Online Series: If you have been paying for HBOMAX---how annoyed are you right now?

[Jumptheshark]

I was going to use the word pissed in the title but that might offended some

The purging of shows has now continued

today

Almost 200 Sesame Street Episodes Removed as Part of HBO Max Purge

There’s a dark cloud hanging over Sesame Street’s famously sunny days.

tvline.com

Sesame Street got pulled and it sounds like some massive shows and movies may get yanked before the dust settles this fall on the merger

I know a few people in the states who paid for a yearly subscription and they less than happy right now


looks like they have slashed the renewal and new subscriptions by 30 %

could be interesting to see how this unfolds. Discovery + is mostly reality tv shows and stuff like that

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[Voight]

& this is why whatever movies/shows they produce I just find online for free. I would be livid if I was paying that much per month yet losing all kinds of content.

 

[Jumptheshark]

& this is why whatever movies/shows they produce I just find online for free. I would be livid if I was paying that much per month yet losing all kinds of content.

it will be interesting to see if Game of Thrones, sopranos and other shows end up getting dropped

 

[John Price]

i don't care. i saw they removed some shows but i didn't watch them anyway

"the tv shows on hbo max suck"

they do not suck. they're better than those on netflix. and yinz are forgetting house of the dragon is on this sunday...

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

dont worry i gotchuu

i downloaded all of the sesame street episodes [what can i say im a big (bird) aficionado].

which ep u need, i send to u

 

[kook10]

I will miss exactly zero of this:

MAX ORIGINALS
12 Dates of Christmas
About Last Night
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
Close Enough
Ellen’s Next Great Designer
Esme & Roy
The Fungies!
Generation Hustle
Genera+ion
Infinity Train
Little Ellen
My Mom, Your Dad
Odo
Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness
Summer Camp Island
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (and select Sesame Street specials)
The Runaway Bunny
Theodosia
Tig n’ Seek
Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs

HBO ORIGINALS
My Dinner with Herve
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CARTOON NETWORK ORIGINALS
Dodo
Elliott From Earth
Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart
Mighty Magiswords
OK K.O.! – Let’s Be Heroes
Uncle Grandpa
Victor and Valentino

ADDITIONAL ACQUIRED TITLES
Detention Adventure
Messy Goes to Okido
Mia’s Magic Playground
The Ollie & Moon Show
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Make It Big, Make It Small
Squish

 

[Hivemind]

Much ado about nothing. Sesame Street is the only title of note that's being dropped, there's still 456 episodes left on HBO Max.

 

[Primary Assist]

dont worry i gotchuu

i downloaded all of the sesame street episodes [what can i say im a big (bird) aficionado].

which ep u need, i send to u

(In the Count's voice)

Uh 1, uh 2, uh 3 years in prison for piracy!

 

[PK Cronin]

I haven't really read too much about this, but why are they dropping things? It's already produced, they have the material, so I don't really understand. Is that content going to a different provider now or just going into a vault?

 

[kook10]

I haven't really read too much about this, but why are they dropping things? It's already produced, they have the material, so I don't really understand. Is that content going to a different provider now or just going into a vault?

They pay license fees on those shows. Just trimming the fat.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

I will miss exactly zero of this:

f*** they dropped Infinity Train?

 

[discostu]

I haven't really read too much about this, but why are they dropping things? It's already produced, they have the material, so I don't really understand. Is that content going to a different provider now or just going into a vault?

My understanding (which may not be fully accurate), there's two reasons.

One, royalties get paid for shows available for streaming. I don't think it's very much, but, the idea being if it's not making a difference in subscription rates, then, why bother paying.

There's also apparently some tax incentive for cancelling a property and taking the tax loss. At least, that applied to the recent cancellation of Batgirl. I'm unsure if it applies for already available products.

I can understand the frustration from the people behind these projects, where you'd make a project, and hope that it finds an audience eventually. With streaming, you don't get the marketing push you often would get from traditional TV or theatrical releases. Then to get the whole thing pulled because its not worth the meager royalties offered. Physical media usually isn't even available, so, if you're a struggling actor, you have no copy of your work you can show to others to land future jobs.

 

[Voight]

it will be interesting to see if Game of Thrones, sopranos and other shows end up getting dropped

Honestly, that would be a world class mistake

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Buy physical copies of things you really enjoy

 

[Jussi]

Some shows disappear from streaming services temporarily due to licensing contracts with other platforms/networks and will return when those contractual obligations are filled.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

Who subscribed for Sesame Street lol you can put on a playlist of episodes for your children to watch on Youtube for free.

I don't have this service but this is the worse reason lol.

 

[Mikeaveli]

It's a subscription service, it's normal for content to rotate in and out

 

[John Price]

1. most people didn't watch much of the rotated-out content
2. i'm sure it's online somewhere
3. the aforementioned removed content isn't major, nothing like Curb or GoT or Sopranos or the Wire

start whining when Wonder Woman and Peacemaker get removed

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Streaming services drop and add content constantly. Part of the game.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I get HBO Max as a HBO Subscriber

I have not heard of any of those shows outside of Sesame Street

As for movies dropping all the streaming networks including free one's are dropping films/tv series monthly as rights often are changed or exclusivity deals expire

I suspect HBO/Discovery being merged into one streaming service will be disaster, but this move as well as cutting the HBO reality staff, etc make sense (Don't need HBO reality people when Discovery has that covered)

Apparently almost every show listed here has little or no viewers

 

[Jumptheshark]

It's a subscription service, it's normal for content to rotate in and out

actually it is more than that---most of the stuff has been permanently yanked. THe guys who are running discovery + have laid out their plans. When HBO max was first announced it's main selling point was that all HBO shows would be available and not they are saying only some

 

[John Price]

actually it is more than that---most of the stuff has been permanently yanked. THe guys who are running discovery + have laid out their plans. When HBO max was first announced it's main selling point was that all HBO shows would be available and not they are saying only some

that's great, were you watching any of this "yanked" content or do you know anyone who was

cause i don't lol

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Infinity Train's Owen Dennis Calls Discovery "Slimy" for Show Removals

In the wake of Discovery removing dozens of shows from HBO Max, Infinity Train creator Owen Dennis wrote about his feelings on the matter, and he is not happy.

gizmodo.com

 

[Shareefruck]

I do hate that subscription services have/are overtaking owning media (physical or digital, doesn't matter) in general, because of stuff like this (on a practical level, this specific case doesn't affect me, but the principle is the same). Things can be fantastic but unpopular, and under this model, they disappear forever, with no way of ever legally keeping a copy for yourself (if they were created during/after the streaming era).

Piracy is actually a positive force in this matter, IMO. Same with emulation for things like videogames. The more that streaming takes over everything, the more I support stuff like that, despite being illegal.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

it will be interesting to see if Game of Thrones, sopranos and other shows end up getting dropped

They wont. It’s their staple shows. Who cares about sesame street lol.

But i will say, i have 100x more streaming issues with HBO than anything else.