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Your TV Source Roundup: ‘Futurama’ Trailer, ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Premiere Date, ‘Billions’ Trailer, ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ Teaser, ‘MAKEUP x BREAKUP’ Trailer, Ryan Seacrest To Host ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and More!

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Futurama returns after a ten year hiatus with new episodes on hulu starting July 24. The series has crawled triumphantly from the cryogenic tube, its full original cast and satirical spirit intact. The ten all-new episodes of season eleven have something for everyone. New viewers will be able to pick up the series from here, while long-time fans will recognize payoffs to decades-long mysteries – including developments in the epic love story of Fry and Leela, the mysterious contents of Nibbler’s litter box, the secret history of evil Robot Santa, and the whereabouts of Kif and Amy’s tadpoles. Meanwhile there’s a whole new pandemic in town as the crew explores the future of vaccines, bitcoin, cancel culture, and streaming TV. 

FX’s A Murder at the End of the World premieres on hulu August 29. The series is a mystery series with a new kind of detective at the helm – a Gen Z amateur sleuth and tech-savvy hacker named Darby Hart. Darby and eight other guests are invited by a reclusive billionaire to participate in a retreat at a remote and dazzling location. When one of the other guests is found dead, Darby must use all of her skills to prove it was murder against a tide of competing interests and before the killer takes another life. The series, formerly known as Retreat, stars Emma Corrin and Clive Owen. 

The seventh and final season of Showtime’s Billions premieres August 11 on Paramount+ with Showtime. It will make its on air premiere August 13. In season seven, alliances are turned on their heads. Old wounds are weaponized. Loyalties are tested. Betrayal takes on epic proportions. Enemies become wary friends. And Bobby Axelrod returns, as the stakes grow from Wall Street to the world. Showtime is in the process of expanding the Billions universe with several projects in development. 

AMC’s The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon premieres this fall. The new series in The Walking Dead Universe stars Norman Reedus. Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan.

The new season of MAKEUP x BREAKUP premieres on ALLBLK July 6. This season we travel back to a time when life was less complicated. While revisiting 2014, we experience the earlier days when Brooke and Blake first began dating. Before the drama, there was once love; that is until Brooke runs into her college sweetheart. Suppressed feelings begin to resurface and the love that was once lost, emerges. Will selfish decisions affect all parties involved or will the two manage to conceal their hidden relationship? Is love simply enough to weather the storm in the big apple? As her passionate relationship with her live-in lover takes them both on a ride, she finds herself caught in the crosshairs a psychological thriller that puts her life at risk. 

Ryan Seacrest has been announced as the upcoming new host of game show Wheel of Fortune. He will replace long time host Pat Sajak after the conclusion of season 41 next year. Vanna White is currently in negotiations to continue as host, and is expected to return. The UK is also reviving the series and Graham Norton is set to host that version which will air on ITV. 

Paramount+ has pulled more series from the streamer after canceling and pulling four series last week. Series include Inside Amy Schumer, Tell Me a Story, Ghislaine: Partner in Crime, Bella and the Bulldogs, Crashletes, Monsters vs. Aliens, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Peter Rabbit, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket. Inside Amy Schumer was set to run the recent fifth season on Comedy Central but the series now won’t air. 

MSNBC has renewed Leguizamo Does America for a second season. The docuseries follows John Leguizamo as he road trips across the country to bring viewers inside America’s thriving Latino communities – all with his characteristic edge, energy and wit.

CBS Studios is developing an animated series based on the game Among Us. The series is created by Infinity Train creator Owen Dennis. No word on what network or streamer the project could end up at. 

New episodes of All Creatures Great and Small are set to return to PBS Masterpiece with seven episodes. The fourth season will premiere in early 2024. 

Nickelodeon’s Nick News returns with a new episode June 28. The episode takes a deep dive into inflation and its real-world implications. Additionally, the episode will feature the first-ever youth-led climate trial, where young people are attempting to make Montana state officials accountable for protecting residents from climate change, plus an introduction to a robot dog who might be revolutionizing police departments across the country. Viewers will also be introduced to a 12-year-old set on saving frogs and Maryland’s State Rodeo Queen. 

