2020 Summer TV Premiere Calendar

This is the permanent home of our TV premiere calendar. Bookmark this page; we'll update it daily throughout the year. Updated May 28

Premiere dates for new and returning shows and specials

New () and returning shows, TV movies, miniseries, and specials (including streaming exclusives) with announced premiere dates are listed below. All times are both ET/PT unless otherwise indicated. Items available to buy or rent through digital outlets (VOD, Prime Video, iTunes, etc.) are marked with a ($).

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May premieres - VIEW UPDATES FOR SHOWS DELAYED BY COVID-19

THU / May 28
	Confessional Trailer	Horror	Shudder
	Dorohedoro	Anime
	Intuition (La corazonada)	Foreign/Drama
	National Theatre At Home: This House Trailer	Drama	YouTube, 2p ET
This week's NT freebie is a 2013 production of James Graham's 1974-set play about British politics.
	Questlove's Potluck	Reality	Food, 10p
	Who Killed the Co-Ed?: An ID Mystery	Reality	ID, 9p
FRI / May 29
▣	Central Park Trailer	Animation/Comedy/Musical	Apple TV+
The latest animated series from Bob's Burgers creator Loren Bouchard is a music-filled comedy following a family living in the titular New York landmark, where they oversee its operations. Kristen Bell, Josh Gad (who co-created the series), Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Tituss Burgess, Daveed Diggs, and Stanley Tucci provide the voices. The series has already been renewed for a second season.
	End of Sentence Trailer	Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	The High Note Trailer	Drama/Music	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
Nisha Ganatra (Late Night) directs an indie drama set in the L.A. music industry. Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ice Cube, Diplo, June Diane Raphael, and Bill Pullman star. The film was originally set for a theatrical release this month but now is headed straight to VOD.
	Haircut Night in America	Reality	8p
	Jesus Trejo: Stay at Home Son Trailer	Comedy special	9p
	Kenny Sebastian: The Most Interesting Person in the Room	Comedy special
	Little Boy Lost: An ID Mystery	Reality	ID, 9p
▣	Papicha	Foreign/Drama	($) Virtual theaters
	Ponmagal Vandhal	Foreign/Drama	Prime Video
▣	Ramy Trailer	Comedy
Ramy Youssef's critically acclaimed comedy series returns for a second season that features a guest appearance by Mahershala Ali. All 10 episodes stream today.
	Somebody Feed Phil Trailer	Reality
▣	Space Force Trailer	Comedy
The Office vets Steve Carell, Greg Daniels, and Howard Klein reunite for another workplace comedy—and, yes, that workplace is indeed the newest branch of the American armed services, just as they are getting off the ground (so to speak). Carell stars opposite John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, Ben Schwartz, Noah Emmerich, Jessica St. Clair, Tawny Newsome, Fred Willard, Diana Silvers, and Jimmy O. Yang.
	Stage: The Culinary Internship Trailer	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
▣	The Vast of Night Trailer	Sci-fi/Fantasy/Thriller	Prime Video
Critics have great things to say about this debut feature by Andrew Patterson, a small-scale, 1950s-set thriller that takes a stylistically experimental approach to the alien invasion genre.
SAT / May 30
	20/20 on ID Investigates: My Father BTK	Reality	ID, 9p
	The Captive Nanny	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Heartland Docs, DVM	Reality	Nat Geo Wild, 8p
	Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House	Reality	HGTV, 10p
SUN / May 31
	Celebrity Family Feud	Game show	8p
	Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER	Reality	Nat Geo Wild, 9p
	Groomzilla	Drama	UP, 7p
▣	Laurel Canyon	Documentary/Music	Epix, 10p
	Match Game	Game show	10p
	My Husband's Deadly Past	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Natalee Holloway: Her Friends Speak	Reality	Reelz, 9p ET
	Press Your Luck	Game show	9p
▣	Quiz	Drama	9p
This co-production between AMC and ITV recounts the attempt by a man named Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen) to cheat his way to victory on the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with the help of a plant in the audience. He succeeded—at first. Michael Sheen and Sian Clifford also star for director Stephen Frears.
	Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein?	Reality	ID, 9p

June premieres

MON / June 1
	90 Day Fiance: The Other Way	Reality	TLC, 9p
	Below Deck Mediterranean Trailer	Reality	Bravo, 9p
	Iconic: TLC	Music	8p
	Royalties Trailer	Comedy/Music	Quibi
	Seachange [2019]	Drama	Acorn TV
	Vanished in New Canaan: An ID Mystery	Reality	ID, 9p
TUE / June 2
	Adrift in Soho	Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	And Then We Danced Trailer	Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	The Blackout: Invasion Earth Trailer	Foreign/Sci-fi/Action	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Body Cam	Reality	ID, 10p
▣	A Clear Shot	Drama/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story Trailer	Drama	USA, 9p
The second season of the true-crime anthology (which is moving to USA from Bravo) stars Amanda Peet and Christian Slater and takes place in the 1960s-80s. Two episodes air back-to-back tonight, and the series will shift to Tuesdays at 10p next week.
	Feral	Drama	($) Buy (Digital)
	Fuller House Trailer	Comedy
	House Hunters: Comedians on Couches	Reality	HGTV, 10p
Comedians watch reruns of House Hunters.
	I, Sniper Trailer	Documentary	Vice, 10p
▣	The Infiltrators Trailer	Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Outdaughtered	Reality	TLC, 9p
	True: Rainbow Rescue	Animation/Family
	The Truth Behind Joe Exotic: The Rick Kirkham Story	Reality	ID, 9p
WED / June 3
	CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special	Music	CMT, 8p
	Counting Cars	Reality	History, 10p
	Final 24	Reality	AXS, 9p
	Forged in Fire: Beat the Judges	Reality competition	History, 9p
▣	Spelling the Dream Trailer	Documentary
THU / June 4
	And We Go Green	Documentary
	Baki Trailer	Anime
	Can You Hear Me?	Drama/Comedy
	The Clearing Trailer	Horror	Crackle
	Dead Reckoning	Reality	ID, 9p
	Heartland	Drama	UP, 8p
	Mountain Men	Reality	History, 9p
	Summer Rush	Reality	Food, 10p
	The Thomas John Experience Trailer	Reality	CBS All Access
	A Time to Kill	Reality	ID, 10p
FRI / June 5
▣	13 Reasons Why Trailer	Drama
▣	2040 Trailer	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
▣	Becky Trailer	Thriller	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
A group of escaped convicts intrude on a family weekend getaway in a thriller starring Joel McHale, Lulu Wilson, and Kevin James.
	Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai	Foreign/Drama
	Deadly Second Chances	Drama	LMN, 8p
▣	Dear... Trailer	Documentary	Apple TV+
Documentary series from R.J. Cutler is inspired by a series of Apple commercials and profiles celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Stevie Wonder, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
▣	The Dinner Party	Horror/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	Dreamland Trailer	Horror/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	El Presidente Trailer	Drama	Prime Video
	Esther Povitsky: Hot for My Name Trailer	Comedy special	10p
	Gina Brillon: The Floor is Lava Trailer	Comedy special	Prime Video
▣	Hammer Trailer	Drama/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	Judy & Punch Trailer	Drama/Comedy/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	The Last Days of American Crime Trailer	Action/Thriller
Olivier Megaton (Taken 2) directs a futuristic crime thriller starring Édgar Ramírez, Michael Pitt, and Anna Brewster. It's based on the graphic novel by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini.
	Living Abroad	Foreign/Reality/Sports	Prime Video
▣	Queer Eye Trailer	Reality
	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Trailer	Reality competition	VH1, 8p
Previously slated to move to Showtime, the competition series is now remaining on VH1.
