17 Must-Watch Shows on HBO and Max Right Now (May 2025)

Drama is the secret on this 90 Day Fiancé spinoff. Hunt For Love options fan-favorites from earlier seasons of 90 Day Fiancé in addition to new singles in a stunning island villa. Can they discover love after being burned previously?

It is Love Island meets Bachelor in Paradise meets 90 Day, and the drama is additional amped up due to the historical past shared between a few of these contestants. TLC and Max have not introduced what number of episodes of the present will air, however primarily based on the primary episode, which was launched on Might 26, the drama is much from over.

Nathan Fielder‘s weird and groundbreaking documentary/comedy sequence The Rehearsal simply accomplished its second season on HBO and Max. In every episode, Fielder helps unusual individuals put together for important life occasions. The twist lies within the meticulous and sometimes weird simulations he constructs to assist members anticipate each doable final result.

In season 2, Fielder continues to sort out greater and stranger matters, such because the current rise in airplane crashes and the way pilots might be higher ready for emergencies. It is a unusual mixture of actuality TV, efficiency artwork and comedy that ends in an enchanting viewing expertise, particularly for people who find themselves concerned with how the human thoughts responds to pivotal moments.

Whether or not you adore it or, like many followers, hate-watch it, And Simply Like That is again for season 3. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) return to face the challenges of New York Metropolis life, together with newer buddies like Seema (Sarita Choudhury) and Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker). Collectively, the buddies navigate life in your 50s — which, even in the event you dwell in an outrageously beautiful NYC condominium, is not at all times simple. 

Whereas the storylines aren’t as relatable as those within the unique Intercourse and the Metropolis, there’s nonetheless one thing lovable and nostalgic about revisiting these characters. (Season 2 even acquired a long-awaited cameo from Kim Cattrall‘s Samantha, regardless of the dangerous blood between her and SJP.) If nothing else, the style is at all times beautiful — and inexplicable. 

Zombies are again, they usually’re extra entertaining than ever. After years of mediocre Strolling Useless sequels, spinoffs and ripoffs, TV audiences fell again in love with the undead, or on this case, “the contaminated,” in early 2023 with The Final of Us. The primary season was a reasonably devoted adaptation of the 2013 Naughty Canine sport, telling the story of outbreak survivors Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they cross a postapocalyptic United States.

Season 2 adapts the sport’s widespread sequel, The Final of Us Half II, with Ellie now in her late teenagers and Joel nonetheless as world-weary as ever. Some main new characters this season embrace Isabela Merced as Ellie’s girlfriend Dina, Catherine O’Hara as Joel’s therapist and Kaitlyn Dever because the soldier Abby. Season 2 aired its finale on Might 25, leaving us on a significant cliffhanger. Be warned: tissues might be wanted, particularly for episodes two and 6.

Pope Francis’ current demise and the election of a brand new pope have ignited a surge of curiosity within the papacy, and there’s no higher present to observe than The Younger Pope. Created by Paolo Sorrentino, the present chronicles the unorthodox reign of Pope Pius XIII (Jude Regulation). Pius isn’t proud of how his predecessors ran the Church, and he’s decided to do one thing about it. However will his radical imaginative and prescient for the Vatican win over the skeptical clergy who reluctantly elected him, or will it trigger his swift downfall?

Like Sorrentino’s movie work, The Younger Pope blends depraved satire with soulful ruminations in regards to the position of religion and politics in on a regular basis life. Regulation is terrific because the formidable pope who hides a deep grudge, and Diane Keaton is simply nearly as good as a loyal nun who will do something for her new religious chief. The Younger Pope is much less severe than easy non secular dramas like Conclave and The Two Popes, however by the point it reaches its conclusion, it’s deeper and extra significant than most non secular motion pictures.

Conan O’Brien is generally referred to as a late-night discuss present host, however he’s additionally the topic and star of among the best journey reveals on the market. Conan O’Brien Should Go is a documentary sequence that follows the comic as he visits numerous international locations all over the world. 

Season 1 opened with O’Brien visiting Norway and ended with the present Oscars host travelling to his ancestral homeland, Eire. Season 2 begins with Conan herding sheep in New Zealand with Taika Waititi earlier than leaping to Spain, the place he talks with Javier Bardem about artwork, after which Austria, the place he makes an attempt to ski a snowy mountain. Via all of it, O’Brien retains the identical off-the-wall humor and adventurous spirit that made him among the best comics of his technology.

No different present at present streaming is as humorous and sensible as Hacks. HBO’s hit sequence in regards to the testy relationship between a profitable stand-up comedian and her struggling Gen Z author has gained loads of followers throughout its run, and that is partly on account of its intriguing premise.

