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This is exactly the sort of media shocker for which the word boom was created.
Too Much Overlap?
Its not that Greenblatt or Reilly were bad choices, per se.
In a perfect world, Plepler would have been charged with leading the transformation of HBO into HBO Max.
(Hes been at HBO since 2004.)
Its absolutely been messy.
Having four different products called HBO early on (Max!
wasnt ideal, either.
It also would have bought time for Maxs content-production pipeline to adjust to pandemic delays.
Whats Next?
Is90 Day Fiancethe Show of the Summer?
So very traditional, linear methods still work for us.90 Dayshas been a lead-in to many other series.
I see [TLC shows] as movies, he said.
There is no rush.
Viewers are investing their time with us, so … we dont want to just slap it on screen.
We pore over every frame, over every act: How is this episode ending?
What are we revealing next week?
Do the major broadcasts think about that in nonfiction?
Parting Shot
Why should we watch their reality show if it doesnt reflect our reality?
Late Showhost Stephen Colbertadmitting during hismust-watch Wednesday monologuethat he hadnt watched much of the nights Republican National Convention programming.
