Member Mailing #251: HBO Max's bet on Snyder Cut: Justice League, Disney's bets on Hulu & Star

How both HBO Max and Disney are mirroring mistakes DirecTV made with its failed bet on Kingdom, a show now succeeding on Netflix

I started watching Kingdom on Netflix at the strong suggestion of some high school friends. The show ran for three seasons exclusively on DirecTV between 2014 and 2017. I had never heard of it until two or three of them recommended it in a chat.

The show’s lead actor, Frank Grillo (who had a turn as the villain Crossbones in the MCU movies, and was kill…