The media world just got another major shake-up. With Paramount reportedly moving to acquire Warner Bros., the entertainment landscape may be about to shrink yet again. But if that headline gave you déjà vu, there’s a good reason: Hollywood has basically been playing corporate musical chairs for more than a century.

In this super interesting breakdown, Matt Baker from UsefulCharts walks us through more than a century of TV and film industry mergers, from the silent movie era to today’s mega-corporations. What starts with scrappy early studios like Biograph, Fox Film, and Famous Players, slowly turns into the media equivalent of a giant game of Monopoly, where companies keep buying each other until only a few players are left holding all the properties.

Along the way you’ll see how Hollywood evolved from dozens of independent studios to a handful of media giants controlling everything from Batman to Star Trek, plus how television, cable, VHS, DVDs, and streaming each reshaped the battlefield. There are moguls, courtroom rulings, satellite TV, the rise of Netflix, and more corporate mergers than a stack of Russian nesting dolls.

By the end, the entire entertainment industry looks less like a family tree and more like a plate of spaghetti… owned by just three companies.

If you’ve ever asked “Wait, who owns this studio now?” this timeline explains it all. Just be prepared to discover that half your favorite franchises probably report to the same corporate overlord.

Watch the full breakdown below. You can also download the chart right here.

[Via TA]