▣	Shirley Trailer	Drama/Thriller	($) Virtual theaters and VOD /
In 2018, Josephine Decker’s Madeline's Madeline premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to excellent reviews. In 2020, she returned to the festival and once again impressed critics with this unconventional portrait of author Shirley Jackson. Based on Sarah Gubbins’s adaptation of Susan Scarf Merrell’s novel, Shirley focuses on the relationship between Jackson (Elisabeth Moss), her husband (Michael Stuhlbarg), and the young couple (Odessa Young and Logan Lerman) who board in their home.
▣	Tommaso Trailer	Drama	($) Virtual theaters
This 2019 Cannes entry from director Abel Ferrara is a semi-autobiographical, low-budget drama about an American director and recovering addict (Willem Dafoe) who is living in Rome (in what is Ferrara's actual apartment) with his wife and young daughter (who are played by Ferrara's real-life partner and child). Reviews out of the festival were decidedly mixed.
▣	Trackers Trailer	Drama	Cinemax, 10p
	We Are Freestyle Love Supreme	Documentary/Music
▣	Yourself and Yours	Drama/Comedy	($) Virtual theaters
The 18th feature from acclaimed Korean director Hong Sang-soo (Grass, Claire's Camera) makes its belated U.S. debut after first impressing critics at TIFF back in 2016. The director's 2014 film Hill of Freedom will also make its first (virtual) American appearance next Friday, while a new restoration of the 2006 drama Woman on the Beach arrives on 6/19.
SAT / June 6
	Country at Heart	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
	Dear Class of 2020	Special	YouTube
Celebrities, business leaders, and political figures like Barack Obama, Lady Gaga, BTS, Zendaya, and Condoleezza Rice will participate in a virtual graduation ceremony (which, presumably, will be followed by virtual unemployment).
	Psycho Yoga Instructor	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
▣	Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It! Trailer	Comedy special	10p
SUN / June 7
	30 for 30: Be Water	Documentary/Sports	ESPN, 9p ET
Bao Nguyen's documentary looks at the life of Bruce Lee.
	American Monster	Reality	ID, 9p
	Autopsy: The Last Hours of ...	Reality	Reelz, 8p ET
	Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Trailer	Reality	Nat Geo, 10p
	How Not to Propose	Drama	UP, 7p
▣	I May Destroy You Trailer	Drama	10:30p
Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum) writes and stars as the victim of a date-rape drugging who must piece together the events she can't remember in this 12-episode HBO/BBC co-production. Note that next Sunday's episode will air at 10:50p, and the series will then move to Mondays at 9p beginning June 22nd.
	Renovation Island	Reality	HGTV, 8p
	Rock Legends	Reality/Music	AXS, 8:30p
MON / June 8
▣	The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons - Ever! Trailer	Reality	8p
In lieu of a new season of The Bachelorette (which is delayed indefinitely while all production has ceased), ABC is treating you to a 10-week, 30-hour recap of the entire history of The Bachelor this summer. In addition to lots and lots of clips, the show will feature new interviews with past participants.
	Big Time Bake	Reality competition	Food, 9p
	Buried Worlds With Don Wildman	Reality	Travel, 9p
	Duff Takes the Cake	Reality	Food, 10p
▣	LA's Finest Trailer	Drama	Spectrum
TUE / June 9
	Good Bones	Reality	HGTV, 9p
▣	Here Awhile	Drama	($) Buy (Digital)
	Lifetime Presents Variety's Power of Women: Frontline Heroes	Reality	Lifetime, 10p
▣	Lost in America Trailer	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital)
▣	Return to Hardwick	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital)
▣	Think Like a Dog Trailer	Family/Comedy	($) Buy (Digital)
▣	You Don't Nomi Trailer	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
WED / June 10
	Bulletproof	Drama	9p
	Curon	Foreign/Drama/Fantasy
	Lenox Hill Trailer	Reality
	Reality Z Trailer	Foreign/Drama/Horror
WED / June 11
	Alone	Reality	History, 10p
	The Bold Type	Drama	Freeform, 10p
	Design at Your Door	Reality	HGTV, 9p
▣	Don't Trailer	Game show	9p
	Double Shot at Love With DJ Pauly D and Vinny Trailer	Reality	MTV, 9p
	Ghost Adventures: Quarantine	Reality	Travel, 9p
	Strange Evidence	Reality	Science, 9p
	Whispers	Foreign/Drama
FRI / June 12
▣	Artemis Fowl Trailer	Adventure/Family/Fantasy	Disney+
The most prominent planned 2020 theatrical release so far to bypass theaters and head straight to streaming during the coronavirus pandemic is this Disney fantasy adventure from director Kenneth Branagh. (It would have opened in May.) The adaptation of Eoin Colfer's novels finds a 12-year-old criminal mastermind (newcomer Ferdia Shaw) caught up in a battle with supernatural forces. Josh Gad, Colin Farrell, and Judi Dench also star.
