HBO Max is nothing if not a goldmine of content, with basically something to watch for everyone, and today we are making a list of the best 8 new shows on HBO Max in January 2022 you can watch right now. The shows in this list are not ranked.
Snowpiercer Season 2 (Jan. 4)
Synopsis: In season two, an entirely new power struggle emerges, causing a dangerous rift as people are divided between their loyalty to Layton and to Mr. Wilford, who has a new train, new technology and a game plan that keeps everyone guessing. While Layton battles Wilford for the soul of Snowpiercer, Melanie leads the charge on a shocking new discovery that could change the fate of humanity.
Search Party Season 5 (Jan. 7)
Synopsis: In the final season of Search Party, Dory (Alia Shawkat) enters a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) on the other side of her near-death experience. Dory folds her old friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) into the venture as they embark on an altruistic but terrifying journey.
Euphoria Season 2 (Jan. 9)
Synopsis: Multimedia superstar Zendaya stars in this drama series that follows a group of high-school students as they navigate a mine field of drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship in today’s increasingly unstable world.
The Righteous Gemstones Season 2 (Jan. 9)
Synopsis: From the creative team behind “Vice Principals” and “Eastbound and Down” comes a comedy series about a celebrity televangelist family behind a big-money megachurch. Danny McBride stars as Jesse Gemstone, the eldest of three grown children, who receives a blackmail video that could put his reputation at risk. Edi Patterson, Adam Devine and John Goodman co-star.
Peacemaker (Jan. 13)
Synopsis: PEACEMAKER explores the continuing story of the character that John Cena reprises in the aftermath of executive producer James Gunn’s 2021 film The Suicide Squad – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it! The series stars John Cena as Peacemaker, Danielle Brooks as Adebayo, Freddie Stroma as Vigilante, Jennifer Holland as Harcourt, Chukwudi Iwuji as Murn, Steve Agee as Economos and Robert Patrick as Auggie Smith.
The Last O.G Season 4 (Jan. 21)
Synopsis: Tray (Tracy Morgan) is an ex-con who is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from prison for good behavior after a 15-year stint. Returning to his newly gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood, he discovers that his former girlfriend, Shay (Tiffany Haddish), has married an affable, successful white man (Ryan Gaul) who is helping raise the twins (Taylor Mosby and Dante Hoagland) Tray never knew existed. Wanting nothing more than to connect with his kids, but having neither the money to support them nor himself, Tray falls back on the skills he learned in prison to make ends meet while treading unfamiliar territory.
The Gilded Age (Jan. 24)
Synopsis: The Gilded Age begins in 1882 with young Marian Brook (Jacobson) moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Baranski) and Ada Brook (Nixon). Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?
Pennyworth Season 1 & 2 (Jan. 24)
Synopsis: The DC origin series PENNYWORTH follows Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with young billionaire Thomas Wayne, years before he becomes Bruce Wayne’s father. With England on the brink of chaos, Alfred Pennyworth navigates a world of secrets and betrayals.
This concludes the list of the best 8 new shows on HBO Max in January 2022. So tell us in the comments which show are you most excited to see?
