TV Talk: Streaming services, cable networks schedule scripted summer series
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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers viewing tips for the coming season.
There are still a few summer series that don’t yet have premiere dates — notably Disney+’s “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” — but here are the new and returning scripted cable and streaming shows viewers can expect to premiere in the next three months:
“The Idol” (9 p.m. June 4, HBO): After a nervous breakdown, a pop star (Lily-Rose Depp) attempts a comeback with the help of a nightclub impresario (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye).
“The Lazarus Project” (9 p.m. June 4, TNT): Originally scheduled for a January premiere, this British drama follows a secret organization that can turn back time whenever the world is threatened with extinction.
“Hailey’s On It” (8 p.m. June 8, Disney Channel): Animated comedy-adventure about a risk-averse teen (Auli’I Cravalho) on a mission to save the world.
“Based on a True Story” ( June 8, Peacock): A dark comedic thriller starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina about a real estate agent, a former tennis star and a plumber who capitalize on America’s obsession with true crime.
“The Crowded Room” (June 9, Apple TV+): Limited series starring Tom Holland as a man arrested following a shooting whose interviews with an interrogator (Amanda Seyfried) reveal his mysterious past.
“The Full Monty” (June 14, Hulu): Sequel to the 1997 movie of the same name that explores what happened to Gaz (Robert Carlyle), Dave (Mark Addy) and Jean (Lesley Sharp).
“The Walking Dead: Dead City” (10 p.m. June 18, AMC): Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) take Manhattan.
“Secret Invasion” (June 21, Disney+): Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) tries to thwart a Skrull invasion of Earth with help from Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders).
“Clean Sweep” (June 22, Sundance Now, AMC+): Multitasking mom (Charlene McKenna) makes a fatal choice to try to prevent a secret from her past from surfacing.
“Glamorous” (June 22, Netflix): A gender non-conforming queer man (Mis Benny) lands a job working for a makeup mogul (Kim Cattrall)
“I’m a Virgo” (June 23, Amazon Prime Video): A darkly comic coming-of-age story about a 13-foot-tall Black man (Jharrel Jerome) who encounters his idol, a superhero (Walton Goggins).
“Average Joe” (June 26, BET+): Deon Cole (“Black-ish”) stars as the title character, a Pittsburgh plumber whose late father stole millions before he died and now the people he stole from think Joe knows where the money is.
“Cannes Confidential” (June 26, Acorn TV): Detective (Lucie Lucas) and conman (Jamie Bamber) bicker-banter their way through solving crimes on the French Riviera.
“Hijack” (June 28, Apple TV+): Seven-episode real-time thriller about a negotiator (Idris Elba) who must try to save the passengers of a plane on a seven-hour flight with the assistance of a counter-terrorism officer (Archie Panjabi) on the ground.
“Nimona” (June 30, Netflix): In this animated series, a knight (voice of Riz Ahmed) in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn’t commit.
“The Horror of Dolores Roach” (July 7, Amazon Prime Video): Based on a podcast of the same name, this “Sweeney Todd”- inspired urban legend finds Dolores (Justina Machado) paroled from prison and working as a masseuse when she’s driven to shocking extremes.
“V.C. Andrews’ Dawn” (8 p.m. July 8, Lifetime): Inspired by Andrews’ Dawn Cutler novels, each episode is based on a different book in this four-episode limited series starring Jesse Metcalfe, Joey McIntyre and Donna Mills.
“Full Circle” (July 13, Max): An investigation into a botched kidnapping reveals secrets among characters in New York. Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes and Jim Gaffigan star.
“Justified: City Primeval” (10 p.m. July 17, FX): Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) relocates from Kentucky (by way of Miami) to Detroit where he gets dragged into a new case.
“Praise Petey” (10 p.m. July 21, Freeform): Animated comedy about a New York City woman (voiced by Annie Murphy, “Schitt’s Creek”) who opts to modernize her father’s small-town cult.
“Twisted Metal” (July 27, Peacock): Half-hour live- action series based on the PlayStation game about an outsider (Anthony Mackie) who must deliver a package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
“Painkiller” (Aug. 10, Netflix): Fictionalized retelling of the American opioid crisis starring Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick and Taylor Kitsch.
“The Winter King” (9 p.m. Aug. 20, MGM+): Revisionist take on Arthurian legends based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles starring Iain De Caestecker (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”).
Returning:
May 30: “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” (Netflix)
June 1: “iCarly” (Paramount+)
June 2: “Manifest” (Netflix), “With Love” (Prime Video), “Painting with John” (11 p.m., HBO)
June 4: “Joe Pickett” (Paramount+), “The Eric Andre Show” (12 a.m., Adult Swim)
June 5: “Cruel Summer” (9 p.m., Freeform)
June 7: “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (10 p.m., FXX)
June 8: “Never Have I Ever” (Netflix)
June 9: “Human Resources” (Netflix)
June 15: “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (Paramount+)
June 16: “Outlander” (8 p.m., Starz)
June 18: “The Righteous Gemstones” (10 p.m., HBO, Max)
June 22: “And Just Like That…” (Max), “The Bear” (Hulu)
June 23: “Swagger” (Apple TV+)
June 29: “The Witcher” season three, part one (Netflix)
June 29: “Warrior” (Max)
June 30: “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” (Prime Video)
July 12: “The Afterparty” (Apple TV+)
July 13: “What We Do in the Shadows” (10 p.m., FX)
July 14: “Foundation” (Apple TV+)
July 15: “The Summer I Turned Pretty” (Prime Video)
July 24: “Futurama” (Hulu)
July 27: “The Witcher,” season three, part two (Netflix)
July 28: “Good Omens” (Prime Video), “This Fool” (Hulu), “Heels” (10 p.m., Starz)
July 30: “When Calls the Heart” (9 p.m., Hallmark Channel)
Aug. 2: “Physical” (Apple TV+), “Reservation Dogs” (Hulu)
Aug. 3: “Heartstopper” (Netflix)
Aug. 8: “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
Aug. 17: “The Upshaws” (Netflix)
Aug. 30: “Archer” (10 p.m. FXX)
Sept. 1: “The Wheel of Time” (Prime Video),“Power Book IV: Force” (8 p.m., Starz)