▣	Aviva Trailer	Drama	($) Virtual theaters
▣	Crossing Swords Trailer	Animation/Comedy
The latest stop-motion-animated comedy from the team behind Robot Chicken is a spoof of Game of Thrones (and similar projects) featuring the voices of Nicholas Hoult, Seth Green, Tony Hale, Luke Evans, Adam Pally, and Wendi McClendon-Covey.
▣	Da 5 Bloods Trailer	Drama
Director Spike Lee's first feature since BlacKkKlansman is a Netflix exclusive that follows a group of Vietnam War veterans who return to Vietnam to search for the remains of their squad leader—and, perhaps, some buried treasure. Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Jean Reno, Jonathan Majors, Paul Walter, Clarke Peters, and Isiah Whitlock Jr. star.
	Darkness Falls Trailer	Thriller	($) Buy (VOD/Digital)
	Dating Around	Reality
	The Departure	Drama	($) Rent (VOD/Digital)
	Exit Plan Trailer	Foreign/Thriller	($) Buy (VOD/Digital)
▣	F Is for Family Trailer	Animation/Comedy
	Gulabo Sitabo	Foreign/Comedy	Prime Video
▣	Infamous	Drama	($) Virtual theaters
	Into the Dark: Good Boy Trailer	Horror
	Jo Koy: In His Elements Trailer	Comedy special
▣	The King of Staten Island Trailer	Comedy/Drama	($) Rent (VOD/Digital)
Now heading straight to VOD instead of theaters, director Judd Apatow's latest feature finds SNL's Pete Davidson playing a weed-smoking aspiring tattoo artist who lives with his mom in a story that is loosely based on his own life. Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Maude Apatow, Bel Powley, Pamela Adlon, and Steve Buscemi also star.
	Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Trailer	Animation/Family
	Pokémon Journeys: The Series Trailer	Animation
	Ringside Trailer	Documentary/Sports	8:30p
	The Search	Foreign/Drama
	Serial Psyche	Reality	Reelz, 8p ET
▣	The Soul Collector Trailer	Horror/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	The Surrogate Trailer	Drama	($) Virtual theaters
	The Woods Trailer	Foreign/Drama
	World's Most Evil Killers	Reality	Reelz, 9p ET
SAT / June 13
	Alexa & Katie	Comedy
	Game Face	Game show	Nickelodeon, 8:30p
	The Killer Affair	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Love in the Forecast	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
SUN / June 14
	30 for 30: Long Gone Summer	Documentary/Sports	ESPN, 9p ET
The 1998 baseball season—notable for the spirited chase of the single-season home run record by Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire—is the subject of a documentary by AJ Schnack.
