Let’s say it all together through tears: HBO shows have never, ever been happier — or bleaker.
While the mega-network makes ratings history and dominates the Emmys with juggernaut series like “The White Lotus,” “Euphoria,” and “Succession,” the platform has helped usher in an era of “peak bleak” TV.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” co-creators Patrick McKay and Jd Payne revealed that HBO’s “Succession” and “Game of Thrones” directly influenced the tone of their upcoming Amazon Prime Video prequel series. “It’s like, how do you top the most debased thing you can do?” McKay remembered thinking when watching other shows back in 2018 in an interview with Time. “Sometimes that’s really good in certain shows, but it’s also relentless.”
Now, “Euphoria” star Hunter Schafer is weighing in on the darker dramas of TV, including Sam Levinson’s controversial teen epic that Schafer stars in.
While the mega-network makes ratings history and dominates the Emmys with juggernaut series like “The White Lotus,” “Euphoria,” and “Succession,” the platform has helped usher in an era of “peak bleak” TV.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” co-creators Patrick McKay and Jd Payne revealed that HBO’s “Succession” and “Game of Thrones” directly influenced the tone of their upcoming Amazon Prime Video prequel series. “It’s like, how do you top the most debased thing you can do?” McKay remembered thinking when watching other shows back in 2018 in an interview with Time. “Sometimes that’s really good in certain shows, but it’s also relentless.”
Now, “Euphoria” star Hunter Schafer is weighing in on the darker dramas of TV, including Sam Levinson’s controversial teen epic that Schafer stars in.
- 8/19/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire Television
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