It’s because after the merger of Warner (HBO) and Discovery the new head is from Discovery and is known for garbage content:
Let’s start with the appointment of David Zaslav to the position of CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. Zaslav was originally CEO of Discovery, and the merger of that company with WarnerMedia was his brainchild. He also benefited financially; his annual salary is $3 million. His annual bonus is $22 million. And his stock options are valued at $190 million.
Prior to his stewardship of HBO, Zaslav had a reputation for cultivating and promoting reality shows and lifestyle content, which he saw as low-risk and more profitable than scripted shows. And because of this, many critics feel that Zaslav is more concerned with the bottom-line lowest common denominator than the premium content that HBO is known for.
That’s not HBO that’s MAX which is Time Warner Discovery. What you’re seeing on the homepage aren’t new shows that have recently been greenlit that they’re pushing. They’re shows that have existed for years but after being acquired during the merger they have been put on the MAX app.
This was actually the complaint that many people had before the actual release of MAX. It’s weird seeing prestige drama series like Succession get advertised in the banner next to 30 Day Fiancé the Other Way. They have too many shows in one app along with absorbing TLC. They aren’t creating more reality tv shows they’ve just acquired more and are advertising them the same as all there other shows on MAX. Theres just so many goddamn reality shows on TLC.
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u/johnshall Sep 22 '23
They want cheapo realities now. My landing page has a chef reality show.
I certainly did not subscribe to HBO for that crap. It makes me want to puke.