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HBO and HBO Max Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys has a new title, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content. The new title for Bloys, who in July signed a new five-year contract with Warner Bros. Discovery, aligns him with the other brand/business leaders who are direct reports to WBD President and…

HBO/HBO Max was on a roll tonight, winning 12 categories — more than all other networks and streamers combined. Factoring in the Creative Arts, HBO/HBO Max led the field with 38 Emmys vs. 26 for its main rival Netflix, which had a more modest haul of three trophies tonight. The drama races were competitive, with…

At the end of a day that saw about 70 (14%) staffers in his divisions getting laid off, Casey Bloys, Chief Content Officer for HBO & HBO Max, just sent an email to his team about the cuts as well as his new (old) senior HBO/Max scripted executive team of Amy Gravitt, Francesca Orsi and Sarah Aubrey, which includes new…

Casey Bloys, the hitmaker head of content at HBO and HBO Max is getting a new five-year contract from parent Warner Bros. Discovery. The newly forged media conglom has been settling its executive slate and direction under company CEO David Zaslav. Some have left. Others close to Zaslav have remained to help him…

HBO and HBO Max secured 140 Emmy nominations on Tuesday morning – a solid haul to top the pack. Casey Bloys, who runs both the premium network and streaming service as Chief Content Officer, thanked his staff for getting them, despite "upheaval" across the industry. 2022 Emmy Nominations: Deadline's Complete…

Just as Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia is entering the final stretch, HBO/HBO Max is living up to its status as one of the most prized assets in the proposed deal. Following the (mostly virtual) watercooler conversation-dominating Season 3 of Succession at the end of 2021, HBO and HBO Max both started 2022…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contain details about James Andrew Miller’s book Tinderbox, an oral history of HBO, which was published today.  On the eve of yet another corporate reframing, HBO has received its own Magna Carta with the publication of James Andrew Miller's Tinderbox today. Coming from the keyboard that…

As HBO Max begins its European rollout next month, Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys said that programming strategy for the streamer will be driven by creative quality rather than data. Bloys, who runs content for both HBO and HBO Max spoke remotely at the RTS Convention today, telling delegates the company was "still…

HBO content chief Casey Bloys declined to spill – and he was prodded — anything more on the release date for Game of Throne prequel House of The Dragon beyond that it will be in 2022. He did take pains to specify that it’s the only project amid a flurry of media reports that’s been greenlit so far. "The good news is…

Casey Bloys, chief content officer at HBO and HBO Max, said he basically doesn’t know whether Mare of Easttown will be back. “People tend to think that those decisions are like ABC in the 70s – ‘We we need more Mare, we need more Mare!’ the exec told a press gathering in New York City today of the acclaimed limited…

HBO and HBO Max chief programmer Casey Bloys has a key message to get across: the storied pay network and the year-old streamer are both on full throttle creatively with ample funding despite all the noise around corporate mergers. "I do think some of those larger business stories have obscured the programming…

HBO Today announced that the new season of In Treatment starring Uzo Aduba will premiere in May. HBO Max recently announced And Just Like That, a revival of HBO’s signature comedy series Sex and the City (without original star Kim Cattrall). HBO also is developing a True Blood reboot with Riverdale creator Roberto…