>produce nothing but kino for years and years
>build reputation as a hallmark of quality
>just having your logo on something is enough to get people to watch it
>get cocky
>fire behind the scenes people who built that reputation
>fill company with nepobabies and dei hires
>slowly lose reputation for quality
>become just another slop peddler
is hbo the new pixar?

Everything sucks.

>>211596824 (OP)
>>211596878
Like Tony says in the sopranos: everything turns to shit.

>>211596824 (OP)
yep

>>211596878
Yep. The trick is to enjoy the shit show. It's a lot more fun than moping

They even tried to transition to just "Max." All of that time money marketing to build up the HBO brand as a standard of high quality TV and some MBA fucknugget walks in and says "make it just Max."

>>211597240
A rare clear-sighted post on /tv/.

>>211597057
Many such cases.

>>211596878
ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS

>>211598221
Aren't they going back to HBO?

>>211596824 (OP)
Keen and accurate. They have really fucked it up.

>>211597057
Correct

>stuff used to be better
This can be said about nearly every sector of American life across the board.