Between finales, premieres and long-awaited returns this summer has more to offer than most seasons
The summer television season is already underway with several notable titles that launched in late May. Netflix’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder returned for its second season on May 27, picking up where the first left off with protagonist Pippa Fitz-Amobi taking on a new case. Hulu’s Deli Boys followed a day later with its second season, with Fred Armisen, Andrew Rannells, and Kumail Nanjiani joining the already strong ensemble. Netflix’s The Four Seasons also returned May 28, continuing its ensemble comedy with the core friend group navigating life after a significant loss from the first season.
June brings a mix of reality and drama. Both Love Island UK and Love Island USA return within days of each other, the former on Hulu from June 1 and the latter on Peacock from June 2, with Ariana Madix back as host for the American version. Also landing June 2 is Not Suitable for Work, Mindy Kaling’s new workplace comedy on Hulu set in New York’s Murray Hill neighborhood, starring Ella Hunt, Avantika, and Jay Ellis among a large ensemble cast.
Apple TV’s psychological thriller Cape Fear premiered June 5, drawing on both John D. MacDonald’s source novel and Martin Scorsese’s 1991 film adaptation. Anna Adams and Patrick Wilson star opposite Javier Bardem as the infamous Max Cady. Prime Video’s Every Year After, based on Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel, arrived June 10 with a romantic drama centered on a second-chance love story set across summers at a Canadian lake house.
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The back half of June and the beginning of July bring some of summers most anticipated arrivals. House of the Dragon returns for its third season on HBO Max on June 21, continuing the Game of Thrones prequel’s increasingly complex dragon war with much of its sprawling cast intact. The Bear concludes its run on FX and Hulu on June 25 with an eight-episode fifth and final season, all episodes dropping at once. Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender also returns June 25, covering Aang’s mastery of earthbending in its second season.
Prime Video launches its Legally Blonde prequel series Elle on July 1, starring Lexi Minetree as a high school-aged Elle Woods with June Diane Raphael and Tom Everett Scott as her parents. Apple TV’s Silo returns July 3 for its third season, picking up with Rebecca Ferguson’s Juliette Nicols after her forced cleaning left her with memory loss. Big Brother reaches its 28th season on CBS and Paramount Plus on July 9, becoming the first primetime show to reach 1,000 original episodes. Netflix’s remake of Little House on the Prairie also debuts this summer on July 9.
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Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend arrives July 9, adapting Elin Hilderbrand’s novel with Jennifer Garner leading an ensemble that includes Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, and Timothy Olyphant. Apple TV’s Lucky, based on Marissa Stapley’s novel, follows on July 15 with Anya Taylor-Joy in the lead role alongside Annette Bening and Timothy Olyphant. Prime Video’s action comedy Ride or Die also debuts July 15, starring Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer as best friends whose European road trip takes a dangerous turn when one is revealed to be an international assassin.
August closes the summer season with some of its heaviest hitters. Ted Lasso returns to Apple TV on August 5 for its fourth season, with Jason Sudeikis now coaching a women’s team. Ryan Murphy’s The Shards, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s novel and set at a Los Angeles prep school in 1981, premieres the same night on FX. Prime Video’s YA drama Sterling Point also arrives August 5. Apple TV’s Dark Matter returns for its second season on August 28, continuing Joel Edgerton’s physicist’s attempt to settle back into ordinary life after the events of the first season.