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POSSIBILITIES: SHOWMAX HAS SOME GREAT NEW SHOWS TO SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THIS MONTH
Give His Dark Materials, Watchmen and Godfather of Harlem a chance.
Final seasons of Vikings, Silicon Valley, South Park mean couch potatoes will need to get embroiled in other TV shows to ease withdrawal before the curtains come down on your favourite shows.
Here are a few possibilities:
First on Showmax. Binge now. Tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Creator Danny McBride (Vice Principals and Eastbound and Down) stars as Jesse, the oldest of three grown Gemstone offspring, who looks to follow in his father’s footsteps, but finds his past sins jeopardising the family ministry. Golden Globe winner John Goodman stars alongside Teen Choice and MTV Movie Awards winner Adam Devine (Pitch Perfect and Modern Family) and Emmy nominee Walton Goggins (Justified).
First on Showmax. Binge now.
A spinoff from the multi-award-winning The Fosters, Good Trouble explores the trials and tribulations of the tenants of downtown LA’s hippest residence, The Coterie. This season, software engineer Mariana (Cierra Ramirez), law clerk Callie (Maia Mitchell) and the rest of The Coterie crew will continue to navigate their early 20s as they deal with breakups, demand equality, find happiness and discover what it means to fight for what you believe in.
First on Showmax. New episodes on Thursdays.
The Vikings push further into Scandinavia as a victorious Bjorn returns from the Battle of the Brothers to find that being a hero and a leader comes with its own challenges. Torvi and Ubbe search for clues to Floki’s whereabouts in Iceland, while Ivar follows the silk road to Russia, where he encounters a ruler even more merciless and unpredictable than himself. Meanwhile, Lagertha’s hopes for a quieter life on her own farm are threatened by new dangers closer to home. Created by British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) nominated writer/producer Michael Hirst (Elizabeth and The Tudors), Vikings stars Alexander Ludwig (Teen Choice Villain award winner for The Hunger Games) as Bjorn, Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha in a Critics Choice-nominated performance and Gustaf Skarsgård (Westworld) as Floki.
First on Showmax. Binge from Monday.
A collaboration between Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead) and Alec Berg (Barry), Silicon Valley takes a comedic look at the modern-day epicentre of the hightech gold rush, where the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Thomas Middleditch stars in an Emmy-nominated role as Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper. The Emmy-nominated comedy returns for a final season that finds Richard and the Pied Piper guys finally seeing the fruits of their labour – but realising that a bigger company means much bigger problems…
First on Showmax.
Binge from December 16. Marvel’s Runaways is the story of six very different teenagers who can barely stand each other but have to unite against a common foe – their parents. Season 3 sees the runaways searching for their captured friends Gert, Chase, and Karolina. An unstoppable enemy targets Leslie and the child she is carrying and the runaways are drawn into a dark realm ruled by Morgan le Fay (Elizabeth Hurley from Austin Powers and Gossip Girl), the most wicked foe they have ever faced. Look out for a Cloak & Dagger crossover this season too! Runaways stars Teen Choice winner Gregg Sulkin (Faking It), Ariela Barer (Atypical), Rhenzy Feliz (Teen Wolf ), Lyrica Okano (The Affair), and Virginia Gardner (The Goldbergs).
First On Showmax. New episodes every Tuesday.
Lyra’s search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and sets off a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. The fantasy’s cast includes child stars Dafne Keen (Logan) and Amir Wilson as Lyra and Will, supported by Golden Globe winner Ruth Wilson (The Affair and Luther), Golden Globe nominee James McAvoy (X-Men) and Bafta winner Helen McCrory (Harry Potter and The Queen). Oscar winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) is one of the directors.
New episodes every Monday. Inspired by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic DC graphic novel, Watchmen is set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk and Seven Seconds) leads a strong cast as Angela Abar, alongside the likes of Oscar winners Jeremy Irons and Louis Gossett Jnr, Golden Globe winner Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson (Oh Brother Where
Art Thou), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) and Adelaide Clemens (The Great Gatsby). The series is created by Emmy winner Damon Lindelof (Lost and The Leftovers), with Andrij Parekh (Succession), Nicole Kassell (The Following), Emmy nominee Stephen Williams (Westworld) and Oscar nominee Steph Green (The Americans) among the directors.
New episodes every Monday.
It’s hard being a kid growing up in South Park, Colorado – what, with all the insane adults, deranged celebrities and occasional talking turd. Cartman sends an anonymous tipoff that Kyle is an illegal immigrant, leading Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain and separate his family because his dad can’t find their passports. So, South Park is as topical as ever, or – as Forbes puts it – “Reality has never resembled South Park as much as it does today.”
New episodes every Tuesday.
In the early 1960s, infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Oscar winner Forest Whitaker) returns from 10 years in prison to find the neighbourhood he once ruled in a shambles. With the streets controlled by Vincent “Chin” Gigante (Emmy nominee Vincent D’Onofrio from Daredevil and Jurassic World) and the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. During the brutal battle, he forms an alliance with radical preacher Malcolm X (Nigel Thatch from Selma). From the creators of Narcos, Godfather of Harlem shows how the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement collided during one of the most tumultuous times in American history.
– Citizen reporter