Another day, another round of the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery boss finding some way to make HBO Max subscribers unhappy. This time, it affects beloved animated series Infinity Train, OK K.O.!—Let’s Be Heroes, Summer Camp Island, and much more.
Variety says the cuts—which include several Sesame Street Elmo specials, for goodness’ sake—are being made in order to save money by not paying residuals to the creators, stars, crewmembers, or whoever else stood to make money when someone watched the shows/specials/etc. on HBO Max. I will fully admit that I have no idea how much money this saves the newly merged company, but I do know its new CEO David Zaslav came into the position with the stated goal of saving $3,000,000,000.
I will, however, hypothesize that all the money WBD would be paying out to the creators of all these shows for the next couple of years would be $10 million maximum. (I honestly believe that’s a wild overestimation, but just to be safe.) Now, this doesn’t count the Batgirl movie and Young Justicecancelations, or any of the big cuts HBO has made over the past few weeks—this is just the 30+ small-time animated series, kids’ specials, and reality TV listed below.
By removing these from HBO Max and saving $10 million, Warner Bros. Discovery has gotten maybe 0.0034 percent closer to its goal of $3 billion. The full list of canceled programs is below. There’s no telling when everything will be removed from HBO Max, but at the very least you should watch all three seasons of Infinity Train while you can—it’s a tremendous series, and we’re all poorer for no longer being allowed to watch it.
HBO Max Originals
12 Dates of Christmas
About Last Night
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
Close Enough
Ellen’s Next Great Designer
Esme & Roy
The Fungies!
Generation Hustle
Generation
Infinity Train
Little Ellen
My Mom, Your Dad
Odo
Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness
Summer Camp Island
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
The Runaway Bunny
Theodosia
Tig n’ Seek
Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs
HBO Originals
My Dinner with Herve
Share
Cartoon Network
Dodo
Elliott From Earth
Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart
Mighty Magiswords
OK K.O.! – Let’s Be Heroes
Uncle Grandpa
Victor and Valentino
Acquired Titles
Detention Adventure
Messy Goes to Okido
Mia’s Magic Playground
The Ollie & Moon Show
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Make It Big, Make It Small
Squish
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