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News Articles: hbo max

PBS KIDS announced a new <em>Sesame Street </em>deal on Monday.

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  • Television

How to get to Sesame Street? Kids can now head to Netflix as well as PBS

The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.

May 19, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Warner Bros. Discovery says the streaming platform Max will rebrand to HBO Max — the name it had until 2023.

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  • Business

Max will once again be HBO Max. Yes, it's aware of the irony

Max will become HBO Max again this summer, Warner Bros. Discovery said this week — two years after the name change that hasn't stuck. Here's what to know about the rebrand (and some others of note).

May 15, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans picks his favorite performances of 2025 so far, including, clockwise from top left, Catherine O'Hara in <em>The Last of Us</em> and <em>The Studio</em>, Noah Wyle in <em>The Pitt,</em> Uzo Aduba in <em>The Residence, </em>Carrie Coon in <em>The White Lotus, </em>Tramell Tillman in <em>Severance </em>and Owen Cooper in <em>Adolescence</em>.

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  • Television

The best 6 TV performances I've seen so far this year

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans picks his favorite performances of 2025 thus far, including Noah Wyle in The Pitt, Catherine O'Hara in The Last of Us and The Studio, and Carrie Coon in The White Lotus.

May 05, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Noah Wyle plays a senior attending physician working through PTSD in a Pittsburgh teaching hospital in the Max series <em>The Pitt.</em>

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  • Television

After years of avoiding the ER, Noah Wyle feels 'right at home' in 'The Pitt'

After 11 seasons on ER, Wyle thought he was finished with medical dramas: "I spent 15 years avoiding — actively avoiding — walking down what I thought was either hallowed ground or traveled road."

April 21, 2025
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  • Dave Davies
Investigative journalist Jane Mayer is the author of the 2016 book <em>Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. </em>The book inspired filmmaker Alex Gibney's two-film project out this week, <em>The Dark Money Game.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

What's on TV: 2 new documentaries, a Western, a comedy, and 'The Rehearsal'

A new HBO film project traces how the Citizens United decision has reshaped democracy in recent years. Also this week, a new Netflix Western looks a lot like Yellowstone, and The Rehearsal is back.

April 14, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Dr. Michael Robinavitch — Robby (Noah Wyle) — in the season finale of <em>The Pitt.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

15 hours later, a grueling ER shifts ends in 'The Pitt' season finale

The first season of The Pitt focused on the toll that work takes on doctors and nurses. It's also been a stellar season of TV.

April 10, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder).

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  • TV Reviews

'Hacks' is back – with the same conflicts, but they still satisfy

When the last season left off, Deborah was offered her second chance at late night — and Ava resorted to blackmail. It's hard not to feel like the new season continues to take these two in circles of fight and reconciliation.

April 10, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Mohan (Supriya Ganesh), Javadi (Shabana Azeez), Donnie (Brandon Mendez Homer), and McKay (Fiona Dourif).

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  • TV Reviews

On 'The Pitt,' a mass shooting overwhelms an already exhausted ER

Even though this tragedy was hinted at from the first episode, it's treated with gravity and presented in agonizing detail.

March 20, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Noah Wyle in <em>The Pitt</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'The Pitt' is a medical drama worth watching. Stat.

Each episode of the new Max series covers one hour in a single day in a busy emergency department. The show manages to feel sympathetic to the hospital staff and to the patients in their care.

February 22, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Carrie (Parker), and Anthony (Mario Cantone).

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  • Pop Culture

It's still a haute mess, but I can't resist 'And Just Like That...'

In Season 2, the show settled into its groove as an agreeable-enough cringe-watch.

August 25, 2023
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  • Aisha Harris
A screenshot of the Max homepage.

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  • Television

5 questions about the new streaming service Max — after a glitchy launch

How much does it cost? Will Max be better or just bigger than HBO Max? NPR's Eric Deggans tackles these questions and more ... now that he's finally able to log in.

May 24, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
A dragon flies over King's Landing on <em>House of the Dragon</em>.

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  • Television

'House of the Dragon' is the most watched premiere in HBO history, the company said

House of the Dragon is a prequel to Game of Thrones, set nearly 200 years before the events of the latter show. It is based on the novel Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin.

August 23, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion) in <em>Rap Sh!t</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

In 'Rap Sh!t,' women in rap strive and thrive

A new comedy series created by Issa Rae taps into the complexities of being an aspiring female rapper in the age of social media.

July 21, 2022
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  • Aisha Harris
<em>Wonder Woman 1984</em>, starring Gal Gadot, will open in theaters and stream on HBO Max when it's released on Christmas Day.

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  • Movies

Christopher Nolan Calls Warner Bros.' Shift To Streaming New Movies 'A Great Danger'

In an interview with NPR, the blockbuster director said the studio's decision to stream movies on HBO Max on the day of their release will hurt the people who work in the movie industry.

December 11, 2020
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  • Ari Shapiro
Comedian Dave Chappelle at the 2018 Netflix FYSEE Kick-Off event in Los Angeles.

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  • Pop Culture

Netflix Removes 'Chappelle's Show' At Dave Chappelle's Request

The comedian said he was snared in an unfair contract years ago, which allows Comedy Central to profit off the show without compensating him.

November 25, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner

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