HBO Max simply unveiled a brand new function that caters to followers of main franchises like Mates, DC and Harry Potter. Warner Bros. owns a number of well-liked properties which can be featured on HBO and HBO Max, together with Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, DC Comics and lots of extra.
The streaming service has expanded a number of of those franchises, just like the upcoming Harry Potter TV present and DC spinoffs like Peacemaker and The Penguin.
In response to The Wrap, HBO Max is creating themed playlists/channels on the streaming service, giving subscribers the flexibility to look at a relentless feed of content material from sure Warner Bros.-owned properties. Mates, DC, Harry Potter, The Huge Bang Principle, Intercourse and the Metropolis and Rick and Morty are simply among the themed playlists which can be at present accessible.
Different playlists/channels on HBO Max embody Grownup Animation, Vacation Favorites, Center-earth (that includes each Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies), The Sopranos, True Crime (documentaries) and World of Westeros (Sport of Thrones and Home of the Dragon).
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HBO Max’s Themed Playlists |
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Grownup Animation |
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The Huge Bang Principle |
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DC |
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Mates |
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Harry Potter |
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Vacation Favorites |
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Center-earth |
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Rick and Morty |
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The Sopranos |
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Intercourse and the Metropolis |
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True Crime |
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World of Westeros |
From 1994 to 2004, 236 episodes of Mates aired throughout 10 seasons, which implies there’s loads of content material to maintain the Mates channel going.
The enduring sitcom launched a derivative referred to as Joey; that sequence has by no means been accessible on HBO Max, although episodes have been lastly launched on YouTube all through 2025. It is unknown if the streaming service will ever license Joey and embody it within the Mates channel.
Nonetheless, a Mates reunion premiered on HBO Max in 2021, so it is attainable that particular can be added as a substitute.
Talking of spinoffs, Sport of Thrones at present has one different Westeros-set present, Home of the Dragon, with the third season anticipated to air in summer time 2026.
A second spinoff, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, debuts in January, so HBO Max may resolve so as to add the Dunk and Egg sequence into the Westeros channel’s rotation sooner or later sooner or later.
And DC has an countless array of content material going again a number of a long time, with fan-favorite superheroes and villains like Batman, Superman, Surprise Girl, Aquaman, The Flash, Joker and extra, so followers will at all times have one thing to look at when trying out the DC channel.
Liesel Kipp, Warner Bros. Discovery’s government vice chairman of product, stated that these themed playlists are “designed for moments when customers desire a regular stream of fan-favorites, with out having to resolve what to look at subsequent.“
“The expertise is designed for moments when customers desire a regular stream of fan favorites, with out having to resolve what to look at subsequent. It gives one other easy strategy to discover and uncover the enduring, strong library HBO Max has to supply.”
At launch, this function is just accessible on grownup profiles. Customers can discover the playlists by going to HBO Max’s homepage and clicking on Channels.
When somebody launches a channel, they will not be plunged into the center of no matter episode is enjoying in the intervening time; as a substitute, the streaming service will play the episode that is at present in rotation from the start so followers will not miss a single second of the storyline.
Subscribers may even have the flexibility to rewind and fast-forward throughout a number of episodes in any given playlist.
This is not HBO Max’s first foray into stay playlists or channels. A yr in the past, the streaming service added a number of stay channels (together with HBO, HBO Hits, HBO Drama, HBO Comedy and HBO Motion pictures) that cater to totally different sectors of the HBO model.
The way forward for HBO Max is unclear amid Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. For now, although, the streaming service is providing followers thrilling new options to maintain them on the platform for a very long time.