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Season two of Platonic premieres August 6 on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes, followed by one weekly. The new season picks up with everyone’s favorite pair of best friends (played by Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) as they contend with new mid-life hurdles, including work, weddings and partners in crises. The duo tries their best to be each other’s rock, but sometimes rocks break things. The season two cast also includes Luke Macfarlane and Carla Gallo, and introduces Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett and Milo Manheim as guest stars.
Prime Video announced it has renewed adult-animated superhero series Invincible for a fifth season ahead of its fourth season set to debut in 2026. Matthew Rhys will join the voice cast for the upcoming season. Based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, co-creator Cory Walker, and contributing creator Ryan Ottley, the series follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson, as he inherits his father’s superpowers and sets out to become Earth’s greatest defender, only to discover the job is more challenging than he could have ever imagined. Everything changes as Mark is forced to face his past, and his future, while discovering how much further he’ll need to go to protect the people he loves.
The new season of Limitless: Live Better Now premieres August 15 on Disney+ and hulu, and August 25 on National Geographic. A followup to Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, where the global movie star explored how to live longer, Chris Hemsworth returns with a bold new mission: discovering how we can all live better – starting today. In the three part season, Chris pushes himself further than ever – both physically and mentally – as he confronts some of life’s most universal challenges: pain, fear and cognitive decline. Filmed across six countries over two years, Chris tests his limits by drawing from cutting-edge science and the wisdom of elders to push himself like never before. With no previous experience, he learns to play the drums for a live performance with GRAMMY Award-winner Ed Sheeran in front of 70,000 fans; scales a dizzying 600-foot climbing wall in the Swiss Alps to break out of his comfort zone and embrace risk; and takes part in South Korean Special Forces training, enduring electrocution and pepper spray to confront his long struggle with chronic pain and reconfigure his response to it – all to uncover tools we can use today to live healthier, happier lives. Joining him on this transformative journey are returning expert Dr. BJ Miller, a renowned palliative care physician, plus a powerful lineup of inspiring voices, including cognitive scientist Dr. Maya Shankar, Parkway Drive drummer Ben Gordon, neuroscientist and Professor Abigail Marsh, free solo climber and wingsuiter Steph Davis, former members of South Korea’s military, MMA fighter Kim Dong-hyun, freestyle motocross legend Robbie Maddison and more. Together, they offer fresh insights into how we can build stronger minds, bodies and connections.
Three part docuseries Taurasi premieres August 7 on Prime Video. The series chronicles the extraordinary journey of basketball legend Diana Taurasi, whose relentless pursuit of greatness has transcended the boundaries of sport. Through incisive, remarkably candid interviews with Taurasi, her relatives, teammates, coaches, agent, journalists and others who’ve witnessed her path first-hand, including Sue Bird and Geno Auriemma, this three-part documentary series is a sweeping portrait that will reveal a funny, defiant, vulnerable, imperfect, and deeply relatable athlete, whose authenticity and commitment to greatness have revolutionized women’s basketball.
Netflix has greenlit a live-action adaptation of Assassin’s Creed. The series is based on the video game franchise. The series is a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions – one set on determining mankind’s future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. It follows its characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity’s destiny.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May at the end of the 2025-26 broadcast season. Colbert announced the news during tonight’s taping at the Ed Sullivan Theater. The cancellation is said to be for “financial reasons”, while the late night series continues to be the #1 series.
Netflix has announced new unscripted series and renewals of fan favorite series. Simon Cowell: The Next Act follows Simon Cowell as he aims to build the world’s next breakout boyband in this docu-series. Let’s Marry Harry stars Harry Jowsey who teams up with Alex Cooper to find “the one” in his search for love. Old drama dies hard in Calabasas Confidential as a group of college graduates return home to unresolved tension and hookups Members Only: Palm Beach follows the city’s most elite enclave where wealth is inherited, status is earned and secrets have a membership fee. From the world of The Tinder Swindler, Cecilie Fjellhøy partners with a private investigator to help other victims of romance fraud get the ultimate payback in Love Con Revenge. Nick Viall and his wife Natalie Joy will co-host Age of Attraction, a new dating show where age is thrown out the window and singles search for love without knowing each other’s age. Can love be truly ageless, or do the years between them make all the difference? Singles will range from 22 to 59 years old. The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On will return for a fourth season. King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch has been renewed for a third season. Additionally, premiere dates have been set for Perfect Match Season 3 (August 1), Love is Blind UK Season 2 (August 13), Love is Blind Season 9 (October 1), Selling Sunset Season 9 (October 29), Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 (November 4), Selling the OC Season 4 (November 12) and Owning Manhattan Season 2 (December 5).
Samuel L. Jackson will star in Paramount+’s officially ordered Tulsa King spinoff NOLA King. Jackson’s character, Russell Lee Washington Jr., will be introduced in the upcoming, highly anticipated third season of Tulsa King, slated to premiere in September. The series follows Russell Lee Washington Jr. who, after befriending Dwight Manfredi during a ten-year stint in federal prison, is sent to Tulsa by New York’s Renzetti crime family to take Dwight out once and for all. Inspired by what Dwight created in Tulsa and impressed with the possibilities of second chances, Washington returns to New Orleans, the home he abandoned forty-years ago, to rekindle his relationship with his family and friends, and to take control of the city he left behind. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of his former employers in New York, and makes himself vulnerable to old NOLA foes, both criminal and cop.
Freida Pinto will star as Parul Chaudhury in Netflix’s Unaccustomed Earth. Inspired by the internationally beloved Jhumpa Lahiri short story collection of the same name, the eight episode series is an epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant drama about a tight-knit Indian American community navigating love, desire, and belonging. Rich with nuance, passion, and unforgettable characters, Unaccustomed Earth invites you into the elite and insular Indian-American community of Cambridge, MA. When a star-crossed romance between a devoted wife and her long lost love comes to light, a scandalous affair is born and new battle lines are drawn in this intensely interconnected immigrant community.
