These are the 13 shows leaving HBO Max (yes, ‘Westworld’ is one of them) • businessroundups.org

After reports circulated that “Westworld”, among other things, would soon be pulled from HBO Max, the company sent out an email announcement yesterday to confirm the sad news. Westworld isn’t the only show to get the axe.

More than a dozen shows will be leaving the streaming service in the coming days, including “The Nevers,” “Raised by Wolves,” “The Time Traveller’s Wife,” “Love Life,” “Made for Love,” “Minx,” and more.

However, there is a silver lining. Warner Bros. Discovery, which has been canceling shows left and right, plans to license 13 of its HBO/HBO Max originals to third-party free ad-supported streaming services (FAST). While HBO Max subscribers will no longer have access to these titles, they won’t disappear forever. And now you don’t have to pay $9.99 a month to stream them.

HBO Max series switches to FAST services:

• West world: seasons 1 through 4
• The Nevers: season 1
• Find Magic Mike: season 1
• Head of the class: season 1
• the wife of the time traveler: season 1
• Raised by wolves: seasons 1-2
• FBOY Island: seasons 1-2
• Legendary: seasons 1-3

The remaining titles—“Gordita Chronicles” (S1), “The Garcias” (S1) “Love Life” (S1, S2), “Made for Love” (S1, S2) and “Minx” (S1, S2)—are not guaranteed to have new streaming houses. However, WBD is in talks with studio partners to license the shows to FAST platforms or other streaming services.

It’s likely that these shows were the least watched HBO Max titles, so it makes sense why Warner Bros. Discovery has deleted them. Ratings for “Westworld” continued to fall over the years, with the third-season finale drawing just 1.8 million viewers – roughly an 18% drop from the season two finale.

WBD didn’t say which free ad-supported streaming service “Westworld” and other HBO originals will get. Popular streaming services in the FAST market include Peacock, Pluto TV, Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Amazon Freevee.

The company also noted that it would provide more details on its own FAST offering in 2023. Earlier this summer, CEO David Zaslav mentioned the company’s plans for a free ad-supported streaming service. There is a possibility that its own FAST platform could offer the above 13 titles.