The following is a list of television series that have been broadcast by the American pay television channel Cinemax.
Although the large majority of Cinemax's programming consists of feature films, the network has produced and broadcast, either in first-run form or as secondary runs, a limited number of television series over the course of the network's existence.
In February 2011, it was announced that Cinemax would begin to offer mainstream original programming to compete with sister channel HBO, and rivals Showtime and Starz; the channel is slated to develop action-oriented original mainstream series aimed at males ages 18–49. The decision is also in part due to competition from other on-demand movie services such as Netflix and iTunes, and to change Cinemax's image from a channel mostly known for its former Max After Dark programming. [1] With the launch of the HBO Max streaming service in 2020, Cinemax's non-adult library of programming shifted to that service throughout 2021, and original programming for the network has all but been depreciated under the ownership of AT&T, then Warner Bros. Discovery, with the desktop "Cinemax Go" service ending on July 31, 2022. [2]
Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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Banshee | Action drama crime thriller | January 11, 2013 | 4 seasons, 38 episodes | 43–59 min. | Ended [3] |
The Knick | Period medical drama | August 8, 2014 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes | 43–57 min. | Ended [4] |
Outcast | Horror | June 3, 2016 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes | 44–55 min. | Ended [5] |
Quarry | Crime drama | September 9, 2016 | 1 seasons, 8 episodes | 48–81 min. | Ended [6] |
Warrior | Martial arts drama | April 5, 2019 | 2 season, 20 episodes | 44–60 min. | Moved to Max [7] |
Jett | Crime drama | June 14, 2019 | 1 season, 9 episodes | 53–64 min. | Ended |
Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus | Comedy | September 22, 2017 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes | 24–29 min. | Ended |
These shows have been commissioned by Cinemax in cooperation with a partner from another country.
Title | Partner/Country | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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Strike Back | Sky One/United Kingdom | Action drama | August 12, 2011 | 8 seasons, 76 episodes | 42–48 min. | Ended |
Hunted | BBC One/United Kingdom | Action drama | October 19, 2012 | 1 season, 8 episodes | 58–59 min. | Ended [8] |
Rellik | BBC One/United Kingdom | Crime drama | April 13, 2018 | 1 season, 6 episodes | 62 min. | Miniseries [9] |
C.B. Strike | BBC One/United Kingdom | Crime drama | June 1, 2018 | 2 seasons, 11 episodes | 59–61 min. | Moved to HBO |
Trackers | Thriller | June 5, 2020 | 1 season, 6 episodes | 52–56 min. | Ended |
Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status | Info |
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SCTV Channel | Sketch comedy | November 22, 1983 | 1 season, 18 episodes | 45 min. | Ended | Co-production with Superchannel of Canada |
Title | Genre | Premiere | Seasons | Length | Status |
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Erotic Confessions | Erotica | 1992 | 6 seasons, 59 episodes | 30 min. | Ended |
Hot Line | January 6, 1995 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes | |||
Nightcap | June 2, 1999 | 1 season, 13 episodes | |||
The Pleasure Zone | September 3, 1999 | ||||
Passion Cove | March 3, 2000 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes | 28 min. | ||
Thrills | June 2, 2001 | 1 season, 13 episodes | 30 min. | ||
The Best Sex Ever | May 3, 2002 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes | |||
Hotel Erotica | October 4, 2002 | 29 min. | |||
Black Tie Nights / Hollywood Sexcapades | June 4, 2004 | 28 min. | |||
Sex Games Vegas / Sex Games Cancun | May 6, 2005 | 30 min. | |||
Hotel Erotica Cabo | January 6, 2006 | 1 season, 13 episodes | 22 min. | ||
The Erotic Traveler | February 3, 2007 | 30 min. | |||
Sin City Diaries | June 1, 2007 | 30 min. | |||
Co-Ed Confidential | November 2, 2007 | 4 seasons, 52 episodes | 23 min. | ||
Zane's Sex Chronicles | October 11, 2008 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes | 30 min. | ||
Forbidden Science | January 9, 2009 | 1 season, 13 episodes | 23 min. | ||
Lingerie | July 3, 2009 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes | 30 min. | ||
Life on Top | October 3, 2009 | ||||
Femme Fatales | Thriller | May 13, 2011 | 2 seasons, 28 episodes | 25 min. | |
Skin to the Max | Erotica | August 19, 2011 | 2 seasons, 10 episodes | 30 min. | |
Chemistry | 1 season, 13 episodes | ||||
The Girl's Guide to Depravity | February 24, 2012 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes | |||
Working Girls in Bed | January 23, 2013 | 1 season, 4 episodes | |||
Zane's The Jump Off | March 29, 2013 | 1 season, 13 episodes | |||
Topless Prophet | May 30, 2014 | 1 season, 10 episodes | |||
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