HBO Max Channels

HBO Max offers two main live channels: CNN Max (a 24-hour news station) and HBO. It also offers a few additional channels, including HBO 2, HBO Signature, HBO Comedy, and HBO Zone, if one HBO channel wasn’t enough for you.

It does much better with live sports: the B/R Sports hub provides live access to baseball, basketball, and more.

Unfortunately, CNN Max, HBO, and B/R Sports are paywalled and are no longer available to subscribers at the cheapest Basic with Ads tier. Basic subscribers lose out on all live content, but still get access to content from all of HBO Max’s branded channel hubs, including on-demand HBO shows.

HBO Max channel hubs

The HBO Max hubs, or brands, include the obvious, like Max Originals (exclusive HBO Max shows and movies) and HBO (original and acquired shows and movies from HBO). Plus, beginning May 23, 2023, eight more channels were added thanks to HBO Max’s merger with Discovery+.

Now favorites like HGTV, TLC, and the Food Network are available to stream on HBO Max—although you’ll still need cable to be able to watch new episodes of your favorite shows.

Here’s a little more about each of HBO Max’s content hubs.

Max Originals

The Flight Attendant, Legendary, Hacks, and the rest of HBO Max’s growing library of originals reside in—where else?—the Max Originals hub.

These are series, movies, and documentaries that can be found only on HBO Max and don’t cross over into HBO proper, though some titles can be found in other hubs (like Doom Patrol, which also shows up in the DC hub).

HBO on HBO Max

The HBO hub features shows and movies from the original cable/satellite HBO network, like The White Lotus, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and, of course, Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.

Most of the series, movies, and documentaries are made available on HBO Max around the same time as they air live on HBO (if you’ve been streaming on-demand HBO for a while, it’s easy to forget that HBO is a live cable channel). HBO hub content can be sorted by “Featured,” “Series,” “Movies,” “Comedy,” “Documentaries,” and “Drama.”

DC on HBO Max

Remember the DC Universe streaming service? HBO parent company WarnerMedia shut it down and folded all of its DC Comics–related content into HBO Max, making shows like Doom Patrol and Titans Max Originals.

The DC hub is also home to DC series from The CW (like Batwoman and Stargirl), animated shows (like Batman Beyond and Justice League Dark), and blockbuster movies (like Zack Snyder’s Justice League and The Suicide Squad).

Wizarding World on HBO Max

TCM on HBO Max

Movie buffs will find plenty to geek out about in the Turner Classic Movies hub, which is loaded with acclaimed films from the ‘30s to the present.

In the TCM hub, iconic movies like Casablanca and Gone with the Wind are featured alongside horror films like Eraserhead, indie flicks like Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, and comedy hits like Blazing Saddles.

Adult Swim Collection on HBO Max

From classics like The Venture Bros. and Harvey Birdman to newer hits like Rick and Morty and Royal Crackers, HBO Max’s Adult Swim Collection hub has most of the hot weirdness from your favorite overnight channel.

There are a few missing series, like The Eric Andre Show and Dream Corp LLC, but the [AS] hub does feature all 13 seasons of Squidbillies and the complete Tim & Eric series trilogy.

Cartoon Network Collection on HBO Max

Like the Adult Swim Collection, HBO Max’s Cartoon Network Collection hub doesn’t feature every show from the cable animation destination, but the good stuff is present. Adventure Time, Craig of the Creek, and more current hits are here, as are past favorites like Courage the Cowardly Dog and The Powerpuff Girls.

Studio Ghibli on HBO Max

HBO Max’s hubs also include anime favorite Studio Ghibli, the film studio behind Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Earwig and the Witch, and more. The Studio Ghibli hub features those movies and 20 more, including The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, a behind-the-scenes documentary about the studio and its animators.

Sesame Workshop on HBO Max

Besides 18 seasons of the iconic Sesame Street series, HBO Max’s Sesame Workshop hub also features the original My Sesame Street Friends, the animated Mecha Builders, plus specials like Sesame Street: The Power of We.

Discovery on HBO Max

As mentioned earlier, the merger of Discovery+ and HBO Max enabled much of the content found on Discovery+ to migrate to the then-newly christened Max streaming service. (Which has since been un-rebranded back to HBO Max as of July 2025. Go Figure.)

It stands to reason, then, that the classic cable Discovery Channel would be one of the hubs added to HBO Max following this move. The Discovery hub on HBO Max contains mostly scientific, outdoorsy, and survival-related content like Mythbusters and Naked and Afraid.

HGTV on HBO Max

The HGTV channel on HBO Max is for all the DIYers out there. Another cable favorite, HGTV has about every show you could possibly want about buying houses, flipping houses, renovating houses—the whole gamut.

Some favorites include the Property Brothers’ 14 seasons (plus all the spin-offs), Love It or List It, and House Hunters. If you’re looking for Fixer Upper and the rest of the Chip and Joanna Gaines Cinematic Universe, hop over to their new Magnolia Channel, also streaming on HBO Max.

Magnolia Network on HBO Max

The new Magnolia Network is the creation of HGTV presenters-turned-stars in their own right, Chip and Joanna Gaines. The network has similar content, with shows such as the original Fixer Upper, plus new additions under the Magnolia umbrella like Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines, Silos Baking Competition, and Maine Cabin Masters.

Food Network on HBO Max

If you love cooking or just love to eat, there’s plenty of content for you on the Food Network—yet another cable favorite now on HBO Max.

The Food Network channel has plenty of classics like Good Eats, Barefoot Contessa, and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (along with a plethora of other Guy Fieri content). You can also catch competition shows like Iron Chef America and Chopped and Max Originals like What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel in the hub.

TLC on HBO Max

Reality TV addicts should be happy to know that HBO Max also snagged TLC from Discovery+.

TLC has something for everyone, with titles ranging from Say Yes to the Dress and 90 Day Fiancé to Dr. Pimple Popper and Save My Skin, with some Cake Boss sprinkled in (no pun intended).

ID on HBO Max

The ID (Investigation Discovery) channel on HBO Max is your place for all things true crime.

On ID, you can find notorious scandal documentaries like Murdaugh Mysteries: Deadly Dynasty and Jared From Subway: Catching a Monster, as well as cable favorites like Lt. Joe Kenda’s Homicide Hunter.

Travel Channel on HBO Max

The Travel Channel has always offered up an interesting variety of shows on its cable channel, and its HBO Max hub is no different.

Whether you’re into the spooky and paranormal (Ghost Adventures), food and travel (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations), or the weird and historical (Mysteries at the Museum), the Travel Channel’s got you covered.

CNN Originals on HBO Max

Discovery+ got a hold of CNN Originals when the CNN+ streaming service shut down back in 2022. Now that content has found its new home on HBO Max.

The CNN Originals hub contains documentaries like Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, and the Max Original The Last of the Movie Stars.

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