First, look at what’s coming to HBO Max this week. As a reminder, you can read about what’s new on HBO Max every week with our weekly roundups. The latest TV Shows scheduled to hit HBO Max this Week are below.
The Staircase
Creators: Antonio Campos
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast: Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Dane DeHaan, Olivia DeJonge, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sophie Turner
https://youtu.be/TftAFQflBy8
Synopsis: Tells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.
Friends
Creators: David Crane, Marta Kauffman
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Cast: Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow
Synopsis: The misadventures of a group of friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in Manhattan.
Friends
Creators: Mark Cendrowski
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Cast: Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik
Synopsis: An adventure of a father and his young daughter, searching for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative, this fantasy takes a darker side whenever we hear Mo ‘Silvertongue’ Folchart reading out aloud from books.
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Creators: Max Borenstein, Jim Hecht
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
Cast:John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, Gaby Hoffmann, Hadley Robinson, Sally Field, DeVaughn Nixon
https://youtu.be/WqbWwKx1nBU
Synopsis: A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.
Tokyo Vice
Creators:
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Sho Kasamatsu
Synopsis: In 1999, When he was hired as a rookie reporter for Yomiuri Shimbun. As a cadet, he describes being taken under the wing of Sekiguchi, an older detective. Adelstein was initially assigned to “tacky” Saitama, and the memoir covers his next 12 years as a staffer for the paper, describing 80-hour work weeks, relationship difficulties, and the interactions between crime reporters and the police. Specific cases involve the search for the killer of Lucie Blackman, and the memoir also details death threats after he published an expose on Tadamasa Goto. He also uncovered that Saitama Prefecture was altering scientific data on dioxin contamination.
Superman & Lois
Creators: Todd Helbing, Greg Berlanti
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Cast: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alexander Garfin, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Erik Valdez, Inde Navarrette
Synopsis: ‘Superman and Lois’ stars Tyler Hoechlin (Teen Wolf) and Elizabeth Tulloch (Grimm) as the world’s most famous superhero and comic books’ most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures, and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.
Two and a Half Men
Creators: Lee Aronsohn, Chuck Lorre
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Marin Hinkle, Holland Taylor, Conchata Ferrell, Ashton Kutcher
Synopsis: A hedonistic jingle writer’s free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Creators: Steven Moffat
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Cast: Rose Leslie, Theo James, Natasha Lopez, Desmin Borges, Caitlin Shorey, Everleigh McDonell, Peter Graham
https://youtu.be/aoYXtKF_g1Y
Synopsis: Tells the intricate love story of Clare and Henry, and a marriage with a problem… time travel.
The Flight Attendant
Creators: Steve Yockey
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast: Kaley Cuoco, Michiel Huisman, Colin Woodell, Michelle Gomez, Zosia Mamet, Merle Dandridge, Griffin Matthews
https://youtu.be/OP_WC5oOCe8
Synopsis: Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room in Bangkok, hungover from the night before and with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call the police, she continues her morning as if nothing happened, joining the other flight attendants and pilots traveling to the airport. 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.