HBO is an American pay television network, launched on November 8, 1972.
Since 1977, HBO has produced original programming which includes dramas and comedies in addition to its slate of theatrical films. Most of these shows are intended for adults and often feature suggestive themes of high amounts of profanity, violence, and nudity-content that would be much more difficult to get on basic cable or over-the-air broadcast channels, for fear of losing sponsors.