A five-year deal for Casey Bloys assures the creative community that not too much will change at the new company.
That’s a good thing, as WBD has all but scrapped the scripted business at its cable channels TBS, TNT and TruTV; seen some 30 executives leave the company post-merger; and scuttled J.J. Abrams’ big-budget seriesover budget concerns. Zaslav has also expressed frustration at the slow pace of output from some of the company’s big overall deals, including the $250 million pact with Abrams’ Bad Robot.
Bloys, however, can deal from a position of strength to protect the HBO brand against cost-cutting. HBO and HBO Max just earned an industry-leading 140 Emmy nominations, a full 90 percent of the total haul for all of Warner Bros. Discovery. HBO continues to make culture-defining shows like
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