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Max Eyes More Traditional Procedurals As Streamer Readies ‘The Pitt’; Casey Bloys Addresses Lawsuit
Casey Bloys addressed the Crichton Estate lawsuit with regards to the hospital drama series.
The streamer is set to roll the series out weekly in the first quarter of next year but HBO boss Casey Bloys is already eyeing other projects that could be greenlit using a similar model. As Deadline has previously reported, The Pitt, which comes from ER alums John Wells, Noah Wyle and R. Scott Gemmill, was conceived under a different business framework that could usher in a wave of new, modestly budgeted, broadcast-style dramas to streaming. That is bigger than a typical streaming drama order and close to the size of a broadcast season but there’s also a surprising way that the casting was done through a fixed two-tier salary system.
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