Deborah Vance (Jean Good) has been telling jokes for a very long time, however her materials has turn into stale and outdated. Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) might help her turn into related once more, however Deborah would not belief anybody, and Ava would not notably like her. However the two girls uncover shortly that they want one another to reach a enterprise that’s typically robust and ruthless.

Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger with Deborah and Ava’s delicate friendship irrevocably broken by their mutual ambition and backstabbing. Within the present season, they nonetheless need to work collectively, however can they overcome their mistrust of each other to make Deborah’s new present successful? Hacks Season 4 is now streaming with new episodes each Thursday till Might 29. Look out for particular appearances by Jimmy Kimmel and Carol Burnett, who play themselves.

Few individuals know what it’s wish to be in an emergency room shift for 15 hours straight, however after watching The Pitt, it’s possible you’ll get a greater thought of all the thrill, worry and sheer exhaustion it should entail. The medical drama’s 15 episodes are set in roughly actual time and observe Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby Robinavitch as he guides a crew of docs and nurses as they attempt to attend to their sufferers’ wants in addition to their very own.

The Pitt is much less Gray’s Anatomy and extra like Home and 24, with breakneck pacing that may really feel enthralling and draining on the similar time. Wyle is terrific as Robinavitch, and the largely unknown solid brings life and depth to their characters. The Pitt is one of 2025’s best shows and is certain to affix ER and St. Elsewhere as among the best medical sequence ever made.

Come for the unique places like Hawaii, Sicily and Thailand, however keep for the razor-sharp commentary about class, intercourse and cash on The White Lotus, HBO’s hit sequence a few world luxurious resort that performs host to somewhat drama, some comedy and the occasional homicide. Mike White, the author and creator behind the present, clearly loves his characters, although they typically do and say probably the most despicable issues.

Season 1 launched the world to Jennifer Coolidge’s boozy Tanya and anxious the mysterious demise of an unidentified particular person. (Properly, till the jaw-dropping finale). Season 2 noticed the return of Tanya at a gorgeous Sicilian resort, the place new solid members Aubrey Plaza, Theo James and Meghann Fahy swapped tales, drinks and companions. The newest season’s Thailand locale units the stage for one more demise, a financial institution theft, some spoiled wealthy youngsters and the return of season 1 fan-favorite Belinda (Natasha Rothwell). Season 3 is now executed, so you may binge each episode or revisit a few of your favourite moments from the present season. Lorazepam, anyone?

Consider The Gilded Age as Existence of the Wealthy & Well-known circa the Eighteen Eighties, solely with extra veiled insults, uncomfortable girdles and pent-up sexuality. Carrie Coon stars as Bertha Russell, whose husband has made tons of cash as a robber baron. She desires to be accepted by New York society, particularly Christine Baraski’s old-money snob Agnes van Rhijn, and he or she’ll do absolutely anything to take action.

Created by Julian Fellowes, who additionally wrote Gosford Park and Downton Abbey, The Gilded Age is a fancy dress drama that isn’t as dry and sexless as you may assume it’s. It paints an in depth portrait of a portion of society not sometimes seen in American tv, and the present’s manufacturing values in recreating NYC are genuinely spectacular. Coon and Baranski are terrific as the 2 leads, they usually have ample assist with co-stars Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector and Denee Benton.

Michael Patterson has all of it: a profitable profession as a novelist, a possible future in politics, and a big household who adores him. However his seemingly excellent life is shattered when his spouse is discovered lifeless on the backside of their staircase of their palatial North Carolina house. Issues solely worsen for Michael because the police suspect foul play, and he emerges as their prime suspect.

The Staircase could seem to be an unusual thriller, however it solely will get stranger because the sequence progresses. That the present relies on a real story and tailored from an acclaimed 2004 French documentary of the identical identify makes it all of the extra disturbing. The solid is uniformly glorious, with Colin Firth each charming and creepy as Michael, a weak Juliette Binoche as a movie editor who turns into enamored with Michael and an excellent Parker Posey as a rustic prosecutor. Fact is stranger than fiction, and there’s nothing stranger than The Staircase.

Sport of Thrones has been over for some time, however that doesn’t imply there are not any tales left to inform about Westeros. George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic is again on HBO with the prequel sequence Home of the Dragon, which is about round 100 years earlier than the White Walkers stalked the dominion and Daenerys Targaryen went full Darkish Phoenix on everybody.

