43 posts tagged ‘max’
Showtime's Cable Channel Is Changing Its Name to... Paramount+ With Showtime
Gizmodo,
As of January 8, linear Showtime will be no more. Instead, it’ll be rebranded as “Paramount+ With Showtime,” an arrangement spurred by the fact Showtime content is now available on the Paramount+ streaming service and executives just have to change things to justify their salaries. It’s the latest rebrand in the… Read more...
Showtime gets its own special parent company rebrand
AV Club,
Remember when HBO Max became just “Max,” and it was kind of stupid? Remember how much fun we had making Social Network jokes? “Drop the ‘HBO,’” we crowed, “it’s cleaner.” Well, here’s round two: the linear network once known as Showtime becomes “Paramount+ With Showtime” on January 8. “Add the ‘Paramount+ With,’” some… Read more...
Looney Tunes Not Getting Axed From Max After All
Yesterday, Max subscribers received their monthly email announcing what’s coming to the platform—and what’s leaving. Fans of Looney Tunes—already smarting over Warner Bros.’ recent decision to shelve the completed feature Coyote vs. Acme; the film’s now seeking distribution elsewhere—were dismayed to see that the… Read more...
Max confirms that Looney Tunes is not leaving the platform, but some Adult Swim shows still are
Update (11/27/23): In a revised press release, Max has confirmed that the remaining Looney Tunes cartoons that were not removed earlier this year will not be leaving the platform at the end of December, despite initially reporting the opposite in its monthly “here’s what’s coming to Max” post. The company says that… Read more...
The Grinch and Martha May Whovier Headline Grinchmas at Universal Theme Parks
Released in 2000, Ron Howard’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas has become a modern Christmas classic—so much so that it’s managed to be more timeless than Illumination’s 2018 Grinch animated film. That’s probably thanks to the presence Jim Carrey’s inimitable take on the character at Universal Studios theme parks. Read more...
The Gilded Age recap: It’s a nice day for a doomed wedding
Finally, real messiness has hit The Gilded Age. We’re talking light poisonings, forbidden marriages, torch-wielding mobs—Sunday night’s episode gifted us all that and more as we enter the back-half of season two. Read more...
The Black Friday Streaming Deals You Should Know About
Vulture,
Subscription prices go down for once.
Paramount+ Chopped Its Movie Streaming Library in Half
While most customers probably have Paramount+ subscriptions for series-watching purposes (the many Star Trek shows and Yellowstone spin-offs are its big franchises), having access to a vast library of movies is also a perk. Or it was a perk: according to a new survey, the number of available feature titles is fewer… Read more...