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Noah Wyle,\u00a0The Pitt<\/p>\n
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The only correct way to kick off 2026 is with a packed TV schedule. Luckily, HBO Max has you covered: Returning for new seasons at the beginning of the month are The Pitt and Industry, while the Game of Thrones prequel series (no, sorry, not House of the Dragon) A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres mid-month.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
On the movies side, the HBO Max-A24 partnership continues to flourish as a pair of awards season contenders hit the service: Rose Byrne’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, which centers on an exhausted mom whose life is blowing up around her, and Dwayne Johnson’s The Smashing Machine, a biopic about former amateur wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Below, we pulled together our picks for the month, plus a list of everything coming to HBO Max in January. <\/p>\n
Last month’s guide:\u00a0New HBO Max shows and movies in December 2025<\/a> The best new HBO Max movies and shows in January Myha’la, Industry<\/p>\n Simon Ridgway\/HBO<\/p>\n HBO Max streams all HBO shows and movies when they debut on HBO. But not all shows and movies on HBO Max make it to HBO. We’ll designate HBO Max exclusives where appropriate.<\/p>\n The Pitt<\/a>\u00a0Season 2 (Jan. 8, HBO Max)<\/p>\n Happy Fourth of July!\u00a0The Pitt\u00a0is returning for its second season, which will follow Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle<\/a>) and the staff at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center throughout another (probably) hellish shift \u2014 which, yes, will take place on America’s birthday. Both Dana (Katherine LaNasa<\/a>) and Dr. Langdon (Patrick Ball<\/a>) are back, new doctors are entering the mix, and Robby has a motorcycle. No, seriously, HBO Max released\u00a0Season 2’s opening scene<\/a>\u00a0and Robby is literally driving a motorcycle. We can only hope that purchase came at the suggestion of his therapist. -Allison Picurro\u00a0[Trailer<\/a>] [Review<\/a>] [Everything to know about\u00a0The Pitt\u00a0Season 2<\/a>]<\/p>\n Industry<\/a> Season 4 (Jan. 11, HBO)<\/p>\n After a better-than-ever third season that saw\u00a0Industry\u00a0get a long-deserved boost in popularity, we finally know when HBO’s finance drama will return to resolve all the chaos it put into motion the last time it graced our TV screens. While the press release announcing the premiere date mentioned a “high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game” that involves both Harper (Myha’la<\/a>) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela<\/a>), new characters played by\u00a0Max Minghella<\/a>,\u00a0Kiernan Shipka<\/a>, and\u00a0Kal Penn<\/a>\u00a0seem primed to shake things up, as new characters on\u00a0Industry\u00a0are wont to do. -Allison Picurro\u00a0[Trailer<\/a>]<\/p>\n A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/a>\u00a0(Jan. 18, HBO)<\/p>\n The new\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/a>\u00a0prequel is about an unlikely duo: Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey<\/a>) and his squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell)<\/a>. Taking place a century before the events of\u00a0Game of Thrones,\u00a0A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u00a0follows the pair’s adventures as they wander Westeros. (For context,\u00a0House of the Dragon<\/a>\u00a0takes place two hundred years before the events of\u00a0Game of Thrones,\u00a0so you can think of\u00a0A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u00a0as being sandwiched in between.) The length of the show is a departure from those of other titles in the franchise: Season 1 of\u00a0A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u00a0consists of six episodes, with each one being roughly half an hour. -Kat Moon\u00a0[Trailer<\/a>] [Everything to know about\u00a0A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/a>]<\/p>\n More on HBO and Max:<\/p>\n All the new shows and movies coming to HBO Max in January<\/p>\n January 1 January 2 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 8 January 9 January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15 January 16 January 18 January 20 January 22 January 23 January 25 January 27 January 29 January 30 January 31
Next month’s guide:\u00a0New HBO Max shows and movies in February 2026<\/a>
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A Most Violent Year (A24)
All This and Heaven Too
Almost Christmas
April in Paris
Baby Face
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World
Blazing Saddles
Bodies Bodies Bodies (A24)
Catwoman (2004)
Constantine
Deception (1946)
Desire Me
Double Wedding
Ex Machina (A24)
Faithless
Fargo (1996)
Fifth Avenue Girl
Frankenstein 1970
Getaway
Glass
Going the Distance
Goodbye, My Fancy
Green Lantern: Beware My Power
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Green Lantern: First Flight
Green Mansions
HGTV Dream Home 2026 (HGTV)
High Anxiety
History of the World: Part 1
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
It All Came True
It’s Love I’m After
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
June Bride
Legend of the Guardians The Owls of Ga’hoole
Lili
Love Crazy
Lullaby of Broadway
Margaret
Margaret: Extended Version
Mike Wallace is Here
Mogambo
Moonlight (A24)
My Favorite Wife
My Reputation
Neptune’s Daughter
Nine Lives
Panama Hattie
Possessed (1931)
Presenting Lily Mars
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
Reunion in France
Rocket Science
Royal Wedding
Sadie McKee
Spaceballs
Task Force
Taxi Driver
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
The Americanization of Emily
The Bride Came C.O.D.
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Desert Song
The Enchanted Cottage
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Narrow Margin
The Red Badge of Courage
The Student Prince
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Working Man
This Modern Age
To Please a Lady
Today We Live
Twilight
Vivacious Lady
While We’re Young (A24)
Wife vs. Secretary
Wild Boys of the Road
World Without End
Zabriskie Point <\/p>\n
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) <\/p>\n
Home Town, Season 10 (HGTV)
Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check (Food Network) <\/p>\n
Baking Championship: Next Gen, Season 1 (Food Network)
Haunted Hospitals, Season 4 (Travel)
The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story (ID) <\/p>\n
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) <\/p>\n
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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) <\/p>\n
House Hunters International: Volume 9, Season 206 (HGTV) <\/p>\n
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) <\/p>\n
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Season 3 (Adult Swim) <\/p>\n
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) <\/p>\n
Evil Lives Here, Season 19 (ID)
Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger, Season 1 (ID)
Suddenly Amish, Season 1 (TLC) <\/p>\n
Hot Rod Garage, Season 12 <\/p>\n
House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 250 (HGTV) <\/p>\n
A Knight in the Making, Season 1 (HBO)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Season 1 (HBO Original) <\/p>\n
Street Outlaws: Locals Only, Season 2 (Discovery) <\/p>\n
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Original) <\/p>\n
My Haunted Hometown, Season 1 (Travel)
Real Time with Bill Maher, Season 24 (HBO Original)
The Smashing Machine (A24) <\/p>\n
Have I Got News For You, Season 4 (CNN Originals) <\/p>\n
33 Photos from the Ghetto (HBO Original) <\/p>\n
Beat Bobby Flay, Season 40 (Food Network) <\/p>\n
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24) <\/p>\n
I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not (CNN Films) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Noah Wyle,\u00a0The Pitt Warrick Page\/HBO Max The only correct way to kick off 2026 is with a packed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,4302,6729,85,46,9028,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-259657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-hbo","10":"tag-hbo-max","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-streaming","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}