During a keynote session at the Serie Mania festival in Lille on Thursday, HBO and HBO Max‘s Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys was asked about his thoughts on Succession ending. Just like the previous statements of actors and crew involved in the series, Bloys said that the decision to end the series was made by series creator Jesse Armstrong.
Although he just accepted Armstrong’s decision to end the award-winning and critically acclaimed dramedy, he admits that he would have taken in two more seasons of the series had Armstrong told him that he has more story to tell. He shared as reported by THR,
“Jesse thought it was the right ending [to finish with season four],” Bloys said. “That’s an ideal situation. He is choosing to end his story when and how he wants. But if he said ‘I have two more seasons in me,’ I would have said yes.”
Although Succession is massively successful, the network has more to offer. With all the hit shows HBO has been releasing over the years, and the network is in celebratory mode. Founded on November 8, 1972, the company just commemorated their 50th anniversary and to further showcase their excellence, they highlighted their best shows over the years through a reel. The video has shown clips from different TV shows such as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood and Game of Thrones through Watchmen, Euphoria, Chernobyl, The White Lotus and more.
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The Pressure of Coming Up With Better Shows
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While the network’s success should be celebrated, it had a different effect on Bloys. Rather than feel happy about these hit shows, the CEO was pressured and anxious. He said,
“That 50-year reel [is] probably my biggest source of anxiety. How do we keep producing shows that can live up to that?”
To further improve their service better, Bloys said HBO just recently restructured their company with plans to incorporate HBO Max with Discovery’s Discovery+ that would form a new streamer brand. The streamer collates HBO’s premium drama content with Discovery’s non-fiction programming. He explained,
“It’s kind of replicating the cable bundle. That’s frankly what I think all streaming services are trying to figure out. How can you put the bundle together that will attract the most subscribers and keep the largest number of subscribers? It can’t just be HBO on its own or just reality shows [it has to be] a combination that people will come here for whatever mood they are in.”
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