Netflix Has Twice as Many Top-Tier Original Series as HBO
"Content that matters to viewers is the real point of differentiation," HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly told the audience at AT&T's (NYSE: T) WarnerMedia event last October. Indeed, HBO has a long legacy of producing top-quality series its viewers love.
Management has continually stressed the quality of content on HBO Max leading up to and during the launch of the new streaming service. But Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has twice as many high-quality original TV series on its service as HBO Max (151 vs. 75), according to data compiled by Reelgood. (The bar for a high-quality series is an 8.0 or higher rating on IMDb.)
Granted, HBO is still in the early days of HBO Max, launching with just eight additional originals on top of its HBO catalog. But it has a long way to catch up to Netflix, and investors shouldn't expect HBO Max originals to all be amazing. In fact, there's good reason to expect a lot of the new HBO Max series will be mediocre.
Source Fool.com