The present offers with the battle between Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), who’s the daughter of King Viserys (Paddy Considine), and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), who’s Rhaenyra’s finest buddy and, later, stepmother. Home of the Dragon has the whole lot that made Sport of Thrones so nice: immersive manufacturing values that actually transport you to a special time and place, juicy palace intrigue that often entails marriages, assassinations, incest and English actors who know methods to promote all that medieval melodrama. The present is about to return in 2026 for season 3, with extra dragon-on-dragon battle motion in retailer for followers.

For a present that began as “pret-tay, pret-tay good,” Curb Your Enthusiasm has developed into a real popular culture touchstone nearly as revered as Seinfeld. Larry David co-created each of these reveals, and his signature comedic type — sharply observant humor in regards to the ridiculousness of society’s banal traditions — is on full show all through Curb’s 12 seasons.

He’s aided by a stellar supporting solid that features Cheryl Hines as his long-suffering spouse, Jeff Garlin as his immoral agent and Susie Essman as Jeff’s foul-mouthed spouse. Curb Your Enthusiasm’s finest moments come when Larry completely embarrasses himself — which is usually — and he pulls no punches in revealing the pettiness of these round him. It’s a present you may watch repeatedly, even in the event you don’t share Larry’s contempt for humanity.

Are you a Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) or a Samantha (Kim Cattrall)? Possibly you’re sufficient of a romantic and a believer in joyful endings to name your self a Charlotte (Kristin Davis)? And Heaven assist you in the event you’re a Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker). Intercourse and the Metropolis is such part of the zeitgeist that its 4 central characters have transcended their existence as fictional characters and turn into a litmus check for our personalities.

Solely a fantastic present can pull that off, and Intercourse and the Metropolis, flaws and all, is excellent for a lot of causes: for its groundbreaking portrayal of feminine sexuality; for its portrait of late ‘90s/early 2000s society; and for being an escapist fantasy about dwelling in NYC with no funds and having all of it. All these years later, Intercourse and the Metropolis nonetheless sparkles, particularly its first 4 seasons. A sequel sequence, And Simply Like That, was launched in 2021, however nothing tops the unique.

Who wants to observe one other comedian e-book present? But Harley Quinn is totally different than your common spandex sequence. For starters, it’s animated, and it’s additionally extraordinarily graphic and soiled. After breaking apart together with her longtime boyfriend the Joker, psychotic antihero Harley Quinn decides to make a reputation for herself in Gotham Metropolis’s overcrowded underworld. She will get assist from her finest buddy and occasional girlfriend, Poison Ivy, plus different villains like Clayface, King Shark and Kite Man.

If this seems like your typical superhero present, it’s actually not. As Harley, The Huge Bang Concept’s Kaley Cuoco may simply be one of the best actress to embody the character since Arleen Sorkin. (Sorry, Margot Robbie.) The present, with its many, many expletives and graphic violence, is most undoubtedly not for teenagers, and it has extra laughs than you may assume.

True Detective is a thriller anthology present with vaguely horrific overtones, and it’s typically very uneven. However when it’s good, it’s nice, and even its flawed seasons are value looking at. Lots of people watched season 1, which premiered in 2014 and starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as two Louisiana detectives obsessive about a serial killer. That season launched the world to the phrase “time is a flat circle” and established McConaughey’s comeback from dangerous film purgatory.

Season 2, with Colin Farrell as a California gumshoe, and season 3, with Mahershala Ali as an Arkansas detective investigating the disappearance of two kids, are much less profitable, largely on account of their emphasis on realism over the primary season’s oddball quirkiness.

However Season 4, subtitled “Evening Nation” and set in a distant Alaska city, introduced again the present’s freak flag, and gave stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis two meaty lead roles that earned them widespread essential reward. The present is about to return for a fifth season someday sooner or later.

Easttown, Pennsylvania, is an unforgiving place, however it has nothing on Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet). The fortysomething detective is no-nonsense and shoots from the hip, and he or she doesn’t have time for fools. When a teenage mom is discovered brutally murdered in a ravine, she has to determine not solely who did it and why, but additionally the way it connects to a younger lady’s disappearance within the current previous.

If it had been only a thriller present, Mare of Easttown would merely be nice. However the genius of the restricted sequence is the way it additionally capabilities as a personality examine of a girl barely holding on below the load of overwhelming trauma. Mare is imperfect, and he or she’s continuously haunted by the errors she made in her previous.

Winslet embodies Mare warts and all, and offers a efficiency that ranks as among the best on tv within the final decade. She’s as excellent because the present she’s in, and the stellar solid (Jean Good, Julianne Nicholson and Evan Peters) who assist her. A second season has been talked about, however nothing has been confirmed but. Cross your fingers that Mare returns to unravel one other case and battle extra of her inside demons.