Though summer may not technically be upon us yet, it's time to start thinking about all the television coming our way in the next few months. You'll want to schedule as much time in the comfort of a nice, air-conditioned living room as possible, so you won't miss out on all of the TV shows premiering this summer. As has been the case for a while now, broadcast networks, cable channels, and streaming services keep programming coming year round, and summer is certainly no exception.This May, there will be plenty of new shows worth checking out, like Showtime's Patrick Melrose miniseries, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as the return of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why. But the month also brings HBO's Fahrenheit 451 (which, yes, is technically a movie, but I'm going to list it here because I want to), PBS' Little Women, and Amazon's Picnic At Hanging Rock. Things heat up in June (sorry), with a new season of Luke Cage, the series premiere of Succession, and the series finale of Sense8.
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Additionally, Kevin Costner will be making his way to television with Paramount Network's Yellowstone, which hails from Sicario (as well as its amazingly titled sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado) and Hell or High Water writer Taylor Sheridan, and should be one to keep an eye on. That's also true of Amazon's Jack Ryan series, which premieres at the end of August, but is so anticipated a second season has already been ordered.
So there you have it, though not as jam packed as the fall television season, there's plenty of entertainment on tap for everyone this summer. That way, you'll have your pick of excuses to stay indoors.
May
Thursday, May 10
Safe ” Netflix
Friday, May 11
Rocky and Bullwinkle ” Amazon
Bill Nye Saves the World ” Netflix
Spirit Riding Free ” Netflix
Saturday, May 12
Top Pick:
Patrick Melrose ” Showtime, 9pm
"Based on the acclaimed œPatrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. This five-part limited series hilariously skewers the upper class as it tracks the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery. In a tour de force role, Cumberbatch plays the titular character who struggles to overcome the damage inflicted by a horribly abusive father and the mother who tacitly condoned the behavior. Academy Award nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) and Screen Actors Guild® winner Hugo Weaving (The Matrix trilogy) also star as the parents of Patrick Melrose. Rounding out this accomplished cast are Anna Madeley (The Crown), Blythe Danner (Meet the Fockers), Allison Williams (Girls), Pip Torrens (The Crown), Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife), Prasanna Puwanarajah (Doctor Foster), Holliday Grainger (Bonnie & Clyde), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones) and Celia Imrie (Bridget Jones's Baby). Each episode, devoted to one of the five novels, is written for television by BAFTA Award nominee David Nicholls (Far from the Madding Crowd, One Day) and directed by celebrated film director Edward Berger (Deutchland 83, Jack). A co-production between SHOWTIME and Sky Atlantic, this gripping and humorous saga encompasses the South of France in the 1960s, New York in the 1980s and Britain in the early 2000s."
Sunday, May 13
Little Women ” PBS, 9pm
Friday, May 18
Inspector Gadget ” Netflix
13 Reasons Why ” Netflix
Saturday, May 19
Fahrenheit 451 ” HBO
Sunday, May 20
Joe Pera Talks With You ” Adult Swim, 12am
Tuesday, May 22
Mob Psycho 100 ” Netflix
Wednesday, May 23
Vox Entertainment œExplained (Doc Series) ” Netflix
Thursday, May 24
Fauda ” Netflix
Friday, May 25
Top Pick:
Picnic At Hanging Rock ” Amazon
"Based on Joan Lindsay's iconic Australian novel of the same name, Picnic at Hanging Rock is a limited series surrounding the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one teacher on Valentine's Day in 1900. The series revolves around the subsequent investigation and the event's far-reaching impact on the students, families and staff at Appleyard College, and on the nearby township. The series has already received critical acclaim following its recent premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and has been selected for the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival this month."
