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“Heated Rivalry,” a steamy Canadian series about a pair of closeted gay hockey players, has become one of the television industry’s biggest surprises in recent memory. “I did not anticipate that it would turn into the kind of the social phenomenon that it is,” said Casey Bloys, the head of HBO Max.

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Popularity of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Has Surprised Even TV Executives The show, streaming on HBO Max, doesn’t have one of the biggest audiences, but viewership grew very quickly in just a few weeks. https://nyti.ms/4qiZa1k

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