History Creator / HBOMax

** The Same-Day Premieres program began a few months after Disney+'s similar Premier Access program for new-release films, one-upping that service by making all the movies available for free with a subscription, rather than charging $29.99 per film. As a result of the CreatorBacklash above, they would reverse course in 2022; however, similar to Disney+ releasing new films on their platform just 1-3 months after theatrical release, Warner is set to begin launching their films just 46 days after opening theatrically beginning with ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}''. Shortly after the completion of the Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery merger, the accelerated timeline for streaming releases was relaxed at the behest of filmmakers who preferred a longer theatrical run, with ''Film/{{Elvis|2022}}'' director Creator/BazLuhrmann announcing that said film would not be added to the service as quickly as ''The Batman''.

** Most European countries won't get the service until 2022, only six of them had it in late 2021. France will not get it at least until 2023.

%%* '''''Film/MagicMike's Last Dance''''' (2022)

* ''Series/{{Legendary}}'' (2020-22)
* ''Series/LoveLife'' (2020-21)

* ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}'' (2022) [[note]]Season 3 onward. Previously aired its first two seasons on Creator/{{Epix}}.[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Raised by Wolves|2020}}'' (2020, 2022) [[note]]Originally produced for Creator/{{TNT}}[[/note]]

** ''Series/TheNotTooLateShowWithElmo'' (2020-21; season 2 onward part of Cartoonito)*

%%* '''''[=FBoy=] Island''''' (2021-present)

%%* ''Finding Film/MagicMike'' (2021)

%%* ''[[Series/{{Generation}} Genera+ion]]'' (2021)

%%* '''''Legendary''''' (2020-present)

%%* '''''Made for Love''''' (2021-present)
%%* '''''Series/PrettyLittleLiars: Original Sin''''' (2022)

* ''WesternAnimation/EsmeAndRoy'' (2020-21; retroactively part of Cartoonito)* [[note]]Season 2 onward, with delayed airing on PBS. Previously aired its first season on HBO.[[/note]]

%%** '''''Batman: Caped Crusader''''' (2023; shared with Cartoon Network)

* NamesTheSame: The latter half of the name "HBO Max" brings to mind HBO's sibling channel, Creator/{{Cinemax}}, with the "Max" moniker having been used as Cinemax’s abbreviated nickname since 1985. It even became the network's ''de facto'' name from 2008 to 2011, and the abbreviation remains in use for the network's TV Everywhere service, Max Go.[[note]]Though Cinemax has strayed from using the "Max" short name since HBO Max launched, to avoid confusion, even shifting to referring to Max Go as "Cinemax Go" instead.[[/note]] However, for reasons [=WarnerMedia=] hasn't elaborated upon, Cinemax’s original programming and film libraries were not available on HBO Max at launch, and those who want to stream Cinemax without tying themselves to a traditional pay-TV subscription must subscribe to the network's OTT platforms via [[Creator/AppleTVPlus Apple TV]], Hulu, Roku or Creator/PrimeVideo instead. While a limited number of past Cinemax series have since been added to HBO Max, a dedicated portal for the network still doesn't exist, an issue made apparent when selected movie titles transfer between HBO Max (and the legacy licensed OTT channels that HBO retains for grandfathered Apple, Roku and Prime Video subscribers) and Cinemax's streaming platforms.

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' (2021) [[note]]Moved from Creator/{{Boomerang}} from midway through season 2. Has not been designated as an official "Max Original."[[/note]]
** '''''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}''''' (2023)

* ''WesternAnimation/FurryFriendsForeverElmoGetsAPuppy'' (2021)

* ''[[Literature/TheMonsterAtTheEndOfThisBook The Monster at the End of This Story]]'' (2020)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNutcrackerStarringElmoAndTango'' (2022)

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' (2021) [[note]]Moved from Creator/{{Boomerang}} from midway through season 2. Has not been designated as an official "Max Original."[[/note]]

* '''''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}''''' (2023)

** The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' section carefully omits any shorts that feature any sort of racially insensitive humor (including scenes featuring the black housemaid, Mammy Two-Shoes), as well as shorts that might be considered too disturbing for other reasons. (i.e. ''WesternAnimation/TheTwoMouseketeers''.) The only way you can still find them is the Boomerang app.

** Website/{{Crunchyroll}}

* '''''Series/{{Garcia}}''''' (2022-present)

* '''''Series/{{Pennyworth}}''''' (2022) [[note]]Season 3 onward. Previously aired its first two seasons on Creator/{{Epix}}.[[/note]]

* ''Film/AChristmasStoryChristmas'' (November 2022-)

* ''Series/TheBigBrunch''

* ''Film/AnAmericanPickle'' (2020) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]
* ''Film/CharmCityKings'' (2020) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* ''Film/{{Moonshot}}'' (2022) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* ''Film/{{The Witches|2020}}'' (2020) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

%%* ''Locked Down'' (2021) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

%%* ''Superintelligence'' (2020) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Beforeigners}}'' (2021-22) [[note]]Moved from HBO Nordic for season two, after the service's closure on October 26, 2021. Removed from the service in late June-early July, 2022.[[/note]]

** ''Series/TheNotTooLateShowWithElmo'' (2020-21; season 2 onward part of Cartoonito) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' (2020–22) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/EsmeAndRoy'' (2020-21; retroactively part of Cartoonito) [[note]]Season 2 onward, with delayed airing on PBS. Previously aired its first season on HBO. Removed from the service in 2022.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFungies'' (2020–21) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' (2020-21) [[note]]Season 3 onward. Previously aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork. Removed from the service in 2022.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SummerCampIsland'' (2020-22) [[note]]Season 2 onward. Previously aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork. Removed from the service in 2022.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TigNSeek'' (2020–22) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/YabbaDabbaDinosaurs'' (2021-22) [[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

