The judge’s ruling pauses the Paramount-WBD merger for exactly two weeks, until the hearing on the attorneys general’s preliminary injunction.

Paramount's owners were hoping they'd be firmly in control of rival Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of this week. Monday's temporary restraining order puts that plan on hold.

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín determined the merger likely violated antitrust laws.

A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros