If you’re still hungover from all the project announcements at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, man, so are we. But! Hope is eternal, and so is the TV schedule, which is always geared toward the next new thing — and this week is no exception.
Personally, I’m most looking forward to this harvest House of the Dragon season 2 finale, a show that has really stepped up its already considerable game with its latest run. There is also Batman: Masked Crusaderwhich promises to bring back a gritty, vibrant Batman animation. And while it’s not on the list, the return (after a week’s absence with the Olympics airing in Japan) of My Hero Academy, which left us with a particularly tragic and sour feeling.
These are this week’s best new TV premieres and finales.
New series on Netflix
A Good Guide to Murder for Girls
Genre: Murder mystery
Date of publication: 1 August
Based on the novel by: Holly Jackson
Form: Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal, Anna Maxwell Martin and more
You’re used to seeing Emma Myers as a werewolf roommate in Wednesday; but now she can have a normal girl — well, as normal a girl as you can be when you’re also a 17-year-old investigating a murder. Pip (Myers) is a high school senior who gets sucked into the murder-suicide that rocked her small town five years ago, and discovers that it might not be what people thought it was after all.
New Shows on Hulu
Futurama season 12
Genre: Crazy science fiction
Date of publication: July 29 with one episode
Showrunner/creator: Matt Groening
Form: John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal and more
Futurama is coming back (just like always). Right now it’s season 12 of FuturamaYou don’t have to tell me if you’re going to like it. So I’ll just include the important information: On Hulu, and releasing one episode a week.
New shows on Max
House of the Dragon season 2 finale
Photo: Theo Whiteman/HBO
Genre: Drama of high fantasy
Date of publication: August 5th at 9pm
Showrunner/creator: Ryan Condal
Form: Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Ewan Mitchell and more
Season 2 has been one hell of a war, and it’s only just beginning (the civil war, that is; the season is coming to an end, as the subhed suggests). Suffice it to say, regardless of the balance of power between the various Targaryen factions at this point, this finale is going to give us bloodshed and dragons.
New shows on Prime Video
Hooded Crusader
Genre: Batman (animated)
Date of publication: August 1st with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Matt Reeves, JJ Abrams and Bruce Timm
Form: Hamish Linklater, Christina Ricci, Jamie Chung and more
If you miss Batman: The Animated Series — and let’s face it, why wouldn’t you — then it’s time to take a look Hooded Crusadera return to the atmosphere of BATS (itself a bit of a stylistic throwback). This one has a big star cast and voice acting, and some updated Batman fun.