	90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After	Reality	TLC, 8p
▣	Beecham House Trailer	Drama	10p
	Grantchester Trailer	Drama	9p
	Helter Skelter	Reality	Epix, 9p
	Marcella	Drama
	Sisters of the Groom	Drama	UP, 7p
	Timeless Love	Drama	HMM, 9p
	World War II: Race to Victory	Reality	History, 9p
MON / June 15
	Hidden Trailer	Drama	Acorn TV
TUE / June 16
	2 Minutes of Fame	Comedy	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles	Reality	Bravo, 9p
	One Day at a Time Animated Special	Animation/Comedy	Pop, 9:30p
With production on the current season shut down due to the pandemic, producers opted to experiment by turning one of the season's unfilmed scripts into an animated episode. Guests include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Melissa Fumero, and Gloria Estefan.
	The Pollinators	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Roger Waters: Us + Them	Documentary/Music	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth Trailer	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Siesta Key Trailer	Reality	MTV, 8p
▣	The Short History of the Long Road Trailer	Drama	($) Rent (VOD)
	Sweet Home Sextuplets	Reality	TLC, 10p
▣	What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Trailer	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital)
MON / June 17
	Mr. Iglesias	Comedy
	Prehistoric Road Trip	Documentary	10p
THU / June 18
	The Bureau	Foreign/Drama	Sundance Now
	Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters	Documentary	Crackle
	Karma	Family/Reality competition	HBO Max
	Killer Couples	Reality	Oxygen, 8p
	Scare Package Trailer	Horror/Comedy/Anthology	Shudder
	Snapped: Killer Couples	Reality	Oxygen, 8p
	Summer Camp Island	Animation/Family	HBO Max
▣	Syfy Wire's The Great Debate Trailer	Reality/Talk/Comedy	Syfy, 11p
Celebrities (including Aisha Tyler, Adam Savage, Reggie Watts, Lauren Lapkus, Mayim Bialik, Orlando Jones, Brian Posehn, and Jonah Ray) argue about various pop culture topics in a Baron Vaughn-hosted series that attempts to recreate the format popularized at Comic-Con.
	The Order	Drama/Fantasy
	A Whisker Away	Anime
FRI / June 19
▣	7500	Drama/Thriller	Prime Video
	Babies	Reality
▣	Babyteeth Trailer	Drama/Comedy	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
Australian stage and TV director Shannon Murphy's debut feature stars Eliza Scanlen (Amy Adams’ sister on Sharp Objects) as Milla, a seriously ill teenager who falls in love with Moses, a junkie played by Toby Wallace, who was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at last fall's Venice Film Festival. Working from Rita Klanejais’ adaptation of her own play and enlisting Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis to play Milla’s parents, Murphy attempts to strike the right balance between humor and pathos—and mostly succeeds, according to reviewers.
▣	Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn	Documentary	8p
▣	Dads	Documentary	Apple TV+
	Deadly Transaction	Drama	LMN, 8p
▣	Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy Trailer	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	Father Soldier Son	Documentary
	Feel the Beat	Family/Comedy
	Floor Is Lava	Game show
	LOL: Last One Laughing Australia Trailer	Reality competition	Prime Video
	Lost Bullet Trailer	Foreign/Drama/Thriller
▣	Love, Victor Trailer	Comedy/Drama
Originally developed for Disney+ before moving to the more adult-oriented Hulu, this 10-episode spinoff from the 2018 feature film Love, Simon (itself an adapation of a YA novel by Becky Albertalli) centers on a new character, Victor (Michael Cimino), a gay teen who is adjusting to life in a new city and at a new high school. The film's star (and titular Simon), Nick Robinson, will narrate the series, and the cast also includes Sophia Bush, James Martinez, and Ana Ortiz.
▣	Miss Juneteenth Trailer	Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Most Beautiful Thing [aka Girls From Ipanema]	Foreign/Drama
▣	Mr. Jones Trailer	Drama/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
Director Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness, The Secret Garden) tells the story of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones’ 1933 investigation into the famine in the Ukraine, where Stalin’s policies resulted in the deaths of millions.
