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    Home » Streaming » 11 Series you can stream on Showmax in August 2025

    11 Series you can stream on Showmax in August 2025

    Henno KrugerBy Henno Kruger Streaming 10 Mins Read45 ViewsJuly 31, 2025
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    Get ready to mark your calendars, because August 2025 is bringing an incredible lineup of movies and TV shows to Showmax!

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    From gripping documentaries and highly anticipated sequels to acclaimed dramas and laugh-out-loud comedies, there’s something for everyone.

    Dive into the fascinating stories of Hollywood legends, sing along with global music sensations, and prepare for edge-of-your-seat thrillers. Discover what’s new and when you can start streaming these must-watch titles.

    Here are 11 Series you can stream on Showmax in August 2025

    1. Dexter: Original Sin Season 1

    9 PM on Tuesdays on M-Net | Wednesdays on Showmax

    Twenty-year-old forensic intern Dexter Morgan is about to become everyone’s favourite vigilante serial killer… Showtime’s most streamed Original ever, the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin is set in Miami in 1991, 15 years before the start of the multi-award-winning original series.

    Patrick Gibson (The OA, Shadow and Bone) stars as the young Dexter, with Golden Globe winner Christian Slater as his father, Harry. The cast also includes Emmy nominee Patrick Dempsey (McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy) and Emmy winner Sarah Michelle Gellar (aka Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Multiple-Emmy nominee Michael C Hall, the original Dexter, voices Dexter’s iconic inner monologue.

    Watch the trailer for the show below:

    You can also binge all eight seasons of the original Dexter on Showmax.

    2. Queen Modjaji Season 1

    Binge on Showmax from Monday, 4 August

    In a land facing desperation and strife, one woman will rise up to save them all. From hit-makers Rhythm World Productions (My Brother’s Keeper, Sibongile & the Dlaminis, Umkhokha the Curse), the epic Mzansi Magic period drama is inspired by the legendary rainmaker, the first Queen Modjadji, whose bloodline has ruled Southern Africa’s Lobedu clan for centuries.

    The cast includes Makoma Mohale (Scandal!) as Queen Maselekwane Modjadji; with Ngele Ramulondi (Generations: The Legacy) as the young Queen Modjadji, with breakout star Masutang Hope Rasekele as Dzungundini, Queen Modjadji’s mother.

    Watch the trailer for the series below below:

    3. 1923 Season 2

    Binge on Showmax from Wednesday, 6 August

    In Season 2 of 1923, a cruel winter brings new challenges to Dutton Ranch. Donald Whitfield still has his eyes on the ranch, with designs on turning Montana into a playground for the elite.

    Jacob and Cara must buckle down and wait for Spencer to arrive and help them repel the latest attack. Meanwhile, Spencer’s new bride, Alexandra, sets off on her own harrowing trans-Atlantic journey to find him and reclaim their love.

    The Yellowstone prequel stars Timothy Dalton (aka James Bond) as Donald, with Oscar nominee Harrison Ford and Oscar winner Helen Mirren as Jacob and Cara, and Brandon Sklenar and Julia Schlaepfer as Spencer and Alexandra. Mirren won a Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actress: Action and was nominated at last year’s Golden Globes, where 1923 was up for Best TV Series: Drama.

    Season 2 has just been Emmy nominated for its costumes and production design. Season 2 has a 100% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As IndieWire put it, “If only all recent movies were this thrillingly cinematic.”

    In its first seven days, the Season 2 finale attracted over 14m viewers on Paramount+ – a series record. Fun fact: S1 was partly shot in Cape Town.

    Watch the trailer for 1923 Season 2 below:

    4. The Pitt S1

    9 PM on Mondays from 11 August on M-Net, then Showmax

    Among the three most-watched Max series ever, The Pitt returns ER favourite Noah Wyle to the emergency room as Dr Michael “Robby” Robinavitch.

    He faces a gruelling 15-hour shift alongside the staff and interns of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital – aka “The Pitt”. The Pitt is up for 13 Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series, Directing, Writing, Lead Actor (Wyle),

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    Supporting Actress (Katherine LaNasa), and Guest Actor (Shawn Hatosy). Including The Pitt in their Top-Rated TV Shows of 2025 list, IMDb wrote: “HBO Max has done the impossible in creating a medical series unlike anything fans of the genre have ever seen.

    The Pitt is an emotional roller coaster, with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments that bind you to its characters before you’ve even realised what happened. We would trust Noah Wyle to save our lives any day of the week, and twice on Sundays.”

    Watch the trailer for the show below:

    5. Sibongile & The Dlaminis Season 2

    Binge on Showmax from Monday, 11 August

    Mzansi Wethu’s first telenovela, Sibongile & The Dlaminis, was a runaway hit, with over two million live viewers. In Season 2, Nsikelelo Mthiyane takes over the title role originally played by Luyanda Zwane. Sibongile is nursing a broken heart following her short-lived romance with Kwenzo. Will Phetheni find out about the love triangle she is unknowingly part of?

    Will Vuma ever forgive Deliwe and take her back? What of Nomalanga’s pregnancy and Gcina’s involvement? And most importantly, will Sibongile finally get to have her Cinderella moment?

    SAFTA nominee Baby Cele (Shaka iLembe, Uzalo) and Lungelo Tyson Mathonsi (DiepCity) join the stacked cast this season, which also includes Brenda Mhlongo (The River), SAFTA nominees Senzo Radebe and Siyabonga Shibe, Royalty Soapie Award winner Vuyo Biyela, and SAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Thembi Mtshali-Jones.

