HBO Archives

‘The New Pope’ shows Hollywood interest in mystery of the papacy not waning

Jan 11, 2020

Just weeks after the premiere of “The Two Popes” on Netflix, a new take on the idea of dueling pontiffs is about to show itself.

By Charles Collins

Is streaming ‘cutting the cord,’ or just the next-best thing?

Dec 15, 2019

In recent years, the movement has been to streaming TV. People can watch streaming TV on their televisions (duh!), but also on their computers and even their phones.

By Mark Pattison

Study cites ‘content creep’ in making TV ratings unreliable

Nov 3, 2019

A system is only as good as the people who use it. This seems to be true with the TV Parental Guidelines, put into place 20 years ago with the help of the so-called “V-chip” installed in every TV that would allow parents to block certain programming based on its content.

By Mark Pattison

‘Game’ over: the five stages of being a ‘Thrones’ fan

May 26, 2019

Eight years ago, “Game of Thrones” began on HBO and the worlds of water-cooler conversations, fire-breathing dragons and social media haven’t been the same since. To say it’s been a wild ride is the least of it.

By Elizabeth Rackover Clancy

Vatican newspaper chimes in, finally, on ‘The Young Pope’

Oct 1, 2017

The Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, finally wrote about the Vatican-inspired series “The Young Pope” starring Jude Law as an unlikely American pope. Editor-in-chief, Gian Maria Vian, said he didn’t want to write about it during the time it was airing, because “They wanted us to either bless it or excommunicate it, and I didn’t want to play that game.”

By Associated Press

Jude Law stars as a disruptive pontiff in HBO’s ‘Young Pope’

Jan 13, 2017

Jude Law, star of HBO’s new series “The Young Pope” says, “At the core of our series is its humanity. We penetrate the layers of curiosity and intrigue surrounding the very human institution of the Catholic Church, and explore how people interact within it.”

By Frazier Moore