HBO Max Is Back (Though It Never Really Left) and Four Lessons Learned From ‘Andor’

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The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the news that Max will be changing its name back to HBO Max and what the news says about the streaming industry at large (1:00). Then they talk about the success of ‘Andor’ and what lessons can be learned from the show (29:06). Finally, they discuss the latest episode of ‘The Last of Us’ (1:00:14). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Video Production and Editing: Jon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.3	I need sports to have to clear the room.
0:33.6	Stand up and walk now. Now.
0:36.4	Hello and welcome to The Watch.
0:38.2	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:39.4	I am an editor at the ringer.com and joining me in the studio, taking himself to Madison Avenue.
0:47.8	It's Andy Greenwald.
0:50.3	Hey, hey man.
0:51.6	If I'm making advertising jokes, you know we're talking about upfronts this week.
0:55.2	People love upfront talk.
0:56.8	We're going to talk a little bit of TV industry talk today.
0:59.5	We're also going to do a little bit of Andor lessons we've learned from Andor that maybe the industry could learn or maybe they won't learn.
1:06.5	So we're going to talk about the ripple effects of Andor as a kind of entity within the larger
1:11.8	storytelling corporate enterprise, right?
1:15.2	Maybe a little bit of last of us because we didn't get your thoughts on...
1:18.5	Oh, thank you.
1:20.2	On the WFLF this week, Washington Liberation Front.
1:24.7	And I just want to tell everybody that you can watch us on YouTube.
1:28.2	Ringer-Dash TV is the channel.
1:29.8	You can also watch us on Spotify where you're hopefully listening to us.
1:33.1	You can hit us up in our email.
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