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Adam to Eve

Watch Blessing Lung'aho in this hilarious comedy as a man whose world is turned upside down when a mysterious curse transforms him into a woman.

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Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? is on Showmax

Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (2025)

Comedian Bill Maher offers his scathing commentary on conservative and liberal politics, trends in modern parenting, sex and dating.

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Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night Of Your Life on Showmax

Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night Of Your Life (2025) 

Charm and wit take centre stage as Emmy winner Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) ditches his Roy Kent edge to deliver hilarious insights.

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The Chair Company is on Showmax

The Chair Company S1

After a humiliating incident at work, Ron stumbles onto a hidden conspiracy: beneath everyday life lies a secret world only he can see.

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Blessing Lung'aho opens up about fame, misogyny and his transformation in Adam to Eve

Blessing Lungaho opens up about fame, misogyny, and transforming for Showmax’s gender-swap dramedy Adam to Eve, where he plays three bold roles.

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Inside ‘Adam to Eve’: Filmmaker Alex Konstantaras on His Bold New Showmax Dramedy

Discover how filmmaker Alex Konstantaras flipped the script on gender roles in the new Showmax dramedy Adam to Eve in this exclusive interview.

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Adam to Eve poster

Blessing Lungaho, Celestine Gachuhi & Marya Okoth star in gender swap dramedy Adam to Eve

A hilarious gender swap dramedy starring Blessing Lungaho, Marya Okoth, Ellah Maina & Celestine Gachuhi.

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Elsbeth S1 on Showmax

Elsbeth S2

Elsbeth Tascioni, an unconventional attorney, gives her singular point of view to make observations to catch criminals alongside the NYPD.

St. Denis Medical S1 on Showmax

St Denis Medical S1

"The Office" meets "Scrubs" in this wacky medical comedy that follows an eclectic group of underfunded yet dedicated doctors and nurses trying to hold an Oregon hospital together.

The Paper S1 on Showmax

From The Office to The Paper

As The Office’s OG documentary crew gets a new business in their crosshairs, we expose the connections between these two workplace mockumentaries.

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The Paper S1 on Showmax

The Paper S1

Fans of "The Office" will love this mockumentary comedy. The documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is searching for a new subject. A historic Toledo newspaper that needs reviving.

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Thelma on Showmax

Thelma (2024)

Scammers meet their match in Thelma, played by June Squibb: after getting duped, the 93-year-old sets out to reclaim what was taken from her.

Thelma on Showmax

June Squibb wins Best Actress award at age 95 for Thelma

Thelma, starring Oscar nominee June Squibb in her first lead role, lands on Showmax on Monday, 22 September.

Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love is on Showmax

Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love (2023)

Filmed in Boston, Emmy-winning comedian Sarah Silverman returns with her second comedy special for HBO since 2013.

Babes with Ilana Glazer is on Showmax

Ilana Glazer delivers in Babes

Comedian Ilana Glazer talks about the conception, development and “birthing” of her new movie Babes. And we’ve added seven more series and movies about mom friends to enjoy.

Everyone Else Burns S2 on Showmax

Everyone Else Burns and 8 more cult classics

Strap in for armageddon! British sitcom Everyone Else Burns is set in a rigid sect - but they're not the only ones with weird haircuts. Let’s all join a cult show and become one big, happy family.

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Everyone Else Burns S2 on Showmax

Everyone Else Burns S2

This hilarious comedy series, which has drama and heart, follows a family devoted to a religious cult as they navigate modern-day life and prepare for the world's end.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Showmax

Bringing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice back from the grave

Production designer Mark Scruton and The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice production team reveal how they brought Tim Burton’s cult horror comedy movie into the modern world.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Showmax

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

A family tragedy brings Lydia Deetz back to Winter River, where her daughter discovers the portal to the afterlife ... and meets the creepy Beetlejuice.

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Embrace the cringe in The Rehearsal Season 2

Hateable or relatable? We’re here to look at our 10 favourite characters with awkward, offputting energy – starting with The Rehearsal’s Nathan Fielder.

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Mr Throwback S1 on Showmax

Mr Throwback S1

In this hilarious basketball comedy, a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry.

Funny Woman S2 on Showmax

Funny Woman S1-2

Based on the Nick Hornby novel Funny Girl, this is the story of a Blackpool beauty queen who tries to make is a comedian in the 1960s.

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Hacks S4 on Showmax

Hacks S1-4

Emmy winner Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder make an odd partnership in the acclaimed HBO dramedy Hacks, about a legendary Vegas comedian and her new writer.

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Problemista is on Showmax

Problemista (2023)

A struggling toy designer from El Salvador becomes an assistant to an erratic art-world outcast to stay in the US in this Julio Torres comedy.