With the recent reports of CEO David Zaslav cleaning house over at The CW, and shelving the Batgirl movie indefinitely, rumors are swirling that HBO Max is about to be sent to the streaming graveyard, which has subscribers worried about the future of their favorite shows.
Via Uproxx:
Warner Bros. merged with Discovery in April, and CEO David Zaslav is expected to lay out plans for how the two companies will function going forward. The word on the street, as per Deadline, isn’t good. First, there was the unprecedented news that they were shelving two films either already completed or nearing completion: Batgirl and Scoob!: Haunted Holiday. Now there’s talk of mass layoffs, especially with HBO Max’s original content. Nothing is official yet, but people are already worrying about the fate of their favorite shows.
Since its launch in the summer of 2020, HBO Max has distinguished itself as arguably the most diverse streamer. On top of HBO content, there’s plenty of movies, classic films, Looney Tunes, selections from the Criterion Collection, Studio Ghibli, etc., etc. And then there’s their original programming, independent of HBO, including such beloved shows as The Flight Attendant, Hacks, Minx, The Staircase, Station Eleven, and And Just Like That…
With Warner Bros. Discovery under new management, Zaslav is looking at how he can move the company forward, and so far I'm not mad at the decisions he's been making, especially canceling shows that have stayed long past their expiration date.
I'm also not worried about HBO Max. If they can find a logical way to merge HBO and Discovery I'm here for it, specially since I tend to watch the programming on HBO Max more than Netflix.
Or better yet, why not create a separate hub for Discovery on HBO Max? There's too much good programming on HBO Max for the powers that be to be messing with.
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