HBO Max Shows Going to Tubi and Roku

If you’re bereft that shows like “Westworld,” “The Nevers,” “FBoy Island,” and more have been pulled from HBO Max in the aftermath of the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger, there’s good news. Tubi and Roku have both reached deals with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring that content to their streaming platforms. The two streamers announced their deals in separate statements. The titles will be available as FAST content — free ad-supported linear streaming TV.

Affected shows include “Westworld,” “Raised by Wolves,” “Legendary,” “FBoy Island,” “The Nevers,” “Finding Magic Mike,” “Head of the Class,” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” Tubi and Roku also have titles including “Cake Boss,” “Breaking Amish,” “Caribbean Life,” “How It’s Made,” “Paranormal Lockdown,” and “Murder Chose Me.” TV Line also confirmed that both streamers will have the six episodes of “The Nevers” that never aired.

Last summer, Warner Bros. Discovery made headlines when it began to remove shows and films from the platform in the wake of their merger. They also canceled projects that had been nearly completed, including their Batgirl movie which was to be released in December. Other canceled projects have found new homes, like “Minx,” its second season having been picked up by Starz earlier this month after HBO Max announced they were dropping it in December.

Back in August, HBO Max said in a statement to Variety that the content change was happening because HBO Max and Discovery+ would be merging into one platform. According to Indiewire, as of mid-December 2022 the streamer has removed 81 shows and movies from HBO Max.

As for the new, merged streaming site, it will have shows from HBO, CNN, DC Comics, Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV, Magnolia Network, OWN, TBS, and TNT. The new hybrid platform — the name of which hasn’t been announced — will probably include most of HBO and HBO Max’s most successful shows like “Euphoria,” “Succession,” “House of the Dragon”, and “And Just Like That,” though it’s unclear if it will continue to cut content before the new platform launches.

Tubi says its new Warner Bros. Discovery titles will begin streaming as early as Feb. 1, while Roku says theirs will start straming on The Roku Channel this spring. Neither has released a full list of all the titles they’re getting, so it’s not clear which former HBO Max titles still don’t have a home.