‘Fixer Upper’ and Other Magnolia Network Shows Coming to HBO Max in September (EXCLUSIVE)

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Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterChip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network lineup, including all five seasons of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper,” will begin streaming on HBO Max in September, Variety has learned exclusively.According to a WarnerMedia source, “select” titles from Magnolia Network will come to the streamer Friday, Sept.

30, as part of a page featuring “curated” content from the Gaineses, which includes “Fixer Upper: Welcome Home,” “Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines” and “The Lost Kitchen,” among other series.The former HGTV superstars launched their Magnolia linear and streaming channel in partnership with Discovery last year, before Discovery’s merger with WarnerMedia.Industry sources say that a new series “Fixer Upper: The Castle,” which centers on the Gaines’ overhauling their 100-year old castle in Waco, Texas, will premiere on HBO Max, along with the linear Magnolia Network and Discovery+, on Oct.

14. More Magnolia Network content will be added to HBO Max over time, but also continue to be available on Discovery+, which costs $4.99 per month with commercials compared to HBO Max’s $9.99 ad-supported plan, the WBD source says.The news comes ahead of Warner Bros.

Discovery’s Q2 earnings report and presentation later today which is expected to be when CEO David Zaslav & co. reveal more about the future of HBO Max and Discovery+ — which are set to be combined into one platform at some point — and plans for the rest of the company.Magnolia Network first launched as an app inside Discovery+ last July and a linear channel rebranded from Discovery’s DIY Network went live in January.As Variety exclusively reported in April ahead of the close of Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia and rebrand into Warner Bros.