Casey Bloys is Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content. After becoming president of HBO programming in May 2016, he assumed original content responsibilities for HBO Max in August 2020, encompassing all HBO Original and Max Original series, documentaries, and specials. In April 2022, Bloys' purview expanded to include the Magnolia Network.
Under his leadership, HBO and HBO Max has continued momentum with a compelling slate of groundbreaking original programming, which in 2022, received 38 Emmy Awards across 13 programs, more than any network or streaming platform; it was also the most nominated with 140 nods, besting HBO's previous record of 137 nominations in 2019.
Among HBO's breakthrough and award-winning titles are The Last of Us, House of the Dragon, which had the largest series premiere in HBO's history, Succession, Euphoria, I May Destroy You, The White Lotus, Industry, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Barry, A Black Lady Sketch Show, The Rehearsal, Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and more, along with a diverse array of Max Originals including Hacks, Station Eleven, Our Flag Means Death, Rap Sh!t, And Just Like That..., The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Peacemaker.
Forthcoming series include HBO Originals White House Plumbers, The Idol, True Detective: Night Country, and The Palace; and Max Originals Love & Death, Full Circle and Dune: The Sisterhood. Additionally, Bloys is continuing to expand the DC universe on HBO Max with The Penguin among others.
During his 18-year tenure, he has overseen the development and production of a long list of HBO programming, including Flight of The Conchords, Eastbound and Down, Veep, Girls, Silicon Valley, and Enlightened. After he began overseeing the drama group, HBO launched Mare of Easttown, Watchmen, Succession, Euphoria, Westworld, Big Little Lies, My Brilliant Friend, The
Undoing, and Chernobyl.
Bloys was promoted to the role of President, HBO series, late night and specials in February 2016, responsible for the development and production of all series, talk shows and specials for the network. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President, HBO Programming from 2013, and was responsible for comedy series, late night and specials.
He joined HBO in 2004 as Director, Development, HBO Independent Productions (HIP), and was promoted to Vice President, HIP, in 2005. In 2006, he was named Vice President, HBO Entertainment, spearheading the development and production of comedy series and named Senior Vice President in 2009.
Prior to HBO, he was director, Development, for Wass-Stein Productions, from 2000 to 2004. He began his career as an assistant in the Current and Development departments of CBS.
Bloys has a BA in Economics from Northwestern University.
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