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Jordan, Not Rodman, Was First Pick for N. Korea

Filming documentary like being on Truman Show : narrator

(Newser) - With his bizarre reputation, Dennis Rodman may have seemed the perfect candidate to visit a country that recently claimed the discovery of a unicorn hideout —but he wasn't the first choice for the HBO team that pushed the visit, the New York Times reports. The makers of Vice... More »

Netflix Now Has More Subscribers Than HBO

It also introduces new $12 'family plan'

(Newser) - Qwikster? What's a Qwikster? Netflix appears to have solidly put that debacle behind it, posting a strong earnings report yesterday that included this interesting tidbit: Netflix now has 29.17 million paid subscribers. That, Forbes observes, is more than HBO, which at the end of last year reported 28.... More »

Nora Ephron Getting an HBO Documentary

Ephron's son Jacob Bernstein to co-direct, co-produce

(Newser) - Nora Ephron, the celebrated writer and filmmaker who died last June of complications from leukemia, will be getting an HBO documentary about her life, reports the Hollywood Reporter . Her son, journalist Jacob Bernstein, is developing the film, titled Everything Is Copy after a lesson that Ephron's screenwriter mother taught... More »

Game of Thrones Unveils Its Own Beer

'Iron Throne Blonde Ale' a nod to House Lannister

(Newser) - If just watching Game of Thrones isn't enough to slake your thirst for fantasy, now you can drink it, too. The series has partnered with New York state's Brewery Ommegang to create a series of show-inspired beers, the Los Angeles Times reports. First up: Iron Throne Blonde Ale,... More »

Beyonce Documentary Is More Like 'Infomercial'

HBO piece doesn't deliver on its promise, say critics

(Newser) - Beyonce promises to provide an authentic look at her real self in the HBO documentary Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream that debuts tomorrow night. Critics say she doesn't even come close, and they've got a common complaint:
  • "It’s an infomercial, not just about Beyonce’s
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TV Is In an Upward Spiral

Netflix's House of Cards the latest evolution in the golden age of TV

(Newser) - Forget, for a second, that Netflix's House of Cards represents a bold challenge to HBO, a salvo in the war on cable. Instead, focus on this simple fact, writes Derek Thompson at the Atlantic : "The market for super-deluxe-high-quality TV programming is getting deeper." This is, as has... More »

Game of Thrones Author to Create New HBO Shows

George RR Martin signs two-year deal

(Newser) - HBO appears to be enjoying life in Westeros (even if nobody in Westeros ever does). The network has signed Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin to a new two-year deal that will see him not just work on the adaptation of his famous fantasy saga, but develop and... More »

Next for Lena Dunham: Another HBO Show

'Girls' creator working on series about Betty Halbreich

(Newser) - Lena Dunham's wild success continues: The Girls creator is developing a second series for HBO. Dunham and her Girls co-showrunner, Jenni Konner, are working on a comedy centered around Betty Halbreich, whom Deadline calls a "New York institution ... who has spent decades working with the rich and famous.... More »

HBO Covered Up Luck Horse Deaths: Suit

And humane group went along with it, complaint says

(Newser) - HBO horse racing series Luck was canceled in March after at least three horses died; now, a former American Humane Association exec is suing the network and the show's producer. Barbara Casey's lawsuit hits HBO and Stewart Productions for helping cover up alleged abuse of the horses, the... More »

Lena Dunham's Final Book Deal Figure: $3.5M

Creator of HBO's 'Girls' writing debut essay collection

(Newser) - The crazy bidding is over for Lena Dunham's hotly anticipated debut book, and the 26-year-old's deal is with Random House for more than $3.5 million, the New York Times reports. Dunham, the creator and star of HBO's Girls, covers topics including work, friendship, and sex... More »

Bidding for HBO Star's Book Now at $3.6M

Lena Dunham riding success of 'Girls'

(Newser) - If you wanted proof that Lena Dunham qualifies for the "rising young star" label, Deadline.com has it: Bidding for her book proposal Not That Kind of Girl: Advice by Lena Dunham is at $3.6 million and counting, the site reports. The 26-year-old Dunham is the creator and... More »

Netflix Profit Plummets 91%

Higher subscription costs hurt second quarter earnings

(Newser) - Apple isn't the only one who has hit a rough patch —Beleaguered Netflix is also taking a drubbing after posting a 91% drop in net income for the second quarter. Shares responded by dropping almost 15% in after-hours trading yesterday. The company’s decision to separate its DVD-by-mail... More »

HBO Renews Newsroom

Critical reception not bad enough to sink Aaron Sorkin's latest

(Newser) - It seems HBO isn't sweating the mostly terrible reviews The Newsroom has garnered so far. The network has already renewed Aaron Sorkin's polarizing media drama for another season, the Huffington Post reports. Newsroom had decent ratings for its premiere, drawing 2.1 million viewers, though that figure dropped... More »

Dan Rather: HBO's Newsroom Totally Gets It

Aaron Sorkin's show should guide CNN: David Carr

(Newser) - Early reviews slammed Aaron Sorkin's new HBO show The Newsroom; Emily Nussbaum at the New Yorker , for example, feels it "gets bad so quickly that I found my jaw dropping." But a bona fide TV news legend begs to differ. "The show gets close to... More »

Sorkin's Newsroom Feels a Little Preachy

HBO show has some critics carping

(Newser) - For those who believed Aaron Sorkin could do no wrong, The Newsroom is a disappointment. Chronicling the life of a cable news station as it grapples with events from years back—the BP oil spill, for insance—it's preachy and perhaps overly optimistic, critics say.
  • In the Daily Beast
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Bush 41 on Ross Perot: 'I Don't Like Him'

Says in HBO documentary that Perot cost him the election

(Newser) - George HW Bush usually keeps to himself—but in an HBO documentary airing tonight, he doesn't mince words regarding formal rival Ross Perot. When documentarian Jeffrey Roth asks Bush if he'd be willing to comment on Perot, Bush refuses, then adds: "I think he cost me the... More »

Game of Thrones Cameo: Bush's Severed Head

HBO promises to remove Dubya's prop head from future DVDs

(Newser) - Sharp-eyed viewers may have noticed a familiar head on a spike in the 10th episode of Season 1 of Game of Thrones—George W. Bush's. A prop head of the former president was used as one of the traitors' heads on spikes, the show's creators say in their... More »

Why HBO Suddenly Matters Again

It may not win the programming game, but it's ruling the platform one

(Newser) - When we last checked in on how HBO was doing, it was, well, uncool . In an April column for the Guardian, Michael Wolff outlined how the network had turned into a "rec room artifact," that was losing the great-TV battle. In a piece for paidContent picked up by... More »

Thrones Fan? HBO Has a $30K Chair for You

It's selling life-size replica of Aegon's throne

(Newser) - The "real" Iron Throne, from George RR Martin's Game of Thrones books, was forged from 1,000 swords of Aegon the Conqueror's defeated enemies, and, being full of sharp edges, it was quite dangerous to sit on. Now HBO is offering a life-size replica of the Iron... More »

How HBO Became Uncool

We don't care about platforms, Michael Wolff argues, we care about shows

(Newser) - Sunday should have been a banner night for HBO, with Game of Thrones and the premiere of its latest "zeitgeist-courting" show Girls. But Michael Wolff didn't tune in—though not for lack of trying. Wolff and his companion "don't have HBO. And, it turns out, after... More »

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