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Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, looked unfazed during the year-long saga of HBO parent company Warner Bros Discovery’s sale and its many twists and turns. He had seen this movie before, as HBO President of Programming when the network’s parent company Time Warner was acquired by AT&T, and as Content Chief for both HBO and HBO Max when renamed parent WarnerMedia was acquired by Discovery in 2022. Bloys and his team will be ready to move in when the Paramount-WBD merger officially closes as he takes on his presumed role as head of the combined streaming operation. Speaking with Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva, he discusses at the future of HBO and a broadened streaming slate that mixes HBO’s prestige fare with CBS next-day procedurals and sitcoms as well as crowd-pleasing Paramount+ originals.
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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is betting big on Matthew Barry's The Last Detectives to be its next breakout crime drama and we’ve got first look.
Previously called Old Town Murders, The Last Detectives is produced by Nicola Shindler and stars Mark Lewis-Jones, Steffan Rhodri, Bethan-Mary James, Jordan Davies…
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After unloading his AI firm on Netflix earlier this year, Ben Affleck is showing off the tech in action with his latest project.
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Aaron Sorkin Clarifies He “Was Never Asked” To Omit Trump From ‘The Social Reckoning’ But Film Is “Not A Red-Blue Thing”
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‘Big Brother’ Renewed For Seasons 29 & 30 On CBS
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After 12 weeks of competition, Big Brother Season 28 has come to an end with a houseguest taking home a $750,000 cash prize.
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HBO’s Casey Bloys Keeps Rising, Gets Ready For New Challenge At Paramount-Warner Bros: Programming At Scale For The Masses
A survivor of multiple mergers, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content, looked unfazed during the year-long saga of HBO parent company Warner Bros. Discovery’s sale and its many twists and turns.
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Paramount-WBD Deal Architect Gerry Cardinale Says Most Of $6B In Expected Cost Savings Will Not Be Layoffs
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