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House of the Dragon, HBO’s straight-to-series prequel to Game Of Thrones, is on track for a 2022 debut, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys said in an interview with Deadline during TCA. “My guess is sometime in 2022,” he said about when the series will premiere, stressing that it is too early to be more specific…

In January 2002, Bob Greenblatt was at the HBO Golden Globes party in the Beverly Hilton's Circa 55 restaurant celebrating the drama series win for Six Feet Under, which he executive produced. Eighteen years later, he was at the same Circa 55 party Sunday night celebrating the four Golden Globe wins for HBO in his…

Three weeks after leading WarnerMedia’s HBO Max dog and pony show before investors, AT&T COO John Stankey was back on stage today in Hollywood talking streaming – past present and future. The first stop for the exec, who still also serves as WarnerMedia CEO, was the November 12 launch of Disney+. "They did a good job…

Everything and the Game of Thrones sink is what HBO Max aims to be and certainly what the upcoming AT&T-owned streamer unsuccessfully poured into its unwieldy and overloaded presentation today. Or put another way, how many times can a revolving cast of executives mention or reference the Emmy winning blockbuster…

HBO's Casey Bloys was in "no doubt" that Game of Thrones would pick up the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy win last night, but he did admit that there was some disappointment for Veep and Deadwood. This comes as the WarnerMedia-owned premium network topped the awards last night with nine on the evening, taking it to a…

Several HBO signature series are coming to an end this year. One of them, Emmy-nominated comedy Silicon Valley, will debut its sixth and final season in October, the network announced at TCA today. HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys has a personal connection to the show, executive produced/showrun by Mike Judge…

HBO officially entered the post-Game Of Thrones era in May when the mega hit fantasy drama ended its eight-season run. A prequel, starring Naomi Watts, is a pilot, which recently wrapped production and is being edited. Asked by Deadline in May whether a 2020 premiere for the prequel series is possible, he said…

At the company’s earnings this morning, AT&T reported subscriber decreases for HBO. Asked about the decline during the network’s executive session at TCA, President of Programming Casey Bloys was quick to point out that the losses were for Home Box Office, which includes HBO as well as Cinemax, and it was Cinemax…

Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been shopping a giant global overall deal. They have not landed yet but the signs point to a new home for the hot duo after almost a decade at HBO, likely at one of the big streamers. “Any place that they end up at would be lucky to have them,” HBO President…

Really, will there be more Deadwood? While all signs point to the fact that Al Swearengen died at the end of Deadwood: The Movie, director Daniel Minahan told us earlier this summer that point can be debated. Today at the summer TCA press tour, HBO programming president Casey Bloys didn’t specify another season or…

Season 3 of True Detective was well received, and star Mahershala Ali scored an Emmy nomination for his role as Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas. But what are the chances of Season 4? HBO president of programming Casey Bloys provided a (slight) update at the TCA press tour on Wednesday. "I…

HBO is set to increase the amount of original hours by around 10% in 2020, but its linear programming strategy won't be shaken up in light of WarnerMedia anointing its forthcoming service HBO Max. HBO content chief Casey Bloys said it will do around 160-165 hours of original programming next year, up from 150 this…