%%** ''Aquaman: King of Atlantis'' (2021; shared with Cartoon Network)[[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

%%* ''Little Ellen'' (2021; part of Cartoonito)[[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* Creator/{{WildBrain}}: The ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' (US only), including an revival of the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' series set for 2023) [[note]]except for ''Degrassi: Next Class'', whose rights are held permanently by Netflix[[/note]]

* '''''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh''''' (TBA) [[note]]Seasons 2 and 3, previously aired on MTV [[/note]]

* ''Series/{{Garcia}}'' (2022)

"+" denotes a company that also licenses content for the service through Criterion.
* Creator/{{BBC}} Studios (for ''Series/DoctorWho'' (Ninth to Thirteenth Doctors only), ''Series/TopGearUK'', ''Series/TheOfficeUK'', new series such as ''Trigonometry'' and other series)

* Creator/{{Disney}} (for first-run/catalog Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios movies until 2022 and select catalog Disney[=/=]Creator/TouchstonePictures[=/=]Creator/HollywoodPictures movies. The streaming rights will revert to Disney and are expected to move to their streaming services Creator/DisneyPlus[=/=]Creator/{{Hulu}} after HBO's contract expires.)+
** 20th Television (for ''The Prince'')
* Creator/{{Lionsgate}} (for ''Love Life'' and pre-2010 films, as well as new films from their Creator/SummitEntertainment label through 2022 releases)
* Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer+ (catalog titles; Warner owns the studio's pre-1986 library)

* Creator/SonyPictures (for ''Film/AnAmericanPickle'' and pre-2005 films)
** Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation (for ''Young Love,'' an upcoming animated series that serves as a continuation of the animated short film ''WesternAnimation/HairLove''; distribution handled by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision)

* Creator/{{Universal}} Pictures (for first-run/catalog Universal and Creator/FocusFeatures movies through 2021; movies declined by HBO are streamed on Netflix; first-run movies from Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and Creator/IlluminationEntertainment are not included)+

** Creator/ComedyCentral (for ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and other series)
** Creator/{{Paramount}} (for ''Station Eleven'', ''Made for Love'', and pre-2011 films)
** Creator/{{MTV}} Entertainment Studios (for the ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' revival)
* Creator/{{WildBrain}} (for the ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' (US only), including an revival of the ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' series set for 2023) [[note]]except for ''Degrassi: Next Class'', whose rights are held permanently by Netflix[[/note]]

** Only the revival run of ''Series/DoctorWho'' is available because the Creator/{{BBC}} and Creator/{{ITV}}-owned [=BritBox=] owns the streaming rights to the classic series.

* Creator/{{BBC}} Studios (for ''Series/DoctorWho'' (revival series only), ''Series/TopGearUK'', ''Series/TheOfficeUK'', new series such as ''Trigonometry'' and other series)

** The service doesn't have Creator/DCComics content not owned by Warner Bros. such as the 1966-68 ''[[Series/Batman1966 Batman]]'' series (owned by Disney) and ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (co-owned by Creator/ParamountGlobal and Disney).

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** Another case with Hulu occurred when HBO Max and Hulu came to an arrangement to share streaming rights to ''Series/AbbottElementary'', which airs on Disney-owned Creator/{{ABC}} but is produced by HBO corporate sibling Warner Bros. Television.

* ''A Christmas Story Christmas'' (2022)[[note]]Co-produced by Creator/LegendaryPictures[[/note]]

* '''''Series/{{Doom Patrol|2019}}''''' (2020-present)[[note]]Season 2 onward[[/note]]

* '''''Series/{{Gossip Girl|2021}}''''' (2021-present)[[note]]sequel to the [[Creator/TheCW CW]] series[[/note]]

* '''''Series/PrettyLittleLiarsOriginalSin''''' (2022) [[note]]sequel to the [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]] series[[/note]]

* '''''Series/SesameStreet''''' (2020-present; season 52 onward part of Creator/{{Cartoonito}})[[note]]Season 51 onward, with first-run rights leaving Creator/{{HBO}}. As with the show's previous deal with HBO, new episodes will air on [[Creator/PBSKids PBS Kids]] several months later. Several episodes from the show's 50-year library are also available to stream, although many were removed in 2022.[[/note]]
** ''Series/TheNotTooLateShowWithElmo'' (2020-21; season 2 onward part of Cartoonito)[[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'' (2022)[[note]]Season 2 onward, aired alongside Adult Swim.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' (2020–22)[[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/EsmeAndRoy'' (2020-21; retroactively part of Cartoonito)[[note]]Season 2 onward, with delayed airing on PBS. Previously aired its first season on HBO. Removed from the service in 2022.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFungies'' (2020–21)[[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* '''''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn|2019}}''''' (2022) [[note]]Season 3 onward, previously aired on DC Universe[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TigNSeek'' (2020–22)[[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]

* '''''WesternAnimation/WeBabyBears''''' (TBA; shared with Cartoon Network) [[note]]Season 2 onwards; season 1 had an exclusive first-run airing on Cartoon Network.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/YabbaDabbaDinosaurs'' (2021-22)[[note]]removed from the service in 2022[[/note]]