“HBO is the home of ‘Real Sex’” remarked HBO CEO Casey Bloys in response to backlash over nudity in the show.
With apologies to the Parents Television Council, it doesn’t appear that “Naked Attraction” is being stripped from Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform Max in the near future. As reported by The Wrap, HBO chairman Casey Bloys addressed the blowback his company was receiving for quietly adding the show to its streamer at this week’s Code Conference in Laguna Niguel, California.
Bloys suggested there was nothing sneaky or underhanded about the nature of the program’s importation to Max, saying it was part of an overall deal with the studio which holds the rights to “Naked Attraction,” and that it was added along with several other series. He also pointed out that HBO has hardly steered away from nudity and sexual content in the past.
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With apologies to the Parents Television Council, it doesn’t appear that “Naked Attraction” is being stripped from Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform Max in the near future. As reported by The Wrap, HBO chairman Casey Bloys addressed the blowback his company was receiving for quietly adding the show to its streamer at this week’s Code Conference in Laguna Niguel, California.
Bloys suggested there was nothing sneaky or underhanded about the nature of the program’s importation to Max, saying it was part of an overall deal with the studio which holds the rights to “Naked Attraction,” and that it was added along with several other series. He also pointed out that HBO has hardly steered away from nudity and sexual content in the past.
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- 9/28/2023
- by The Streamable
- The Streamable
HBO Chairman and CEO Casey Bloys addressed the inclusion of U.K. series “Naked Attraction” on Max, which prompted a viral craze after it was quietly added to the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer last week.
“That show has been on in the U.K. for I want to say six seasons — it was part of a whole library deal,” Bloys explained Wednesday at the Code Conference.
“I just want to make one point because I think I know the point that you’re probably trying to make as, ‘Oh my gosh, can you imagine that show next to… your prestige show?'” Bloys continued. “I will remind you that HBO is the home of ‘Real Sex’ and ‘Cathouse’… Going back to the ‘You need an entire a mix of programming’ — this programming serves its purpose.”
Debuting in 2016, “Naked Attraction” is not your typical dating show. The series, hosted by Anna Richardson,...
“That show has been on in the U.K. for I want to say six seasons — it was part of a whole library deal,” Bloys explained Wednesday at the Code Conference.
“I just want to make one point because I think I know the point that you’re probably trying to make as, ‘Oh my gosh, can you imagine that show next to… your prestige show?'” Bloys continued. “I will remind you that HBO is the home of ‘Real Sex’ and ‘Cathouse’… Going back to the ‘You need an entire a mix of programming’ — this programming serves its purpose.”
Debuting in 2016, “Naked Attraction” is not your typical dating show. The series, hosted by Anna Richardson,...
- 9/27/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Naked Attraction, a British reality series that features a form of full frontal nudity, has been making headlines after it was added to streaming service Max.
The series has become a surprise hit on the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer, jumping to number one on its most popular list as of today.
U.S. audiences may be just learning about the show, but it’s been on air in the UK on Channel 4 since 2016 and is in its sixth season and caused plenty of headlines on the other side of the pond, including a raft of complaints to British regulator Ofcom.
Casey Bloys, CEO and Chairman of CEO and Max Content, speaking at the Code conference, said that the show was part of a “whole library deal.”
Naked Attraction is produced by Studio Lambert, the production company behind series such as Netflix’s The Circle and Peacock’s The Traitors.
The series has become a surprise hit on the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer, jumping to number one on its most popular list as of today.
U.S. audiences may be just learning about the show, but it’s been on air in the UK on Channel 4 since 2016 and is in its sixth season and caused plenty of headlines on the other side of the pond, including a raft of complaints to British regulator Ofcom.
Casey Bloys, CEO and Chairman of CEO and Max Content, speaking at the Code conference, said that the show was part of a “whole library deal.”
Naked Attraction is produced by Studio Lambert, the production company behind series such as Netflix’s The Circle and Peacock’s The Traitors.
- 9/27/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
If you were an adolescent with occasional bouts of insomnia in the early 2000s, you probably grew up watching Real Sex, the groundbreaking HBO series that aired in the wee hours before softcore time-travel movies and re-airings of Problem Child 3. Real Sex was truly revolutionary: it was frank, straightforward, and replete with the types of dimpled bodies of various hues and shades that are sorely absent from our TV screens and Instagram feeds. Perhaps most importantly, however, it didn’t take itself too seriously, imbuing its subject matter with the silliness that it deserves.
- 2/8/2023
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Spend any time talking with those in the documentary sector, and they’ll lament how hard it is to land commissions without having a celebrity aboard – a precondition that invariably impacts on journalistic rigour.
