HBO Max loads up March with buzzy originals, major movie drops, and a packed March Madness slate.

HBO Max is stacking its March 2026 lineup with a mix of high-profile originals, returning fan favorites, and notable film additions designed to keep subscribers glued to the platform as spring approaches. From prestige limited series and sharp new comedies to sports programming and library favorites, the month signals a confident programming push from Warner Bros. Discovery.

Leading the charge is the HBO Original limited series DTF St. Louis, debuting March 1. The seven-episode drama centers on a messy middle-age love triangle that spirals into deadly consequences, with a cast anchored by Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini. Episodes will roll out weekly, positioning the show as one of the platform’s key watercooler plays heading into the spring television cycle.

The following week brings another major debut with the HBO Original comedy Rooster on March 8. Starring Steve Carell alongside Danielle Deadwyler and Phil Dunster, the college-set comedy explores the complicated relationship between an author and his daughter. With Bill Lawrence attached as co-showrunner, the series arrives with strong pedigree and clear mainstream appeal.

March also marks the long-awaited return of The Comeback. The Lisa Kudrow comedy officially launches its third and final season on March 22, more than a decade after season two. The revival signals HBO Max’s continued interest in legacy IP that can drive both nostalgia and prestige conversation.

On the documentary front, Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare premieres March 10, revisiting the devastating 2011 disaster that threatened one of the world’s largest metropolitan regions. Later in the month, the five-part series Born to Bowl (March 16) dives into the colorful world of professional bowling, following top competitors as they chase glory on the PBA Tour.

Film additions are equally notable. The spoof comedy Fackham Hall arrives March 6, blending Downton Abbey-style aristocratic drama with broad comedic chaos. Toward the end of the month, From the World of John Wick: Ballerina hits the platform March 27, starring Ana de Armas as an assassin in training during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. The film is expected to draw strong action-fan engagement.

Beyond originals, HBO Max is padding the library with an eclectic mix of modern favorites and classics, including Everything Everywhere All at Once, Little Miss Sunshine, Call Me by Your Name, Memento, and the original Spider-Man trilogy. The strategy reflects the platform’s continued emphasis on deep catalog value alongside splashy premieres.

Sports will also play a major role in March engagement. HBO Max is heavily promoting its March Madness coverage, promising multiview streaming, key-moment replays, and enhanced in-player features throughout the tournament window. The service will carry the action from the First Four through the Elite Eight, underscoring Warner Bros. Discovery’s growing push into premium live sports streaming.

The broader takeaway is clear: HBO Max is aiming for breadth and stickiness. With prestige originals, recognizable franchises, live sports, and comfort-food catalog titles all landing in the same month, the streamer is positioning March 2026 as a high-engagement period designed to reduce churn and boost weekly viewing habits.

For subscribers — and for competitors watching closely — March on HBO Max looks anything but quiet.

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Series

Debuts March 1

DTF ST. LOUIS | HBO Original Limited Series

A limited series about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise that leads to one of them ending up dead.

Cast: Jason Bateman, David Harbour, Linda Cardellini, Richard Jenkins, Joy Sunday, Arlan Ruf, Peter Sarsgaard, and Chris Perfetti.

Credits: Written and directed by showrunner Steven Conrad. Executive producers include Steven Conrad, Jason Bateman, David Harbour; Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch for Escape Artists; Molly Allen; Bruce Terris; Michael Nelson; Michael Costigan for Bateman’s Aggregate Films; KC Wenson for Bravo Axolotl; Jennifer Scher for Elephant Pictures; James Lasdun; and MGM Television.

Debuts March 8

ROOSTER | HBO Original Comedy Series

A comedy set on a college campus centering on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.

Cast: The series stars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley, and Lauren Tsai.

Credits: ROOSTER, from co-showrunners Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, is executive produced by Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, and Liza Katzer for Doozer, Matt Tarses, Jonathan Krisel, Barbie Adler, Annie Mebane, David Stassen, Anthony King, David Hyman, and Steve Carell. The studio is Warner Bros. Television, where both Doozer and Tarses are under overall deals.

Debuts March 22

THE COMEBACK S3 | HBO Original Comedy Series

A decade after season two, the HBO Original comedy series THE COMEBACK, from Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, will return again for a third and final season.

