AT&T Is Dragging HBO's Streaming Strategy Out of the Dark Ages

Re:AT&T Is Dragging HBO's Streaming Strategy Out of the Dark... by tptacek on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:23PM (#19391913)

That's not a great metric. Here's a much better one: Metacritic will give you an aggregate score for every TV show made during a year, and also does a year-end Pazz-and-Jopp-style roundup of critic top 10 lists; here's 2018's:

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/critics-pick-the-top-10-b...

(You can edit the URL to go back to 2015).

The actual critic roundups tell as much a story of FX's dominance of prestige TV as HBO's. And if you want a popular opinion instead, the ratings have a much bleaker story about HBO.

While I think Netflix does just fine as an original producer lined up against HBO, it's not a central part of my argument that they're better than HBO. My core argument is that HBO doesn't host enough prestige series for it to command a premium over all the other series available across other platforms.

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Re:AT&T Is Dragging HBO's Streaming Strategy Out of the Dark... by mbesto on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:36PM (#19392079)

> and also does a year-end Pazz-and-Jopp-style roundup of critic top 10 lists; here's 2018's:

A ranking based on how many paid-for critics are talking about a TV show? Huh? That's like saying "this startup is better than another because they've gotten more press on TechCrunch/Wired/WSJ/etc". IMDB is imperfect, but it's a better proxy for what consumers enjoy.

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Re:AT&T Is Dragging HBO's Streaming Strategy Out of the Dark... by tptacek on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:33PM (#19392716)

No, that's critics selecting shows for year-end best lists.

If you're looking for what consumers enjoy, look at the ratings, where HBO also does not fare especially well.

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