{"id":233758,"date":"2026-04-10T16:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/3-must-watch-hbo-max-shows-you-need-to-stream-in-april-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:20:37","slug":"3-must-watch-hbo-max-shows-you-need-to-stream-in-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/3-must-watch-hbo-max-shows-you-need-to-stream-in-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Must-Watch HBO Max Shows You Need to Stream in April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/hbo-max\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> is bringing out some of its biggest original shows in April, and this is definitely the best time to be a subscriber.<\/p>\n<p>One of the very first HBO Max originals, <em>Hacks<\/em>, is concluding, but it would have still made our list even if it were going on forever.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s just the first series among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/watch-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch With Us<\/a>\u2018 picks for the three must-watch HBO Max shows you need to stream in April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Our remaining picks include a long-absent HBO drama and an enigmatic new miniseries.<\/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\/new-on-hbo-max-in-april-2026-full-list-of-movies-and-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" 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\/new-on-hbo-max-in-april-2026-full-list-of-movies-and-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">New on HBO Max in April 2026 \u2014 The Full List of Movies and TV Shows<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHBO Max has plenty of hot new movies and shows debuting in April 2026, but there\u2019s only one series that\u2019s dominating the conversation \u2014 Euphoria. The Sam Levinson drama is finally returning for its third and reportedly final season, and it features original stars Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schaefer, as well as new [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Hacks\u2019 (2021 \u2013 Present)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hacks Season 5 | Official Trailer | HBO Max\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4OegsEuqMmo?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>Deborah Vance (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jean-smart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jean Smart<\/strong><\/a>) can\u2019t be funny. That\u2019s not a bit in <em>Hacks<\/em> season 5. Deborah paid a very high price when she and Ava Daniels (<strong>Hannah Einbinder<\/strong>) quit their late-night comedy show. Now, Deborah is locked into a very onerous non-compete clause that won\u2019t allow her to perform comedy. In the trailer for the new season, Deborah tells the press that she could be thrown in jail if she tells a joke in public, and that might not be an exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing it isn\u2019t is the end of Deborah\u2019s journey. <em>Hacks<\/em> will be concluding at the end of the season, and there\u2019s still time for Deborah to reclaim her comedic legacy before the end. It\u2019s less clear where Ava\u2019s story will go. Her writing career was in the toilet when she met Deborah, and it\u2019s been through some extraordinary highs and lows since. Can Ava make her own way in Hollywood? Or is she willing to finally move on and try something else?<\/p>\n<p><em>Hacks<\/em> season 5 is now streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/show\/67e940b7-aab2-46ce-a62b-c7308cde9de7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Euphoria\u2019 (2019 \u2013 Present)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Euphoria Season 3 | Trailer 2 | HBO Max\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r3Z4tGN0i2I?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>If you were wondering if Rue Bennett (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/zendaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Zendaya<\/strong><\/a>) got her life in order during the long hiatus between <em>Euphoria<\/em> season 2 and season 3, the latest trailer put that to rest. If anything, Rue is in deeper trouble than ever before and she\u2019s now working as a drug mule to smuggle narcotics into the United States. And if she manages to get out of that mess, her old dealer, Laurie (<strong>Martha Kelly<\/strong>), has come to collect on a debt that Rue can\u2019t afford to pay.<\/p>\n<p>High school is over, and no stint in rehab is going to make Rue\u2019s current problems disappear. Her sponsor and friend, Ali (<strong>Colman Domingo<\/strong>), appears to be in some medical distress. Meanwhile, Nathan Jacobs (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jacob-elordi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacob Elordi<\/a><\/strong>) and Cassandra Howard (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/sydney-sweeney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sydney Sweeney<\/strong><\/a>) are still together after the show\u2019s time jump, but a happy ending for that couple is probably just as much a long shot as Rue\u2019s eventual fate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Euphoria<\/em> season 3 will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/show\/4ffd33c9-e0d6-4cd6-bd13-34c266c79be0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> on April 12.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Half Man\u2019 (2026)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Half Man | Official Trailer | HBO Max\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/egkRy1U94tA?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\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\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><strong>Richard Gadd<\/strong>\u2018s follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/the-next-baby-reindeer-why-critics-are-calling-this-netflix-show-the-best-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix\u2019s <em>Baby Reindeer<\/em><\/a> is a miniseries called <em>Half Man<\/em>, and there are still only a few things we know about it despite its premiere in a few weeks. The story is going to jump back and forth between the past and the present, as the relationship between Ruben (Gadd) and his brother, Niall (<strong>Jamie Bell<\/strong>), comes to a violent turning point at the wedding of the latter.<\/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\/7-best-hbo-max-shows-of-2025-so-far-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-last-of-us-season-2-1.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Laine MacNeil in The Last of Us season 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-last-of-us-season-2-1.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/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\/7-best-hbo-max-shows-of-2025-so-far-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">7 Best HBO Max Shows of 2025 So Far, Ranked<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHBO has had a reputation for creating the best shows on TV for decades. HBO Max may have diluted the brand, but that reputation is largely intact. Some shows like And Just Like That have proven to be more popular as hate-watches, but there have already been some great HBO Max series this year that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the show\u2019s description, Niall and Ruben didn\u2019t meet until they were teenagers in the \u201980s, which doesn\u2019t make a sibling relationship impossible. But it does suggest that they may be only half-brothers or even stepbrothers. Until we actually get to see the show, we won\u2019t really be able to define their relationship. That might be true for the characters themselves as well. They\u2019ve been linked together by 40 years of personal history, but their familial bonds may be irreparably broken.<\/p>\n<p><em>Half Man<\/em> will stream on HBO Max on April 23.<\/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-april-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max is bringing out some of its biggest original shows in April, and this is definitely the best time to be a subscriber. One of the very first HBO Max originals, Hacks, is concluding, but it would have still made our list even if it were going on forever. That\u2019s just the first series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-233758","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\/233758","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=233758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}