Previously Announced Cast: Lisa Kudrow, Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman, Damian Young and Tim Bagley, Matt Cook, Jack O’Brien, Ella Stiller, John Early, Barry Shabaka Henley, Abbi Jacobson, Tony Macht, Brittany O’Grady, Zane Phillips, Julian Stern, and Andrew Scott.
Credits: THE COMEBACK is created by Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, who executive produce alongside John Melfi and Dan Bucatinsky.

Documentaries

Debuts March 10

FUKUSHIMA: A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE | HBO Original Documentary

In March 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake – the strongest ever recorded in Japan – unleashed a tsunami that devastated the country’s northeast coast. Entire towns were erased and 20,000 lives were lost, but an even greater threat loomed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the giant wave disabled the cooling systems of three reactors. As radiation levels soared and hydrogen explosions tore through the facility, Japan’s leaders faced the unimaginable prospect of evacuating Tokyo – the world’s largest city with 35 million people.

Credits: HBO Documentary Films presents FUKUSHIMA: A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE, a Blast Films Production in association with Dogwoof. Directed by James Jones; co-director and producer, Megumi Inman; executive producers, Tanya Winston, Sacha Baveystock, James Jones, and Danny Horan. For Dogwoof: executive producers, Anna Godas, and Oli Harbottle.

Debuts March 16

BORN TO BOWL | HBO Original Five-Part Documentary Series

BORN TO BOWL takes viewers inside the colorful world of professional bowling, chronicling five stars of the sport – Kyle Troup, Anthony Simonsen, EJ Tackett, Cameron Crowe, and Jason Belmonte – as they chase glory, respect, and much-needed prize money on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour.

Credits: HBO presents BORN TO BOWL, in association with A24, Red Hour Films, Mike Tollin Productions, Lucky Strike Entertainment, and Blue Pixel. Directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte; executive producers, A24, Ben Stiller, John Lesher, Mike Tollin, Jonathan Vogler, Lev Ekster, Carissa Del Bene, James Lee Hernandez, and Brian Lazarte; co-executive producers, Jared Polin, Isaac Solotaroff, Alexander Stevens, Jordan Bogdonavage, and Amy Chaffin. Narrated by Liev Schreiber.

Films

Debuts March 6

FACKHAM HALL [Bleecker Street Film]

A spoof that crosses “Downton Abbey” with “Airplane!” and “Monty Python,” FACKHAM HALL follows lovable pick-pocket Eric Noone as he lands a job at a unique English manor house. He quickly rises through the ranks, and a forbidden romance with lady-of-the-house Rose Davenport blossoms. But when an unexpected murder occurs, Eric gets framed-leaving Rose and her family’s future perilously uncertain.

Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe, Katherine Waterston, Emma Laird, Tom Goodman-Hill, Ramon Tikaram, Tim McMullan, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sue Johnston, Tom Felton, Damian Lewis.

Credits: Written by Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Tim Inman, Jimmy Carr, Patrick Carr. Directed by Jim O’Hanlon. Produced by Danny Perkins, Kris Thykier,and Mila Cottray. Executive Producers Jim O’Hanlon, Jimmy Carr, Patrick Carr, Danielle Brandon, Jacqueline Du Croy, Andrew Karpen, Kent Sanderson, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Jason McNab, Walid Said, Samantha Allwinton, Nick Shumaker, David Levine, Babak Anvari, Lucan Toh, Joey Suquet, Mike Sklut, and Jack Wardlaw.

Debuts March 27

FROM THE WORLD OF JOHN WICK: BALLERINA [Lionsgate Film]

Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.

Cast: Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, with Ian McShane, and Keanu Reeves.

Credits: Directed by Len Wiseman. Written by Shay Hatten. Produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Chad Stahelski.

