HBO Max launch: A closer look at the catalogue from day one
HBO Max is officially launching today.
WarnerMedia’s platform was announced in October last year, and – after making a few accommodations due to the coronavirus pandemic – it has now gone live with a mix of originals and fan favourites.
Because its parent company is WarnerMedia, HBO Max can dig into Warner Bros’s back catalogue, as well as pull from other libraries such as DC and CNN.
HBO Max is going live with six originals immediately available to stream. Then, the platform plans on releasing new originals every month throughout the year. A release schedule has been published through 6 August so far.
Here is a closer look at HBO Max’s catalogue from day one and beyond:
Originals
Available from 27 May:
Love Life, a scripted comedy starring Anna Kendrick
Legendary, a ballroom dance competition series
On the Record, a documentary about allegations of sexual misconduct made against Russell Simmons
Craftopia, a children’s crafting competition show
Looney Tunes Cartoons, a new animated series
The Not Too Late Show with Elmo, a family-friendly talk show
Available from 18 June:
Karma, a children’s adventure competition series
Available from 25 June:
Original second season of Doom Patrol, the DC Comics series focusing on the titular team of superheroes
Original second season of Esme & Roy, an animated children’s series
Original third season of Search Party, a neo-noir black comedy series
Adventure Time: Distant Lands – BMO, the first of four planned specials reviving the Adventure Time franchise
Available from 9 July:
Expecting Amy, a four-part documentary series about Amy Schumer's experiences creating a stand-up special during a difficult pregnancy
Close Enough, an animated sitcom about a millennial couple and their live-in friends
Available from 16 July:
House of Ho, a multigenerational family docusoap
Available from 23 July:
Tig n’ Seek, an animated children's series by Cartoon Network Studios
Available from 30 July:
Frayed, a scripted comedy
The Dog House, an unscripted animal rescue series
Available from 6 August:
An American Pickle, a comedy film starring Seth Rogen
Planned originals without a scheduled release date include a planned Gossip Girl reboot, a delayed Friends reunion, and an adaptation of the novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, starring Lupita Nyong’o and written by Danai Gurira.
Classics
The following selected titles will be added to HBO Max's catalogue throughout its first year of existence:
TV shows:
1968 (CNN)
9/11: Fifteen Years Later (CNN)
Adam Ruins Everything
Adventure Time
The Alienist
American Dynasties: The Kennedys (CNN)
American Style (CNN)
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (CNN)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
At Home with Amy Sedaris
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
Batwoman
The Big Bang Theory
The Boondocks
The Bush Years: Family. Duty. Power. (CNN)
The Carbonaro Effect
Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta (CNN)
Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World (CNN)
The Closer
CNN Decade Series (The 2000s, The Nineties, etc.)
Conan Travel Specials
Crimes of the Century (CNN)
Dexter’s Laboratory
Doctor Who
The Doghouse
Doom Patrol
Ellen’s Game of Games
The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House (CNN)
Falling Skies
Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery (CNN)
The Flintstones
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Friends
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Gossip Girl
The History of Comedy (CNN)
The Honourable Woman Impractical Jokers
The Jetsons
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (CNN)
Little Big Shots
Looney Tunes
Mad TV
Miracle Workers
The OC
The Office (British version)
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (CNN)
The Powerpuff Girls
Pretty Little Liars
Pride and Prejudice
Primal
Pure
Race for the White House (CNN)
The Redemption Project (CNN)
Rick & Morty
Rizzoli & Isles
Robot Chicken
Samurai Jack
Sesame Street
The Smurfs
South Park
Stath Lets Flats
Steven Universe
This Is Life with Lisa Ling (CNN)
Top Gear (BBC)
Tricky Dick (CNN)
Trigonometry
United Shades of America with Kamau Bell (CNN)
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World (CNN)
The West Wing
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The Windsors (CNN)
The Wonder List with Bill Weir (CNN)
Films:
13 Going on 30
2001: A Space Odyssey
Austin Powers
The Bodyguard
Casablanca
Chariots of Fire
Citizen Kane
The Color Purple
The Conjuring
Dangerous Liaisons
The Departed
The Dark Knight
DC Films – All live action movies from the past decade
The Departed
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Hairspray
Happy Feet
The Hobbit Trilogy
The Iron Giant
Kill Bill Volumes One and Two
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Magic Mike
March of the Penguins
The Matrix Trilogy
Million Dollar Baby
Miss Congeniality
Mona Lisa Smile
Ocean’s Eleven
The Right Stuff
Risky Business
Scooby-Doo
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shining
Space Jam
Spirited Away and the entire Ghibli film collection
Watchmen
Wonder Woman
When Harry Met Sally
The Wizard of Oz
