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Max, the streaming service named afterthe Netflix character who loves Kate Bush, had a messy introduction.
Its broad television offerings are admittedly confusing, even to experts on the Warner Bros.
Discovery library, particularly at a time when the studio is activelykilling its darlings.
Let this be your guide to the best of the weirdest streamer on the market.
Adventure Time
For:Friday nights after youve just had an edible.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
For:Gourmet globe-trotting from the comfort of your couch.
Anthony Bourdain travels the world to get to know cuisines and people from different countries and cities.
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace
For:Orphanbut real.
Natalia was exploited and abandoned by her adoptive parents.
The Established Home
For:Seeking the earnestness of a Drew Barrymore interview.
Like any designer, Stoffer has her go-tos.
If she were a Property Brother, those would have been gutted on day one.
Love & Death
For:When youre feeling gossipy but also in the mood for true crime.
The Middle
For:Absurd comedy with midwestern sincerity.
Nathan for You
For:Cringe humor.
Before Nathan Fielder was on HBO inThe Rehearsal,he was on cable TV.
The O.C.
For:Indie music when it was actually independent; Y2K Chanel.
The 20th anniversary of the premiere ofThe O.C.is coming late this summer.
The Fox teen drama has one of the best pilots in television history.
The series or at least its stellar, 27-episode first season is a pillar of early-2000s civilization.
You could hardly leave your home in the winter of 200304 without being asked, Summer or Anna?
Perhaps most importantly, withoutThe O.C.,cryptocurrency wouldnt have an enemy inBen McKenzie.
La Pitchoune:Cooking in France
For:Absolutely no stakes, culinary or otherwise.
These days, Julia Childs former vacation home in Provence, France, is now a recipe-free cooking school.
Pretty Little Liars
For:Horror references,bubble hems, ombre hair, predictive-text technology.
The series follows the titularPretty Little Liarsas a stalker named A haunts them via text message.
Serving the Hamptonsmight not have a Scandoval, but maybe just give it a decade.
The reality series follows the staff at 75 Main, a popular fine-dining spot in the Hamptons.
Should not even be on, especially since kids can watch it and get how Not to live.
The Earths core squirms every time Stanley Tucci posts a video of himself crafting a cocktail ordescribing Bologneseon Instagram.
Starstruck
For:Raunchy fast-talking Brits, Minnie Driver.
Imagine inadvertently having a one-night stand with an extremely well-known actor on New Years Eve.
The Vampire Diaries
For:Fast-talking vampires making pop-culture references in skinny jeans.
It was also not that serious.
WhileThe Vampire Diariesis noMad Men(or is it?
