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HBO owner AT&T saw its profit sink in the second quarter as the coronavirus crimped advertising revenue in its entertainment division and accelerated the decline of its satellite TV business. The telecom and media giant said COVID-19-related issues cut into earnings by $830 million, including a 22.9 percent decline in revenue from its WarnerMedia entertainment …
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HBO has given a series order to “Somebody Somewhere,” a comedy starring and executive produced by “Patti Cake$” star Bridget Everett, from Hannah Bos (HBO’s “High Maintenance”), Paul Thureen (“Driveways”), Carolyn Strauss (HBO’s “Chernobyl”), Patricia Breen (HBO’s “Betty”) and The Mighty Mint/Duplass Brothers Productions. Created by Bos and Thureen, “Somebody Somewhere” is inspired by the …
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There may never again be another show that has the same cultural impact as “Game of Thrones.” In 2011, when the fantasy epic premiered on HBO, Netflix had yet to release any original content, Hulu had only existed for a few years, and countless other streaming services were still just a glint in the eyes …
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During these turbulent times, HBO Max wants you to just … relax. The streamer has ordered “A World of Calm,” a series based on the popular app and narrated by a slew of big names. The 10-episode order co-produced by Calm and Nutopia is HBO Max’s first brush with the health and wellness space. From …
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The announcement this week that golfing icon Tiger Woods would be the subject of a two-part HBO documentary series has provoked a backlash in the doc community due to a lack of above-the-line diversity on the project. The “Tiger” series is being co-helmed by Oscar-nominated “City Of Ghosts” and “A Private War” filmmaker Matthew Heineman and …
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Michael Che has set up his own sketch comedy series at HBO Max, Variety has learned. The streamer has given the series a six-episode order. Che will star in the series, with each episode set to tackle a different theme or incident — such as police brutality, unemployment, or falling in love — from a Black …
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For Todd Bridges, it all started with “Sanford and Son.” Recalling the acerbic comedy about a junk dealer and his offspring, the San Francisco native told The Post: “I wanted to be like Redd Foxx. I wanted to be on television.” He got what he desired at age 13, starring as big brother Willis Jackson …
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HBO Max has given a series commitment to a drama set in the Gotham police department from Matt Reeves and Terrence Winter, Variety has learned. The untitled series will be set in the world Reeves is creating for the feature film “The Batman,” with the intent being to launch a new Batman universe across multiple platforms. …
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“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” is both an examination of the Golden State Killer case and comedian Patton Oswalt’s eulogy to his wife, Michelle McNamara, who wrote the true-crime bestseller upon which the HBO docuseries is based. McNamara died suddenly in 2016 at the age of 46 from a combination of an undiagnosed heart …
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“Gone With the Wind” is no longer gone from HBO Max, having been restored to the streaming service’s library with a new prologue about the film’s problematic themes and depictionof the antebellum South. Jacqueline Stewart, host of TCM’s “Silent Sunday Nights” and a professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University …
HBO owner AT&T saw its profit sink in the second quarter as the coronavirus crimped advertising revenue in its entertainment division and accelerated the decline of its satellite TV business. The telecom and media giant said COVID-19-related issues cut into earnings by $830 million, including a 22.9 percent decline in revenue from its WarnerMedia entertainment …
