What shows is HBO known for?
The 20 Best HBO Shows of All Time, Ranked
- True Blood. Photo : Courtesy of HBO.
- True Detective. Photo : Courtesy of Warrick Page/HBO.
- Big Little Lies. Photo : Courtesy of HBO.
- Eastbound & Down. Photo : Courtesy of HBO.
- The Leftovers. Photo : Courtesy of HBO.
- Girls. Photo : Courtesy of HBO.
- Watchmen. Photo : Courtesy of HBO.
- Succession.
Is HBO’s most watched series to date?
Recently it has been announced that Game of Thrones has surpassed The Sopranos as the most watched show ever on the network, which is quite a feat considering the ubiquitous popularity of Tony Soprano and co. Never mind Tony though, HBO have delivered a shed load of award winning TV down the years.
What is the longest running show on TV?
Guiding Light is the longest-running TV show in the world, with 72 years on the air. The American daytime soap was created in 1937, debuting on the radio – and was finally taken off CBS in 2009.
Who watches HBO?
A survey conducted in March 2020 in the United States revealed that HBO Now and HBO Go were most popular among younger generations, with 12 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds and 16 percent of those aged 30 to 44 years saying that they had a current subscription.
How popular is HBO?
As of September 2018, HBO’s programming was available to approximately 35.656 million U.S. households that had a subscription to a multichannel television provider (34.939 million of which receive HBO’s primary channel at minimum), giving it the largest subscriber total of any American premium channel.
What is it about HBO that is so special?
And on and on. HBO was a breeding ground of the most successful executives in the industry and basically created quality original programming across all of cable. HBO did this by not just focusing on good shows but bringing in and training and mentoring great talent.
Why is “succession” the only good show on TV?
They exist in a double of our world, where our problems are not shared – because they never would be – but they are familiar. “Succession” is good, nay, the only good show on television because it is, at its core, reality TV. It’s just not a reality the rest of us will ever experience.
What are some famous people who have worked at HBO?
Frank Biondi, former CEO of HBO, went on to run Viacom (just when MTV went into original programming) and then Universal. Matt Blank, former head of Marketing at HBO, is now head of Showtime! John Melfi is former producer of Sex and the City. Now with Netflix doing House of Cards.
Is HBO’s ‘the newsroom’ ‘ripped from the headlines’?
There have long been shows that boast about being “ripped from the headlines,” and lately, more often shows like HBO’s “The Newsroom” that attempt to capture the zeitgeist by literally being about the zeitgeist – and end up regurgitating the world as we know it, with the smug, self-satisfaction of hindsight being 20/20.