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    Mary McNamara: HBO's Casey Bloys isn't worried about AT&T, Netflix or the end of 'Game of Thrones'

    by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Aug 13, 2019 6 minutes

    Casey Bloys isn't worried.

    Other people may be wringing their hands over the future of HBO: How will it fill the hole left by "Game of Thrones"? Can its "only on HBO" brand survive under the "more is more" mandate of AT&T? With so much talent, including "Game of Thrones" creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, making deals with Netflix and Amazon, does that brand even matter anymore? Is HBO's 20-year reign over the art form formally known as television coming to an end? And if so, what hope is there for any other legacy platform?

    Oh, and can someone please explain what HBO Max is, and will it come free with an HBO subscription?

    Yes, many people are worried about HBO. But after three years as HBO's head of programming, much of it spent dealing with an ownership switch, Bloys, 47, does not appear to be one of them. Whether or not he screamed into his pillow when Benioff and Weiss told him their plans

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