Your Guide to All the New and Returning Shows Hitting TV Screens This Summer

Updated on 7/3/2019 at 4:05 PM

When you find yourself in dire need of some air conditioning and the comfort of your couch this Summer, there are quite a few TV shows that will keep you even more entertained than a giant unicorn pool float. In the mood for sci-fi thrills? Try the next season of Stranger Things, or the upcoming NOS4A2 adaptation. Feeling more like an intriguing family drama (Succession)? Or how about comedies with female leads who will have you laughing your way through September (Fleabag, She's Gotta Have It)? There's something for everyone, so read on to see which series are worth your time.

Fleabag, Season 2

The scoop: It's been three years — count 'em, THREE — since the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's hilarious, wonderful, heartbreaking, and deranged series, Fleabag, and now the second installment is upon us. This time around, the titular character gets the hots for a handsome priest (Sherlock's Andrew Scott), makes up with her sister, and once again deals with her rude-as-hell godmother (played perfectly by Oscar nominee Olivia Colman).
The premiere date: May 17

Catch-22

The scoop: This Hulu miniseries plunks us right into the World War II trenches, where pilots are desperately trying to be relieved from duty. They request mental evaluations, hoping the army psychiatrist will declare them insane . . . but the catch is, if you have enough mental faculties to request an evaluation in the first place, you are, by default, sane enough to fly a plane. George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, Christopher Abbott, Hugh Laurie, and more star.
The premiere date: May 17

Nailed It, Season 3

The scoop: Are you ready to watch comedian Nicole Byer and chef Jacques Torres politely eat some of the most hideous baked creations the world has ever seen? Yes? You're in luck — season three of Netflix's hilarious baking competition Nailed It! returns this Summer with six new episodes.
The premiere date: May 17

Vida, Season 2

The scoop: Two Mexican-American sisters tackle gentrification, family discord, and their relationships with their own heritage in East LA as they rebuild their mother's business in the second season of Tanya Saracho's Starz series.
The premiere date: May 23

Blood & Treasure

The scoop: In what sounds like a mix between Homeland and National Treasure, this CBS action-adventure series follows an antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who must link up to catch a terrorist who funds his devastating attacks with stolen treasure.
The premiere date: May 21

Elementary, Season 7

The scoop: This modern-day take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic character will once again combine the shrewd forces of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Joan Watson in its seventh season on CBS.
The premiere date: May 23

She's Gotta Have It, Season 2

The scoop: The nine-episode second season of this Spike Lee comedy follows Nola (DeWanda Wise) as she decides whether to venture into the corporate world, and the adventure that takes her outside of her home base in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as everyone's world is changed by the gentrification that sweeps the neighborhood.
The premiere date: May 24

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

The scoop: The making of the final season of the groundbreaking HBO hit is the subject of the forthcoming documentary, Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, by British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay.
The premiere date: May 26

Songland

The scoop: This reality series offers undiscovered songwriters a chance to pitch their original music to established artists and a panel of music producers to see if they have what it takes to churn out a megahit.
The premiere date: May 28

The Inbetween

The scoop: Seattle medium Cassie Bedford becomes a secret weapon of the Seattle PD when one of her visions helps provide some insight to a crime in this NBC supernatural drama.
The premiere date: May 29

What / If

The scoop: Mike Kelley, the creator of the ABC hit Revenge, is back with another thriller, but this time around, Academy Award winner Renée Zellweger is the one stirring up trouble. The first season is billed as a"neo-noir social thriller [that] explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things." It will track the unfortunate situations that cash-strapped San Francisco newlyweds Lisa and Sean (Jane Levy and Blake Jenner) find themselves in after they're made an offer by Zellweger's character, Anne.
The premiere date: May 31

Good Omens

The scoop: As Armageddon swiftly approaches, an angel (Michael Sheen) and a demon (David Tennant) must join forces to find a way to save the world before time runs out.
The premiere date: May 31

When They See Us

The scoop: Director Ava DuVernay's limited Netflix series When They See Us is a four-part chronicle of the Central Park Five, honing in on the story of how five teenage boys of color from Harlem were wrongly convicted of a rape they didn't commit in 1989, as well as the 25-year fight for justice following their convictions.
The premiere date: May 31

Luther, Season 5

The scoop: After nearly four years without new episodes, Idris Elba's acclaimed crime drama Luther is back to grace us with another season.
The premiere date: June 2

Burden of Truth, Season 2

The scoop: In the second season of this drama from The CW, lawyer Joanna Hanley (Kristin Kreuk) finds herself caught in the middle of a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with internet hackers.
The premiere date: June 2

NOS4A2

The scoop: If the (frustratingly spelled) title of this AMC series has you confused, the show is pronounced "Nosferatu," and follows one Charlie Manx (American Horror Story's Zachary Quinto), who is described as "a seductive immortal who feeds off the souls of children." Fortunately, the area of New England where he's been hunting has a defender in the form of Vic McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings), a young woman who discovers she has the supernatural ability to find lost things. The creepy series is based on Joe Hill's 2013 bestselling novel of the same name.
The premiere date: June 2