Formula E is expanding its existing partnership with CBS Sports and striking a U.S. streaming rights deal with Roku. Beginning in January 2024, five races will air live on CBS Television Network and simulcast on Paramount+, with both channels already featured and integrated prominently on Roku’s platform. Roku users who subscribe to Paramount+ can easily enjoy the races airing on the service through the Paramount+ app on Roku’s Sports Experience. CBS Sports Network will also show one highlights programme per round. This is Roku’s first-ever live sports rights acquisition. 

MTV’s Teen Mom: The Next Chapter returns with a back to back episode premiere July 19. The series follows some of the most beloved moms from Teen Mom OG and Teen Mom 2, including Amber Portwood, Ashley Jones, Briana DeJesus, Catelynn Baltierra, Cheyenne Floyd, Jade Cline, Leah Messer, and Maci Bookout McKinney, all of whom are navigating new challenges in their lives. This season the Moms are tackling lingering emotional wounds, relationships and fears in order to start anew. Will they get fresh starts? Or will they be met with disappointment and disaster? Leaning on each other for support in this next phase of life, they experience some of the most challenging moments yet in their parenting experiences, including mental health struggles, co-parenting negotiations, addiction and heartbreaking health concerns. 

Nineteen to Twenty premieres on Netflix July 11. A group of young adults share their last week of teens and first week of twenties together – experiencing freedom and all the “firsts” of adulthood. 

Docuseries The Next Black Millionaires premieres on The Roku Channel July 7. One dream. Three entrepreneurs. Who has what it takes to rise to the next level?

Fatal Seduction will premiere on Netflix July 7. A married professor is pulled into a passionate affair with a younger man that uncovers a path of tragedy and betrayal from those closest to her.

Three episode docuseries Superpowered: The DC Story premieres on Max July 20. Narrated by Rosario Dawson, the series takes an unprecedented look at the enduring and influential legacy of DC, allowing fans to rediscover the universe of characters, as well as the iconic comic book company’s origins, its evolution and its nearly nine-decade cultural impact across every artistic medium. Featuring a wealth of interviews with the industry’s most prolific creators and the actors who bring their iconic characters from the page to the screen, it  reminds us that at the heart of DC are the comics – the four-color fantasies that forever spark the imagination and instill hope. 

Season four of Sintonia premieres on Netflix July 25. After an incident, Nando, Rita and Doni are forced to go their separate ways. Will their friendship and relationships survive all the troubles?

Comedy special Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale premieres on Prime Video July 25. Get ready for a darker shade of comedy. Dark Pale marks Jim’s 10th comedy special, an unprecedented feat for the comedian, who continues to deliver fresh-yet-edgy material, ranging from funerals and family to balloon rides.

D.P. 2 will premiere July 28 on Netflix. After a shocking tragedy turns their lives upside down, Jun-ho and Ho-yeol return to capture more military deserters – only to face unexpected danger.

Docuseries Myth of the Zodiac Killer premieres on Peacock July 11. The identity of the serial killer known as ‘The Zodiac’ has been confounding investigators for nearly fifty years, but an unlikely and unconventional theorist may have finally shed light to America’s most famous cold case by asking a question that no one else has ever dared ask: what if the reason the Zodiac has never been caught…is because he never existed in the first place? 

Today Paramount+ becomes the new streaming home of Showtime. The Showtime portfolio of edgy, critically acclaimed programming will now complement the broad and popular Paramount+ library in a seamless offering that appeals to everyone, at a competitive price of $11.99 per month. The Paramount+ Essential Plan (without Showtime) is available for $5.99 per month. 

Animated series Dew Drop Diaries premieres on Netflix July 24. From finding lost items to cleaning up messes, three fairies in training love looking after kids in their care as they work toward earning their wings. 

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

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