WarnerMedia-Discovery Deal To Forge Deeper Ties Between OWN, Warner Bros. TV & HBO Max

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For decades, WarnerMedia and Discovery had largely co-existed independently. They have lived in separate universes with virtually no business interactions, as unscripted television is their main area of overlap.

The Discovery networks work primarily with independent producers and not studios like Warner Bros TV, which has only produced one reality show for a Discovery net via its Shed subsidiaryHowever, there is a close working relationship which has flown largely under the radar and creates instant synergy post-merger — that between Warner Bros.

TV and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on the scripted side. Over the last five years, WBTV has become OWN’s de-facto scripted studio, producing virtually all of its original scripted series, from Queen Sugar and David Makes Man to All Rise.

After the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger is complete, OWN and WBTV will become vertically integrated, with HBO Max as OWN’s corporate sibling streamer.