Max Eyes More Traditional Procedurals As Streamer Readies ‘The Pitt’; Casey Bloys Addresses Lawsuit

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The Pitt, the upcoming medical drama starring Noah Wyle, could be the first of many traditional procedurals that could roll out on Max.

The streamer is set to roll out the series 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. “The Pitt, for lack of better words, would have been a basic cable or network show and by that I mean it has self-contained stories where you could watch an individual episode, you could watch all of them, done at a price that makes it possible to do 15 episodes.

I would like to make that feel more like the Max brand,” Bloys said at a press gathering Tuesday. “The Pitt is one of the shows that we’ve been developing, some procedurals in the format with the qualities that I just talked about.

We’ve been developing a number of them. Obviously I’d like to see how it goes. I’ve seen seven of the episodes and I think it’s really, really good, so I’m excited about it.