The current agreement is set to expire. If a new deal isn’t reached, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and other channels are likely to go dark. Several channels owned by Paramount Global, including CBS,

YouTube TV and Paramount have agreed to a short-term deal extension to avoid a blackout of CBS, YouTube announced late Thursday. Paramount wanted a rate hike. Their existing deal expired at 1 p.m. ET on Feb. 13.

Paramount-owned channels including CBS, Comedy Central and MTV are set to go dark on YouTube TV Thursday night if a contract renewal agreement is not reached, both companies say. "The contract Paramount has with Google's YouTube TV to carry CBS,