For the first time in several months, there are no iterations of 90 Day Fiancé on our monthly list of the most popular shows on HBO and Max. And yet the Discovery side of Warner Bros. Discovery boasts the No. 1 show of the moment: Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. That series, along with My 600-lb Life and Mean Girl Murders, make up this month’s allotment of non-HBO or Max originals on the list.
The good news for fans of scripted comedies and dramas is that The Regime and The Girls on the Bus are now joining Curb Your Enthusiasm and Tokyo Vice. Meanwhile, the anime series Ninja Kamui is showing some real staying power during its second month on the list.
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10. My 600-lb Life (2012)
My 600-lb Life isn’t about any single patient. Instead, each episode chronicles years or months in the lives of morbidly obese men and women who struggle to shed the weight that may literally kill them. For some patients, diet and exercise simply isn’t enough, and surgical options are also on the table. Once the battle for getting the weight off begins, the fight to keep it off often proves to be even more challenging.
9. Mean Girl Murders (2023)
8. The Girls on the Bus (2024)
Former Supergirl star Melissa Benoist is back on TV with The Girls on the Bus, a series loosely adapted from the novel Chasing Hilary by Amy Chozick. Although the show does have a Hilary Clinton-like Presidential candidate, Felicity Walker (Hettienne Park), this is not meant to be a direct recreation of the 2016 election. Besides, how many reporters get visions of the late Hunter S. Thompson (P.J. Sosko) giving them advice?
Sadie McCarthy (Benoist) is a New York Sentinel reporter who got a little too close to the Walker campaign in the previous election cycle. This time, Sadie is back on the election trail alongside her fellow journalists Grace (The Fall of the House of Usher‘s Carla Gugino), Lola (Natasha Benham), and Kimberlyn (Christina Elmore). The race for the White House is wide open, while Sadie and her work friends may have a lot of hard lessons to learn on the way.
7. Ninja Kamui (2024)
There’s a new anime sensation on Adult Swim, and it’s heating up the charts on Max as well. Ninja Kamui follows Joe Logan, a man who left behind his past as a ninja in order to start a family with his wife, Sara. But when it comes to the life of a shinobi, there is no retirement. Joe’s former ninja clan descends upon them and murders his wife and child before leaving Joe for dead.
Somehow, Joe survives and reclaims his old identity as Joe Higan, an assassin who is so lethal that even John Wick might think twice about fighting him. Now, it’s Joe’s turn to cut a bloody path through his enemies to avenge his fallen family.
6. Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (2024)
Is Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show actually a reality show? The line between comedy and reality tends to blur in the life of comedian Jerrod Carmichael, who only came out as gay in 2022. Some of the fallout from that revelation plays out in this series, particularly during Carmichael’s scenes with his mother, who does not approve of his sexuality.
Carmichael also tends to be his own worst enemy during his relationship with a man named Michael, whom he appears to cheat on routinely. This series doesn’t always paint its star in the best light, and in that way, it feels more real than many other reality shows.
5. The Regime (2024)
It’s hard to be a chancellor when you’re the only thing holding a dictatorship together. That’s the issue at hand for Elena Vernham, as played by Kate Winslet in The Regime, her first project for HBO since her 2021 Emmy-winning turn in Mare of Easttown.
After nearly seven years of leading her country, Elena’s mind starts to crack from the pressure, and she becomes unstable and paranoid. Perhaps Elena has good reasons to be afraid because the people of her country are pushing back against her rule. In a bid to maintain her control, Elena has turned to a disgraced soldier, Herbert Zubak (Matthias Schoenaerts), for advice and guidance. However, Zubak’s “help” may only hasten Elena’s fall from power.
4. Tokyo Vice (2022)
How far would you go to get the story of a lifetime? Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) thought he had all the answers in Tokyo Vice. But in the second season, Jake is learning the hard way that there are no easy resolutions in Tokyo’s criminal underworld.
As an expatriate from the United States, Jake moved to Japan to make his name as a crime reporter for a major newspaper during the late ‘90s. Unfortunately for Jake, he may come to regret making those life choices, especially as he finds himself pulled deeper and deeper into an abyss of his own making.
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Nobody has a Larry David moment quite like Larry David himself. The final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm has arrived, and Larry has inadvertently found himself in the middle of another mess simply by giving someone water while they were waiting in line to vote in Georgia. There’s an actual law against that, in case you were wondering.
Naturally, any goodwill that Larry gets from that accidental act of “heroism” will only be fleeting because he’s a master at undermining himself and alienating even his closest friends. It’s just how Larry is, and that’s why we’ve loved laughing at him for the past 24 years.
2. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)
Few shows have seized the cultural moment quite like Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. It’s quite possible that’s because the kids who grew up watching Nickelodeon shows are now adults, and they didn’t realize just how terrible things were behind the scenes for the young actors and actresses who lived through the experience.
A lot of the harsh light of day falls on producer Dan Schneider and his relationships with the young performers as well as his creative team. In a standout episode, Drake Bell recounts in chilling detail his abuse at the hands of his dialogue coach, Brian Peck. And as much as Quiet on Set brings these secrets to light, there are still more stories to tell from this era.
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