It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO

Post by dagw » Thu, Mar 09, 2023, 1:54 PM UTC

bogomipz wrote: post #60

fleddr wrote: post #58

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I only have speculative answers on offer... Somehow the sexual revolution of the 60s/70s running out of steam, and a correction taking place. A growing influence of American culture as well as Muslim immigrants, both more conservative. And perhaps feminism changing course.

Interesting. I think those are all very plausible and yet oddly we also now live in a hyper-sexualized mainstream advertising culture in the West.

Post by ethbr0 » Sat, Mar 11, 2023, 7:27 PM UTC

manishsharan wrote: post #47

roldie wrote: post #32

I don't see how HBO can maintain their reputation and prestige with the way Zaslav is running things. Canceling niche, creative, and risk-taking shows and removing accesses to back catalog shows like Westworld entirely. Flooding HBO with cheap Discovery reality shows, and now forcing HBO Max to merge apps with Discovery. All of these are great ways to dilute the HBO brand and make it insignificant.

I subscribed to Discovery plus for a few months mistakenly thinking there were edutainment shows I could watch with my kid. There weren't. Also shockingly,they only a few episodes of Mythbusters. This Discovery plus is not the Discovery channel of my childhood. What a shame!