“Bridgerton” (Season 3: Part 2)
From Shondaland and new showrunner Jess Brownell, Bridgerton is back for its third season and finds Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) has finally given up on her long-held crush on Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) after hearing his disparaging words about her last season. Part one debuted May 13, and Part two arrives next month.
Premiere Date: June 13 on Netflix.
“House Of The Dragon” (Season 2)
Following the treacherous events of season one, season two of HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” spin-off promises more family members conspiring at the council tables, marching with their armies and riding their dragons into battle. Season two returns for a slightly shorter season in 2024, and the prequel series about the Targaryen Civil War should feature fewer time jumps. The main cast now includes Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans (plus the recurring ensemble), and season two will also add Freddie Fox, Gayle Rankin, Simon Russell Beale, Matthew Needham, and many more.
Premiere Date: June 16 on HBO.
“Land of Women”
A dramatic comedy thriller from creators Ramón Campos and Gema R. Neira, “Land of Women” stars Eva Longoria as Gala, a New York empty nester whose life is turned upside down when her husband implicates the family in financial improprieties, and she is forced to flee the city alongside her aging mother and college-age daughter. When her husband vanishes, the trio hides in a Spanish wine town to escape the dangerous criminals they’re indebted to, but gossip soon spreads, which unravels deeper and darker family secrets. Pedro Almodovar regular Carmen Maura, plus Santiago Cabrera, Victoria Bazúa,, Gloria Munoz, Ariadna Gil, Layna Sheppard co-star.
Premiere Date: June 26, 2024 on Apple TV+.
“The Bear”
FX’s hit kitchen series —about food, family, and the insanity of the restaurant grind—returns for a third season this June. Picking up where season two left off, “Carmy” (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), and “Richie” (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) try and do whatever it takes to elevate The Bear, their beef stand turned fine dining establishment, all while doing their best to stay in business. The series, created by Christopher Storer, also a co-showrunner, writer, and director, also stars Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Matty Matheson, with Oliver Platt and Molly Gordon in recurring roles. Seasons 3 and 4 were announced as back-to-back shooting seasons earlier this year, but it’s unclear when season 4 will arrive. However, it seems evident that FX is trying to hold onto the cast because they’re all becoming huge stars and soon won’t have the time to star in an ongoing series. Season four is likely its last, but until then, we can enjoy season three in the interim this summer.
Premiere Date: June 27 on FX.
JULY, AUGUST & TBDs
“Lady In The Lake”
Based on the novel by Laura Lippman and directed by “Honeyboy” filmmaker Alma Har’el, the mini-series centers on an investigative journalist working on an unsolved murder in 1960s Baltimore who clashes with a woman working to advance the agenda of the city’s black community. “Lady In The Lake” was written by Har’el and Boaz Yakin (among others) and stars Natalie Portman, Moses Ingram, David Corenswet, Y’lan Noel, Mikey Madison, Brett Gelman Noah Jupe, Mike Epps, and more.
Premiere Date: July 19, via Apple TV+.
“Sunny”
A darkly comedic sci-fi mystery drama series starring Rashida Jones, “Sunny” series centers on an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As “consolation,” she’s given a new class of domestic robots made by her husband’s electronics company. An unexpected friendship develops, and together, they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to her family. Written by Katie Robbins, based on “The Dark Manual” by Colin O’Sullivan. Joanna Sotomura, Annie the Clumsy, Jun Kunimura, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Judy Ongg, Fares Belkheir, and You (Yukiko Ehara) co-star.
Premiere Date: July 10, via Apple TV+.
Also in July: “Sausage Party: Foodtopia” (Prime Video), “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Part 1 (Netflix), “Snowpiercer,” Season 4 (AMC), “61st Street” (The CW).
“The Umbrella Academy” (Season 4)
The fourth and final season of “The Umbrella Academy” is in session on August 8, which means one last timeline-shifting Hargreeves adventure. Created by Steve Blackman and developed by Jeremy Slater (“Moon Knight”), the series revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes (the Hargreeves family) who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse. According to a recent cast announcement video, it’s still really wacky with a lot of the nonsense and shenanigans the series is known for. This final “The Umbrella Academy” season stars Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, and Colm Feore. Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and David Cross also join the final season.
Premiere Date: August 8 on Netflix.