	One-Way to Tomorrow	Foreign/Drama
	Penguin	Foreign/Drama	Prime Video
▣	The Politician	Comedy/Drama
Ryan Murphy's satire jumps forward in time for its second season, though it picks up where the S1 finale left off, with Ben Platt's now college-aged Payton Hobart mounting an improbable run for a New York state senate seat against an entrenched incumbent (played again by Judith Light). Bette Midler, who was also introduced in last year's finale, is a regular this season, while returning cast members include Gwyneth Paltrow, Lucy Boynton, and Zoey Deutch.
	Rhyme Time Town	Animation/Family
	Sherman's Showcase: Black History Month Spectacular Trailer	Comedy/Music	10p
Hourlong special (which features guests like Questlove, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Ealy, Lil Rel Howery, John Legend, and Vic Mensa) also airs on IFC at 11p.
▣	StarDog and TurboCat Trailer	Animation/Family	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
▣	Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi Trailer	Reality
▣	Wasp Network	Thriller
A bit of a rare misstep for director Olivier Assayas, this twisty spy thriller set in 1990s Florida is an adaptation of Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five starring Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez, Gael García Bernal, Wagner Moura, and Ana de Armas. Note that the director re-edited the film after its relatively poor showing at Venice last fall, where critics found it unnecessarily overstuffed and complex, so there's a chance that it has improved in its final form (where it's a Netflix exclusive, though presumably without the originally planned simulatenous theatrical release).
SAT / June 20
	Birthmother's Betrayal	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Love Under the Olive Tree	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
SUN / June 21
	The 2020 ESPYs	Special	EPSN, 9p ET
	The Beat Don't Stop Trailer	Documentary/Music	TV One, 8p
	Bunk'd	Comedy	Disney, 8p
▣	The Chi Trailer	Drama	9p
Moved forward from July. Series creator Lena Waithe joins the show in a recurring role as a mayoral candidate for its third season.
	Mechanics of Love	Drama	UP, 7p
▣	NOS4A2 Trailer	Drama/Horror	9p
▣	Perry Mason Trailer	Drama	9p
Matthew Rhys (The Americans) stars as the titular criminal defense attorney in this remake of the classic TV drama that aired in various forms, most famously as an Emmy-winning series on CBS from 1957-66 (with Raymond Burr in the title role). HBO's version is also based on the Los Angeles-set novels and stories by author Erle Stanley Gardner, though the time period is now 1931, when Mason is trying to eke out a living as a private investigator and gets drawn into a case involving a child kidnapping. John Lithgow, Tatiana Maslany, Shea Whigham, Stephen Root, Nate Corddry, Lili Taylor, Robert Patrick, and Juliet Rylance also star.
	Pete the Cat	Animation/Family	Prime Video
	Top Gun: Behind Closed Doors	Reality	Reelz, 8p ET
	United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes	Music	8p
	Worst Cooks in America	Reality competition	Food, 9p
▣	Yellowstone Trailer	Drama	Paramount, tbd
MON / June 22
	Diesel Brothers	Reality	Discovery, 10p
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	Reality	9p
TUE / June 23
	Eric André: Legalize Everything	Comedy special
	Greenleaf	Drama	OWN, 9p
▣	The Ghost of Peter Sellers Trailer	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Manchild: The Schea Cotton Story Trailer	Documentary/Sports	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time- Vol. 3 Comedy and Camp	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
WED / June 24
▣	Athlete A	Documentary
	Crazy Delicious	Reality competition
With an emphasis on looks in addition to taste, TV's latest cooking competition series is a British production featuring an edible set (!) and a judging panel led by Heston Blumenthal and Carla Hall.
	Hot Mess House	Reality	HGTV, 8p
	Nobody Knows I'm Here	Foreign/Drama
	Transhood	Documentary	10p
THU / June 25
	Adventure Time: Distant Lands–BMO	Animation	HBO Max
Pendleton Ward's beloved animated series returns with the first of four hour-long specials planned for the new streaming service.
▣	Doom Patrol	Drama	HBO Max/DC Universe
The second season of the DC Comics series will stream on HBO Max in addition to the show's first-season home, DC Universe.
