Best Shows To Watch Right Now On HBO Max (September 8, 2025)

These are Screen Rant’s top picks for the greatest TV shows and limited series to watch only on HBO Max for the week of September 8, 2025.

This week’s roundup includes an underrated comedy, an overlooked action thriller, a nostalgic showbiz series, a celebrated psychological dramedy, and an Emmy-winning modern masterpiece.

Also, check out our top TV choices to stream this week on Netflix, Prime Video, and Hulu on Disney+, and catch up on some highly bingeable HBO Max shows that you can watch in just one weekend.

Bored to Death

Bored to Death is one of the most underrated comedy series on HBO right now. Featuring the combined creative genius of Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), and Ted Danson (Cheers), Bored to Death is unique, hilarious, and highly entertaining.

In addition to its three lead comedy powerhouses, Bored to Death features an incredible ensemble cast, including Oliver Platt (The Bear), Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live), Patton Oswalt (The Sandman), Jenny Slate (Dying for Sex), David Rasche (Succession), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), and more.

Bored to Death follows Jonathan Ames (Schwartzman), a struggling writer based in New York City who pretends to be a private detective along with his friends Ray (Galifianakis) and George (Danson). The series is created by the real-life screenwriter Jonathan Ames, known for You Were Never Really Here.

Bored to Death received a Rotten Tomatoes score of 79% and an IMDb rating of 7.8. While it’s by no means HBO’s best original comedy series, it is a hidden gem that deserves more praise and attention. The series even won an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2010.

The biggest appeal of Bored to Death is the comedic talent it was able to capture. Danson, Galifianakis, and Schwartzman are all legends in their own right and will likely never be cast in the same project again. At 24 episodes across three seasons, Bored to Death can make for a fairly quick and light-hearted binge on HBO Max this week.

Warrior

Warrior is a seriously underrated martial arts masterpiece streaming on HBO Max. It was originally created as a Cinemax original series before HBO Max produced its third season, only to cancel it soon after.

Warrior is based on an original concept of legendary martial arts actor Bruce Lee, who passed away in 1973 at just 32 years of age. His daughter, Shannon Lee, was an executive producer on the series, which was developed for television by Jonathan Tropper (Your Friends & Neighbors, Banshee).

Fans of Tokyo Vice, another celebrated HBO Max series gone too soon, will love Warrior for its similar dark themes with the crime and gangster genres. That said, Warrior is very much an action series that takes place in the late 19th century. It stars Andrew Koji (Black Doves, Bullet Train) as Ah Sahm, a Chinese martial arts prodigy and immigrant who becomes an enforcer in San Francisco.

Warrior earned a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93% and an audience score of 96% across all three seasons. It was nominated for three Emmys, two of which were in Stunt categories, but did not win. Collider’s season 3 review noted, “With powerful and propulsive sequences that are crossed with haunting reflections on hierarchies of power, Warrior is the absolute best it has ever been.”

In addition to Koji, Warrior stars Olivia Cheng (Marco Polo), Jason Tobin (A Thousand Blows), Dianne Doan (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and more excellent actors. The series is truly action-packed and made in the spirit of Bruce Lee’s timeless films, making for an incredible binge-watching experience this week on HBO Max.

Entourage

Entourage remains an all-time classic series on HBO Max, one that the premium cable network has yet to find an adequate replacement for. While the Dwayne Johnson-led Ballers scratched some of the itch, Entourage’s end in 2011 has left a massive hole in HBO’s slate.

Hollywood showbiz series like Hacks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Other Two have found success and critical acclaim by leaning into the self-reflexive limelight, but Entourage remains iconic as the definitive show about the cliché dream of making it big in Los Angeles. The show is very much a product of its time, for better and for worse.

Despite its massive popularity, Entourage was never a critical hit, earning just a 66% Rotten Tomatoes score across all eight of its seasons. That said, its audience score of 83% and IMDb rating of 8.4 tell a much different story, placing Entourage among the all-time elite HBO dramedy series.

Entourage takes viewers through the life of Vincent Chase, an A-list actor who brings his three best friends from New York along for the ride to the very top. Vinny has a fiery and problematic agent named Ari Gold, played by Jeremy Piven, who won three Emmys for his legendary role.

Before there was The Studio, Entourage was the definitive series about Hollywood. If you love those types of behind-the-scenes projects that peek behind the curtain, like The Player and Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, then Entourage is a no-brainer binge option for you, whether it’s for the first time or for a nostalgic rewatch.

Six Feet Under

Dexter fans who can’t get over the fantastic season 1 finale of Dexter: Resurrection should dive into one of Michael C. Hall’s other fantastic series, Six Feet Under. Widely considered one of the greatest HBO series ever made, with one of the best finales and opening episodes in TV history, Six Feet Under is truly a masterpiece.

Six Feet Under follows the Fisher family, who own and operate a funeral service business in Los Angeles. Hall plays David Fisher, one of the sons of the family patriarch, Nathaniel Fisher, played by Richard Jenkins. After Nathaniel suddenly dies in the premiere episode, the family is forced to confront his death while keeping their family business alive.

Hall is joined by a fantastic cast in Six Feet Under​​​​​​, which includes Peter Krause (Sports Night), Lauren Ambrose (Yellowjackets), Frances Conroy (Joker), Freddy Rodriguez (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), Matthew St. Patrick (Sons of Anarchy), and Rachel Griffiths (Hacksaw Ridge). The series was created by Alan Ball, known for True Blood, Banshee, and American Beauty.

Six Feet Under earned 9 Emmys, a Rotten Tomatoes score of 81%, and an audience score of 95%. It’s ranked as the 92nd best TV Show of all time by IMDb and has a rating of 8.7. It’s part dark comedy, part psychological drama, and ultimately one of the most compelling TV series ever made, which is arguably even better to watch nowadays than it was in the 2000s.

Succession

Succession is another timeless HBO classic that is well worth a binge-watch or rewatch this week. With outstanding performances, a gripping story, elaborate locations, and consistently hilarious comedy, Succession is seriously a modern masterpiece and well worth the hype and acclaim.

Created by Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show, Fresh Meat), Succession follows the wealthy Roy family, who are led by the family patriarch, Logan Roy, played by Brian Cox, a billionaire media mogul. When Logan starts to have health concerns, his adult children squabble to become the natural heir to their father’s company, but all have flaws.

Few series capture an authentic sense of sibling banter dynamics through thick and thin better than Succession. While the show contains a fundamental element of satire of the world’s elite, it also achieves very grave realities that equally humanize and demonize the wealthy class of Americans.

The series won 19 Emmys and earned a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score, as well as a ranking just outside the Top 50 on IMDb’s best shows of all time list. With its signature opening music and top-notch creative execution, Succession is one of the easiest shows on HBO Max to get lost in this week.

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