Casey Bloys
HBO Executive Session Panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour, Day 3, Los Angeles, USA – 30 Jul 2016
“And in terms of plans for drama, in terms of change mandate, the one thing I would like to see, and what I’ve tried to do with the shows that I’ve picked up so far, is have more diversity in the drama slate. And by “diversity,” I don’t mean just ethnic diversity, but diversity in terms of scale, scope, location, tone.” Casey Bloys (President of Programming)
By Valerie Milano
Beverly Hills, CA (The Hollywood Times) 8/22/16 –
Exec de Jour’ – Quentin Schaffer
Tagline: “So Original”
Mission: To be the world’s leading premium pay-television and (SVOD) service
Franchise Players: Game of Thrones, Real Time w/Bill Maher, Silicon Valley
Significant new additions: Westworld, Larry Sanders, Divorce
*THT award for underachievement: Vinyl
Multi-platform profile – HBO Go, HBO NOW, On Demand. HBO Comedy
Hard Numbers:
98 Emmy nominations
Game of Thrones viewership hit 25 million
HBO is bringing back all 89 episodes of Larry Sanders
Current subscriber base 28.7 million (Bloomberg est.)
