Femme StaffHere is an exclusive lineup of Showmax’s must-watch series hitting your screens this November.
From sci-fi spectacle to heart-stopping thrillers, this list includes something for every type of viewer. Leading the charge is the highly anticipated Dune: Prophecy, along with other titles like Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, ready to make their mark on the streaming scene.
DUNE: PROPHECY | Mondays from 18 November at 21:00 on Showmax & M-Net
From Frank Herbert’s expansive Dune universe, Dune: Prophecy is set 10 000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, following two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.
Inspired by the 2012 novel Sisterhood of Dune, written by Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, the prequel series stars Oscar nominee Emily Watson (Chernobyl), multiple-award winner Olivia Williams (The Crown), and Critics Choice Super Award nominee Travis Fimmel (Vikings). Also look out for BAFTA nominee Mark Strong (Shazam!, 1917) and Cannes winner Jodhi May (The Witcher)).
The series is co-produced by HBO and Legendary Television, with Legendary also producing the film franchise that has released two instalments to critical acclaim, the first of which took home six Oscars.
FIGHT NIGHT: THE MILLION DOLLAR HEIST | Wednesdays from 13 November
Based on the acclaimed true-crime podcast, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist stars Emmy nominee Kevin Hart as Chicken Man, a hustler who hosts a glamorous afterparty to celebrate Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight, with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest. When the night ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history, Chicken Man finds himself a prime suspect in the eyes of his old adversary, Detective JD Hudson (Oscar nominee Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force.
The Peacock Original’s stellar cast also includes Oscar nominees Samuel L Jackson, Taraji P Henson and Terrence Howard.
Fight Night has a 96% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, at #21 on their list of the best TV of 2024 so far. As the critics’ consensus there says, “Skillfully weaving an inflection point in Black culture into a rollicking heist story, Fight Night is punchy entertainment with a never-better Kevin Hart broadening his dramatic range.”
THE PENGUIN S1 | Mondays until 11 November
Following the events of The Batman, Oz Cobb, AKA the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of Gotham’s crime world.
Directed by Emmy nominee Craig Zobel (Mare of Easttown), The Penguin co-stars an unrecognisable Colin Farrell as The Penguin, with Critics Choice Super Award winner Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs, Made for Love, Fargo) as Sofia Falcone.
Executive produced by The Batman director Matt Reeves, The Penguin is at #1 on IMDb’s most popular TV chart, with an 8.8/10 rating, and at #75 on their all-time top rated TV chart. The HBO show also has a 94% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Guardian giving it five-stars and saying, “Colin Farrell deserves all the awards… The Irish actor is a revelation in a series that’s so twisty it leaves you breathless.”
HYSTERIA! | First on Showmax | Binge from Friday, 1 November
Hysteria! kicks off when a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, and a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realises they can capitalise on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band. But a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings, and reported “supernatural activity” triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that soon leads directly back to them.
The coming-of-age thriller stars Emjay Anthony, Kezii Curtis and Critics Choice nominee Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer) as the band members, supported by the likes of Fangoria Chainsaw nominee Milly Shapiro (Hereditary), Emmy winner Julie Bowen (Modern Family), MTV Movie Award winner Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, True Blood), and Critics Choice nominee Garret Dillahunt (The Dead Don’t Hurt), with horror legend Bruce Campbell (Ash in the Evil Dead franchise) as the local chief of police.
Hysteria! has an 86% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with AVClub calling it“a devil of a good time”.
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THE S*X LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS S3 | First on Showmax | Fridays from 22 November
Season 3 of The S*x Lives of College Girls returns to Essex College for sophomore year with Bela, Kimberly, Leighton, and Whitney all facing major changes in their lives after the turbulent Season 2 conclusion.
Reneé Rapp is focussing on her music career, so we’ll be seeing less of Leighton this season, but Pauline Chalamet (Kimberly), Amrit Kaur (Bela) and Alyah Chanelle Scott (Whitney) are all back.
The new season promises longer episodes, which means more fun, more drama and, of course, more epic parties – think male lingerie fashion show, a queer rodeo, and a ball pit party, plus the show’s first Halloween episode.
Created by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (Never Have I Ever, The Office) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Justin Noble, the 18SNL-rated series boasts a 95% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and has been nominated for two GLAAD Media Awards and the MTV TV Awards’ “Here for the Hookup” prize.
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FOUND S2 | First on Showmax | Tuesdays from 26 November
Hunt the enemy. Save the missing.
