HBO Max May 2026 New Releases: Full List of Shows, Premieres, and Returning Series

Rick is a brilliant but reckless scientist with a drinking problem, and Morty is his nervous, easily pushed-around teenage grandson. Rick has moved in with Morty’s family, where he quickly becomes a destabilizing presence. Season 9 continued their interdimensional misadventures and the friction Rick brings to the household. The series kept its mix of science-fiction setups and dark comedy across the new episodes.

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The series follows a group of high school students working through love, friendship, and a lot of harder territory: drugs, trauma, sex, and the pressures of social media. Season 3 brought new episodes during the month that picked the storylines back up where the cast had left off. The show kept its unflinching look at what these characters are going through.

The series centers on a middle-aged author and his complicated relationship with his daughter. Much of the story sits in the gap between what the father wants and what his daughter needs. New episodes ran during the month as the first season continued, keeping that relationship front and center through the warmth and the tension between the two.

When Niall’s estranged brother Ruben turns up at his wedding, a burst of violence sends the story back through their lives. The series spans almost forty years, from the 1980s to the present, tracing the highs and lows of the brothers’ relationship from their teenage years to a falling out as adults. New episodes ran through the month.

Survivalists from several countries, including Brazil, Australia, Mexico, and the United States, took part in a 40-day primitive survival contest. Each competitor was paired with a partner, and the teams represented their home nations. The challenge tested skill, endurance, and how well two people could work together with almost nothing. On the line was the largest cash payout the franchise had offered, along with national bragging rights.

Twelve teams of trained weather spotters and storm chasers filmed their own encounters with tornadoes across America’s Tornado Alley. There were no producers or camera crews along for the ride. Each team shot everything itself while tracking storms, warning people in the path of danger, and trying to help when a tornado touched down. The footage captured what these close calls actually look like from inside the chase.

Ben and Erin Napier expanded their work in Laurel, Mississippi with a new project. Alongside family and friends Jim, Mallorie, and Josh, they set out to restore the 1930 Kress building in downtown Laurel. The building had fallen into disrepair, and the group took on the job of bringing the large downtown space back to life. The series followed the renovation as the team worked through the scale of the undertaking.

This version of Chopped dropped twelve chefs on a remote island, where cooking skill mattered as much as staying alive. Each week the competitors faced two cooking rounds and had to build a working kitchen from basic supplies. They earned their mystery ingredient baskets by getting through physical challenges, then cooked everything over open fire. Gabe Bertaccini, Maneet Chauhan, and Marcus Samuelsson judged the food across the run of the competition.

In August 2004, an injured man was found behind a Burger King in rural Georgia with no memory of who he was. He called himself Benjaman Kyle. A decade later, with filmmakers Shannon and Eric Evangelista, he tried to reconstruct his past. As the work went on, parts of his account stopped adding up. Producers turned up inconsistencies that pointed toward three cold cases and a possible link to a Midwestern crime family.

Mordecai and Rigby are best friends who work and live at a local park. Their jobs are ordinary on paper, but the day-to-day keeps tipping into the strange and surreal, usually to the irritation of their boss and coworkers. This entry brought the pair back for more of the same chaotic park misadventures. The humor stayed as offbeat as the show had always run on.

This documentary series followed the United States Men’s National Soccer Team in the years leading up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, held in North America. The filmmakers spent four years with the team, tracking both the personal stories and the group’s path toward the tournament. Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams, Tim Weah, Weston McKennie, and others were among the players featured as they prepared for the sport’s biggest stage.

Each episode ranked the ten best dishes in a single category, from brunch and barbecue to burgers. Food Network chefs made the case for which bites were worth the money, the splurge, or even a long drive to find. The show ran through one craveable category at a time, mixing expert picks with insider notes on where to eat and what to order.

Crab fishing in the Bering Sea off the Alaskan coast is some of the most dangerous work there is. The boats face freezing weather, heavy seas, and a tight window to bring in a catch worth real money. Season 22 followed the crews back out onto the water for another run, with the same risks and the same payoff on the line.

The series follows couples using the K-1 visa, which gives a foreign partner 90 days in the United States to marry before the visa runs out. The cast members lived together for the first time while the clock counted down. Language gaps, culture shock, and doubtful friends and family added pressure. Season 12 brought a new set of couples facing the same deadline.

Marty Raney and his children Misty and Matt help families who have tried to live off the grid and run into trouble. The learning curve for homesteading is steep, and many give up. The Raneys step in to teach the skills people need to survive in remote places. Season 14 sent the family to more struggling homesteads around the country.

