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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…

HBO will ring in the new year with season 2 of Euphoria. On Tuesday, HBO revealed that the teen drama created and written by Sam Levinson is set to debut Jan. 9. Euphoria, directed by Levinson, follows Zendaya's Rue Bennett, a drug addict fresh from rehab who's struggling to make sense of her future. Her life changes…

The Idol is going to series. The music industry drama, co-created by Sam Levinson, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, has been handed an HBO series order and has rounded out its cast including Red Rocket rising star Suzanna Son. Amy Seimetz, who has directed episodes of Atlanta and The Girlfriend Experience…

In January 2020, New Jersey-based filmmaker Nanfu Wang traveled to her native China with her young son to visit family. As fate would have it, the country was about to face the explosion of Covid-19, a public health emergency that would, of course, go on to envelop the entire globe. Wang, recipient of a MacArthur…

For director Megan Mylan's Simple as Water, which follows far-flung Syrian refugees as they strive to maintain their familial bonds in the aftermath of war, the filmmaker said she relied on an exhaustive casting process that involved building trust with her subjects. "We spent lots and lots of time identifying which…

Sesame Street has become one of the most important and enduring television programs in American history, but there was a time, back in the mid-1960s when it was just a concept—and a bold one. "The goal and plan was to reach children that were being underserved within education due to poverty and racism," noted Ellen Sc…

The final show of Bill Maher's Real Time fall season on HBO arrived Friday night. "I will miss seeing half your faces and the roar of muffled laughter," he joked about his masked audience. Maher returns for his spring season on January 21, 2022. Before going, the political comedian delivered a solid show, with guest Fa…

EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Glaser, comedian, host and executive producer of HBO Max’s breakout reality dating series Fboy Island, is set to headline her first comedy special for HBO. The as-yet untitled special will tape later this month in Denver, CO. "Nikki is a relentlessly ferocious comedian who takes on taboo topics in the…

The Gilded Age, the long-awaited period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, finally will make it to air in January. HBO has set the premiere for the series and unveiled first-look photos of the big-budget drama with images and a trailer (which you can see above). The series, which is written by Fellowes…

Industry exec David P. Davis is launching an ITV Studios-backed drama indie. 5 Acts Productions is the first label to sit under Patrick Spence’s newly-launched ITV Studios scripted studio and will be based in Cardiff, focusing on producing diverse drama for the domestic and international markets. He joins from Industry…

HBO has acquired Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off, a feature documentary on the life and career of the skateboarding legend, from Mark and Jay Duplass’ Duplass Brothers Productions and director Sam Jones (Audience Network’s Off Camera with Sam Jones). The film will hit the premium cabler in 2022, and will also be…

John Oliver decided to close this year’s season finale with fewer explosions and more star power. During the Season 8 finale Sunday night, the Last Week Tonight host called on his reliable celebrity friend George Clooney, a person he conjures almost every episode with the snap of his finger, to make him feel a little…