Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of Content for HBO, defends the controversial removal of Westworld from HBO Max after its season 4 cancellation.
HBO and HBO Max CEO of Content Casey Bloys defends the controversial decision to remove Westworld from the streaming service. Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, Westworld first aired on HBO in 2016, running for four seasons before its surprising cancellation last year.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY In a recent interview with Variety, Bloys explains the reasoning behind Westworld's removal from HBO Max, revealing that both Nolan and Joy were consulted prior to the decision being made. Ultimately, the show's removal is part of a larger attempt by WarnerMedia and HBO to attract new audiences as the streaming landscape continues to evolve in some big ways.
“I think people sometimes forget there is a vast majority of the population that don’t want to pay anything for a streaming service, not only here, but internationally. In the same way that Netflix was a brand new thing, let’s throw some shows up there and expose it to a new audience and see how it does. I think you have to kind of dip your toe in and see what’s out there. I have no idea if FAST is going to be a huge business.
Not long following the controversial cancellation of Batgirl, it was announced that a number of other shows and movies would be cancelled and/ or removed from HBO Max, including Westworld, Minx, Legendary, Finding Magic Mike, The Nevers, and Raised by Wolves, among many others.
In fact, Westworld being handed off to a FAST channel is indicative of larger changes in the streaming industry where more companies are pursuing free, ad-supported options for content. Showtime recently engaged in a similar practice with some of its own shows and Amazon already has its own free channel with Freevee. As Bloys says, however, it's unclear whether FAST channels are the future of streaming, but the industry is undoubtedly in a period of great flux.
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