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September 2023 media picks and news

A look at media of interest for September 2023, including the debut on Max of “Hair Love” spin-off “Young Love.”

A look at streaming service profile avatars, allowing one to make their profile icon anyone from Mickey Mouse to a “Jurassic Park” dinosaur.

The top 10 US streaming services are mostly led by the traditional stand-bys Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, plus relative newcomer Disney+.

Starting in May 2023, the HBO Max streaming service will be renamed “Max.” Other than a few changes, Max will mostly be the same as HBO Max.

Warner Bros. Discovery, in a rare bit of positive news of late, is launching several FAST channels on Tubi and the Roku Channel.

With HBO Max axing much of their cartoon catalog, I look at how to watch Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, and the Flintstones on DVD and Blu-ray.

The new HBO Max series “Velma,” an adult-oriented “Scooby-Doo” prequel, unfortunately doesn’t do its source material or adult focus justice.

Given Warner Bros. Discovery’s recent turmoil, I thought I’d offer a list of alternatives to HBO Max, from Netflix to physical media.

HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge into a new single service in summer 2023. Also, my thoughts on the future for Warner Bros. Discovery.

I look at the current streaming services I use, from HBO Max to the Disney+ bundle. Also, my thoughts on going without Netflix.