HBO Max: WarnerMedia Streaming Service is New Home to Friends, CW Dramas

WarnerMedia has finally unveiled details of its forthcoming streaming service, including the name, and which shows will be part of it. 

The name, as many rumors of late have suggested is HBO Max, which makes sense considering it will have everything you would expect from HBO. 

According to WarnerMedia, HBO Max will have a "Robust Slate of New Originals, and Programming from Warner Bros., New Line, DC Entertainment, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, The CW, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes and More to offer Something for Everyone in the Home."

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What's more, Friends is officially leaving Netflix, with all 236 episodes being available at launch on HBO Max. 

Netflix is also losing Pretty Little Liars at the end of the month. All seven seasons will be exclusively available on the new streaming service, alongside Fresh Prince of Bel Air. 

It was recently revealed that the deal between Netflix and The CW had lapsed meaning that new CW shows will have to negotiate streaming deals. 

As part of that, HBO Max will be the streaming home of Batwoman and Riverdale spinoff, Katy Keene. 

We haven't even covered the original series in the works. They can be found at the bottom of the article. 

“HBO Max will bring together the diverse riches of WarnerMedia to create programming and user experiences not seen before in a streaming platform,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman, WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-To-Consumer, in a statement.

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“HBO’s world-class programming leads the way, the quality of which will be the guiding principle for our new array of Max Originals, our exciting acquisitions, and the very best of the Warner Bros. libraries, starting with the phenomenon that is Friends.”

HBO Max Original series previously announced include: ·

• "Dune: The Sisterhood," an adaptation of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's book based in the world created by Frank Herbert's book Dune, from director Denis Villeneuve 

• "Tokyo Vice," based on Jake Adelstein's non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat starring Ansel Elgort 

• "The Flight Attendant," a one-hour thriller series based on the novel by Chris Bohjalian, which will star Kaley Cuoco, who is also executive producing alongside Greg Berlanti 

• "Love Life," a 10-episode half-hour romantic comedy anthology series starring "Pitch Perfect" star Anna Kendrick, who will also executive produce alongside Paul Feig

• "Station Eleven," a postapocalyptic limited series based on Emily St. John Mandel's international bestseller, adapted by Patrick Somerville and directed by Hiro Murai

• "Made for Love," a 10-episode, half-hour, straight-to-series adaptation based on the tragicomic novel of the same name by Alissa Nutting, also from Somerville and directed by S.J. Clarkson

• "Gremlins," an animated series from Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment based on the original movie

Highlights of HBO programming previously announced for 2020 and 2021 include: ·

• Stephen King's "The Outsider," a dark mystery starring Ben Mendelsohn, produced and directed by Jason Bateman 

• "Lovecraft Country," a unique horror series based on a novel by Matt Ruff, written and executive produced by Misha Green, and executive produced by Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams 

• "The Nevers," Joss Whedon's new science fiction series starring Laura Donnelly 

• "The Gilded Age," the opulent world of 1885 New York from "Downton Abbey's" Julian Fellowes 

• "Avenue 5," high satire aboard a space-bound cruise ship from Armando Iannucci ("Veep"), starring Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad 

• "The Undoing," a psychological thriller from David E. Kelley, directed by Susanne Bier starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant 

• "The Plot Against America," reimagined history based on Phillip Roth's novel written and executive produced by David Simon and Ed Burns, starring Winona Ryder and John Turturro 

• "Perry Mason," the classic legal drama for a new generation, executive produced by Robert Downey, Jr. and Susan Downey, with Matthew Rhys in the title role 

• "I Know This Much Is True," a complex family drama starring Mark Ruffalo playing twin brothers, one of whom has schizophrenia, based on the best-selling novel by Wally Lamb, written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. 

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