HBO Stands by High Maintenance
High Maintenance has been getting a lot of support from HBO
Tonight marks the premiere of High Maintenance’s first season of six episodes. The new series stands as a semi-continuation of the cult web series, maintaining its particular tone and flavor but offering up something for new viewers all the same. When it was first announced that the series would be coming to HBO, and on Friday nights, it felt like HBO was putting some distance between itself and the pot-centric series. That’s not the case.
HBO has been giving High Maintenance a fair amount of attention, especially lately. High Maintenance is the first HBO fall series to premiere, beating out Westworld, Divorce, and Insecure. Considering that it will only run for six episodes, there will be enough distance that it won’t have to share the attention that the other shows will be getting. HBO did fans a real solid by picking up the back episodes as well, allowing them to be streamed on both HBO GO and HBO NOW.
Here’s a clip from the first episode:
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The first five episodes have already been released to critics and are available for viewing if going into a new show blind isn’t your cup of tea. The general consensus is that if you enjoyed the web series, you will be right at home with the new show. What started out as a HBO just picking up a small series for a short season has ended up with potentially millions of people tuning into tonight. Granted, Friday night at 11 isn’t the most ideal time slot.
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High Maintenance will mark HBO dipping its foot in the pool when it comes to marijuana comedy, a surprisingly fertile genre right now. We’ll see how it goes, but at least we know that HBO’s giving it a very serious chance.