revealed the the show had been bought by the media corporation.

In addition, Krasinski will no longer function as the host of the series he created amid the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic (which led to many TV productions coming to a grinding halt amid the national shutdown).

Krasinski said he ‘could not be more excited and proud to be partnering with CBS/Viacom to be able to bring Some Good News to so many more people!’ 

Common threads among the upset fans that that when Krasinski began doing the show in March, he claimed it was to provide an upbeat show for fans amid the frenetic early days of the national shutdown – not as an explicit commercial endeavor.

‘This makes me feel like you’re a sellout,’ one user wrote. ‘Was this a money move? i really don’t understand. your show could have just inspired them to share good news, not take what you started.’

Other fans said that Krasinski and his threadbare approach was what made the show interesting, and that they won’t hang around to see the changes CBS/Viacom makes in action.

‘This will lose the heart of SGN, one fan said, ‘and [become] just another corporate money-making watered down version of what it once was.’

Another added: ‘The fact that it was small and thrown together was the appeal. Absolutely lost a viewer, and my opinion of you has fallen a bit.’

One fan wrote, ‘Yeah! Selling out is cool! Who cares if people without CBS Access won’t get to see it!’ to which a tweet from the show’s account noted, ‘We are going to be free and available on multiple platforms. SGN lives on and we hope you come with us!’