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To clarify, after the CW bailed on Netflix, its parents - basically Paramount/Viacom and WarnerMedia - agreed to bring its content to HBO Max.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Apr 12 '21, 10:12

Because of the strange hybrid that is The CW (a merger of Paramount's UPN and Warner's The WB), the CW is basically run by Paramount but the content is produced by Warner. Thus, Warner owns the shows and will air them where the choose. In the increasingly insular world of streaming, that means HBO Max gets back catalog and new episodes of most shows and as content deals expire with other services, more of that content will continue to move to HBO Max.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2021/01/15/show-libraries-for-recent-cw-series-heading-to-hbo-max-in-new-deal/?sh=174cf2eb19c0 (www.forbes.com)

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"Netflix circa 2015 looked like a convenient way to monetize recent back catalog, in 2021, the platform is now more of a problem than a solution" -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Apr 12, 10:32 2
- Netflix was at least smart enough to spend to build a library of their own content. They had to know that this type of thing was on the way. -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 10:35 1
  - Yep. What ever AI is running Netflix at this point is psychic. They were planning for a rainy day long before anyone saw it coming. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 10:37

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To clarify, after the CW bailed on Netflix, its parents - basically Paramount/Viacom and WarnerMedia - agreed to bring its content to HBO Max.

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