TITLES COMING TO HBO MAX IN MARCH

*This list may not be comprehensive and is subject to change

March 1

42nd Street

5 Centimeters Per Second

A Lost Lady

A Stolen Life (1946)

A Woman's Face

Above Suspicion

All the President's Men

Along the Great Divide

Angel's Egg

Arrow in the Dust

Badman's Country

Blair Witch

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

Call Me by Your Name

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Dance, Fools, Dance

Dancing Lady

Date Night

Date Night: Extended Edition

DTF St. Louis (HBO Original)

DTF St. Louis (With ASL) (HBO Original)

Ensign Pulver

Evan Almighty

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Final Destination

Final Destination 2

Final Destination 3

Final Destination 5

Flamingo Road

Gentleman Jim

Happy Death Day

Humoresque

In This Our Life

Jimmy the Gent

Juarez

Judy

Kid Galahad

Ladies They Talk About

Little Miss Sunshine

Lola Versus

Marked Woman

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Memento

Men (2022)

Miss Pinkerton

Mr. Skeffington

Old Acquaintance

Paid

Parachute Jumper

Payment on Demand

Satan Met a Lady

Special Agent (1935)

Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Spring Breakers

Sunshine Cleaning

Susan and God

Sweet Bird of Youth

Swiss Army Man

That Certain Woman

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

The Blair Witch Project

The Bride of Frankenstein

The Burning Hills

The Corn Is Green

The Damned Don't Cry

The Fighting 69th

The Final Destination (2009)

The Greatest-Showman

The Greatest-Showman Sing-Along

The Old Maid

The Purchase Price

The Secret Bride

The Star

The Terminator

The Woman on Pier 13

The Women (1939)

The Young Guns (1956)

This Woman Is Dangerous

Three on a Match

Till We Meet Again

V for Vendetta

Valley of the Sun

Vengeance Valley

When Ladies Meet

Winter Meeting

March 2

Tournament of Champions VII (Food Network)

March 3

Bachelor Mansion Takeover, Season 1 (HGTV)

Wild Vacation Rentals, Season 1 (HGTV)

March 4

100 Day Dream Home, Season 7 (HGTV)

Moonshiners: Master Distiller, Season 8 (Discovery)

March 5

Feds, Season 2 (ID)

Flavortown Food Fight, Season 1 (Food Network)

Hunt for the Missing: Chicago, Season 1 (ID)

The World's Tallest Man, Season 1 (TLC)

March 6

Fackham Hall

House Hunters International: Volume 9, Season 207 (HGTV)

Women's Hell, Season 1 (HBO Original)

March 8

Asia (BBC)

Paranormal Caught on Camera, Season 10 (TRVL)

Rooster, Season 1 (HBO Original)

March 10

120 Hours Behind Bars, Season 1 (Discovery)

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (HBO Original)

The Ultimate Baking Championship, Season 1 (Food Network)

March 12

Kevin Hart's Muscle Car Crew, Season 2

Save My Skin, Season 5 (TLC)

Work on the Wild Side, Season 2 (Animal Planet)

March 13

Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 53 (Food Network)

Mira: Life After Divorce, Season 1 (HBO Original)

March 14

The Kitchen, Season 40 (Food Network)

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March 16

Born to Bowl (HBO Original)

Property Brothers: Under Pressure, Season 1 (HGTV)

March 17

Paranormal Revenge, Season 1 (TRVL)

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: What Happened to Nancy Guthrie? (CNN Original)

March 18

7 Little Johnstons, Season 17 (TLC)

March 19

Assassination in the Valley of the Kings (Discovery)

Colosio: Political Assassination (HBO Original)

March 20

House Hunters: Volume 11, Season 252 (HGTV)

March 21

The Pioneer Woman, Season 40 (Food Network)

March 22

Girl Meets Farm, Season 15 (Food Network)

Iyanu, Season 2A (Cartoon Network)

The Comeback, Season 3 (HBO Original)

March 24

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper: The Rise of Christian Nationalism (CNN Original)

March 25

Moonshiners True Crime & Shine, Specials (Discovery)

March 26

Boom Box: Beats and Betrayal

Mysteries of the Abandoned, Season 13 (Discovery)

March 27

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (Lionsgate)

Privileges, Season 1 (HBO Original)

March 30

The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper: 50 Years of Apple (CNN Original)

March 31

The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, Immigration Crackdown: A Year of Enforcement (CNN Original)

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PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHT: MARCH MADNESS

This March, the road to the Elite Eight® runs through HBO Max. Follow the tournament from the opening tip of the First Four® through every dramatic turn – bracket‑busting upsets, breakout underdog stories, and shocking late‑game moments. With enhanced viewing features including multiview streaming, key moments, in‑player discovery, replays, and expert analysis, HBO Max delivers an all‑access streaming experience.

