Paramount+ dramas could move to HBO, but none have moved yet

Skydance is weighing whether some upcoming Paramount+ drama series should move to HBO. No series has changed platform so far, and no decisions have been made, according to Deadline.

The idea sits inside a larger reshuffle. Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery closed on October 6, 2026, bringing the two companies under the new Skydance name. Paramount+ is a streaming service. HBO is a premium channel, and its streaming app is HBO Max.

Casey Bloys is co-chair and chief content officer of Skydance's direct-to-consumer business, which means the streaming services that sell shows straight to viewers. He oversees what goes on Paramount+ and on HBO and HBO Max. On October 23, he unveiled an executive team that includes several people brought over from HBO and HBO Max, among them Francesca Orsi and Sarah Aubrey.

That same restructuring led to a change at the top of Paramount+'s originals group. Jane Wiseman, who had been the service's head of originals for 14 months, is leaving. Her team now reports to Aubrey, who was HBO Max's head of originals and is now head of Paramount+, Max Originals and International Programming. She oversees all Paramount+ programming.

Orsi has been promoted from executive vice president to president of HBO Drama Series and Films. In that role she works with Bloys to decide which drama projects suit HBO. She and Aubrey are reviewing the Paramount+ drama slate together, and Orsi may also work on prestige dramas that stay on Paramount+.

Two titles have come up in the talks. Deadline names Discretion, a legal thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning, as a logical candidate for a move to HBO. The report notes that the show has often been described as HBO-like. It also names The Best Of Us, a limited series about 9/11 first responders headlined by Jeremy Strong, as another possible fit. Both are discussed as ideas only.

The wider plan is bigger still. Skydance co-CEO David Ellison has said HBO Max and Paramount+ are set to become one platform within the next couple of years, per the same Deadline report.

For the people who make these shows, a change of platform can change who signs off on the budget and where a series appears on the schedule. Those are the questions the review is meant to settle.

For now, every series earmarked for Paramount+ is staying there while the talks continue.