Prime Video announced the cast for Every Year After, the series based on Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel “Every Summer After.” Sadie Soverall is cast as “Percy,” Matt Cornett is cast as “Sam,” Aurora Perrineau is cast as “Chantal,” Abigail Cowen is cast as “Delilah,” Michael Bradway is cast as “Charlie,” and Joseph Chiu is cast as “Jordie.” Told over the course of six years and one week in Barry’s Bay, the quintessential lake town, the series is a romantic, nostalgic story of first loves and the people and choices that mark us forever.
Production on season three of Netflix’s XO, Kitty has wrapped. As part of the third season, Sule Thelwell, Soy Kim and Christine Hwang joined the cast; and Hojo Shin was upped to a series regular. Additional information around Season 3 will be shared at a later time.
The Mother Flip premieres August 16 on A&E’s HomeMadeNation. Best friends and savvy flippers Kristy Etheredge and Rebecca Franchione, along with contractor Roy Salinas, transform the worst homes in Texas’ Hill Country into big profits. With all-cash deals and strategic renovations, they take bold risks to turn rundown properties into real estate gold – splitting the massive payday three ways. The 10-episode series premieres on Saturday, August 16 at 12pm ET/PT.
The August 3 edition of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Capital One will feature a matchup of current division leaders (as of July 17) as the American League Central-leading Detroit Tigers visit the National League East-leading Philadelphia Phillies. Karl Ravech calls Sunday Night Baseball with analyst and five-time World Series Champion David Cone, analyst Eduardo Pérez and reporter Buster Olney.
Alien: Earth premieres August 12 on FX. When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat. In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans. But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named “Wendy” marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, “Wendy” and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.
The English dub of Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse premieres July 18 on Crunchyroll. Naoto Watari lives solely for his little sister, Suzushiro, until his chaotic childhood friend, Satsuki, storms back into his life. Without uttering a single word, her very presence ignites buried memories and unravels his rigid routine. As tensions rise and secrets surface, Naoto’s devotion to Suzushiro clashes with unresolved pain, threatening to collapse his fragile world.
WWE: Unreal premieres July 29 on Netflix. For the first time ever, step into the WWE writer’s room and outside the ring with your favorite WWE Superstars, where the drama is just as intense offstage as it is under the spotlight.
The new season of Life After Lockup premieres August 1 on WE tv. The new season follows seven former inmates and their significant others from the hit series Love After Lockup and Love During Lockup as they navigate their emotional journey to keep their love alive and stay free. These couples – including fan favorites Justine and Michael, Quiana and Damodrick, and Brooke and JK – must build and strengthen their relationships in the face of stringent parole restrictions, overcoming battles with addiction and past childhood trauma. They face the growing pains of love, family and marriage while juggling the challenges of being on the outside. Despite these obstacles, can the couples stay together and continue to build a life outside of the prison walls?
True crime docuseries True Crime Story: Smugshot returns August 14 on SundanceTV. The crimes range from petty to devastating, but the series of events surrounding the crime are always surprising. Whether in pursuit of revenge or riches, status or glory, freedom or fame, each of these law-breakers cling to their entitlement in spite of having more to lose than to gain. At times quirky and funny, at others outrageous or disturbing, these are the stories of people who thought they could, or should, get away with it.
HBO’s four part docuseries The Yogurt Shop Murders premieres August 3. In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered at a frozen yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. What happened that night forever shook the Austin community and continues to mystify the police and haunt the families left in the wake of unthinkable loss. Including interviews with the investigative teams, the victims’ parents and siblings, and the two men who served time for the crime, the series explores law enforcement practices and raises complex questions about press coverage and the power of suggestion on memory. The series offers a unique window into the lasting effects of grief and the enduring impact of unrelenting crime coverage in mainstream media through poignant interviews with those closest to the crime and investigation. Illustrated by a wealth of news coverage and archival video over the decades with families and suspects, the series includes interrogation room footage and audio tapes from the four teenage boys who were brought in for questioning. All four were arrested, and when the police obtained confessions of rape and murder from two of the young men, they were indicted for murder in the first degree, with their written confessions leading to convictions. When new DNA evidence came to light, the two men were released on bond, having both served over nine years. The charges were eventually dropped, but the men still live in a state of presumed guilt by many despite no physical evidence tying them to the murder scene. As they and the victims’ families continue to struggle with the ongoing trauma and the lack of resolution in the case, the series recognizes the importance of storytelling to help in healing and explores the fragility and the resilience of the mind – in preserving memories, coping with loss, and remaining convinced of one’s own innocence.
The English dub of Secrets of the Silent Witch premieres July 18 on Crunchyroll. Humans couldn’t handle magic without chanting until Monica Everett, the Silent Witch and one of the Seven Sages, made unspoken magecraft possible. Painfully shy, she enjoys seclusion. One day, Louis Miller, the Barrier Mage, delivers the king’s order: Go undercover at a prestigious school for nobles to guard the second prince. Get ready for her silent mission to begin!
Season four of Stillwater premieres August 1 on Apple TV+. Based on the “Zen” book series by Jon J Muth, the series follows a wise panda who teaches three young siblings about the world and each other. The series centers on siblings Karl, Addy and Michael, who encounter everyday challenges – big and small – which sometimes feel insurmountable. Fortunately for these three, they have Stillwater, a wise panda, as their next-door neighbor. Through his example, stories and gentle humor, Stillwater teaches the children the concept of mindfulness, while offering them a deeper understanding of their feelings as well as tools that help them face their own day-to-day challenges.