The Toys That Made Us ” Netflix
Trollhunters: Part Three ” Netflix
Sunday, May 27
The Break With Michelle Wolf ” Netflix
Tuesday, May 29
100 Code ” WGN, 9pm
Animal Kingdom ” TNT, 9pm
Queen Sugar ” OWN, 10pm
Wednesday, May 30
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ” Netflix
American Ninja Warrior ” NBC, 8pm
MasterChef ” FOX, 8pm
Reverie ” NBC, 10pm
June
Friday, June 1
C.B. Strike ” Cinemax, 9pm
Saturday, June 2
FLCL: Progressive ” Adult Swim, 11:30pm
Sunday, June 3
Pose ” FX, 9pm
Succession ” HBO, 10pm
Monday, June 4
Dietland ” AMC, 9pm
Whose Line Is It Anyway? ” The CW, 9pm
Tuesday, June 5
Humans ” AMC, 10pm
Younger ” TV Land, 10pm
Teachers ” TV Land, 10:30pm
Wednesday, June 6
Top Pick:
Condor ” Audience Network, 10pm
"It's present day. Joe Turner (Max Irons) has always been conflicted about his work for the CIA. But when something he's discovered gets his entire office killed, leaving Joe as the only survivor and forcing him to go on the run, the theoretical reservations he's always harbored turn into all-too-real moral dilemmas. Under life or death pressure, Joe will be forced to redefine who he is and what he's capable of in order to discover who's behind this far-reaching conspiracy, and stop them from completing their deadly objective that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by Paramount's Sydney Pollack 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor."
Thursday, June 7
Marvel's Cloak & Dagger ” Freeform, 8pm
Nashville ” CMT, 9pm
American Woman ” Paramount Network, 10pm
Friday, June 8
Sense8 ” Netflix
Sunday, June 10
Claws ” TNT, 9pm
To Tell The Truth ” ABC, 10pm
Tuesday, June 12
The Bold Type ” Freeform, 9pm
Thursday, June 14
Strange Angel ” CBS All Access
Marlon ” NBC, 9pm
Girlfriend's Guide To Divorce ” Bravo, 10pm
Friday, June 15
Voltron ” Netflix
Goliath ” Amazon
Tuesday, June 17
The Affair ” Showtime, 9pm
Shades of Blue ” NBC, 10pm
Wednesday, June 20
Young & Hungry ” Freeform, 8pm
Top Pick:
Yellowstone ” Paramount Network, 9pm
"Yellowstone stars world-renowned actor and Oscar®-winner Kevin Costner, who serves in the lead role, and is written and directed by critically-acclaimed, Oscar®-nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (œHell or High Water and œSicario,). Costner stars as John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders ” land developers, an Indian reservation, and America's first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny ” where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned by fracking wells and unsolved murders are not news: they are a consequence of living in the new frontier. It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family that represents both."
Thursday, June 21
The Gong Show ” ABC, 8pm
Queen of the South ” USA, 9pm
Shooter ” USA, 10pm
Detroiters ” Comedy Central, 10pm
Friday, June 22
Luke Cage ” Netflix
Sunday, June 24
Preacher ” AMC, 10pm
Monday, June 25
Penn & Teller: Fool Us ” The CW, 8pm
Friday, June 29
GLOW ” Netflix
Masters of Illusion ” The CW, 8pm
July
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters (truTV, TBD)
Paid Off With Michael Torpey (truTV, TBD)
Sunday, July 1
Mostly 4 Millennials ” Adult Swim, 12am
Power ” Starz, 9pm
Tuesday, July 10
The Outpost ” The CW, 8pm
Heathers ” Paramount Network, 10pm
Wednesday, July 11
Harlots ” Hulu
Burden of Truth ” The CW, 8pm
Thursday, July 18
Trial and Error ” NBC, 9pm
Snowfall ” FX, 10pm
Friday, July 20
Outcast ” Cinemax, 10pm
Wednesday, July 25
Top Pick:
Castle Rock ” Hulu
"A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock is an original story that combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King's best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The series stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Billy Skarsgård, Jane Levy and Scott Glenn."
Tuesday, July 31
Casual ”Hulu
Making It ” NBC, 10pm
August
Sunday, August 12
Get Shorty ” Epix
Wednesday, August 22
Mr. Mercedes ” Audience Network, 10pm
Friday, August 24
The Innocents ” Netflix
Friday, August 31
Top Pick:
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan ” Amazon
œTom Clancy's Jack Ryan follows an up-and-coming CIA analyst thrust into a dangerous field assignment for the first time. The series follows Ryan (Krasinski) as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale."
September
Sunday, September 9
The Bad Seed ” Lifetime, 8pm
You ” Lifetime, 10pm
[We will update the list of Summer 2018 TV Premiere Dates as additional series are announced or dates change.]