It’s the height of summer, it’s hot (probably wherever you are), which of course means it’s time to cool off with some TV.
The return of Justified (via rebooting the streaming platform, as so often these days) may not help with that. Timothy Olyphant has always been one of the smoothest-talking (and hottest) men to grace the television screen, and his Raylan Givens is no exception. Is the trip outside of Kentucky worth it? We’ll see this week.
Nicole Kidman is stepping off the big screen and moving from cultural ambassador (in AMC’s preshow) to CIA director, starring in Paramount Plus’ new Taylor Sheridan show Special Ops: Lioness opposite Zoë Saldaña.
Here’s all of this week’s major TV premieres (and finales!)
New series on Netflix
Download sweet Magnolia season 3 torrent
Genre: Romantic drama
Date of publication: July 20
Showrunner/creator: Sheryl J Anderson
Form: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, Heather Headley, Jamie Lynn Spears and more
The feel-good Netflix series is back – based on the Sherryl Woods novels, Sweet magnolias still follows three lifelong friends in a small southern town. Season 3 picks up after the brawl at Sullivan’s, with each of the women looking for ways to help their community while also facing tough decisions about their own lives.
New shows on Hulu
Rightly so: City Primeval
Genre: Crime thriller
Date of publication: July 18 on FX with two episodes; July 19 on Hulu
Showrunners/Creators: Dave Andron and Michael Diner
Form: Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis and more
Olyphant’s smooth-talking U.S. Marshal has left Kentucky for greener — or at least more urban — pastures. The Justified reboot finds him in Detroit, balancing life as a marshal, a father, and a law enforcement officer with a violent sociopath.
Praise Pete
Genre: Animated comedy
Date of publication: July 21 at 10 p.m. EDT on Freeform with two episodes; July 22 on Hulu
Showrunner/creator: Anna Drezen
Form: Annie Murphy, Christine Baranski, Stephen Root, John Cho, and Kiersey Clemons
Just when Annie Murphy thought she was done with a well put together NYC life collapsing around her forcing her to move back to a small town – well, that’s about where the similarities between Praise Pete And Schitt’s Creek end. Petey (short for Petra) receives a mysterious gift from her late father: he takes over the leadership of his cult in a small town, New Utopia! Now she is working her way through the role, trying to bring this cult to the modern era.
It’s always sunny in the Season 16 finale in Philadelphia
Photo: Patrick McElhenney/FX
Genre: Loose Comedy
Date of publication: July 19 at 10 p.m. EDT/PDT on FXX; July 20 on Hulu
Showrunners/Creators: Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton
Form: Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson, Danny DeVito and Rob McElhenney
FXX’s (historically) long-running comedy ends its 16th season on Wednesday (and will stream on Hulu the next day). True to form, it ends on a funny note: Dennis takes a mental health day — and of course encounters anger-inducing issues every step of the way.
New shows on Paramount Plus
Special Ops: Lioness
Genre: Spy thriller
Date of publication: July 23
Showrunner/creator: Taylor Sheridan
Form: Zoë Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, Laysla De Oliveira
This Paramount Plus show – the latest from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan – is inspired by a real US military program, following the Lioness program overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Kelly). At the center is Joe (Saldaña), as she, as the Paramount synopsis puts it, “tries to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror.”
New shows on Peacock
Below Deck Down Under season 2
Photo: Mark Rogers/Bravo
Genre: Reality show upstairs/downstairs
Date of publication: July 17 at 8 p.m. EDT; July 18 at Peacock
Form: Jason Chambers, Aesha Scott and other crew members below deck (eyyy).
The third spin-off of the very popular Below deck unites Captain Jason and Chief Stew Aesha for yet another soapy, drama-filled superyacht over 150 feet. You’d be surprised how much they can pack in just six weeks of shooting, but: anchors weigh heavy!