Best TV Shows to Stream this Weekend on HBO Max, Including ‘We Baby Bears’

This week brings a fresh wave of premieres and returning favorites to HBO Max, from true-crime deep dives and history-spanning documentaries to home-renovation staples and family-friendly animation. Everything here is ready to stream now, with the most recent arrivals leading the pack and a couple of stand-out originals rounding out the list.

Each pick below pairs a quick plot primer with key cast and crew details—creators, producers, and talent—so you know exactly what you’re pressing play on. The selection prioritizes the newest additions first, then HBO/Max Originals and franchise staples.

‘Build for Off Road’ (2024– )

An automotive fabrication series focused on trail-ready rigs, ‘Build for Off Road’ follows shop teams as they transform platforms with upgraded suspensions, axles, gearing, transfer cases, and safety gear. Brenton Productions structures episodes from parts selection and fabrication through wiring, plumbing, and shakedown runs on rock, mud, and sand.

Segments spotlight practical techniques—welding, cage work, and recovery setups—alongside reasoning for component choices like lockers, tire compounds, and brake systems. Each build culminates in a trail test, with failures diagnosed and tuned before a rig is considered trail-proven.

‘Love & Marriage Huntsville’ (2019– )

OWN’s ensemble docuseries tracks entrepreneurs in Huntsville, Alabama, balancing businesses, marriages, and long-standing friendships. The cast features Martell Holt; Marsau and LaTisha Scott; and Maurice and Kimmi Scott, with cameras embedded across work and home life to capture milestones and setbacks.

Seasons are organized around launches, group trips, and reconciliations that ripple through the friend group. Producers intercut storylines to show how co-parenting decisions, joint ventures, and shifting alliances collide across the ensemble.

‘Scott’s Vacation House Rules’ (2020– )

Real-estate investor and contractor Scott McGillivray teams with designer Debra Salmoni to turn dated cottages and cabins into profitable short-term rentals. Episodes break down layout fixes, durable finishes, and amenities that boost bookings, with clear budget targets and before-and-after reveals.

Production, from McGillivray Entertainment, emphasizes repeatable frameworks—zoning checks, seasonal maintenance, and insurance considerations—so the transformations connect directly to rental performance and guest experience.

‘Flipping 101 with Tarek El Moussa’ (2020– )

Hosted by Tarek El Moussa, this mentor-driven series follows first-time investors through buying, renovating, and reselling homes. Pie Town Productions captures on-site walkthroughs, contractor coordination, inspection hurdles, and pricing strategy, with El Moussa breaking down scopes, budgets, and timelines.

Later seasons add granular segments—comps, contingency planning, and resale-minded design—tying choices to margins. Each case study closes with results that map lessons learned to profit or loss.

‘Dylan’s Playtime Adventures’ (2024– )

A preschool animated series, ‘Dylan’s Playtime Adventures’ follows a playful pup who imagines himself into different jobs—doctor, chef, firefighter—and invites friends to join each role-play. Short, self-contained stories emphasize cooperation, problem-solving, and vocabulary for early learners.

A young voice cast guides try-it-yourself activities, and episodes use repeatable learning beats—identify the challenge, gather tools, test an idea, reflect—so parents can easily follow along and reinforce concepts at home.

‘The Tech Bro Murders’ (2025)

This Investigation Discovery true-crime series examines high-profile homicides and scams tied to the tech economy. Episodes reconstruct cases using investigative reporting, law-enforcement accounts, archival material, and expert commentary to lay out motives, digital footprints, and investigative breakthroughs.

Each chapter follows a single case from incident through arrest and trial, detailing how investigators trace money flows, communications, and travel data. Timeline graphics and interviews explain attribution techniques and how evidence is organized for prosecutors.

‘Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television’ (2025)

An HBO documentary series, ‘Seen & Heard’ surveys how Black performers, writers, producers, and executives reshaped American television, using archival footage and new interviews to chart screen representation across decades. Ark Media’s production maps landmark comedies and dramas that shifted portrayals and opportunities.

Episodes also explore the industry pipeline—writers’ rooms, showrunning, and network green-lighting—through conversations with historians, veterans, and contemporary creatives, connecting creative breakthroughs from earlier eras to today.

‘Contraband: Seized at the Border’ (2023– )

Embedded with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at land crossings and ports of entry, this docuseries follows officers using license-plate readers, cargo scanners, K-9 units, and field interviews to intercept narcotics, cash, weapons, and fraudulent documents. Cases span commercial trucks, passenger cars, cargo containers, and pedestrian crossings.

Production documents procedures from initial suspicion to secondary inspection, lab testing, and evidence logging, with agents explaining legal thresholds and tactics. The result is a procedural look at frontline interdiction work across multiple sectors.

‘We Baby Bears’ (2022– )

From Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation, this animated spin-off of ‘We Bare Bears’ follows baby Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear traveling in a magical box in search of a perfect home. Each episode drops the trio into a new world, emphasizing friendship, teamwork, and imaginative problem-solving.

The series features short, self-contained adventures designed for young viewers, with returning creative leadership from the broader ‘We Bare Bears’ franchise and a voice cast that plays up the characters’ distinct personalities.

‘Peacemaker’ (2022– )

James Gunn’s DC series follows Christopher Smith—Peacemaker—on covert black-ops assignments that test his warped idea of “peace.” John Cena leads the ensemble with Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, Chukwudi Iwuji, and Robert Patrick, expanding the character introduced in ‘The Suicide Squad’.

Gunn created the series, wrote most episodes, and directed several, shaping a team-driven storyline that connects to broader DC characters and events. Production comes from Warner Bros. Television with fight choreography, needle-drops, and effects designed around grounded, stunt-heavy action.

Tell us what you’re pressing play on this weekend—and which picks we missed—in the comments.