If you’re seeking the greenlight for a magazine show on 21st century sexuality, however, attaching model-turned-actor Cara Delevingne, polysexual pin-up and three-time Eyebrows of the Year winner, isn’t the worst idea. The pros and cons of “Planet Sex,” a new six-part Hulu/BBC co-production (Hulu’s version will air in 2023 as Americans will get a different version of the show that’s still being edited), are tied up with Delevingne’s game, anything-goes persona, here recruited in a bid to distract 18-to-25-year-olds from Tinder-pounding. As Cara puts it early on: “Let’s get the 101 on the power packed in our pants.” Anyone cringing should know: a) you’re likely outside the target audience,...
If you’re seeking the greenlight for a magazine show on 21st century sexuality, however, attaching model-turned-actor Cara Delevingne, polysexual pin-up and three-time Eyebrows of the Year winner, isn’t the worst idea. The pros and cons of “Planet Sex,” a new six-part Hulu/BBC co-production (Hulu’s version will air in 2023 as Americans will get a different version of the show that’s still being edited), are tied up with Delevingne’s game, anything-goes persona, here recruited in a bid to distract 18-to-25-year-olds from Tinder-pounding. As Cara puts it early on: “Let’s get the 101 on the power packed in our pants.” Anyone cringing should know: a) you’re likely outside the target audience,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Mike McCahill
- Variety Film + TV
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While politicians debate the rise of crime, there’s no debate that there’s been an explosion of true-crime documentary series on cable TV and the streamers. Interviews with serial killers, re-creations of bloody murders, combative-courtroom footage and carefully orchestrated eleventh-hour revelations have almost become cliché — even as viewers eagerly tune in for more.
But that was not always the case. Thirty years ago, documentarian Joe Berlinger, 61, and his longtime collaborator and co-director, the late Bruce Sinofsky, broke new ground with their feature, Brother’s Keeper. That film centered on the arrest and trial of a rural upstate New York man named Delbert Ward, who was accused of killing his brother William, and it became a blueprint for Berlinger’s unfiltered examinations of American tragedies with all the drama of fictional narratives.
Joe Berlinger
Brother’s Keeper won the audience award at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival,...
While politicians debate the rise of crime, there’s no debate that there’s been an explosion of true-crime documentary series on cable TV and the streamers. Interviews with serial killers, re-creations of bloody murders, combative-courtroom footage and carefully orchestrated eleventh-hour revelations have almost become cliché — even as viewers eagerly tune in for more.
But that was not always the case. Thirty years ago, documentarian Joe Berlinger, 61, and his longtime collaborator and co-director, the late Bruce Sinofsky, broke new ground with their feature, Brother’s Keeper. That film centered on the arrest and trial of a rural upstate New York man named Delbert Ward, who was accused of killing his brother William, and it became a blueprint for Berlinger’s unfiltered examinations of American tragedies with all the drama of fictional narratives.
Joe Berlinger
Brother’s Keeper won the audience award at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Stacey Wilson Hunt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A relatively graphic documentary about charismatic Italian swingers should probably elicit more than a tepid shrug, right?
But for all its telling — and showing — of sex, “Bloom Up” never really gets going until its final few minutes. And that late-stage twist occurs during the rare scene in which everyone is fully clothed.
The movie’s middle-aged protagonists, Betta and Hermes, couldn’t be more likable. They’re charming, eloquent, and appear to be madly in love. Despite the fact that they’ve been together for years, they flirt happily while stocking shelves at the pet store they own, defer to each other respectfully in frank conversations for the camera, and share a sensitive dedication to their open marriage that seems to lack even a hint of defensiveness.
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But for all its telling — and showing — of sex, “Bloom Up” never really gets going until its final few minutes. And that late-stage twist occurs during the rare scene in which everyone is fully clothed.
The movie’s middle-aged protagonists, Betta and Hermes, couldn’t be more likable. They’re charming, eloquent, and appear to be madly in love. Despite the fact that they’ve been together for years, they flirt happily while stocking shelves at the pet store they own, defer to each other respectfully in frank conversations for the camera, and share a sensitive dedication to their open marriage that seems to lack even a hint of defensiveness.
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- 8/26/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
For those HBO subscribers who are missing the premium cabler’s adult programming, Pornhub might provide a little satisfaction. The adult-video streaming site is offering to produce new episodes of such written-off “sex-positive” programs as Real Sex and Taxicab Confessions and stream the existing ones.
