The Best TV Shows on HBO Max

Every HBO Max Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of HBO Max’s elite series, with our list refreshed for June 2025. Sesame Street and Young Justice represent the pinnacle of HBO Max’s programming, launching in 1969 and 2010. From 1969 through to 2022, HBO Max has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • Young Justice
    Young Justice (2010)8.4

    Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

  • Harley Quinn
    Harley Quinn (2019)8.3

    Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City.

  • Peacemaker
    Peacemaker (2022)8.2

    The continuing story of Peacemaker – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it – in the aftermath of the events of “The Suicide Squad.”

  • Close Enough
    Close Enough (2020)8.0

    A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood, friendship, ham theft, stripper clowns and choosing the right day care.

  • Titans
    Titans (2018)7.9

    A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

  • Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
    Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (2019)7.9

    The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, before they become Bruce Wayne’s parents.

  • Tokyo Vice
    Tokyo Vice (2022)7.9

    A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.

  • Summer Camp Island
    Summer Camp Island (2018)7.8

    Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.

  • Looney Tunes Cartoons
    Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)7.7

    A series of short form cartoons starring the iconic and beloved Looney Tunes characters. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and other marquee Looney Tunes characters are featured in their classic pairings in simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories.

  • Our Flag Means Death
    Our Flag Means Death (2022)7.7

    After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.

  • Doom Patrol
    Doom Patrol (2019)7.5

    The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

  • Hacks
    Hacks (2021)7.5

    Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.

  • And Just Like That…
    And Just Like That… (2021)7.4

    This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.

  • Gossip Girl
    Gossip Girl (2021)7.3

    Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.

  • The Flight Attendant
    The Flight Attendant (2020)7.2

    Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in Dubai with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call the police, she continues her morning as if nothing happened. In New York, she is met by FBI agents who question her about her recent layover in Bangkok. Still unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.

  • The Sex Lives of College Girls
    The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)7.2

    Follow four college roommates as they arrive at New England’s prestigious Essex College. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their new, free lives on campus.

  • Sesame Street
    Sesame Street (1969)7.1

    On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.

  • The Other Two
    The Other Two (2019)7.1

    A former professional dancer, Brooke, and her brother Cary, an aspiring actor, try to find their place in the world while wrestling with their feelings about their 13-year-old brother Chase's sudden rise to internet fame.

  • Tom and Jerry in New York
    Tom and Jerry in New York (2021)7.0

    Follow the iconic cat and mouse duo as they settle in to their new digs at the Royal Gate Hotel and unleash mayhem across the big city, inciting hilarious chaos uptown, downtown and everywhere their manic escapades take them.

  • Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
    Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? (2022)3.7

    CNN anchor Chris Wallace, one of the most highly-respected journalists of our time, moves outside of politics to explore his wide range of interests across the spectrum of news, sports, entertainment, art and culture through candid conversations that are smart, sensible, and in-depth, guided by one of the best interviewers in the business. He seeks light, not heat.