#49 – Maximum MAX: Clone High, The Other Two, Succession, and… CNN?!
The one with the Greggest Greg.
BREAKING NEWS: Less than 12 hours after we said “yeah but they probably won’t fire him this week…” CNN CEO Chris Licht was driven to a beautiful farm upstate by WaBro Disco CEO David Zaslav. The Hollywood Reporter has a full obituary of the Chris Licht era.
We also apparently summoned the cancellation of I Love That For You on Showtime, so rest assured: We’re back from vacation and more cursed than ever before!
Join us for a trip through the latest strike news, the existential cringe at CNN, and some shows on MAX that you’ll actually enjoy watching (if you can ever find them in that garbage interface). And as a bonus: We score our TV Tarot predictions after the Succession finale! (Spoiler alert: We’re more Kendall than Tom, if you know what we mean.)
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📺 Review: Clone High
🚨 Spoiler Alert: All Episodes through Season 2, Episode 3 (starting at 34:02) 🚨
- Number of Seasons Overall: 2 seasons, 20 years apart (and confusingly separate entries with identical names in the MAX app)
- Where to Watch: MAX (or is it “max” all lower case? WHO KNOWS!)
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📺 Review: The Other Two
🚨 Spoiler Alert for All Episodes through Season 3, Episode 6 (starting at 47:08) 🚨
- Number of Seasons Overall: 3 Seasons
- Where to Watch: MAX (or “max”, your choice!)
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📺 BONUS: Succession (Final Thoughts!)
🚨 Spoiler Alert for All Episodes (starting at 1:11:04) 🚨
- Number of Seasons Overall: 4 Seasons
- Where to Watch: StarGo
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🔗 Links:
- 'I Love That For You' Canceled at Showtime – J. Kim Murphy, Variety
- Directors Guild Reaches Tentative Deal With Studios and Streamers – Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter
- Deadpool 3 has started filming—and Ryan Reynolds isn't allowed to improvise – William Hughes, A.V. Club
- Thunderbolts becomes latest Marvel movie to be hit by writers’ strike – Jon Porter, The Verge
- This Max credits thing is apparently gonna be a big, stupid mess to fix – William Hughes, A.V. Club
- Inside the Meltdown at CNN – Tim Alberta, The Atlantic
- Devastating profile dogs CNN boss Chris Licht – Mike Allen, Axios
- Chaos looms over CNN – Sara Fischer, Axios
- CNN drama, Act 2: Zucker's revenge – Mike Allen, Axios
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