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The New Parent The AT & T plans for HBO will not allow the programming offer of the pay cable to be spread out, according to Programming President Casey Bloys
"It "It is not planned to dilute the HBO brand in favor of programming volume." said Wednesday during the summer press tour of the Television Critics Association. "No one has come to us and asked us not to do what we do, which is the priest's excellence. "
Bloys' remarks came almost three weeks after the New York Times published a story detailing an internal meeting from HBO with John Stankey, former general manager of AT & T, who, following the acquisition of the former Time Warner by the company, now oversees the newly acquired media portfolio, including HBO At this meeting, during which he appeared with HBO CEO Richard Pl epler, Stankey said the network needed to quickly expand its original programming volume to better compete with Netflix
"John and AT & T were very complimentary," said Bloys. "Since I started, Richard has been very hard-hitting, both internally and publicly, on the need for more investment. So what I heard at the meeting with John , it's someone who talks about investing in programming, which is music to our ears. "
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Bloys pointed to Stankey's comments from the second quarter of the AT & T revenue call promising that an increase in programming budget for HBO will come soon.
"One of the challenges we have had in recent years was to work on time.Warner, we were in a business that was preparing for the sale rather than investing in programming," he said. said Mr. Bloys. "This is the first time in a long time that someone is talking about investing in programming.I treat this as very exciting."
Bloys also talked about Emmy nominations this month. Netflix this year has attracted 112 appointments to 108 HBOs – the first time in 18 years that HBO has not driven all networks in the number of appointments.
"The Emmy nominations did not surprise us at all given the volume of all the programming" that Netflix climbs on its platform, Boys said. He argued that the rivalry of HBO and Netflix is not as bitter as it is often claimed, by giving a nod to the best directors of streamer programming, Ted Sarandos and Cindy. Holland. "Let me say here that I want to congratulate Netflix and Ted and Cindy," he said. "They should be proud."
Bloys also addressed a number of current and future projects:
• He defended the sci-fi drama "Westworld", countering an issue that alleged a broad criticism of the show. "I would not agree that the reaction was generalized," he said, adding: "What I like about" Westworld ", that's what it's all about. is that people love it "and those who do not feel obligated to talk about it. On the issue of gun violence, Bloys said it was not "a major concern," but added that "depending on season 3, it could dissipate."
• The decision to go ahead of The Deuce "following allegations of misconduct against star James Franco unrelated to the show, said Bloys, came after internal discussions and a conversation with the producers and actors. "We were all comfortable going forward with a second season," he said.
• Pressed on a date of premiere for the last season of "Game of Thrones", Bloys hoped that he would be in the first half 2019. The third season of "True Detective", he added, would probably be broadcast to the beginning from 2019.
• Work on the next season of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has already begun. "He's working on a season. He will come back when he says he's ready, but I think he'll be back soon. I think Larry David is a clbadic, an evergreen. "
• Speaking of the decision to cancel" Here and Now "of Alan Ball after a season, Bloys said," I hate to reduce it to sometimes a show and sometimes it's not. not the case. That's all it was. If anyone still asked me "Would you like to be a family show of Alan Ball with supernatural elements?" I would say yes.
• Bloys says Damon Lindelof's "Watchmen" pilot will be complete and screened for frames a few weeks, and the series could go into production "as soon as possible"
• A film "Deadwood "was given a green light.
• Bloys said the writers' room for the last season of "Veep" recently came together. He predicted that the season would begin to turn in the fall and the first in the spring of next year.
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