The investigative reporter discusses his new book chronicling the network’s history, including its biggest programming mistake, why 'Lovecraft Country' was really canceled and whether 'Game of Thrones' could have had a ninth season.
kept coming up. They had the opportunity to read Matthew Weiner’s pilot, and I get into the whole story of what happened. Nobody can be in a position where they buy every hit, of course. But I think all three of those could have been on HBO. It’s very frustrating for a network when they turn down a show and it becomes a huge hit. There’s a lot of finger-pointing.
You often expose tensions between talent and execs. Was there a project where the two seemed furthest apart? One great thing HBO did was give creators and showrunners a lot more autonomy and a lot more freedom than the networks. And that served them really well. There was a period in the past decade, though, where they became much more hands-on and, dare I say, intrusive, according to some showrunners. You have situations with
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