HBO Max is packing the week of October 20–26 with a little bit of everything: an Adult Swim grief comedy, a home-reno rescue, a ghost-hunting road trip, a fresh chunk of Teen Titans Go!, and a full-on IT series to cap it off. Toss in some docs, lifestyle TV, and a Whitney Houston biopic, and you have a schedule that is nothing if not eclectic.
Monday starts with the intriguingly titled Haha, You Clowns, a new Adult Swim animated series about a widowed dad and his three sons trying to figure out life after loss. It aims more for tender than edgy: the family leans into everyday chaos and tries to find joy wherever it shows up.
Tuesday shifts to nonfiction. HBO Original Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death of Brent Renaud digs into the career and tragic end of the journalist and filmmaker. CNN Originals has two drops that same day: The Simril(l)s: A Family in Black and White and The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper. Yes, the spelling with the parentheses is how it is listed; no, I cannot explain it, but consider me intrigued.
On Wednesday, HGTV mainstay Mike Holmes returns with Holmes Family Rescue Season 3, where he and his kids swoop in to fix nightmare renovations for folks who got burned by bad contractors. Also landing that day: the feature Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
Thursday goes paranormal with Expedition X Season 10. Hosts Jessica Chobot and Phil Torres trek into spooky places, chase strange claims, and try to separate actual evidence from campfire-story vibes. TLC also drops Dangerously Obese Season 2, if you are in the mood for a heavier (sorry) reality binge.
Friday adds two lighter plays: Magnolia Network’s Lakeside Retreats Season 1 and Cartoon Network’s Teen Titans Go! Season 9D. Yes, 9D is apparently the label we are using now. Either way, Robin and the gang are back doing their chaotic, sugar-rush superhero thing.
And then Sunday brings the headliner: IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1, an HBO Original. Clowns, but not the funny kind. Have fun sleeping.
HBO Max releases for October 20–26, 2025
- Mon, Oct 20: Haha, You Clowns, Season 1 (Adult Swim)
- Tue, Oct 21: Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death of Brent Renaud (HBO Original); The Simril(l)s: A Family in Black and White (CNN Originals); The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Originals)
- Wed, Oct 22: Holmes Family Rescue, Season 3 (HGTV); Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
- Thu, Oct 23: Expedition X, Season 10 (Discovery); Dangerously Obese, Season 2 (TLC)
- Fri, Oct 24: Lakeside Retreats, Season 1 (Magnolia Network); Teen Titans Go!, Season 9D (Cartoon Network)
- Sun, Oct 26: IT: Welcome to Derry, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Also floating around this week: the trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, if you want a quick detour into Westeros between horror clowns and home makeovers.