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    HBO revolutionized TV, but the next few years are tipped to be pivotal for its future

    Journalist James Andrew Miller and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans talk about how HBO changed television and why the next few years are pivotal for the network's future.
    by Eric Deggans Nov 24, 2021 4 minutes
    Steven Van Zandt [left], James Gandolfini and Tony Sirico starred in HBO's hit television series, <em>The Sopranos</em>.

    HBO is synonymous with great TV and has been credited with redefining how we watch movies and shows at home. But it wasn't always so.

    In his new book, Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers, journalist James Andrew Miller charts the rise of the entertainment juggernaut and how it carved out a unique space in showbiz.

    Miller is known for writing definitive histories, having written books on Saturday Night Live and ESPN, and for this latest project he says he conducted more than 750 interviews with people associated with HBO.

    Miller spoke to NPR's TV critic, Eric Deggans, in a Twitter Spaces conversation last.

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