‘Sex And The City’ Sequel, ‘And Just Like That…’ Provides HBO Max Its Highest Premiere



The follow up series to "Sex and the... [+] City" was filmed on the set.

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The sequel to the award-winning comedy, And Just Like That..., made instant history as the best performing new series to launch on the somewhat new streaming service.

The first thing new subscribers watched after signing up was the show, and it improved the ratings of the original series, Sex And The City.

It's notable that the show has a subscriber base of over 45 million homes, and it's a good win for the show and its streaming partner.

WarnerMedia's digital answer to streaming services such as Amazon, Disney, and Apple has had a rocky start, but is long-awaited for some promising shows.

The majority of its starring cast, including Kim Cattrall, are present, but the supporting cast, including Willie Garson, who died after the series wrapped production, are not.

Each month, there is an original feature film title that is presented by the network.

The Flight Attendant and The Sex Lives of College Girls are two new shows that have worked well for HBO Max.

The play is based on the library of top-tier series.

The Many Saints of Newark was a movie that explored the origin story of Tony Soprano's life in the mob, and was written and directed by David Chase.

The continuation of Six Feet Under was announced today.

There will be space for any number of spin-offs and prequels to Game of thrones on the new show.

While the mother-ship, HBO, continues to break ground with fresh, original projects, less concerned with "reboots and sequels" and instead more focused on continuing to extend its unparalleled run as the gold standard of premium cable TV, with appointment, multiple Emmy-Award winners like This

The effort to truly define the brand of the HBO Max is more important than whether or not it is embraced over the long term.

Perhaps the future of the premium cable network will be more nostalgia based, at least in the short term, leaving the ground-breaking work to its premium cable progenitor.

It's only a matter of time before we learn of more announcements about other past and present successes, like The Wire or Veep, or even more recent successes like Silicon Valley.

Disney+ has become known for plumbing intellectual property from its four major content pillars: Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar and National Geographic.

Maybe the same thing will happen with the HBO library.

We will see.

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