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]
Original programming [ edit ]
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
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
These shows have been commissioned by Cinemax in cooperation with a partner from another country.
Title
Partner/Country
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
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
Classic programming [ edit ]
Title
Genre
Premiere
Seasons
Length
Status
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
^ Shain, Michael (February 14, 2011). "HBO's stealth plan to kill off 'Skinemax' " . New York Post . Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
^ "Cinemax GO - Sunset Notice" . National Cable Television Cooperative. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022 .
^ Goldberg, Lesley (July 28, 2015). "It's Official: Cinemax Cancels 'Banshee' " . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 23, 2017). " 'The Knick' Canceled After 2 Seasons As Cinemax Focuses On Action Dramas" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 2, 2018). "Robert Kirkman's 'Outcast' Officially Dead at Cinemax" . Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (May 31, 2017). "Quarry Cancelled at Cinemax, Creators Unable to Find Drama a New Home" . TVLine . Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018 .
^ Petski, Denise (April 14, 2021). " 'Warrior' Renewed For Season 3, Moving From Cinemax To HBO Max" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 14, 2021 .
^ Brown, Maggie (November 14, 2012). "BBC1's Hunted laid to rest" . The Guardian . Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
^ "Breaking News - Cinemax Limited Drama Series "Rellik" Debuts April 13" . The Futon Critic . March 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
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