{"id":215017,"date":"2026-01-06T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/3-must-watch-hbo-max-shows-you-need-to-stream-in-january-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:05:34","slug":"3-must-watch-hbo-max-shows-you-need-to-stream-in-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/3-must-watch-hbo-max-shows-you-need-to-stream-in-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Must-Watch HBO Max Shows You Need to Stream in January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Some streamers may choose to pace themselves at the beginning of 2026, but not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/hbo-max\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, HBO and its official streaming service are kicking off the year with two of its best original series and debuting a new show.<\/p>\n<p>That made it really easy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/watch-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch With Us<\/a> to pick the three must-watch HBO Max shows you need to stream in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Our picks include the reigning Emmy winner for Outstanding Drama, a show on the rise and the latest spinoff from HBO\u2019s biggest franchise.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018The Pitt\u2019 (2025 \u2013 Present)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Pitt Season 2 | Official Teaser | HBO Max\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zuZnRRVWnbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rare, but not unheard of, for a series to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama for its inaugural season. <em>The Pitt<\/em> is one of the few, and HBO Max had already lined up a second season before it took home the top prize, and season 2 is set to arrive just one year after the series premiere.<\/p>\n<p><em>ER<\/em> veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/noah-wyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Noah Wyle<\/strong><\/a> headlines the show as Dr. Michael \u201cRobby\u201d Robinavitch, one of the overburdened doctors and medical staff on hand at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. The entire first season took a page from <em>24<\/em> by using each episode to tell a story in real time from a single 15-hour shift. Season 2 will be a little shorter with only 13 new episodes, but they\u2019ll be coming out weekly through the beginning of April.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Pitt<\/em> season 2 will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/show\/e6e7bad9-d48d-4434-b334-7c651ffc4bdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> on January 8.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Industry\u2019 (2020 \u2013 Present)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Industry Season 4 | Final Trailer | HBO Max\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vCxreo3L1XE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a little lack of ethical boundaries between friends? Harper Stern (<strong>Myha\u2019la Herrold<\/strong>) sure seems eager to cross a few in the trailer for<em> Industry<\/em> season 4. Harper\u2019s mentor, Eric Tao (<strong>Ken Leung<\/strong>), has laid out the stakes after Harper discovers potential financial malfeasance at a company called Tender. As seen at the end of <em>Industry<\/em> season 3, Harper has made it her mission in life to short-sell corrupt companies and cost them billions. If she can prove her allegations against Tender, then it could bring the entire company down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/game-of-thrones-movie-reportedly-in-early-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/game-of-thrones-movie-reportedly-in-early-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;Game of Thrones&#8217; Movie Reportedly in Early Development at Warner Bros.<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHBO Game of Thrones may be coming to the big screen in the future. Warner Bros. is reportedly developing at least one film in George R.R. Martin\u2018s fantasy universe, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The outlet also reports that the movie is in the very early stages of development, and that no cast, directors or [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Yasmin Kara-Hanani (<strong>Marisa Abela<\/strong>) is adjusting to the good life as the new wife of Sir Henry Muck, as played by<em> Game of Thrones<\/em>\u2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kit-harington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kit Harington<\/strong><\/a>. The trailer shows Yasmin\u2019s sexually adventurous side, surprising her husband. However, it looks like there\u2019s tension ahead in the Muck household, and the honeymoon may already be over for the young couple.<\/p>\n<p><em>Industry<\/em> season 4 will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/show\/9e51c88c-7a28-40ee-8269-e16572e02a07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> on January 11.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u2019 (2026)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Official Final Trailer | HBO Max\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sItUCKJQLTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Believe it or not, <strong>George R.R. Martin<\/strong>\u2018s <em>Tales of Dunk &amp; Egg<\/em> novellas are actually pretty lighthearted compared to the stories that unfolded in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/game-of-thrones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a>. That doesn\u2019t mean there won\u2019t be serious dramatic stakes in <em>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/em>. As you can see in the trailer above, Ser Duncan the Tall (<strong>Peter Claffey<\/strong>) has run afoul of the royal Targaryen family, and he may have to stand alone against the most powerful house in the seven kingdoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dexter Sol Ansell<\/strong> costars in the series as Egg, a young boy who wants to squire for Duncan. They\u2019re actually a good pairing for each other because they both embrace the idealism of being a knight that most of the others have long since abandoned. If Dunk is looking for honorable people in King\u2019s Landing to watch his back, then he\u2019s going to learn that true friends are in short supply. But they do exist.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/em> will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/show\/3507a932-eace-46ea-bfe1-638ae819fa12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> on January 18.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/3-must-watch-hbo-max-shows-you-need-to-stream-in-january-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some streamers may choose to pace themselves at the beginning of 2026, but not HBO Max. Instead, HBO and its official streaming service are kicking off the year with two of its best original series and debuting a new show. That made it really easy for Watch With Us to pick the three must-watch HBO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-215017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}