Duane Ollinger owns a 160-acre ranch in eastern Utah where local legend says the land is cursed. Stories of Aztec treasure, hidden gold and silver, and lost Mormon mines surround the property. After finding a system of underground caves running through his land, Ollinger has stayed focused on what might be down there. Season 6 continued the dig and followed the search deeper into the caves.

Chase Morrill works with his sister, brother-in-law, and best friend to rescue old cabins hidden in the Maine woods. Some are nearly a century old, others are camps badly in need of repair. The team restores these properties while keeping their character intact. Season 13 brought more remote builds and the surprises that come with working deep in the woods.

This series goes into remote wilderness with loggers who take serious risks to do their jobs. Veteran logger Jared Douglas works from a floating barge hundreds of miles from anywhere, harvesting some of the largest timber around. A single mistake can cost a fortune or a life. Season 3 returned to the high-stakes work, with the cameras staying close as the crew pushed through the danger.

Baylen Dupree is a 22-year-old with Tourette Syndrome who deals with frequent vocal and motor tics while working toward an independent adult life. Her family in West Virginia, including five siblings, her boyfriend Colin, and her parents Allen and Julie, support her along the way. Season 3 continued to follow how she manages day-to-day life, staying with her family as much as with her.

Based on the popular Instagram account, this series takes viewers inside unusual homes that have hit the market. Each episode tours three odd and eye-catching properties and tells the stories of the people buying, selling, and living in them. Season 3 kept up the run of strange listings, with homes that ranged from the quirky to the genuinely bizarre, and the histories behind them.

Michael Symon and Bobby Flay, longtime grilling rivals, faced off again in a barbecue competition set in Texas. The two anchored the contest as competitors worked through round after round of cooking over open flame. Season 7 brought back the heat, the smoke, and another stretch of barbecue showdowns. It stayed centered on the rivalry that drives the show.

The series follows Jason Momoa as he travels the country looking at craft, art, and the people who make things by hand. The trips center on friendship and adventure as much as the work itself. Season 2 continued the road trips and the focus on craftsmanship, with each stop putting Momoa alongside makers and the things they build.

The U.S.-Mexico border is the busiest crossing in the world, and this series follows Customs and Border Protection agents working it. Their job is to stop drugs, illegal weapons, and other contraband from getting through. Season 9 stayed with the agents as they searched vehicles and travelers, following the day-to-day of the agency’s work at the crossing.

Daphne Reckert and Ian Figueira, high school sweethearts and now married, gave up plans for a California tiny home after Daphne inherited her grandfather’s 500-year-old chateau outside Paris. The estate sits on 130 acres and once hosted King Louis XIII. The main floor earns income hosting weddings while the couple takes on the long job of restoring the rest. Season 2 continued the restoration.

Cast members from the 90 Day world film themselves in their own daily lives. The footage follows them through relationship challenges and major life moments, shot without a crew. The format keeps the focus on what happens after the cameras of the main shows leave. Season 8 caught up with several familiar faces at home as they handled what came next.

The Baby Bears travel through bright, colorful worlds while looking for a place to call home. Along the way they meet familiar fairytale characters and decide, episode by episode, whether to stay or keep moving. Each stop drops them into a new setting full of friendly faces. Season 3 continued their search and kept its lighthearted, adventurous tone across the new episodes.

Jet Tila cooks his favorite go-to recipes and shops for ingredients at his family’s grocery store. The show keeps things simple, built around dishes he returns to and the market he knows well. Each episode pairs a recipe with a trip through the family store. Season 3 brought more of his everyday cooking at an easy, home-cook pace.

DC and DC Studios teamed with Max for an unscripted video podcast covering DC and DC Studios news. The series works as a single place for updates and discussion across the slate, leaning on conversation rather than scripted segments. Season 2 kept the podcast going as a hub for DC coverage with a new run of episodes.

John Oliver runs through the week in news and politics with a satirical take, usually building each episode around one deeper topic. Season 13 kept up the weekly schedule with new installments through the month. The format stayed the same, a mix of current events and longer segments, with Oliver’s deep-dive pieces anchoring each show.

Bill Maher opens with a monologue, then moves into panel discussions and interviews with guests in studio and by satellite. The show mixes politics, news, and debate each week. Season 24 aired new episodes through the month with its usual roundtable format, and Maher kept the back-and-forth at the center of each one.

A crew of miners risks money, time, and safety to dig for gold in the Alaskan wilderness. The series has followed these operations through good seasons and bad. Season 16 ran new episodes during the month as the crews kept working their claims, with equipment, weather, and the ground itself all factoring into the haul.

