Warner Bros. Discovery Orders 149 Hours of New Unscripted Shows for U.K.

variety.com:

Warner Bros. Discovery U.K. has commissioned 149 hours of new and returning lifestyle shows in the U.K.The programs include “The Big Body Clinic,” “The Edinburgh Auction House” and “Charlotte Church’s Dream Build,” and will air on Discovery’s stable of U.K.

linear channels. They will also be made available on streaming service Discovery+.The sheer volume of unscripted commissions for Warner Bros.

Discovery’s linear channels in the U.K. sends a clear signal that the unscripted pipeline for the combined Discovery+ and HBO Max platform — when it does eventually launch — will largely stem from the Discovery side of operations.Discovery+ launched in the U.K.

in November 2020, but HBO Max has yet to roll out, due to the legacy output deal between HBO and Sky, which sews up the vast majority of HBO and some HBO Max content for Sky channels and its SVOD service Now TV.