'''HBO''', an abbreviation of '''H'''ome '''B'''ox '''O'''ffice, is a non-standard [[cable ]] television network. It was founded in 1972 by Charles Dolan, who is also the founder of [[Cablevision]]. As a dedicated provider, not intermixed with [[broadcast]] television, HBO faces comparably low restrictions on content, [[obscenity]], [[profanity]], and other [[decency ]] regulations, and uses its [[freedom ]] to create television shows with a more ''[[film noir]]'' feel to them. HBO is known more than any other TV network for its extreme use of [[profanity]].
Examples of programming include:
*''Deadwood'' - a [[Western]] with an average of 1.56 utterances of the "F" word per minute of footage.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/n_10191/| title = Cussing and Fighting | first = Carl | last = Swanson | date = April 12, 2004 | work = [[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]] |accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Kay | first=Jeff | work=West Virginia Surf Report | url=http://www.thewvsr.com/deadwood.htm | title=The Number of F's In Deadwood | accessdate = May 25, 2007}}</ref>
*''Rome'' - a show chronicling the rise of [[Augustus Caesar]], from the death of [[Julius Caesar]], to the death of [[Marc Anthony]]. The show ran two seasons to critical acclaim. Profanity, nudity, and sexuality are common.
*''Big Love'' - a [[drama]] following the lives of a [[polygamy|polygamist]] [[Mormon]] family in [[Utah]], struggling to differentiate themselves from a family history that connects them with an abusive polygamist compound. The show, while ''prima facie'' glorifying polygamy, instead seeks to prove that it is impossible to practice in a principled manner. Profanity and sexuality are common. Created and written by [[homosexual activist]] Mark V. Olsen.*''True Blood'' - a [[dramedy]] in which Vampires walk among humans as equals, made possible through artificial blood called "True Blood". There are also werewolves and witches. The show tries heavily to deconstruct the conservative Southern States of the USA, tools in this are sex, obsenityobscenity, profanity, murder. Christian Christians are portayed portrayed as moronic fanatics. In the show [[evolution ]] is a fact. Created and written by [[homosexual activist]] Alan Ball, who also created the pro-homosexual show Six Feet Under.
*''Treme'' - A [[drama]] portraying the problems of the people of [[New Orleans]] after the [[Hurricane Katrina]].
*''Sex and the City'' - the name says it all. The show has no basis other then sexual "adventures" of four New Yorker York women in there their mid-thirties. Two follow-up movies were produced.*''In Treatment'' - a daily drama about a psychologist and it's its patients.*''The Sopranos'' - a drama about an Italian-American [[mobster]] family. Often credited for the developement development of the "Quality Television Series".
*''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' - a sitcom starring [[Larry David]], the co-creator of ''[[Seinfeld]]''. Profanity, nudity, and sexuality are common.
*''[[Game of Thrones]]'' - A [[fantasy]] drama set on the fictional contents of Westeros and Essos. Known for its unpredictable plot, large cast, and violence.
HBO was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "[[woke]]" and now support the criminal rioters of [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] in the wake of the [[2020 leftist riots]].<ref>[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref>
==See also==
* [[Showtime]]
* [[Hollywood values]]
* [[San Francisco values]]
==References==
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