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veloping new programming with
such talent as Oprah Winfrey,
Steve McQueen, Jenji Kohan and
many others.”
The spokesperson added,
“When you look beyond drama
series and miniseries at the many
other programming genres that
we present, such as comedies,
documentaries, late night fare,
sports and original movies, I
think you will find a lot of diversity.” The network went on to cite
programming such as The Chris
Rock Show, the TV movie The
Tuskegee Airman and John Leguizamo’s special Ghetto Klown.
To put the homogeneity of
HBO’s decision-making in context, HuffPost looked to the other big players in the prestige TV
game. Once again, the focus was
on original series (not imports),
specifically one-hour dramas
and dramatic miniseries, i.e., the
prime real estate of TV culture.
In TV’s most recent Golden Age,
AMC, FX, Showtime, Netflix and
HBO are among the leaders of
the pack. Half-hour shows aren’t
unimportant, but the dramatic
fare from these five entities represents the major pillars of popular culture: Their programs not
only capture F