A slew of popular and acclaimed comedies are coming to HBO Max November 1.WarnerMedia announced on Friday that all seasons of Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s Show,” “Nathan For You,” “Key & Peele,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” and “Reno 911!” will be available on HBO Max at the start of the month.The impending availability of the shows marks a further bulking up of HBO Max’s comedy library; the streaming service already offers streaming for the complete libraries of popular shows such as “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Rick and Morty,” and “Friends.”Acclaimed comedies are considered one of the most lucrative gets for streaming services.
Netflix reportedly paid over $500 million to acquire the streaming rights to “Seinfeld” — the acclaimed show about nothing is headed to Netflix in 2021 — while HBO Max’s streaming pact for the wildly popular “The Big Bang Theory” was estimated to be worth as much as $1 billion,
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