    Sibongile & The Dlaminis is produced by Rhythm World Productions (My Brother’s Keeper, Sibongile & the Dlaminis, Uzalo).

    Watch a teaser trailer below:

    6. Everybody Still Hates Chris Season 1

    Binge on Showmax from Friday, 11 August

    Chris Rock’s life as a kid in 1980s Brooklyn became an Emmy-nominated series in the early 2000s, Everybody Hates Chris. Now an animated version, Everybody Still Hates Chris, picks up the story.

    Expect new stories, a new look, but the same Chris. The Emmy-winning comedian exec produces and leads a stellar voice cast that includes Teen Choice nominee Terry Crews (Terry in Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Emmy nominee Tichina Arnold (Tina in The Neighborhood), reprising their roles from the original as Chris’ parents, Julius and Rochelle.

    Also listen out for Phil LaMarr (aka Marvin in Pulp Fiction, and the voice of Samurai Jack) and guest stars like Ayo Edebiri and Busta Rhymes. Everybody Still Hates Chris was nominated for Outstanding Animated Series at the 2025 Image Awards.

    You can also re-watch S1 of Everyone Hates Chris on Showmax from 1 August, with S2 from 4 August, S3 from 6 August and S4 from 8 August.

    Watch the trailer below:

    7. Resident Alien Season 4

    Binge from Wednesday, 13 August, first on Showmax

    In the fourth and final season of Resident Alien, Alan Tudyk returns to his Critics Choice Super-nominated role as human imposter Harry Vanderspeigle – and doubles as a shapeshifting alien mantid copycat, who’s visiting the town of Patience while the real Harry is stuck with his baby, Bridget, in a Grey prison on the Moon.

    Tudyk also directed the first two episodes of the season. Clancy Brown voices Mantid, while new cast include Emmy nominee Stephen Root (Barry’s Monroe Fuches) as Harry’s evil alien father and Jewel Staite (Firefly’s Kaylee) as an FBI agent investigating a series of gruesome murders.

    Created by five-time Emmy nominee Chris Sheridan (Family Guy), Resident Alien was nominated as Best Genre Comedy Series at the 2025 Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Previous seasons were nominated for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Series and Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series (for Tudyk) at the Critics Choice Super Awards and named Best Cable Series: Comedy at the Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards.

    Resident Alien has an 8.0/10 score on IMDb and a 98% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Paste Magazine confirming that “Resident Alien remains one of TV’s funniest and most heartfelt shows.”

    Watch the trailer below:

    8. Telemarketers

    Binge from Thursday, 14 August on Showmax

    Nominated for the 2024 Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Telemarketers follows the 20-year-journey of two unlikely whistle-blowers at a shady New Jersey call centre. Executive produced by the Safdie brothers (Uncut Gems) and Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones),

    Telemarkers was hailed as one of the best shows of 2023 by Time, who labelled it “a wild scammer epic – and one of the most exciting docuseries in years.”

    The three-part HBO series was named Best True Crime Documentary at the 2023 Critics Choice Documentary Awards and won a 2025 CinemaEye Honors Award, after being Rotten Tomatoes’ second best-reviewed docuseries of 2023, with a 96% critics’ rating.

    Watch the trailer for Telemarketers below:

    9. Law & Order Season 24

    Binge from Wednesday, 20 August on Showmax

    Co-created by Dick Wolf (Chicago, FBI franchises), Law & Order follows New York’s best detectives and top prosecutors as they try to hold the line for justice. Emmy nominee Maura Tierney (Twisters, The Affair, ER) joins the cast this season as Lieutenant Jessica Brady, while guest stars include Grammy winner Okieriete Onaodowan (Hamilton), Mekhi Phifer (ER) and Katee Sackhoff (The Mandalorian, Battlestar Galactica). There are also two crossover episodes with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Previous seasons won six Emmys.

    Watch the trailer for season 24 below:

    10. The Peacemaker Season 2

    Mondays from 25 August, first on Showmax

    John Cena is back as Christopher “Chris” Smith, aka Peacemaker. This season, DC’s vigilante superhero struggles to reconcile his past with his newfound sense of purpose, while continuing to kick righteous evil-doer butt in his misguided quest for peace at any cost.

    Season 1 was nominated for Critics Choice Super Awards for Best Superhero Series, Actor (Cena) and Actress (Danielle Brooks), as well as for an Emmy for its stunts. Multi-award winner James Gunn (The Guardians of the Galaxy) wrote all eight episodes this season, directing three. New cast members include Frank Grillo (Tulsa King), David Denman (The Office), and Emmy nominee Tim Meadows (Mean Girls).

    Watch the trailer for Season 2 below:

    11. Ten Pound Poms Season 2

    Binge from Wednesday, 27 July on Showmax

    Ten Pound Poms follows a group of Brits escaping post-war Britain to embark on a life-changing adventure on the other side of the world. But life down under isn’t exactly the idyllic dream the new arrivals have been promised. After a challenging first year in Australia,

    Season 2 follows nurse Kate Thorne and the Roberts family into 1957 as they fight for their slice of the Australian dream against all odds. Season 1 won Best TV Series at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival, where Warren Brown (The Responder, Luther) won Best Actor as Terry Roberts.

    Watch the Season 2 trailer below:

    Well, there you have it, 11 series you can stream on Showmax in August 2025. Which one of these series are you looking forward to the most? Leave a comment below and let me know.

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