But now that the Internet has become a one-stop shop for anyone’s pornographic needs, of either the softcore or hardcore variety, people have far less of a need to seek that kind of entertainment out on cable.
Amusingly, nudity-filled clips from several of HBO’s hits can be regularly found on various adult websites, bringing things around full circle.
Indeed, one of HBO’s bigger draws in its earlier years was that one could watch such provocative content without having to purchase or rent videos outside the home, and it also rang less alarm bells than a separate subscription to the Playboy Channel, or cable bills full of pay-per-view porn charges.