Just one day after Netflix secured the streaming rights to Seinfeld in a deal reportedly worth more than $500 million, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max has gone one step further, acquiring the rights to The Big Bang Theory in a deal reportedly worth more than $1 billion.
The deal gives WarnerMedia’s HBO Max the exclusive domestic streaming rights for five years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That means another streaming service could carry the show in global markets. The deal also extends the syndication deal between Warner Bros. Television and TBS through 2028.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 18 2019, @06:02PM
Yeah, but stereotypes exist for a reason. The one thing they missed is incessant Monty Python line reciting--but if they had actually done that I might have thrown my TV out the window. I haven't known anybody in real life as extreme as some of the characters on that show, but some have come close. There was one dude I knew back in the 90s, I swear Captain Sweatpants from the comic book store was that guy.