Found returns with a gripping new season of shocking twists centring on recovery specialist Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton from Shameless) and her crisis management team as they work tirelessly to find missing people forgotten by the system. They’ll stop at nothing to solve these cases because for them, it’s personal – every member of the team has firsthand experience with a mysterious disappearance.
After bringing her darkest secret to light, Gabi must rebuild trust with her team and face her escaped kidnapper once again in Season 2, all while rescuing the missing people who need her, before it’s too late.
Season 1 was NBC’s biggest-ever launch on Peacock, winning a NAMIC Vision Award for Drama and a Gracie Allen Award for Actress In A Leading Role for Hampton. Found was also up for Outstanding New Series at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards and Outstanding Drama Series at the 2024 Image Awards, where Nigerian-American series creator Nkechi Okoro Carroll (All American, All American: Homecoming) was nominated for Writing.
Kelli Williams (Dr Gillian Foster in Lie to Me, Lindsay Dole in The Practice), Teen Choice winner Brett Dalton (Grant Ward aka Hive in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Paul Johnson in Mixed-ish, Det. John Clark, Jr in NYPD Blue) co-star.
THE GOOD DOCTOR S7 | Binge from Monday, 4 November
The Good Doctor follows Dr Shaun Murphy, a surgeon with autism and Savant syndrome. The farewell season starts with Shaun and Lea (Paige Spara) adjusting to parenthood as Shaun takes on his first case back at the hospital: two baby patients in need of the same heart.
Created by Emmy-winning showrunner David Shore (House MD), The Good Doctor has an 8/10 rating on IMDb and has won multiple awards, with Best Actor nominations for Freddie Highmore at the Golden Globes, People’s Choice Teen Choice and Critics Choice awards.
The Good Doctor goes out on a high: its 10th and final episode this season is also its highest-rated yet on IMDb, with a 9.4/10 score.
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CHICAGO PD S11 | Binge from Monday, 11 November
From Emmy-winning Law & Order franchise creator Dick Wolf, Chicago PD celebrates its 10th year on screen this year. It’s the second show in the hit One Chicago franchise, that also includes Chicago Fire and Chicago Med.
Nominated for a 2024 Imagen Award for Best Drama Series, the popular police procedural follows two different units at the 21st District of the Chicago Police Department: the uniformed cops and the Intelligence Unit.
Season 11 picks up six months after Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) was shot, as he struggles to get back in shape and back on the job, while Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) faces challenges of her own due to the ongoing changes in her personal life.
LaRoyce Hawkins was nominated for the 2024 Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series as Officer Kevin Atwater, while Benjamin Levy Aguilar has won the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for two years in a row as Officer Dante Torres.
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LAW & ORDER: ORGANISED CRIME S4 | Binge from Monday, 18 November
Emmy nominee Christopher Meloni is back in Season 4 of Law & Order: Organised Crime. The seventh series in the mega-hit Law & Order franchise, Organised Crime sees Meloni reprise his long-standing Special Victims Unit role as Elliot Stabler, who’s now back at the NYPD after a devastating personal loss and determined to take on a complex web of criminality.
This season’s guest stars include Oscar winners Ellen Burstyn and Keith Carradine, BAFTA winner Jennifer Ehle, and Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris, as Elliot’s brother, Randall. Also look out for Special Victims Unit stars Tamara Tunie (aka Dr Melinda Warner), Peter Scanavino (aka Assistant DA Dominick Carisi Jr), and Dann Florek (the former Captain Donald Cragen) in several crossover episodes.
Law & Order: Organised Crime has already been renewed for a fifth season.
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BILLY THE KID S2 | Binge from Monday, 25 November
Billy the Kid returns for an epic second season starring Tom Blyth (Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes) as the infamous outlaw.
Already renewed for a third season, the epic romantic adventure from Vikings creator Michael Hirst traces the life of Billy the Kid from his humble Irish roots and his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
The new season opens with a war brewing in Lincoln County between rival businessmen Murphy and Tunstall. After seeing the Irishman’s brutal ways, Billy joins Tunstall in his battle to stop Murphy and the corrupt organisation, the House… even if it means being enemies with his best friend, Jesse. Meanwhile, attorney Mr Catron sends his son-in-law, Mr Waltz, to gather information on Billy.
Season 1 was nominated for several awards in Canada, with Chad Rook winning Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series at the 2023 Leo Awards, where the show won Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series.
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