HBO Now December Highlights, Including A ‘Watchmen’ Finale And A Dan Soder Comedy Special

HBO closes out 2019 by bidding farewell to a couple of exciting new series (for now) and delivering some comedy to make those goodbyes easier.

First up is the season finales of Watchmen, Damon Lindelof’s excellent comic book adaptation, and His Dark Materials, another book-to-screen exercise that’s really paid off for the network. Silicon Valley ends for good, but a new stand-up special from comedian Dan Soder and a Seth Rogen/Charlize Theron rom-com fill that funny void. Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) HBO this December.

Watchmen, Season Finale

Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen adaptation has stunned comic fans and critics alike with its bold storytelling choices and subversive style but all good things must come to an end, and the show’s first season wraps up this month, though hopefully not before answering a few lingering questions. Just small things, about alluded-to superheroes and the impending apocalypse and clone parties, really. Then again, it’s Lindelof so keep your expectations realistic people.

Long Shot

Did 2019 need a romantic comedy starring Charlize Theron as the next president of the United States and Seth Rogen as her stoner friend-turned-speechwriter We’d argue yes. This thoughtful, funny offering pairs two very different actors, mining their surprising chemistry by throwing them into increasingly bizarre scenarios. Rogen’s his usual lovable bro-type self while Theron gets to stretch her comedic muscles a bit more. Really, there are worse rom-coms you could watch.

Dan Soder: Son of A Gary

Stand-up comedian Dan Soder joins the ranks of entertainers to lend their talent to HBO specials this year and tuning in to his set might be one of the better ways to end 2019. Soder addresses plenty of relatable, millennial problems like the fear of kids, the obsession with being liked, and the dread of seeing a baby board your flight, but he also gets deep about growing up in a single-parent home, his odd childhood, and all the anxieties that accompany our generation.

Series Premieres:

Umbre, Seasons One and Two (12/2)

HBO Latino Presents: A Tiny Audience, Part 1 (12/6)

Season Finales:

Mrs. Fletcher, Limited Series Finale (12/8)

Silicon Valley, Series Finale (12/8)

Watchmen, Season Finale (12/15)

His Dark Materials, Season Finale (12/23)

Santos Dumont, Season Finale (12/16)

La Vida Secreta de las parejas, Season 2 Finale (12/20)

Original Programming:

24/7 Kelly Slater (12/3)

HBO Latino Presents: A Tiny Audience, Part 1 (12/6)

Dan Soder: Son of A Gary (12/7)

Belichick & Saban: The Art of Coaching (12/10)

Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements (12/11)

Mel Brooks Unwrapped (12/13)

HBO First Look: 1917 (12/13)

Well Groomed (12/17)

Finding The Way Home (12/18)

Theatrical Premieres:

Unfriended: Dark Web (Alternate Version), 2018 (12/1)

Can You Keep A Secret, 2019 (12/1)

American Woman, 2018 (12/4)

Long Shot, 2019 (12/7)

Hellboy, 2019 (12/14)

The Sun Is Also a Star, 2019 (12/21)

Pokémon Detective Pikachu, 2019 (12/28)

Her Smell, 2018 (12/30)

Estrenos:

Esta Es Tu Cuba (AKA This Is Your Cuba) (12/1)

Yuli (12/6)

En Tu Piel (AKA 7:20 Once A Week) (12/13)

Entre Nos: About Last Night (12/13)

Coyote Lake (12/20)

El Baile de la Gacela (AKA The Gazelle’s Dance) (12/27)

Starting December 1:

The Abyss, 1989

Being Julia, 2004

The Beverly Hillbillies, 1993

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (Extended Version), 2011

Bridesmaids (Extended Version), 2011

Buena Vista Social Club, 1999

Cedar Rapids, 2011

Closer, 2004

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2007

Empire of the Sun, 1987

Grandma’s Boy, 2006

Heaven & Earth, 1993

Hoop Dreams, 1994

Jersey Girl, 2004

Justin Bieber’s Believe, 2013

Mr. Popper’s Penguins, 2011

Primeval, 2007

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011

Sucker Punch, 2011

The Ringer, 2005

The Woman in Red, 1984

Unfriended, 2015

Unknown, 2011

Van Helsing, 2004

What About Bob, 1991

Ending December 8:

12 Strong, 2018

Ending December 26:

The A-Team (Extended Version), 2010

We Are Your Friends, 2015

Ending December 28:

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, 2010

Ending December 31:

The 15:17 to Paris, 2018

A Fantastic Fear of Everything, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, 1982

A Nightmare on Elm Street, 2010

Annie Hall, 1977

Away from Here, 2007

Beer Fest, 2006

Boy’s Don’t Cry, 1999

By the Sea, 2015

Conspiracy Theory, 1997

Dead Man on Campus, 1998

Early Man, 2018

Funny Games, 2008

Halloween, 2018

Halloween II, 1981

Halloween II: Season of the Witch, 1982

Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986

High Crimes, 2002

Holes, 2003

I, Robot, 2004

Joe Somebody, 2001

Little Fockers, 2010

Miracle At St. Anna, 2008

Mr. Right, 2016

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002

Night School (Extended Version), 2018

The Predator, 2018

The Ring Two (Extended Version), 2005

Sex and the City 2, 2010

Shark Tale, 2004

Shanghai Knights, 2003

The Siege, 1998

Term Life, 2016

Titan A.E., 2000

Without a Paddle, 2004