21 Great Things to Watch on Max This Summer

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Summer is time for BBQ, beaches — and binging on Max. Here are 21 good reasons to do so, from prestige TV series to the French Open, from hidden gems to famous classic films.

Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker, 60) and her OG BFFs Miranda (Cynthia Nixon, 59) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis, 60) are back for the third season of the sequel to HBO’s iconic Sex and

the City. If you’re keeping score, you’ll be happy to know that John Corbett, 64, is back too, so we’ll see how Carrie and Aidan’s relationship develops this summer. 

Watch it: And Just Like That…

Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes, 75, brings his 1880s upper class drama back for another spin around the mansion this summer. Carrie Coon (now of The White Lotus fame) stars as upwardly

mobile Bertha, trying to marry off her daughter — but the youngster has silly newfangled ideas about marrying for love. Joining the cast: Phylicia Rashad, 76, and Leslie Uggams, 82, as

snooty Newport matriarchs and Andrea Martin, 78, as Madame Dashkova, who speaks to (and maybe for) the dead.

Watch it: The Gilded Age

Get your summer superhero on when wrestler-turned-actor John Cena returns for a second season as Christopher Smith, aka Peacemaker, in this black comedy series that’s a follow-up to the DC

comics-inspired film Suicide Squad. The new season promises to take off from events from the plotlines of that other DC guy, Superman, but remember: Peacemaker is always on a quest for peace

and will “kick evildoers’ butts at any cost.”

Watch it: Peacemaker

This eight-part series captures with great heart (and humor) the rise to fame of beloved Mexican comic and cultural icon Roberto Gómez Bolaños – AKA Chespirito.

Watch it: Chesperito

Could you hack it in the 1880s? That’s the challenge of this show (also showing on Magnolia) from modern-day dream weavers Chip and Joanna Gaines of Fixer Upper fame. Watch three families –

the Lopers from Alabama, the Hanna-Riggs from Texas and the Halls from Florida – eke out eight weeks of homesteading in a 10,000-acre wilderness without technology, running water or

electricity. And no home do-overs from Chip and Jo!

Watch it: Back to the Frontier