What to Watch on HBO Max in January 2026
HBO Max just dropped its January 2026 release schedule, revealing a slate of new series premieres, returning seasons of fan-favorite shows, and a lineup of new films and classics, with plenty to look forward to as the new year begins.
Series
The Pitt (Season 2) – January 8 at 9:00 p.m. ET
Max Original Drama Series
Rollout: Episodes debut weekly (15 total)
Logline: The Pitt is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh.
Cast: Noah Wyle (Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch), Patrick Ball (Dr. Langdon), Katherine LaNasa (Dana Evans), Supriya Ganesh (Dr. Mohan), Fiona Dourif (Dr. McKay), Taylor Dearden (Dr. King), Isa Briones (Dr. Santos), Gerran Howell (Whitaker), Shabana Azeez (Javadi), Sepideh Moafi (Dr. Al-Hashimi).
Industry (Season 4) – January 11 at 9:00 p.m. ET
HBO Original Drama Series
Rollout: Episodes debut weekly (8 total)
Logline: At the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are drawn into a high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene. As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) and Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella), their twisted friendship begins to warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top.
Cast: Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Kit Harington, Ken Leung, Max Minghella, Miriam Petche, Sagar Radia, Toheeb Jimoh, Charlie Heaton, Amy James-Kelly, Roger Barclay, Andrew Havill, Kiernan Shipka, Kal Penn, Jack Farthing, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Forlani, and Edward Holcroft.
A Knight of Seven Kingdoms (Season 1) – January 18 at 10:00 p.m. ET
HBO Original Drama Series
Rollout: Episodes debut weekly (6 total)
Logline: A century before the events of “Game of Thrones,” two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.
Cast: Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall, Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg, Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Danny Webb as Ser Arlan of Pennytree, Sam Spruell as Maekar Targaryen, Shaun Thomas as Raymun Fossoway, Finn Bennett as Aerion Targaryen, Edward Ashley as Ser Steffon Fossoway, Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle, Henry Ashton as Daeron Targaryen, Youssef Kerkour as Steely Pate, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Plummer and Daniel Monks as Ser Manfred Dondarrion.
Documentaries
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! – January 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET
HBO Original Two-Part Documentary
Rollout: Part one debuts Thursday, January 22 on HBO followed by part two at the same time on Friday, January 23. Both parts will be available to stream beginning Thursday, January 22 on HBO Max.
Logline: Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! explores the life, career, friendships, and loves of legendary writer, director, producer, and performer, Mel Brooks. One of Hollywood’s most daring satirists from the early years of television sketch comedy through his film and stage hits, Brooks has held a funhouse mirror up to the human condition and used laughter as a path to resilience, connection, and joy for nearly a century. Directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
33 Photos from the Ghetto – January 27 at 9:00 p.m.
HBO Original Documentary
Logline: 33 Photos from the Ghetto tells the story of the only known photographs from inside the Warsaw Ghetto during the April 1943 uprising and its brutal repression that were not taken by German forces. The images, taken secretly by 23-year-old Polish firefighter Zbigniew Leszek Grzywaczewski, who witnessed the devastating response to the uprising as a member of the Warsaw Fire Service, present a rare civilian account of one of World War II’s darkest moments.
Films
The Smashing Machine – January 23
A24 Film
Logline: The story of legendary mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk.
Credits: Written and directed by Bennie Safdie. Produced by Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, Eli Bush, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, David Koplan.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – January 30
A24 Film
Logline: With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Cast: Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, with Christian Slater and A$AP Rocky.
Titles Coming to HBO Max in January
January 1
A Most Violent Year (2014)
All This and Heaven Too (1940)
Almost Christmas (2016)
April in Paris (1952)
Baby Face (1933)
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Catwoman (2004)
Constantine (2005)
Deception (1946)
Desire Me (1947)
Double Wedding (2010)
Ex Machina (2014)
Faithless (2000)
Fargo (1996)
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
Getaway (2024)
Glass (2019)
Going the Distance (2004)
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
Green Mansions (1959)
HGTV Dream Home 2026 (HGTV)
High Anxiety (1977)
History of the World: Part 1 (1981)
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021)
It All Came True (1940)
It’s Love I’m After (1937)
John Wick (2014)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
June Bride (1948)
Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga’hoole (2010)
Lili (1953)
Love Crazy (1941)
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Margaret (2011)
Margaret: Extended Version
Mike Wallace is Here (2019)
Mogambo (1953)
Moonlight (2016)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
My Reputation (1946)
Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
Nine Lives (2016)
Panama Hattie (1942)
Possessed (1931)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (2019)
Reunion in France (1942)
Rocket Science (2007)
Royal Wedding (1951)
Sadie McKee (1934)
Spaceballs (1987)
Task Force (1949)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans (2019)
The Americanization of Emily (1964)
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Desert Song (1943)
The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Student Prince (1954)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1) (2011)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2) (2012)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
A Working Man (2025)
This Modern Age (1931)
To Please a Lady
Today We Live (1933)
Twilight (2008)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
While We’re Young (2014)
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
World Without End (1956)
Zabriskie Point (1970)
January 2
House Hunters, Volume 10, Season 249 (HGTV)
Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation, Season 4 (Magnolia Network)
Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation, Season 5 (Magnolia Network)
The Cult of the Real Housewife, Season 1 (TLC)
January 5
Home Town, Season 10 (HGTV)
Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check (Food Network)
January 6
Baking Championship: Next Gen, Season 1 (Food Network)
Haunted Hospitals, Season 4 (Travel)
The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story (ID)
January 7
1000-lb Sisters, Season 8 (TLC)
Moonshiners, Season 15 (Discovery)
Nevada Wild, Season 1 (Animal Planet)
Wildcard Kitchen, Season 3 (Food Network)
Justice Defenders: Change Inside Prison, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Originals)
January 8
65 (2023)
Expedition X, Season 11 (Discovery)
My Strange Addiction, Season 7 (TLC)
Neighborhood Watch, Season 1 (HGTV)
The Pitt, Season 2 (Max Original)
Real PD: Kansas City: Death Before Dishonor (ID)
Ugliest House in America, Season 7 (HGTV)
January 9
House Hunters International, Volume 9, Season 206 (HGTV)
January 11
Industry, Season 4 (HBO Original)
Love & Marriage: Huntsville, Season 10 (OWN)
Maxxed Out, Season1 (OWN)
Totally Spies, Season 7B
Unexplained: Caught on Camera, Season 4 (Travel)
January 12
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Season 3 (Adult Swim)
January 13
People Magazine Investigates, Season 9 (ID)
Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings, Season 6 (Discovery)
Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings: The Great Eight, Season 2 (Discovery)
The Curious Case of…, Season 2 (ID)
January 14
Evil Lives Here, Season 19 (ID)
Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger, Season 1 (ID)
Suddenly Amish, Season 1 (TLC)
January 15
Hot Rod Garage, Season 12
January 16
House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 250 (HGTV)
January 18
A Knight in the Making, Season 1 (HBO)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Season 1 (HBO Original)
January 20
Street Outlaws: Locals Only, Season 2 (Discovery)
January 22
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Original)
January 23
My Haunted Hometown, Season 1 (Travel)
Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 24 (HBO Original)
The Smashing Machine (2025
January 25
Have I Got News For You, Season 4 (CNN Originals)
January 27
33 Photos from the Ghetto (HBO Original)
January 29
Beat Bobby Flay, Season 40 (Food Network)
January 30
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)
January 31
I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not (CNN Films)
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