Confederate, the next HBO series from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, has been meet with some controversy, and the network as come forward to defend the new show.
"Hindsight is 20/20," HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said today at the Television Critics Association press tour regarding the way in which Confederate was announced. "Our mistake is the idea that we would be able to announce an idea that is so sensitive and requires such care and such thought from the producers in a press release was misguided."
Bloys went on to note that, since he spoke with the producers, he had the necessary context, and can understand why those who only read the press release would not. "People don't have the benefit of the context with the producers that we have," he said.
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"Hindsight is 20/20," HBO president of programming Casey Bloys said today at the Television Critics Association press tour regarding the way in which Confederate was announced. "Our mistake is the idea that we would be able to announce an idea that is so sensitive and requires such care and such thought from the producers in a press release was misguided."
Bloys went on to note that, since he spoke with the producers, he had the necessary context, and can understand why those who only read the press release would not. "People don't have the benefit of the context with the producers that we have," he said.
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