21 HBO Max Shows That Are So Good You'll Forget It's Literally Freezing Outside

In 1962, precise atrocious things began to hap successful the municipality of Derry, Maine.

If you're successful the temper for clowning astir this winter, Pennywise the Dancing Clown astir apt isn't the champion for a "good" time. Instead, it volition beryllium a terrifying clip successful Derry erstwhile you ticker this prequel bid to Stephen King's It. Horror fans, equine up!

Available seasons: 1

Watch it here.

Bakers vie to marque the Wizarding World travel to beingness successful their deliciously magical desserts.

If you tin ticker nutrient competitions until your chemoreceptor bleeds, past you should adhd the Wizards of Baking to your marathon-watching list. The amusement features stars from the Harry Potter movies arsenic guests, including the Weasley twins, James and Oliver Phelps, who service arsenic hosts.

Available seasons: 1–2

Watch it here.

Follow the time displacement of healthcare professionals successful a chaotic and underfunded Pittsburgh exigency room.

The ruler of primetime play for 2025, The Pitt is an implicit masterpiece of a TV series. Its unsocial movie style, pursuing hour-by-hour events, truly makes this 1 basal retired from different hospital-centered shows. But determination is lone 1 play truthful far, truthful what should you ticker portion you hold for Season 2? See your adjacent pick... 

Available seasons: 1

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Check successful to the idiosyncratic and nonrecreational lives of doctors, nurses, and unit of a engaged Chicago hospital.

ER is the O.G. of aesculapian dramas, featuring a young Noah Wyle from The Pitt. This 1 has each the fast-paced thrills of a Michael Crichton work, each portion having the consciousness of a soap opera—a large prime to marathon ticker 15 seasons.

Available seasons: 1–15

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Following the disappearance of 8 scientists from a probe station, 2 detectives analyse the mystery.

If you privation literal wintertime vibes for your "HBO Max and chill," this installment of True Detective, taking spot successful Alaska, volition present the chills. Some precise chill moments successful this one, and standout performances by Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.

Available seasons: 1

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Families conflict for the close to the Iron Throne and power implicit Westeros.

Winter is coming, and you can't speech HBO and snowfall without bringing up GOT. If you're looking for a dilatory pain with plentifulness of gore and drama, past you should hop connected the adjacent dragon and participate a precocious phantasy satellite of crystal and fire.

Available seasons: 1–8

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Comedian Conan O'Brien travels the globe to astonishment mundane radical helium talks to connected his podcast.

If you're successful the temper for thing a small much silly, past Conan O'Brien's travel crossed the globe is some a laughter riot and educational. He truly focuses connected the radical of each spot helium visits, and the shenanigans are good worthy the terms of admission.

Available seasons: 1–2

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Dive headfirst into the lives of affluent radical vacationing astatine White Lotus hotels.

A fashionable satire bid putting wealthiness and privilege nether a microscope. Plenty of societal commentary and enigma with this series, which works similar an anthology each play with loaded ensemble casts.

Available seasons: 1–4

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Follow the expanded timeline of survivors successful a satellite struggling to past aft a devastating flu.

Based connected Emily St. John Mandel's book, this constricted bid is worthy diving into if you bask dystopian sci-fi. Plenty of suspense and mystery, and I'd reason this 1 has a small spot of each subgenre. And, yes, determination is snowfall for the wintery season.

Available seasons: 1–2

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An probe into the brutal execution of a kid sends those progressive down a rabbit spread erstwhile the slayer appears successful 2 places astatine erstwhile during the clip of the murder.

One word: chilling. An adaptation of the Stephen King caller of the aforesaid name, it is 1 of the astir cleanable pilots I person ever watched. The amusement has unforgettable performances from Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo.

Available seasons: 1

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Travel the globe and larn the past down unsocial and fascinating abandoned structures and places.

This amusement has go 1 of my eventual "background" watches. It is beauteous to look at, and it is besides amusive to larn the past down these abandoned places. It's ever absorbing to larn the "why" down their abandonment.

Available seasons: 1–12

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Crab fishermen question to conscionable their quota connected the unsafe precocious seas.

The icy wintertime aerial does consciousness similar the cleanable mounting for those cozied up successful their homes. The amusement besides has plentifulness of real-life drama, with a dash of world TV blended in.

Available seasons: 1–21

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A workplace incidental leads a antheral to dive headfirst into investigating a conspiracy.

An HBO Max Original, this 1 is for Tim Robinson fans. If you enjoyed I Think You Should Leave, this is astir apt close up your alley. The series's bizarre benignant of wit volition support you engaged successful its debut season.

Available seasons: 1

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A smuggler is tasked to escort a miss successful a post-apocalyptic world.

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey prima successful the adaptation of the fashionable video game. The fungal creatures are the worldly of nightmares, and the bid has plentifulness of bosom and fantabulous direction, which helped it receive 16 Emmy nominations. A 3rd play is connected the way.

Available seasons: 1–2

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Experience TOC for the vacation season, wherever the tourney features teams of two.

If you bask Tournament of Champions oregon immoderate Guy Fieri show, you volition emotion this competitory series, featuring immoderate of the Food Network's biggest names. The amusement conscionable started, and the episodes are worthy the play watch.

Available seasons: 1

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Batman and his allies support Gotham City from crime.

Nanananananana...BATMAN. I've been connected a Batman footwear lately, and BTAS is 1 of the astir "comic-book-feeling" Batman entries successful media. Check retired each the classical villains, particularly Mr. Freeze, if you are looking for that wintertime chill successful your crime-fighting escapades.

Available seasons: 1–3

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Watch arsenic bakers look disconnected successful play challenges to gain the crown of Holiday Baking Champion.

The latest season, which is actively airing, pits "naughty" and "nice" teams against each other, with the weakest from each losing squad packing their jingle bells successful each week's elimination.

Available seasons: 1–12

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Four friends thin connected each different arsenic they acquisition beingness and relationships successful New York.

Can't spell incorrect with a classic. With six seasons to marathon, you volition person plentifulness of episodes to buddy up with Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda.

Available seasons: 1–6

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In suburban Philadelphia, a task unit operates cause stings to combat a gang.

Starring Mark Ruffalo, this transgression play is simply a brand-spanking caller summation to the HBO lineup and cleanable for immoderate transgression lovers...uh, transgression amusement watchers. 

Available seasons: 1

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A mentorship betwixt a Las Vegas comedian and drama writer leads to them butting heads.

An Emmy-winning gem, you person 4 seasons to get to cognize Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels. Jean Smart's show volition support you glued to your TV. And though it is not restricted to a "winter show," its acheronian drama volition suffice.

Available seasons: 1–4

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The misadventures of Larry David beryllium determination is nary stopping his knack for making a concern awkward.

It was lone close that I extremity with the longest-running HBO show. Some of these episodes are truthful unhinged, man. If you're looking for a bully laugh, bask cringe and observational humor, past Larry David's amusement volition person you holding your sides.

Available seasons: 1–12

Watch it connected here.