Sunday, June 8, 2025

HBO Max is Coming Back Since No One Ever Got “MAX” Name for Warner Bros. Streaming Service

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HBO Max is alive!

Warner Bros. is reversing course and naming its streaming service, MAX, with its old moniker.

It’s like Classic Coke.

Now HBO Max will once again stream the shows of HBO and originals.

MAX sounded like it was something to with Mad Max, or the name Woody Allen and Tony Roberts used for each other in “Annie Hall.”

David Zaslav, the quixotic owner of Warner Bros. Discovery, said in part: “The powerful growth we have seen in our global streaming service is built around the quality of our programming. Today, we are bringing back HBO, the brand that represents the highest quality in media, to further accelerate that growth in the years ahead.”

HBO is locked in battle with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, FX, Hulu, etc for subscriptions.

Meantime, HBO is headed to some nice Emmy nominations this year for “Hacks,” “The Last of Us,” and so on despite the shows’ current seasons considered ‘off’ by fans.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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