Is There a Doctor in the House?
HBO Max Adds to its Arsenal of Strategic Acquisitions with Exclusive Streaming Rights to the Current Doctor Who' Series
in New Deal with BBC Studios
All 11 Seasons, Including the Streaming Premiere of Season 11 Starring Jodie Whittaker,
Will be Available at Launch
Deal Also Locks in HBO Max as the Exclusive SVOD Home for Future Seasons Including the Upcoming Season 12 After It Airs on BBC AMERICA
In Addition, HBO Max Has Licensed 700 Episodes of Iconic BBC Series Including
The Office and Many More
August 01, 2019
LOS ANGELES - HBO Max adds to its arsenal of strategic, fan-favorite acquisitions by securing the exclusive streaming rights to BBC's longest running global franchise, Doctor Who. All 11 seasons of the British sci-fi hit drama will be available on WarnerMedia's streaming service at launch in spring 2020, marking the SVOD premiere of season 11. As part of HBO Max's new long-term deal with BBC Studios, the streamer will also be the exclusive SVOD home for future seasons after they air on BBC AMERICA.
In addition to Doctor Who, HBO Max has licensed 700 episodes of iconic BBC series such as The Office, Top Gear, Luther, and The Honorable Woman.
Doctor Who' is one of television's all-time, most beloved series, on both sides of the pond, and we are happy to be the exclusive streaming stewards for this BBC gem said Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, HBO Max and president, TNT, TBS, and truTV. Another series to further define the high-quality content experience consumers can expect from HBO Max.
As any Doctor Who' fan knows, the iconic TARDIS is bigger on the inside' - and it's a good thing because the TARDIS is about to welcome a whole new slew of fans coming to the show through this deal with HBO Max, said Nigel Gaines, Interim President, BBC Studios - Americas. HBO Max's ambitious content line-up is the perfect complement to the Doctor Who' global franchise, in addition to some of our most award-winning and game-changing UK dramas and comedies.
'Doctor Who' is a program like no other - an incredibly rich world of stories, packed with adventure, regeneration, heart (two actually) and hope. Our audience is incredibly dedicated and engaged, and we can't wait to work with HBO Max to tell our stories from across all of time and space, said Sally de St Croix, Doctor Who Global Franchise Director.
Doctor Who is a British TV Series, that follows the stories of a regenerating Time Lord who travels on adventures through all of space and time . The deal includes Seasons 1-11. Chris Chibnall is the current showrunner and writer.
The original British television mockumentary, The Office, created, written and directed by Golden Globe and Emmy winners Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, follows the day-to-day lives of office employees of the fictional Wernham Hogg paper company. Deal includes two seasons and two specials.
Long running hit car show Top Gear featuring several seasons with original hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May plus the most recent casts including Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff. The deal includes multiple seasons.
The British crime drama Luther stars Idris Elba as Detective John Luther working for the Serious Crime Unit who becomes consumed by the crimes he investigates. Created and written by Neil Cross, the series has received eleven Primetime Emmy Award nominations with Elba also receiving a Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Television Award, NAACP Image Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance. Deal includes all five seasons.
Nine-part mini-series The Honorable Woman, centers on Nessa Stein, played byMaggie Gyllenhaal, who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in an international maelstrom as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. It was created, written and directed by Hugo Blick.
In addition to these iconic shows, the deal also includes new titles Pure , Trigonometry , Stath Lets Flats , Home and Ghosts which will all be available exclusively to HBO Max upon launch of the service.
All of these shows join HBO Max's already-robust library, which is anticipated to boast 10,000 hours of programming at launch, including key licensed third-party programming and a rich array of content that brings the HBO service together with WarnerMedia's portfolio of powerful brands: Warner Bros., New Line, DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, The CW, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Hello Sunshine, Looney Tunes and more.
In addition to HBO Max's vast selection of beloved library titles, the service will also feature the entire HBO library of hits including fan favorites The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Veep, and Game of Thrones, as well as previously announced acquisitions The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Pretty Little Liars, and all 236 episodes of Friends.
HBO Max will also be the exclusive out-of-season streaming home to a string of new Warner Bros. produced dramas for The CW, including the highly-anticipated new DC series Batwoman and Katy Keene (spinoff of Riverdale ). The streamer will also be home to the critically acclaimed DC series Doom Patrol, with the first-season available at launch and new episodes set to debut simultaneously on DC Universe and HBO Max.
HBO Max is also developing a strong originals slate with film and television projects geared toward all audience segments in the home.
Max Original series previously announced include:
Gossip Girl, eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.
Dune: The Sisterhood, an adaptation
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Is There a Doctor in the House?
