.LATimesTVLloyd writes: 'Our seeming concern with the fate of HBO is, to be sure, based entirely on its success, its longstanding reputation as a purveyor of quality goods. We talk about it because it's Big.'
to replace him — and as streaming superstores muscle in on premium cable — it's a question being asked again.
James Gandolfini, left, Steven Van Zandt and Tony Sirico in HBO's mission-defining hit,"The Sopranos." But HBO was the first network outside broadcast television to establish itself as a major player; whenin the 2018 Emmy Awards with 23 trophies each, it was the first time in 16 years that HBO hadn't beaten every other network. Broadcast networks would cry foul: Freed from having to fill a week of prime time, making its series with bigger budgets and longer production schedules than the old-school competition, HBO could afford to make fewer series, better.
HBO responded to this new media order: Since 2015, one can stream HBO Now without cable TV. Indeed, you can stream it from Amazon's Prime Video, or as a Hulu add-on — though not, significantly, through Netflix.
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