TV in 3: HBO’s Horny Hockey Hunks Go Viral; CBS’ Showrunner Scramble
Plus: Starz’s Shohei Ohtani home run
I cover TV from L.A. I analyzed 5 burning questions about a potential Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros., wrote about the 10 showrunners who define TV now and got the inside dope on Ryan Murphy’s legal drama All’s Fair. Email me at lesley.goldberg@theankler.com
Welcome to the fourth installment of my new Friday column, where you’ll get my take on the big headlines of the week, plus some stories you might have missed. Today’s main attraction: My fun, dishy Q&A with the showrunner of HBO Max’s Horny Hockey Hunks Heated Rivalry, the queer Canadian hockey series that’s become a word-of-mouth and social media sensation (and was just renewed for a second season today), about how it all happened, the kind of pushback he got to the very, er, explicit material, and why it’s working so well with audiences. But first I take a closer look at the Starz Shohei Ohtani project and what a new CBS Studios deal for Robert and Michelle King means for Paramount as the company pursues its hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.