Like most writers, I’m trying to understand these [wild moves at HBO Max](https://www.vulture.com/article/hbo-max-removing-shows-movies-list.html).
Cancelling Westworld? Sure. Happens all the time. That’s TV.
Ditching an unaired season you’ve already shot, like what [just happened to Minx](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/minx-canceled-hbo-max-season-2-1235458073/)? That’s heartbreaking, but I guess not unprecedented after Batwoman.
[Pulling Westworld off the service](https://deadline.com/2022/12/westworld-the-nevers-pulled-hbo-max-canceled-1235197233/) is just bonkers to me. My only guess is that they’re going to stick it on an ad-based service with a different residual formula.
Makes it hard to want to make a show for HBO Max.
I mistakenly titled this post “Wither Westworld” instead of “Whither Westworld” and both work.