We’re changing the calendar from July to August, which means the blockbuster season for movies is coming to an end. But things are heating up on TV right now.
From the Game of Thrones prequel to the latest Marvel installment, there’s plenty of highly anticipated content coming to streaming services this month.
To help you block out the noise, we’re highlighting some of the most notable new releases from top streamers like Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, and more.
“Industry” Season 2 (Aug. 1, HBO)
HBO’s surprise hit 2020 is back with its long-awaited second season, which promises even more drama in the cutthroat world of investment banking.
The Sandman (August 5, Netflix)
Author Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic gets a new adaptation this month. The dark fantasy series is said to have cost up to $15 million per episode and has a cast that includes Game of Thrones stars Gwendoline Christie and Charles Dance.
“A League of Its Own” (12 August, Prime Video)
Thirty years after the release of the original classic film, Amazon has adapted A League of Their Own into an eight-part series. Set in the 1940s, the series follows a group of women who set out to create an all-female baseball team while male players were serving in World War II.
“Never Have I Ever” Season 3 (August 12, Netflix)
Mindy Kaling’s popular high school comedy returns for its third season and follows protagonist Devi Vishwakumar in her first relationship.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (August 17, Disney+)
The latest show in Marvel’s growing TV library stars Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, Bruce Banner’s cousin, aka The Hulk. The nine-episode series will be a courtroom comedy that follows Walters as she balances her work as a lawyer with her newly acquired superpowers.
“House of the Dragon” (August 21, HBO)
A little over three years after the final episode of Game of Thrones aired, HBO is back with a prequel series that it hopes will build on the popularity that made the original the biggest show on TV. Set 300 years before the events of the original series, House of the Dragon chronicles the fall of House Targaryen. If the recently released trailer is any indication, there will be no shortage of dragons.
“The Patient” (30 Aug, FX, Hulu)
From the creators of the critically acclaimed series The Americans, The Patient stars Steve Carrell as a therapist being held captive by a serial killer (played by Star Wars star Domhnall Gleeson) intent on curbing his murderous urges.