Each week pairs two strangers, one man and one woman, and strands them in an extreme environment with no food, no water, and no clothes. They have to last 21 days with one personal item each and nothing waiting at the end but the sense of having made it. Season 19 ran new episodes during the month.

Freddy Dodge, a longtime miner known for turning failing operations around, hits the road with mechanic Juan Ibarra to help struggling mine owners. At each site they assess what is going wrong and try to get the operation producing. Season 6 ran new episodes during the month, with the pair bringing decades of mining and mechanical know-how to each rescue.

Josh Gates digs into long-unexplained mysteries, traveling to look for new evidence and fresh answers. Each episode takes on a true story that has resisted easy explanation. Gates works through the history and the field work to see what holds up. Season 4 aired new episodes through the month, leaning on what he turned up on the ground.

Bustamante pulls apart modern mysteries that sit between fact and fiction, testing the usual explanations to see what holds. He uses an insider’s approach to challenge accepted narratives and look for what might be behind each story. New episodes ran during the month as the first season worked through its cases.

Matt Paxton and his team take on filthy and hazardous cleanout jobs, hunting for value hidden inside the mess. Before each job, Paxton sizes up the costs and bets that what he finds will cover them and turn a profit. He carries the risk himself. New episodes ran during the month as the team worked through new properties.

The series follows Homeland Security officers at five airports, including San Francisco, Detroit, Newark, Atlanta, and Honolulu, as they search for contraband moving in and out of the country. The work covers both arrivals and departures. Season 2 stayed with the officers as they checked bags and passengers, running new episodes during the month.

Guy Fieri travels the country looking for the kind of roadside diners, drive-ins, and out-of-the-way spots that locals already know about. At each stop he talks with the staff and the regulars and digs into what makes the food work. New episodes aired through the month, often grouping restaurants by a shared theme as the road trips moved from one local favorite to the next.

Challengers first compete against each other for the right to face Bobby Flay, then go head to head with him on a dish of their choosing. Flay has to cook the contender’s specialty on the contender’s terms. New episodes aired during the month, with the two-round setup keeping each episode moving toward the final showdown.

Twenty-four chefs take on twenty-four challenges over twenty-four straight hours. The marathon format tests skill, creativity, and stamina as cooks get eliminated along the way. Judges decide who outlasts the rest. The nonstop pace is the whole point. Season 3 ran new episodes during the month, with the chef left standing at the end taking the title.

Four chefs compete to turn baskets of mystery ingredients into a three-course meal, getting cut one by one until a single cook is left. They have minutes to plan and half an hour to cook each course. New episodes aired through the month, with the mystery baskets keeping the pressure high from the first round.

Guy Fieri welcomes three chefs to a competition set across different kinds of food spots, from street carts to fine dining rooms. Skills and smart choices earn advantages on the way to a win. Competitors pick their own path through the rounds. New episodes ran during the month, with the setup moving each one toward a single winner.

Bakers are tested on core pastry skills, from laminated dough and pâte à choux to chocolate and sugar work. Duff Goldman judges alongside a different baking name each week, narrowing the field toward one winner and a $50,000 prize. New episodes ran during the month as the competition pushed the bakers through harder techniques.

This spinoff follows couples who have a relationship online but have not met face to face. Each person travels to the other’s country for the first time to see whether the connection holds. At the end of the trip they have to decide what comes next. New episodes ran through the month as the latest set of couples worked toward that choice.

This spinoff puts 90 Day cast members back into the dating world after their on-camera breakups. Everyone in the cast is single and starting over. The show follows the awkward, hopeful, and messy parts of getting back out there. Season 5 stayed with several familiar faces through May as they navigated new relationships.

The series follows the Plath family, whose nine children grew up isolated on a rural Georgia property under strict parental rules, cut off from much of ordinary pop culture. The show tracks how the kids and parents handle the rules and the world outside them. Season 8 ran new episodes during the month as the family worked through new tensions.

Amber and Trent Johnston and their five children all have achondroplasia dwarfism. The series follows the family through everyday life and the attention that comes with it. The Johnstons handle ordinary parenting and growing-up moments on camera. Season 17 ran new episodes during the month, keeping up with the family’s milestones.

Familiar 90 Day cast members watch the latest Before the 90 Days episode from home and react as they go. The companion format adds their running commentary to the main show. Their takes fill in the gaps between what aired and what the cast really thought. New episodes ran during the month.

The series looks at teenage pregnancy across its stages and the first weeks of parenthood, often with teen parents who were themselves raised by teens. Three young couples and their families try to work through a major life change together. The tension builds as relatives weigh in with their own ideas. New episodes ran during the month.

