The market has spoken here, and quality is the real differentiator.” To put it more plainly: The basic assumption behind the Max branding, that viewers would flock to Discovery’s big buckets of unscripted dross over the decades of quality material in HBO and other Warner Bros.

WarnerBros. Discovery (WBD) is rebranding its streaming service and changing its name back to the original title it used when it launched in 2020. “Max” will be renamed “HBO Max,” the company’s executives said during its UpFronts presentation to advertisers this week,

We’re not quite there yet, but it sure feels imminent.