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] 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
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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
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
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