Welcome to August. The final full month of summer season is right here, and with it’s a model new batch of flicks and TV collection to maintain you from having to go exterior into the warmth. A number of fashionable collection are returning with new seasons this week, however everyone knows which one in every of them you’ve been ready for.
King of the Hill, Season 14 – August 4 (Hulu)
One of many advantages of animated tv is that nothing ever has to vary. Even time doesn’t must move. The Simpsons has continued on for many years with this premise. Nonetheless, when King of the Hill makes its long-awaited return for Season 14, accessible with a Hulu subscription, eight years after its final outing, time may have handed for the Hill household, and we’ll get to see simply what the world is like now via the eyes of Hank and his now grownup youngster.
Wednesday Season 2, Quantity 1 – August 6 (Netflix)
Our lengthy nationwide nightmare is over. The explanation you stored your Netflix subscription, Season 2 of Wednesday, is lastly right here. The Addams Household spinoff was a fully huge hit in its first season and turned Jenna Ortega right into a star. Now, practically three years later, the primary batch of episodes of Season 2 debuts this week. The excellent news is that Season 3 has already been greenlit, so it shouldn’t take fairly as lengthy to get right here.
The Pickup – August 6 (Prime Video)
Eddie Murphy made an enormous splash on streaming with the long-awaited sequel to Beverly Hills Cop, Axel F. Now he’s leaping streamers and making an attempt one thing slightly extra authentic. In The Pickup, Murphy and Pete Davidson play armored automotive drivers who’re compelled into serving to with a on line casino heist. With a solid that features Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, and Marshawn Lynch, this one seems to be prefer it ought to be price a night’s leisure when you have a Prime Video subscription anyway.
Platonic, Season 2 – August 6 (Apple TV+)
Seth Rogen’s current Apple TV+ comedy, The Studio, was an enormous hit, so maybe that can assist get extra eyes on his different Apple TV+ comedy, Platonic. The primary season of the present, which stars Rogen and Rose Byrne as previous associates who reconnect after years aside, was actually relatable and fairly humorous. For those who haven’t caught this one earlier than, give season 1 of Platonic a glance earlier than diving into Season 2. For those who bought your Apple TV+ subscription to look at The Studio and you continue to have it, why not?
The Proud Household: Louder and Prouder, Season 3 – August 6 (Disney+)
King of the Hill isn’t the one fashionable animated collection to make a return this week. For those who’ve bought a Disney+ subscription, then you too can take a look at the third season of the rebooted The Proud Household. Contemplating the present solely had two seasons in its preliminary run (although admittedly with much more episodes per season), it reveals simply how fashionable this collection has remained via the years. A fourth season is already on the way in which.
That is just the start of what August has to supply streaming followers. Later this month, we’ll get the extremely anticipated Alien: Earth, the primary collection primarily based on the enduring franchise, in addition to the latest chapter of the DCU with the second season of Peacemaker.