'Westworld' and 'The Nevers' will soon be pulled from HBO Max

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If you'd been meaning to catch up on Westworld even though it was
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and final season, you may want to do so soon. The show is leaving the streaming service just over a month after it was cancelled, according to
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. The Nevers, the sci-fi series Joss Whedon created for HBO, has also been cancelled and will be removed from the streaming platform before the second half of season one could debut next year.

As Variety notes, HBO Max owner Warner Bros. Discovery is saving money with this move, as it will no longer have to pay residuals to cast and crew. That, of course, on top of the money it's saving by discontinuing the shows' production. Chief Executive David Zaslav promised investors that the company would find a way to cut $3.5 billion in costs after the $43 billion
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was finalized earlier this year. The company has been cutting down on spending since then and has cancelled shows other than these two.


Deadline says, however, that it's possible for both Westworld and The Nevers to come back as offerings on another one of the company's platforms. Zaslav previously talked about entering the free ad-supported TV streaming space, and the sci-fi shows could apparently be offered on a future service with that business model. If that does happen, the second half of The Nevers — a show set in Victorian London that follows a group of women who manifest abnormal abilities — will debut on that service. It remains to be seen if we're going to see the ending Westworld's showrunners envisioned for it. The show's fifth season didn't get the chance to start production, unlike The Nevers that's already done shooting the back half of its first season.

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