It's such strange wipelash to watch a shark show about like migrational patterns and mistaken identity in attacks, you have nothing to fear from sharks, they need our protection and then the next show is like shark attacks on the rise, we interview surfers who have survived two attacks!!!
Back when it first became a thing, I know some teachers used some shows in classrooms, so it kind of makes sense. I can understand some shows targeting a younger audience, but to be fair, Shaq, Snoop and Tyson probably don't bring in those audiences.
Might as well run 90 Day Fiance with a NBA lead in. This is type of content bleed in thinking is what these executives are doing. It only makes the experience worse for the viewer. I'll be canceling my HBO Max as soon as this merges because I guarantee they will increase the pricing.
I'm sure they figured out long ago that if you throw a celebrity into the show the ratings go up exponentially. Now It feels like they just pay someone to take a celebrity out on a boat and jump in a shark cage and call it a day. Catering to the lowest common denominator.
You're literally describing the cable business model. I prefer streaming to be as ala carte as possible.
I feel like some people on this forum are being purposely obtuse about all of this.
"The 90-Day Fiance Universe"?
I know this is a few pages back, but I did want to chime in and say that I feel like a lot of the target audience for HBO scripted stuff and Discovery reality stuff probably has some overlap, but not enough that these things being lumped into one group makes any sense.
It was established that HBO Max has appeal to certain demographics. That stupid graphic still outlined the two different market appeals of each service. Niche doesn't mean small, HBO Max definitely specialized in appealing to a certain type of media consumer.
