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Apple TV+’s comedy series Loot will premiere June 24. In the ten episode series, billionaire Molly Novak has a dream life, complete with private jets, a sprawling mansion, and a gigayacht – anything her heart desires. But when her husband of 20 years betrays her, she spirals publicly, becoming fuel for tabloid fodder. She’s reaching rock bottom when she learns, to her surprise, that she has a charity foundation run by the no-nonsense Sofia Salinas, who pleads with Molly to stop generating bad press. With her devoted assistant Nicholas by her side, and with the help of Sofia and team – including mild-mannered accountant Arthur and her optimistic, pop culture loving cousin Howard – Molly embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Giving back to others might be what she needs to get back to herself. 

Netflix’s Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area premieres June 24. The series follows a genius strategist and his talented crew – composed of top-class thieves – attempting to pull off an unprecedented heist in the Korean Peninsula.

NBC and USA Network are in talks to potentially save Magnum P.I. following CBS canceling the series after four seasons. Universal Television has been shopping the show since it was canceled last month. As a co-production, CBS Studios would be involved in any deal to save the series. Cast options expire at the end of the month.

HBO Max has canceled Raised By Wolves after two seasons. Series star Abubakar Salim has said that the series is in discussions to continue elsewhere. 

The CW has canceled its reboot of Legends of the Hidden Temple after one season. The series was a revival of the Nickelodeon competition game show, this time geared towards adults. The series ran for thirteen episodes and was hosted by Cristela Alonzo.

Competition reality series All Star Shore will premiere on Paramount+ June 29. The series features 14 of the world’s biggest reality superstars from some of television’s most iconic series – Jersey Shore, Love Is Blind, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Geordie Shore, Acapulco Shore, Rio Shore, and Bachelor in Paradise – as they come together for an epic vacation at the ultimate shore house in the Canary Islands, to battle it out for a cash prize and global bragging rights. The cast includes Angelina Pivarnick from Jersey Shore, Bethan Kershaw, Chloe Ferry, and James Tindale from Geordie Shore, Blake Horstmann from Bachelor in Paradise, Giannina Gibelli from Love Is Blind, Joey Essex from The Only Way Is Essex, Johnny Middlebrooks and Trina Njoroge from Love Island, Karime Pindter and Luis “Potro” Caballero from Acapulco Shore, Marina Gregory from The Circle: Brazil. Ricardo Salusse from Rio Shore, and Vanessa “Vanjie” Mateo from RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Mitchell Slaggert has been cast in HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls. Slaggert will be a series regular. He will play a transfer student in the second season. 

Dascha Polanco and Lil Rel Howery have joined the cast of Peacock’s Poker Face. They join Natasha Lyonne in the series from Rian Johnson. The first season will consist of ten episodes. 

FX has ordered docuseries Children of the Underground. The docuseries tells the pulse-pounding true story of charismatic vigilante Faye Yager, who built a vast underground network that hid hundreds of mothers and children, saving them from the alleged abuse of husbands and fathers when a broken court system would not. Stepping out into the spotlight of daytime TV talk shows to raise awareness for the cause, Yager placed herself in the crosshairs of the FBI, setting off a highly publicized trial that raised the specter of a dark side to the movement. When she helped the ex-wife and children of the wealthy banker who pioneered the ATM disappear, Yager finally met her match and a loud public reckoning was at hand. Was Faye Yager actually the saint so many people made her out to be? Enter the true story of her underground and learn the tangled truth about this visionary but haunted heroine. 

ALLBLK has ordered Hush to series. The eight episode series tells the story of female protagonist Dr. Draya Logan, a top marriage and sex therapist, TV personality and best-selling author who finds herself entangled in a web of lies, sex and murder that could cost her everything. Dr. Logan is the gatekeeper of everyone’s secrets, but after she launches her ‘Penthouse Project,’ the deadly secrets of three women threaten her career and her life when a dead body is found, and the police identify her as the primary suspect. It will premiere Fall 2022. 

Docuseries Deep Water Salvage returns for season two on The Weather Channel June 5. Also joining the lineup June 5 are new series The Earth Unlocked and Lords of the Ocean. Viewers can expect high seas and action-packed drama along with exploring Earth’s mysteries and offers viewers a glimpse into the planet’s most fascinating phenomena. 

Pirate Gold of Adak Island will premiere on Netflix June 29. Over the past one hundred years, caches of gold coins from the nineteenth century have been found buried on the remote and eerie island of Adak. The entire pirate treasure, most of which has not been found, has an estimated value of $365 Million. Mayor Tom Spitler is assembling a team of experienced treasure hunters to search for the booty, which proves to be a trecherous task as Adak is littered with unexploded bombs left over from WWII. Luckily, the mayor himself happens to be specially trained in bomb removal – but will that be enough? They could get rich, but they might die trying. 

Lee Arvoy
Lee Arvoy joined the TV Source team in the summer of 2020 as a TV Writer.

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