The Warner Bros. merger with Discovery ushered in numerous changes across the new company, one of which was the cancellation of many HBO shows.
However, in a new development, many of the canceled shows have now found a new home on the free over-the-top streaming service The Roku Channel. The shows will be available on 14 new ad-supported channels alongside other content from Warner Bros.’s expansive library. This development comes after Warner Bros. announced, earlier in the year, an agreement that will see Roku and Tubi host 2,000 hours of its content on their platforms in a diversion from its erstwhile policy of keeping its content in-house.
Apart from the highly popular shows Westworld, Raised by Wolves, and The Nevers, The Roku Channel will host Murder Chose Me, Caribbean Life, and Head of the Class, among others. It will also host numerous feature films including The Time Traveler’s Wife, as well as many reality shows and documentaries including FBoy Island, The Bachelor, Cake Boss, Say Yes to the Dress, Finding Magic Mike, My Cat from Hell, Breaking Amish, Paranormal Lockdown, Mysteries at the Museum, A Wedding Story, How It’s Made, Legendary, and My Five Wives.
The 14 new channels will bring the platform’s channel offering to over 450 and will be called WB TV All Together, WB TV How To, WB TV At the Movies, WB TV Watchlist, WB TV Crime Scenes, WB TV Family Rules, WB TV Keeping it Real, WB TV Love & Marriage, WB TV Mysteries, WB TV Paws & Claws, WB TV Slice of Life, WB TV Supernatural, WB TV Sweet Escapes, and WB TV Welcome Home.
In other HBO-related news, a recent Bloomberg report revealed that HBO is closing in on a television adaptation of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter book series with each of the seven books to provide the story for each of seven seasons. The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned television network is reportedly also mulling over a third season of House of the Dragon. The Game of Thrones prequel show is one of the network’s most successful shows ever and its second season is set to begin filming on April 17.
Finally, Warner Bros. Discovery is set to merge its two most popular streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+ this spring. The merger will see the addition of thousands of content to HBO Max’s current offering but won’t cost viewers an extra dollar. The company will reportedly unveil its plans this April and might even change its streaming platform’s name from HBO Max to just Max.
