Trax it also ran music specials under the banner Cinemax Sessions4 as well as the music interview and performance series Album Flash during that same time period. The mid and late 1. Cinemaxs schedule including the sketch comedy series Second City Television whose U. S. broadcast rights were acquired by the channel from NBC in 1. Max Headroom which had also aired on ABC from 1. Comedy specials were also occasionally broadcast on the channel during the late 1. Cinemax Comedy Experiment banner, featuring free form sketch and improvisational styles from various rising and established stand up comics such as Howie Mandel, Chris Elliott and Eric Bogosian. Although its programming had diversified, Cinemax had foremost remained a movie channel. Bionicle: Mask Of Light Free Online. In February 1. 98. Lethal Weapon became the highest rated telecast in Cinemaxs history at that time, averaging a 1. By 1. 99. 0, Cinemax limited its programming lineup mainly to movies. However starting in 1. Cinemax re entered into television series development with the addition of adult oriented scripted series similar in content to the softcore pornographic films featured on the channel in late night such as the networks first original adult series Erotic Confessions, and later series entries such as Hot Line, Passion Cove, Lingerie and Co Ed Confidential, marking a return to adult series for the channel. From 1. 99. 2 to 1. Cinemax aired daily movie showcases in set timeslots, centering on a certain genre which differed each day of the week with the introduction of a new on air presentation package in 1. Comedy represented by an abstract face made up of various movie props, with an open mouth made to appear like it is laughing,7 Suspense represented by a running man silhouette within a jagged film strip, Premiere represented by an exclamation mark immersed in spotlights, Horror represented by a skull augmented with a devil horn and a gear shaped eye, overlaid in front on a casket, Drama represented by abstract comedy and tragedy masks,8 Vanguard represented by a globe overlaid on a film strip, Action represented by a machine gun and an explosion and Classic represented by a classic movie era couple embracing and kissing. The particular film genre that played on the specific day and time varied by country. In the United States Monday, 8 0. Eastern Time Comedy. Tuesday, 8 0. 0 p. Eastern Time Suspense. Wednesday originally Friday, 8 0. Eastern Time Vanguard9Thursday, 8 0. Eastern Time Drama originally Horror9Friday originally Wednesday,9 8 0. Eastern Time Premiere. Saturday, 1. 0 0. Eastern Time 9Action. Sunday, Noon Eastern Time Classic. In Latin America Monday Comedy. Tuesday Classic. Wednesday Drama. Thursday Horror Suspense. Friday Vanguard. Saturday Premiere. Sunday Action. Third logo, used from August 1. A variant sans the circle, was used secondarily from 2. Fourth logo, used from 2. These genre based movie presentations ended in September 1. Cinemaxs only themed movie presentations at that point became a nightly featured movie at 8 0. Eastern Time under the branding Max Hits at 8 and a nightly primetime movie at 1. Eastern Time branded as Max Prime at 1. Upon the launch of the two multiplex channels in 1. Cinemax offered sneak preview blocks of programs that could be seen on Action. Max and Thriller. Max in primetime, respectively on Saturdays and Sundays. By the mid 2. 00. Cinemax schedule from its launch and continued to air on the main channel in the morning hours during the 1. Star. Max. Today, a large majority of mainstream films featured on the main channel are releases from the 1. In 2. 00. 1, Cinemax began to shift its focus from solely airing second run feature films that were previously broadcast on sister channel HBO before their Cinemax debut, to premiering select blockbuster and lesser known theatrical films before their initial broadcast on HBO.