Max Will Air Unscripted Originals, Albeit Shared With Discovery+ & Linear Networks

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While Harry Potter and Game of Thrones may have scored the biggest headlines at this morning’s newly rebranded Max launch event, one of the more understated nuggets was the handful of unscripted originals coming to the service.

Kathleen Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group, revealed four new projects that will premiere on the service – dating series Love and Translation, adventure series Survive The Raft, Barbie Dream House Challenge and Octavia Spencer-exec produced true-crime series Lost Women of Highway 20.

This comes after the previous incarnation, HBO Max, moved out of unscripted originals, having previously made series such as FBoy Island, Legendary and Selena + Chef, under Jen O’Connell’s leadership.

However, these new Max originals are part of a shared universe, that will see these shows also air on Discovery+, which is remaining as a standalone service, as well as linear channels, TLC, Discovery Channel, HGTV and ID, respectively.