March Madness

March 17

First Four, TBD

March 18

First Four, TBD

March 19

Round 1, TBD

March 20

Round 1, TBD

March 21

Round 2, TBD

March 22

Round 2, TBD

March 26

Sweet 16, TBD

March 27

Sweet 16, TBD

March 28

Elite Eight, TBD

In addition to all the tournament action, the below basketball‑themed titles are available to stream now on HBO Max.

38 at the Garden (HBO Original)

Celtics City (HBO Original series)

Hoop Dreams

Kobe: The Making of a Legend (CNN Original series)

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (HBO Original)

We Beat the Dream Team (HBO Original)

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO Original series)

Women of Troy (HBO Original)

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LIVE SPORTS IN MARCH

**Live Sports available only on select plans. Plan availability varies by subscription provider. Check with your subscription provider for details. Select games available and blackouts may apply.

Please note this list may not be comprehensive and is subject to change. All times are in ET.

Pre- and post-event programming will also be available to stream live, along with condensed replay highlights available after each event.

NHL on TNT

March 1

Vegas vs Pittsburgh, 1PM

March 3

Florida vs New Jersey, 7PM

Tampa Bay vs Minnesota, 9:30PM

March 8

Minnesota vs Colorado, 2PM

Boston vs Pittsburgh, 4:30PM

March 10

FNY Islanders vs St Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton vs Colorado, 10PM

March 11

Washington vs Philadelphia, 7:30PM

March 15

Toronto vs Minnesota, 7:30PM

March 17

Minnesota vs Colorado, 7:30PM

Tampa Bay vs Seattle, 10PM

March 18

New Jersey vs NY Rangers, 7PM

Dallas vs Colorado, 9:30PM

March 24

Minnesota vs Tampa Bay, 7:30PM

March 25

NY Rangers vs Toronto, 7:30PM

College Basketball

March 1

Women’s Big East – Connecticut vs St. John’s, 7:30PM

March 3

Men’s Big East – Seton Hall vs Xavier, 7PM

March 7

Men’s Big East – Xavier vs Villanova – 12PM

Men’s Big 12 – Cincinnati vs TCU – 2PM

Men's Big East – Providence vs Georgetown - 8PM

Unrivaled 3v3 Basketball

March 2

Unrivaled Semifinals, 7:30PM & 8:45PM

March 4

Unrivaled Finals, 9:30PM

US Soccer

March 1

SheBelieves Cup

Canada vs Colombia, 2PM

USWNT vs Argentia, 5PM

March 4

SheBelieves Cup

Argentina vs Colombia, 3:30PM

USWNT vs Canada, 6:30PM

March 7

SheBelieves Cup

Argentina vs Canada, 12:30PM

USWNT vs Colombia, 3:30PM

March 28

USMNT vs Belgium, 3:30PM

March 31

USMNT vs Portugal, 7PM

MLB

March 31

Season Opener – NY Yankees vs Seattle, 9:30PM

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ALL ELITE WRESTLING (AEW) IN MARCH

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March 4

AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.

March 7

AEW Collision, 8 p.m.

March 11

AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.

March 14

AEW Collision, 8 p.m.

AEW Collision – Countdown to Revolution 2026, 10 p.m.

March 15

AEW Revolution: Zero Hour, 7 p.m.

AEW PPV Revolution, 8 p.m.

March 18

AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.

March 20

All Out 2025 pay-per-view joins archives

Relive All Out 2025 pay-per-view in Toronto as Mox face Darby Allin in a coffin match, Kyle Fletcher challenges Hangman Adam Page for the World Title and the Women’s championship is contested in a four-way battle.

March 21

AEW Collision – Slam Dunk Saturday 2026, 11 p.m.

March 22

AEW Collision – Slam Dunk Sunday 2026, 11 p.m.

March 25

AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m.

March 27
New challengers emerge for MJF's World Championship as AEW Dynamite and Rampage from 2023 join the HBO MAX archives.

March 28

AEW Collision, 8 p.m.