American Princess

The scoop: Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan teamed up with Jamie Denbo for this Lifetime comedy, so get excited. The series follows Upper East Side socialite Amanda, whose fairy tale wedding is suddenly called off when she discovers her husband-to-be has been cheating on her. She ditches her nuptials and ends up in a Renaissance Fair, where she decides to stick around to hide from the tabloid news coverage of her romance gone wrong. Hijinks ensue!
The premiere date: June 2

The Handmaid's Tale, Season 3

The scoop: The gripping season two finale of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale seems like it aired an eternity ago, and ever since then we've been desperate for details about how season three might shape up now that June has decided to stay in Gilead. Well, it seems like our favorite bonnet-wearing heroine is going to f*ck sh*t up in the third season, to put it bluntly.
The premiere date: June 5

Black Mirror, Season 5

The scoop: The new season of Netflix's bleak sci-fi series is made up of three episodes, and features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie, and Topher Grace, to name a few.
The premiere date: June 5

Grown-ish, Season 2B

The scoop: The second half of this Freeform comedy will track Zoey's ups and downs as she deals with the consequences of getting cut off (that's what happens when you cheat on a test, girl). But in typical Zoey fashion, she's got it handled! Well . . . maybe.
The premiere date: June 5

Tales of the City

The scoop: This Netflix limited series is inspired by the books of the same name by American writer Armistead Maupin, who set his novels in San Francisco. That's where we meet Mary Ann (Laura Linney), who returns to the California city to reunite with her daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross), 20 years after she left them to pursue her career. In Netflix's description of the series, Mary Ann is "fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created" and finds herself "quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis), her chosen family, and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane."
The premiere date: June 7

Big Little Lies, Season 2

The scoop: Meryl Streep may be the real-life mother-in-law of our dreams, but in Big Little Lies season two, she's not to be messed with. In the second season of HBO's finest suburban drama, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern's characters are questioned by Perry's (Alex Skarsgard) mother (Streep) about his death in season one. Will they manage to keep their secret under wraps, or will the truth eat them alive?
The premiere date: June 9

Claws, Season 3

The scoop: In need of a manicure? TNT's Claws has a third season of Floridian extortion and devious manicurists on the way this Summer. As a reminder, at the end of season two, Desna (Niecy Nash) has just dodged an ill-fated marriage to Dr. Ruval (Jimmy Jean-Louis) and inherited a new casino. The latter business opportunity will be a major part of season three, so be prepared to dive into the seedy world of gambling.
The premiere date:June 9

Pose, Season 2

The scoop: The FX drama will jump ahead five years in season two, finding Blanca, Electra, and the rest of the cast in the drag ball scene in 1990. Thanks to a certain pop song by Madonna, drag goes mainstream in the midst of the AIDS crisis. MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Dominique Jackson, and Billy Porter are all set to reprise their roles.
The premiere date: June 11

Younger, Season 6

The scoop: Season five of this TV Land rom-com ended on a bittersweet note, with Liza (Sutton Foster) and Charles (Peter Hermann) finally together but feeling uncertain about it given the cost their relationship came with (Charles's job, mainly). But now it seems things are back on track for the adorable couple . . . OK, well, not totally. Season two will see everyone at Millennial dealing with the fact that Liza was the assistant Charles had an affair with. Uh-oh.
The premiere date: June 12

Euphoria

The scoop: Similar to Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, this new HBO series follows a group of high school students — Zendaya, The Kissing Booth's Jacob Elordi, model and LGBTQ+ rights activist Hunter Schafer, and A Wrinkle in Time's Storm Reid — as they navigate their way through drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love, and friendship.
The premiere date: June 16

Jessica Jones, Season 3

The scoop: Netflix's most badass private investigator is back in the third and final installment of her gritty Marvel series.
The premiere date: June TBD

Trinkets

The scoop: Three high school girls from vastly different backgrounds realize they're a lot more alike than they thought after crossing paths at a Shoplifters Anonymous meeting in this upcoming Netflix dramedy.
The premiere date: June 14

Instinct, Season 2

The scoop: CBS's Alan Cumming-fronted legal drama will return for an 11-episode second season, with NYPD consultant Dylan Reinhart being reinstated just in time to solve the case of a new serial killer.
The premiere date: June 16

Grand Hotel

The scoop: Eva Longoria is at the helm of this provocative ABC drama set in a family-owned hotel in Miami Beach. You can look forward to an upstairs-downstairs vibe in the sexy series, which will bounce between the lives of hotel owner Santiago Mendoza and his glamorous second wife, as well as the hotel's loyal staff.
The premiere date: June 17

Good Trouble, Season 2

The scoop: Callie and Mariana continue their adventures in Los Angeles in season two of this Freeform drama, figuring out their love lives, careers, and futures.
The premiere date: June 18

