Max to Add 21 New Titles This Week – Here’s the 3 Most Interesting

By Phillip Swann
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Max, the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max, this week (November 11-17, 2024) plans to add 21 new TV shows and movies to its lineup. Here are the three most interesting new titles, in my humble opinion:

Dune: Prophecy, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Warner Bros. takes a stab at extending the Dune sci-fi franchise with this prequel set roughly 10,000 years before the original movie’s timeline. Emily Watson and Olivia Williams star as sisters, Valya and Tula, who lead a band of women that will battle evil forces threatening humanity’s very existence. First episode debuts Sunday, November 17.

Call Me Ted
And speaking of going to the company well, Max will roll out a six-part documentary on Ted Turner, the rambunctious “Mouth of the South” who started CNN and Turner Networks, crown jewels in the Warner Bros. Discovery’s portfolio. Despite Turner’s extraordinary career, I’m not sure it’s worth six episodes but I wouldn’t want to be the WBD executive to tell him that. (Turner is still kicking at 85.) Maybe his marriage to Jane Fonda will get two episodes. Debuts Wednesday, November 13.

Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid (CNN Films)
And if you haven’t gotten your political fix yet this month, Max will debut Carville: Winning it Everything, Stupid, a documentary on James Carville, the former Clinton strategist and infamous Louisiana loudmouth (That’s a compliment.) The cameras follow Carville during an 18-month period in 2023 and 2024 when he lobbied to persuade President Biden to withdraw from the race (mission accomplished albeit with disappointing consequences for his party.) Debuts Thursday, November 14.

Complete List of New Titles Coming to Max This Week 

Monday, November 11
Bellator: Fight Week Paris, Season 7

Tuesday, November 12
Christina in the Country, Season 2 (HGTV)
Moonshiners, Season 15 (Discovery)
Operation Undercover, Season 1 (ID)
TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture, Season 1 (CNN Original Series)

Wednesday, November 13
Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown (Food Network) (following linear debut)
Call Me Ted
Don’t Hate Your House with the Property Brothers, Season 1 (HGTV)

Thursday, November 14
A Very Merry Rickmas Yule Log
Calcifer Yule Log
Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid (CNN Films)
Harry Potter: Fireplace (Yule Log)
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, Season 1 (Food Network)
Lost Monster Files, Season 1 (Discovery)
The Dog House: UK, Season 5 Christmas Special (Max Original)

Friday, November 15
Casi el Paraíso (2024)
The Last Woodsmen, Season 1 (Discovery)

Saturday, November 16
Cleats & Convos, Episode 107

Sunday, November 17
Dune: Prophecy, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Dynasties II, Season 1 (discovery+)
First-Time Buyer’s Club, Season 2 (OWN)

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