Just when you think you’ve seen all there is to watch, there’s more! This summer marks the launch of HBO Max, new offerings from the still-finding-its-legs Quibi, plus a slate of series from the usual streaming suspects. Search Party is returning, after far too long, and Ramy and The Politician will both be back with sophomore seasons. Space Force has the potential to fulfill all the wishes of hardcore fans of The Office, while I May Destroy You has Michaela Coel writing and starring in a show that takes a far different tone from her beloved Chewing Gum. It might not be Mai Tais on the beach or summer road trips, but it’s certainly something worth getting excited for.
At Home With Amy Sedaris
Sedaris’s wacky, colorful show takes on a whole new meaning in quarantine. In the third season, the show continues to embrace its witty format (think The Martha Stewart Show, spun around a few times) and A-list comedy guest stars.
Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET on truTV.
American Soul
In its first season, American Soul told the gripping behind-the-scenes story of the making Soul Train, effortlessly capturing the sparkle and vision of the groundbreaking show. The second season picks up with the story of creator Don Cornelius in 1975 and continues exploring the role the series played in shaping American culture.
Premieres Wednesday, May 27 at 10 p.m. ET on BET.
Legendary
Pose ushered ballroom culture into the mainstream, and HBO Max's Legendary offers a competition series featuring real-life houses worthy of the national stage. Look out for celebrity judges like Megan Thee Stallion, Law Roach (the top stylist beloved by Zendaya and Céline Dion), and dancer Leiomy Maldonado.
Premieres Wednesday, May 27 on HBO Max.
Love Life
One of HBO Max’s most high-profile initial offerings, Love Life has Anna Kendrick reuniting with her A Simple Favor director, Paul Feig, who executive-produces this series. A concept that could be a bit trite—each episode in the series is focused on one of the people Kendrick’s character dates before finding her true match—but Kendrick’s performance and a pleasantly funny script make it a worthy investment.
Premieres Wednesday, May 27 on HBO Max.
Space Force
With The Office nostalgia at an all-time high, a project from Steve Carell and producer Greg Daniels feels like a heaven-sent gift. Carell plays an Air Force General tasked with establishing a military branch in space, and though that may have some horrifying political associations, the show’s pedigree and cast (Lisa Kudrow, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, and Diana Silvers) make us ready to venture to a galaxy far from Scranton.
Premieres Friday, May 29 on Netflix.
Ramy
Comedian Ramy Youseff won a Golden Globe for the first season of his series, based on his own Egyptian-American family living in New Jersey. In season 2, Mahershala Ali joins a Sheikh who provides counsel to Ramy’s character as the two develop a deep connection.
Premieres Friday, May 29 on Hulu.
Quiz
Director Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette, The Queen) follows up his A Very English Scandal success with the real-life story of a man accused of cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? If that premise isn't enough, the three-part miniseries features television royalty, with Fleabag’s Sian Clifford and Succession’s Matthew Macfayden as the leads.
Premieres Sunday, May 31 on AMC.
Laurel Canyon
This two-part documentary about the artists living at the epicenter of ‘70s music culture includes appearances by Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash, Don Henley, and Michelle Phillips and footage of Joni Mitchell, the Doors and the Byrds, among others.
Premieres Sunday, May 31 on EPIX.
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
In what might be the role of her career, Amanda Peet takes on the story of Betty Broderick, the California woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his new wife. The trial became one of the biggest media sensations of the ‘90s.
Premieres Tuesday, June 2 on USA.
13 Reasons Why
The final season of the Selena Gomez-produced drama promises to answer all the looming questions that hung over the students of Liberty High School over the past three seasons.
Premieres Friday, June 5 on Netflix.
I May Destroy You
While writing the first season of her hit series Chewing Gum, Michaela Coel was drugged and assaulted. That horrific experience inspired and shaped I May Destroy You, which follows a young London woman through the confusion and anger-filled days after she's drugged during a night out.
Premieres Sunday, June 7 on HBO.
Lenox Hill
The heroism of New York City physicians, now seen in the news daily, is on full display in this docuseries, which takes you inside an urban hospital “from birth to brain surgery.”
Premieres Wednesday, June 10 on Netflix.
The Bold Type
The Scarlet magazine team returns for the second half of a season that's already seen a wedding, a firing, and a major surgery.
Premieres Thursday, June 11 on Freeform.
Grantchester
Fleabag is over (allegedly), so once again, your best bet for a hot holy man remains this wholesome British series. Now in its fifth season, hunky vicar Sidney Chambers (Little Women’s James Norton) has been replaced with the similarly blessed Reverend Will Davenport (Tom Brittney), but the sweet blend of pastoral scenes, leisurely paced crime solving, and religious angst remains.
Premieres Sunday, June 14 on PBS.
The Politician
In its sophomore season, The Politician takes the action out of high school and into the political big leagues, as Payton (Ben Platt) mounts a campaign to unseat a powerful state senator played by Judith Light.
Premieres Friday, June 19 on Netflix.
Perry Mason
The famed criminal litigator ruled TV for nearly a decade in the ‘50s and '60s, followed by a short-lived reboot and several made-for-TV movies. Now he’s back with an HBO sheen. Matthew Rhys stars, alongside Tatiana Maslany and John Lithgow, in the 1930s-set limited series.
Premieres Sunday, June 21 on HBO.
Search Party
After a three-year wait, the cult hit migrates from TBS to HBO’s new streaming platform for its third season, and we're more eager than ever to see the fallout from the gang’s crimes.
Premieres Thursday, June 25 on HBO Max.
The Mapleworth Murders
The great Paula Pell stars in (and co-created!) this Lorne Michaels-produced send-up of small town crime shows like Murder, She Wrote and Midsomer Murders. It's set to include appearances from Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, and J.B. Smoove.
Premieres in June on Quibi.
The Baby-Sitters Club
Netflix is giving early millennials a nostalgia doubleheader, adapting the beloved Ann M. Martin book series with Alicia Silverstone in a lead role. The child-minding teens are in good hands; the sharp creative team features Broad City’s Lucia Aniello as executive producer and GLOW’s Rachel Shukert as showrunner, so you know the series will do more than just fan service.
Premieres Friday, July 3 on Netflix.
P-Valley
Playwright Katori Hall, whose works like The Mountaintop and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical have lit up Broadway, is finally putting her mark on TV. Adapted from her play Pussy Valley, the series will look at a small strip club in the Delta and will feature only women directors.
Premieres Sunday, July 12 on Starz.
Adrienne Gaffney is an editor at ELLE who previously worked at WSJ Magazine and Vanity Fair.
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