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Watchmen Season 1 Available For Free On HBO This Weekend
HBO will offer season 1 of Watchmen for free from June 19 to 21, along with an array of other titles that highlight Black experiences and voices. The 2019 limited series, created by Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers, Lost), takes place in an alternate reality where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws and is a sequel of sorts for the comic series of the same name. Watchmen has already made its mark on education, highlighting darker parts of U.S. history. It's also a critically beloved series and just won a prestigious Peabody Award, which honors excellence in media.
Watchmen will be available for free on HBO.com and On Demand, from Juneteenth (Friday) to Sunday. HBO states they are "proud to offer all nine episodes for free of this timely, poignant series that explores the legacy of systemic racism in America." The channel will also air a marathon of the whole season on both HBO and HBO Latino, starting at 1:00 p.m. ET/PT on Friday, June 19. Watchmen stars Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Irons, and Louis Gossett Jr., among others. The series joins other free offerings from HBO like Being Serena, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Apollo, and Whoopi Goldberg presents Moms Mabley.
HBO is highlighting media that explores Black experiences and comes from Black creators, in support of the national protests against systemic racism. As made clear by the availability date, it's also in honor of Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the day Union army general Gordon Granger read orders to the people of Texas, proclaiming all slaves there were now free. With this Watchmen announcement, HBO joins several other companies showing support for Juneteenth and the Black Lives Matter movement with content offerings.