“It’s a shame to see HBO rid itself of its late-night adult programming, and we consider classic shows such as Taxicab Confessions and Real Sex, among others, to be vestiges of a bygone era,” Pornhub VP Corey Price said in a statement to Deadline. “We can attest to the continued demand for adult programming and think there is immense value in the promotion and consumption of sex-positive shows. That said, we would like to extend an offer to help produce new seasons of the informative skin-baring programs and host them on our HD, on-demand platform Pornhub Premium.”
The free, ad-supported site, which claims more than 90 million daily visitors,...
“It’s a shame to see HBO rid itself of its late-night adult programming, and we consider classic shows such as Taxicab Confessions and Real Sex, among others, to be vestiges of a bygone era,” Pornhub VP Corey Price said in a statement to Deadline. “We can attest to the continued demand for adult programming and think there is immense value in the promotion and consumption of sex-positive shows. That said, we would like to extend an offer to help produce new seasons of the informative skin-baring programs and host them on our HD, on-demand platform Pornhub Premium.”
The free, ad-supported site, which claims more than 90 million daily visitors,...
- 8/29/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has removed all original erotic adult programming from its channels and streaming services. The channel behind early prestige dramas such as “The Sopranos” and “Six Feet Under” once distinguished itself with the slogan — “It’s not TV. It’s HBO.” Once buried within its groundbreaking TV dramas were HBO’s adult programming, which ranged from serious docu-series “Real Sex,” “Pornucopia,” and “Cathouse,” the reality show “Taxicab Confessions,” and one-off educational specials such as “Katie Morgan on Sex Toys.”
“Over the past several years HBO has been winding down its late-night adult fare,” an HBO representative told IndieWire. “While we’re greatly ramping up our other original program offerings, there hasn’t been a strong demand for this kind of adult programming, perhaps because it’s easily available elsewhere.”
Some have speculated that the shift was precipitated by HBO’s June purchase by new parent company At&T, hich also recently merged with Time Warner.
“Over the past several years HBO has been winding down its late-night adult fare,” an HBO representative told IndieWire. “While we’re greatly ramping up our other original program offerings, there hasn’t been a strong demand for this kind of adult programming, perhaps because it’s easily available elsewhere.”
Some have speculated that the shift was precipitated by HBO’s June purchase by new parent company At&T, hich also recently merged with Time Warner.
- 8/29/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
HBO is out of the adult entertainment business, as the network quietly removed all of the erotic-themed movies and TV shows from its channels and streaming services.
“Over the past several years HBO has been winding down its late-night adult fare,” an HBO representative told TheWrap. “While we’re greatly ramping up our other original program offerings, there hasn’t been a strong demand for this kind of adult programming, perhaps because it’s easily available elsewhere.”
For years, HBO has aired adult-themed “after-dark” programming, including “Real Sex,” “Taxicab Confessions” and “Cathouse,” a docuseries about life in a Nevada brothel. The network also aired specials with adult film star Katie Morgan, and adult-themed, “soft-core” feature films. HBO’s sister network, Cinemax, also became known for airing soft-core films even getting nicknamed “Skinemax.”
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“Over the past several years HBO has been winding down its late-night adult fare,” an HBO representative told TheWrap. “While we’re greatly ramping up our other original program offerings, there hasn’t been a strong demand for this kind of adult programming, perhaps because it’s easily available elsewhere.”
For years, HBO has aired adult-themed “after-dark” programming, including “Real Sex,” “Taxicab Confessions” and “Cathouse,” a docuseries about life in a Nevada brothel. The network also aired specials with adult film star Katie Morgan, and adult-themed, “soft-core” feature films. HBO’s sister network, Cinemax, also became known for airing soft-core films even getting nicknamed “Skinemax.”
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- 8/28/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The days of "Skinemax" have come and gone.
HBO and corporate sibling network Cinemax have, over the past year, quietly exited the adult entertainment industry.
As first reported Tuesday by the Los Angeles Times, both premium cable networks have phased out content including Taxicab Confessions, Real Sex and Cathouse as well as other adult movies containing explicit content from its linear and on-demand platforms.
"Over the past several years HBO has been winding down its late-night adult fare. While we’re greatly ramping up our other original program offerings, there hasn’t been a strong demand for this kind of ...
HBO and corporate sibling network Cinemax have, over the past year, quietly exited the adult entertainment industry.
As first reported Tuesday by the Los Angeles Times, both premium cable networks have phased out content including Taxicab Confessions, Real Sex and Cathouse as well as other adult movies containing explicit content from its linear and on-demand platforms.
"Over the past several years HBO has been winding down its late-night adult fare. While we’re greatly ramping up our other original program offerings, there hasn’t been a strong demand for this kind of ...
