By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2019 4:30 pm EST
If you go to the “Recommended by Humans” website on a desktop computer or mobile browser, you can move around a seemingly endless array of tiles with video recommendations, quotes, tweets and plenty of praise for a wide variety of HBO shows, movies and documentaries that people have enjoyed. Here are all the HBO originals recommended by humans with the first episode (or an entire film in some cases) available to watch for free right now:
In case there was any doubt, these are real HBO fans that the network paid for their time (but not for their positive review). The cable network says: “The first HBO brand campaign to entirely feature fans, “Recommended by Humans” celebrates the emotional connection HBO viewers have with the network’s programming and illustrates the power of recommendations from real humans who, simply put, really love television.”
HBO is surely hoping that first episode will make you want to subscribe to HBO, whether it’s through your cable provider, a streaming service, or HBO Now. It’s probably a good way to get more people aware of their programming line-up before HBO Max comes along and offers access to these shows and much more in a whole new way.