Yellowstone, Season 2

The scoop: Paramount's drama is coming back, y'all! The second season will once again dig into the lives of the Dutton family, led by patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner), as they contend with "shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect," according to the network.
The premiere date: June 19

Legion, Season 3

The scoop: Marvel's trippy FX series returns for a third and final stab at the story of David Haller, with Dan Stevens and Aubrey Plaza on the roster to return.
The premiere date: June 24

The Rook

The scoop: Starz is bringing us addictive new sci-fi series, The Rook, which tells the story of Myfanwy Thomas, a woman who wakes up next to London's Millennium Bridge in the pouring rain with zero memories about her life or identity. Oh, and she's also surrounded by a bunch of dead bodies. Soon she discovers she's a high ranking official in the Checquy, the UK's secret service for people with paranormal abilities, unspooling an intense, complicated web of mystery.
The premiere date: June 30

The Loudest Voice

The scoop: There are a few Roger Ailes projects in the works, but this one hails from Showtime. The limited series focuses on the past decade of the Fox News founder's life as he built up his influence in the Republican Party, as well as the sexual harassment accusations that contributed to the downfall of his career.
The premiere date: June 30

Stranger Things, Season 3

The scoop: According to the posters for season three of Netflix's old-school sci-fi hit, "One Summer can change everything," so you can expect plenty of thrills and chills when the third installment of the show sends us back to the Upside Down.
The premiere date: July 4

The Outpost, Season 2

The scoop: The CW's fantasy series will drop us back into Talon's mystical world of Talon, the lone survivor of the Blackbloods race. Will she be able to properly harness her power and save the world in season two?
The premiere date: July 11

Sweetbitter, Season 2

The scoop: Will Tess survive the ups and downs of the restaurant and all its many eccentric servers in season two of this Starz drama? We have faith.
The premiere date: July 14

Bachelor in Paradise, Season 6

The scoop: Stock up on sunscreen, because we'll all be headed back to the Playa Escondida Resort in Sayulita, Mexico, with Chris Harrison, Yuki, and Wells when a new cast of Bachelor Nation singles arrives to find love.
The premiere date: July 29

Veronica Mars

The scoop: Hulu's Veronica Mars revival sees Kristen Bell reprising the titular role as Neptune, California's most sarcastic (and skilled) private investigator. In the miniseries, Veronica is still very much a thing with Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring), and she's also still running the family business of catching bad guys with her dad, Keith (Enrico Colantoni). Together, they're tasked with solving one of the most dangerous criminal cases in Neptune history: someone is planting bombs around the town in order to ruin it as a Spring Break destination. Yikes.
The premiere date: July 26

The Boys

The scoop: Amazon's gritty superhero series takes place in a universe where the most famous superheroes on the planet, nicknamed "The Seven," also happen to be corrupt assh*les. That's where the titular "boys," aka a group of vigilantes, come in. The group embraces "their blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty" in an effort to take the superheroes down and stop them from abusing their powers rather than using them for good. Karl Urban, Jennifer Esposito, Chace Crawford, Erin Moriarty, Jack Quaid, and Elisabeth Shue all star.
The premiere date: July 26

Orange Is the New Black, Season 7

The scoop: Are you ready to say goodbye to the ladies of Litchfield? Because the seventh and final season of Netflix's prison dramedy drops this Summer, exploring Piper's struggles with life on the outside as well as the continued ups and downs for the inmates still in Max.
The premiere date: July 26

Pennyworth

The scoop: This set of 10 hour-long episodes makes up an Epix drama revolves around Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, when he's a former British SAS soldier in his 20s (aka long, long before Bruce ever becomes Batman). Together with young billionaire Thomas Wayne, who has yet to become Bruce's father, the duo take on multiple adventures in 1960s London.
The premiere date: July 28

BH90210

The scoop: Most of the original cast of the iconic teen drama are returning for the Fox reboot, stylized as BH90210, which picks up with the beloved characters decades later.
The premiere date: Aug. 7

Carnival Row

The scoop: This Amazon series is set in a Victorian-era fantasy world where both humans coexist with mythological creatures who were forced to immigrate after their homelands were invaded by men. As the population of supernatural beings expands and the fearful human government puts increasingly strict limits on the way they can live (and love), a human detective named Rycroft Philostrate (Orlando Bloom) risks it all by rekindling a dangerous love affair with faerie Vignette Stonemoss (Cara Delevingne).
The premiere date: Aug. 30

Succession, Season 2

The scoop: With no plan in sight for media magnate Logan Roy's retirement in the second season of this HBO dramedy, we're likely to be treated to more of the same schemes, sarcastic burns, and underhanded business decisions that made the first season such a joy to watch. (And Holly Hunter is joining the cast!)
The premiere date: August 2019

The Righteous Gemstones

The scoop: Danny McBride created and stars in this HBO comedy satirizing the lives of a famous (and highly dysfunctional) family of televangelists. Joining McBride onscreen are John Goodman, Edi Patterson, Adam DeVine, and more.
The premiere date: August 2019