- 8/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Plenty of television viewers got their first exposure to many sexual practices and communities on HBO. From 1990 all the way up to 2009, "Real Sex" brought feminist porn, sploshing (Aka wet and messy fetishism), and the love of latex into living rooms. On January 2, 2014, HBO is ringing in the new year with a new series, "Sex // Now,," a "Real Sex" for the Tumblr generation. Indiewire sat down with "Sex // Now," director Chris Moukarbel, whose "Me @ the Zoo" was acquired by HBO several years ago, to talk about the new series, which is just as simultaneously titillating and serious as you'd want it to be. So what made you decide to bring sex docs back to HBO? I had this longstanding love of "Real Sex" in terms of what it represented to me as a kid. I think a lot of people had that experience with the show, with what Patti Kaplan...
- 12/10/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
An Original Voice
“We didn’t get mad, we got smart,” HBO CEO Michael Fuchs said about hitting The Wall, looking back at HBO stalling in 1984 from the vantage of the early 1990s. Actually, a lot of the rank and file didn’t get mad or smart; we’d seen 125 of our friends and colleagues get shown the door when the company had suddenly flatlined after eight years of phenomenal growth, and what we got was scared.
But it’s to the credit of HBO’s execs that whatever anxieties they may have had, they showed no panic or even nervousness in public. Instead, they poured any concerns into energetically and immediately addressing the question of, “What do we do now?” The world we knew had changed and there was no going back to the Gold Rush days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The company required a humongous...
“We didn’t get mad, we got smart,” HBO CEO Michael Fuchs said about hitting The Wall, looking back at HBO stalling in 1984 from the vantage of the early 1990s. Actually, a lot of the rank and file didn’t get mad or smart; we’d seen 125 of our friends and colleagues get shown the door when the company had suddenly flatlined after eight years of phenomenal growth, and what we got was scared.
But it’s to the credit of HBO’s execs that whatever anxieties they may have had, they showed no panic or even nervousness in public. Instead, they poured any concerns into energetically and immediately addressing the question of, “What do we do now?” The world we knew had changed and there was no going back to the Gold Rush days of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The company required a humongous...
- 10/11/2013
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
In November of 1990, HBO viewers who stuck around after yet another Tuesday night showing of She’s Having a Baby found themselves watching a documentary special called Real Sex. The show featured segments on phone sex, stripping, and, most memorable, a female masturbation workshop. It aired at 11 p.m., hardly a desirable time shot. What no one anticipated was that 2.8 million households would tune in, giving it the second highest rating of any HBO documentary to date (only The Making of the Sports Illustrated 25th Anniversary Swimsuit Issue had done better). “We started research for what was intended to be one 66-minute special,” said Patti Kaplan, the series’ producer. “It became 33 episodes.”...
- 7/31/2013
- by www.vulture.com
- Huffington Post
In November of 1990, HBO viewers who stuck around after yet another Tuesday night showing of She’s Having a Baby found themselves watching a documentary special called Real Sex. The show featured segments on phone sex, stripping, and, most memorable, a female masturbation workshop. It aired at 11 p.m., hardly a desirable time shot. What no one anticipated was that 2.8 million households would tune in, giving it the second highest rating of any HBO documentary to date (only The Making of the Sports Illustrated 25th Anniversary Swimsuit Issue had done better). “We started research for what was intended to be one 66-minute special,” said Patti Kaplan, the series’ producer. “It became 33 episodes.”During the next two decades — the show’s last episode aired in 2009 — the “60 Minutes of sex,” as Newsday termed it, provided a master class in human sexuality for anyone with access to a premium cable package.
- 7/30/2013
- by Molly Langmuir
- Vulture
St. Louis: Come get your Q on! The Vital Voice and Cinema St. Louis will host a lively opening night reception on Thursday, April 14 to kick off the Fourth Annual Stella Artois QFest. QFest, the St. Louis-based Lgbtq film festival, runs April 14-17 at the Hi-Pointe Theatre, 1005 McCausland Avenue, 63117. The party will be held before the screening of documentary film The Sons Of Tennessee Williams with guest director Tim Wolff in attendance. Tickets are $20 and include free Stella Artois, wine from West End Wines, Pi pizza, soda and popcorn courtesy of the Hi-Pointe, and a ticket to the 7:30 p.m. screening of The Sons Of Tennessee Williams. The film has had sold out screenings across the country at a number of prominent film festivals and has just been picked up for theatrical distribution by First Run Features. Advance tickets are available through the Cinema St. Louis offices or online via Brown Paper Tickets.
- 4/13/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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