This series hands the camera to people living with some of the rarest medical conditions in the world. Among them are a person allergic to water, a woman aging unusually fast, and a woman who has been unable to empty her bladder for years. Their cases often leave even experienced doctors searching for answers. New episodes ran during the month.

This companion show airs after each Single Life episode with the extras. Cast members, exes, family, and friends weigh in with behind-the-scenes details and unfiltered reactions. The format gives everyone a chance to say what the main show left out. New episodes ran during the month.

The series gathers strange and unsettling videos from around the world, then has a panel of experts break down what each clip might show. The footage ranges across all kinds of reported paranormal activity. Season 11 aired new episodes during the month, working through fresh submissions and trying to separate the explainable from the genuinely odd.

Four HGTV renovators, Leanne Ford, Mina Starsiak Hawk, Jasmine Roth, and Alison Victoria, compete to add the most value to identical properties. Each had four weeks and a $175,000 budget on homes in the Los Angeles area. New episodes ran during the month as the competition played out, with each designer trying to max out the house and beat the others.

Erin and Ben Napier renovate old houses in their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, keeping the character of the historic homes while updating them. Erin sketches the designs and Ben handles much of the custom work. Found materials and old textiles stay part of how they work. Season 10 ran new episodes during the month.

David Bromstad helps recent lottery winners shop for a new home, with budgets that swing from modest to enormous. Some go big, others play it safe. Each house hunt depends on how the winner wants to spend the windfall. Season 19 followed a fresh batch of buyers during the month as they weighed mansions against smarter bets.

Tristyn and Kamohai Kalama, born and raised on Oʻahu, fix up some of the most run-down properties on the island and turn them into family homes. They get help from their large extended family, many of whom work in construction. Renovating in one of the country’s priciest states shapes every project. Season 3 ran new episodes during the month.

Drew and Jonathan Scott work with buyers who are nervous about making the biggest purchase of their lives. The twins guide clients through the highs and lows of buying and renovating, with the financial and emotional stakes running high. New episodes ran during the month as the brothers helped wary buyers commit.

The series follows buyers chasing some of the cheapest properties on the market that also happen to be move-in ready and in desirable spots around the world. Many of the locations come with cost-saving incentives. The buyers aim to dream big while spending little. New episodes ran during the month.

Buyers search for homes in some of the most striking tropical locations on the planet. The scenery is a draw, but the buyers tend to be the center of each episode. The hunts move through paradise settings as the buyers weigh their options. The first season followed several of these searches during the month.

Retired detective Joe Kenda walks through disturbing real cases from across the country, laying out the twists in each investigation. His narration guides the way through the details. Kenda draws on his own years on the job to frame each case. Season 6 ran new episodes during the month, staying focused on how the crimes were worked.

Journalist Paula Zahn reports on cases from the justice system, going past the headlines with original reporting and interviews. Much of each episode rests on conversations with people connected to the events. Zahn draws out different points of view from those closest to each case. Season 29 aired new episodes through the month.

The series looks at cases driven by cruelty, rivalry, and the meaner side of social cliques. Each episode digs into how those dynamics turned deadly. It traces the backbiting and bad intentions that led to violence. Season 3 aired new episodes during the month, staying centered on the people involved and what set them against each other.

This series puts parents face to face with a hard truth, that a child they raised grew up to kill. Each episode tells one of those stories from the family’s side. The focus stays on the parents and how they live with what happened. New episodes ran during the month as the first season worked through several of these accounts.

Drawing on Nigerian culture, music, and mythology, the series follows Iyanu, a young orphan in the kingdom of Yorubaland. She wants an ordinary life until a growing threat wakes powers not seen since the Age of Wonders. With friends Biyi, Toye, and a magical leopard named Ekun, she sets out to find the source of the danger. New episodes ran during the month.

Families who bought affordable vacation homes take on the work of turning them into the getaways they pictured. Each episode follows a renovation as the owners put in the effort to make the place their own. The before-and-after turns a bargain buy into a usable retreat. New episodes ran during the month.

The series pairs well-known athletes with elaborate pranks and gives them one shot to pull each one off. They either land the prank or get caught trying. The setups put the athletes in unfamiliar territory away from their sport. New episodes ran during the month as the first season worked through a string of these attempts.

Tiffany Haddish and Deon Cole host a night built around movies, music, and guests. The show keeps things loose, mixing conversation with the films at its center. The hosts hang out with funny and thoughtful guests between segments. New episodes ran during the month, holding onto the casual, party-night feel.