BREAKING: We interrupt your eBaum’s World scroll to inform you of a major change headed to the terribly-rebranded Max streaming service — CNN News Alerts are coming for your Game of Thrones rewatches.
As media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly prepares to give CNN a starring role in their growing streaming portfolio, allegedly announcing a 24-hour live-streaming news service entitled “CNN Max” next month, per Variety, several Max viewers may find themselves plugged into current events — whether they want to be or not.
Warner Bros. Discovery will test out CNN news alerts while Max viewers are watching TV shows and movies on the platform.https://t.co/qK2W3tAU5l
— Variety (@Variety) August 30, 2023
“Among the features the company will try out are ways of alerting Max viewers to breaking news while they are watching something else on the service, whether it be an HBO series, a Turner Classic Movies selection or an old episode of Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” Senior TV Editor Brian Steinberg wrote of the change in a piece clearly targeting the streamer’s octogenarian viewers, and octogenarian viewers alone.
Though this move may seem incredibly intuitive — after all, who doesn’t want updates about the climate apocalypse and the Russia-Ukraine War and peppered throughout their mindless viewings of And Just Like That… — several TV buffs were less-than-thrilled at the prospects of their latest show being eclipsed by Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell’s latest senior moment.
“We watch tv to dissociate from the news you dinguses,” wrote Twitter user @LEBassettof the news.
“Zaslav will not see heaven,” added @scumbelievable, referencing Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
“Are they *trying* to lose subscribers?” asked @KevinMKruse, as @craign471 argued that this change could bring about the end of Max as we (briefly) knew it.
“Inevitably the response will be: ‘Viewers will test out pirating Max shows to avoid CNN news alerts from Warner Bros. Discovery,’" they speculated.
Max is going to test CNN news alerts while users are watching movies and TV shows pic.twitter.com/h9BSvMbr2z
— Culture Crave (@CultureCrave) August 30, 2023
But whether you’re dreading this change or all of three (3) people looking forward to seeing Anderson Cooper’s mug superimposed above the Euphoria teens, here are several of our favorite reactions to this terrible, terrible news.
i wanted to imagine what this would be like: https://t.co/RGfGufnQgc pic.twitter.com/G2IOapzqfK
— manny (@mannyfidel) August 30, 2023
Max watching users unsubscribe after interrupting their entertainment with CNN news alerts https://t.co/j2axn6kHeA pic.twitter.com/viBUzJlHWq
— Inverted ParadX, PhD (@InvertedParadX) August 30, 2023
Me trying to watch Max when a CNN alert pops up https://t.co/59i5rE3YVw pic.twitter.com/DJ6zCxirw3
— Koops’ Kingdom (@KoopsReturns) August 30, 2023
looks like we’re off back to basics, boys pic.twitter.com/8lRDz4jwBQ
— Benjamino (@benjaminobro) August 30, 2023
— (@TheCediFanClub) August 30, 2023
https://t.co/QMvqLzfCEj pic.twitter.com/IXNiKg9Hnb
— Screamer Jim (@HeheWaitWhut) August 30, 2023
— Brian Riccio (@wtfdic_hour) August 30, 2023
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