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Season three of And Just Like That… premieres May 29 on Max. The series follows Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Seema, and LTW navigating the complicated reality of life, love, sex, and friendship in their 50s in New York City. The season three cast includes Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker, Cathy Ang, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Cake, Mario Cantone, Niall Cunningham, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Christopher Jackson, Logan Marshall-Green, Sebastiano Pigazzi, Alexa Swinton, Dolly Wells, and John Corbett.
The Four Seasons premieres on Netflix May 1. Six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver), and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), are completely upended by the news. Over the course of a year, we follow the friends on four vacations, and watch how this shake-up affects everyone’s dynamic – sending old issues and new bubbling to the surface. Based on the 1981 feature film of the same name, it is a hilarious and heartfelt love letter to long marriages and old friendships.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North premieres April 18 on Prime Video. The series is a savagely beautiful five-part series charting the life of Dorrigo Evans (played by Jacob Elordi as a young man, with Ciarán Hinds as the older Dorrigo), through his passionate love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young), his time held captive in a POW camp, and his later years spent as a revered surgeon and reluctant war hero.
BET+ has ordered a Martin spinoff series Varnell Hill. The eight episode series will star Tommy Davidson, who played Varnell Hill in the original Fox series as a guest star. It is expected to feature new characters and some guest cameos.
Smoke premieres June 27 on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday through August 8. Inspired by true events, the series follows a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists. It stars Taron Egerton as arson investigator Dave Gudsen and Jurnee Smollett as police detective Michelle Calderone. It also features Rafe Spall, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Anna Chlumsky, Adina Porter, Greg Kinnear, and John Leguizamo.
Jessica Capshaw will star in ABC’s upcoming 9-1-1 spinoff 9-1-1: Nashville. She joins Chris O’Donnell as series regulars.
Laura Linney has joined the cast of MGM+’s upcoming comedy series American Classic. The series centers on Broadway star and notorious narcissist Richard Bean, who suffers a spectacular public meltdown and returns to his hometown and the family-run theater where he first became aware of his own brilliance. When he arrives, he is shocked to discover that his father, the former artistic director, has lost a step and that the once-respected theater, now run by his brother Jon and his wife has become, by necessity, a low-rent dinner theater serving roast beef and murder mysteries. He decides to save the town, the theater, and the world by presenting a great American classic on the dinner theater stage, directed by and starring, of course, Richard Bean.
James Marsden has joined the cast of Your Friends & Neighbors. Marsden will appear as a series regular in the upcoming second season of the Apple TV+ series.
Atsuko Okatsuka: Father premieres June 13 on hulu. Fans call her ‘Mother,’ but Atsuko is ‘Father’ – thriving professionally yet clueless about basics. A 7-year laundry hiatus and learning that marriage licenses precede weddings are just some hilariously relatable discoveries she shares in her special.
Solo Leveling Season 1 is releasing for the first time in North America on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll on July 22. Special features on both the Limited Edition and Standard Edition Blu-ray and DVD box sets for Solo Leveling Season 1 include “The Leveling of Solo Leveling” documentary, textless opening and ending videos, a collection of character videos, and more. The Limited Edition also comes with multiple exclusives, including four art cards, a sticker sheet, and a 68-page art book featuring a never-before-seen interview with action director Yoshihiro Kanno, previously released interviews with the Japanese cast and staff, and hand-selected stills. Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Season 1 and Re:Monster will also be arriving on Blu-ray for the first time in the U.S. in both Limited Edition and Standard Edition Blu-ray box sets from Crunchyroll on July 22. Both Limited Edition releases will come with three special art cards. Titles also releasing in North America on Blu-ray in July from Crunchyroll include That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Part 1 and The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human.
Season seven of The Real Housewives of Miami premieres soon on Bravo. Alexia Nepola, Larsa Pippen, Lisa Hochstein, Guerdy Abraira, Julia Lemigova, Adriana de Moura, Marysol Patton, and Kiki Barth all return.
The English dub of The Beginning After the End premieres April 16 on Crunchyroll. After a mysterious death, King Grey is reborn as Arthur Leywin on the magical continent of Dicathen. Although he enters his second life as a baby, his previous wisdom remains. He begins to master magic and forge his own path as the years go by, seeking to correct the mistakes of his past life.
Snakes and Ladders premieres May 14 on Netflix. Dora, the seemingly insignificant prefect of a prestigious school finds herself caught up in a quarrel between two 8-year-old students. What would appear to be an irrelevant incident threatens to jeopardise her lifelong dream of becoming school principal. Her seemingly unbreakable code of ethics will be put to the test as the conflict between these two powerful families drags her into temptations she has never faced before. Chocolate, drugs, tarot, and karaoke add spice to this black comedy, where even the smallest decision can change everything.
Mama June: Family Crisis returns May 30 on WE tv. This season, June fights for custody of Kaitlyn after Anna’s tragic passing. June also searches for a new, bigger house with Justin and works toward keeping a healthy lifestyle with new tricks up her sleeve. Away at college, Alana continues to wait for repayment from June and worries her boyfriend, Dralin, may face jail time. Pumpkin’s business booms with a new warehouse, a vendor event and a new employee – causing a rift with Jessica. Meanwhile, Pumpkin and Josh’s marriage is in trouble, leading her to make a shocking decision.
Kevin Costner’s The West premieres May 26 on The History Channel with back to back episodes. A special presentation of episode three will air May 27 before returning to its regularly scheduled airdate and time of Mondays at 9. Hosted by Kevin Costner, the eight-episode documentary series will provide a fresh look at the sweeping and complex history of the American West through a wide range of conflicts – all driven by the desperate struggle to control the land itself. Transcending the clichés of the ‘Wild West,’ each one hour episode will capture multiple perspectives on the stories that not only defined an era but continue to shape our country today.
#1 Happy Family USA premieres April 17 on Prime Video. The series follows the maniacally upbeat Husseins – the most patriotic, most peaceful, and most definitely-not-suspicious Muslim family in post-9/11 “Amreeka.” With satire and absurdity, it redefines finding humor in hardship as they navigate the early 2000s under the watchful eyes of their terrified neighbors.