	Esme & Roy	Animation/Family	HBO Max
	Revenge Prank With DJ Pauly D and Vinny Trailer	Reality	MTV, 9p
▣	Search Party	Comedy/Drama	HBO Max
The acclaimed comedic thriller starring Alia Shawkat and John Early moves from TBS to HBO Max for its third season.
▣	The Twilight Zone Trailer	Drama/Anthology	CBS All Access
The second season of Jordan Peele's revival of the iconic anthology series features stars like Sky Ferreira, Tony Hale, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Paul F. Tompkins, Tawny Newsome, Thomas Lennon, Morena Baccarin, Billy Porter, Topher Grace, David Krumholtz, Natalie Martinez, Gretchen Mol, Paula Newsome, Jurnee Smollett, Damon Wayans Jr., Colman Domingo, Ethan Embry, Jenna Elfman, Tavi Gevinson, Abbie Hern, Sophia Macy, Chris Meloni, Jimmi Simpson and Daniel Sunjata. Directors include Ana Lily Amirpour, Osgood Perkins, and the team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. In a switch from last season, all 10 episodes will be available to stream at once.
FRI / June 26
	47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards	Live event	8p
The best of daytime television is honored in a nighttime Zoom call.
▣	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Music video	Comedy/Music
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams portray an amateur Icelandic pop duo who enter the Eurovision Song Contest in a Netflix original film from Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin. Dan Stevens, Demi Lovato, and Pierce Brosnan also star.
	Home Game	Documentary
	Into the Unkown: Making Frozen 2	Reality	Disney+
	Irresistible	Comedy	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
Daily Show host turned film director Jon Stewart's first feature since Rosewater is a comedy starring Steve Carell as a political consultant hired to run the campaign of a Wisconsin mayoral candidate (Chris Cooper). Originally slated for a theatrical release in May, it's now a straight-to-VOD title (available as a 48-hour rental for $19.99).
	Law	Foreign/Drama	Prime Video
	Living to Love (Amar y vivir)	Foreign/Drama
SAT / June 27
	Dark	Foreign/Drama
SUN / June 28
	2020 BET Awards	Special	BET, 8p
	Back to the Future: Behind Closed Doors	Reality	Reelz, 8p ET
	Black Monday Trailer	Comedy	8p
▣	I'll Be Gone in the Dark Trailer	Documentary	10p
Six-part true-crime series recounts the hunt for the Golden State Killer as detailed in Michelle McNamara's recent book. Liz Garbus directs.
	Midway to Love	Drama	HMM, 9p
	Wicked Tuna	Reality	Nat Geo, 9p
MON / June 29
	The Sommerdahl Murders	Foreign/Drama	Acorn TV
TUE / June 30
	Adú	Foreign/Drama
	aTypical Wednesday	Comedy	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	BNA	Anime
	Counting On	Reality	TLC, 9p
	Dark Girls 2 Trailer	Documentary	OWN, 10p
	Force of Nature Trailer	Action/Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
Mel Gibson, Emile Hirsch, and Kate Bosworth star in this straight-to-home heist film set during a hurricane. Michael Polish directs.
	George Lopez: We'll Do It for Half	Comedy special
▣	Welcome to Chechnya Trailer	Documentary	10p
Following How to Survive a Plague and The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, David France’s third feature documentary is an urgent look at the ongoing genocide of LGBTQ+ people in Chechnya. HBO acquired the film just prior to the start of January's Sundance Film Festival, where Chechnya debuted to rave reviews.

July premieres

WED / July 1
	Help! I Wrecked My House	Reality	HGTV, 9p
THU / July 2
	Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition	Reality	WE, 9p
FRI / July 3
▣	The Baby-Sitters Club Trailer	Comedy/Drama
▣	Hamilton	Musical	Disney+
Originally intended to be a theatrical release (in 2021), this filmed stage production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical is now a Disney+ exclusive. The performance was taped in 2016 with the original Broadway cast led by Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., and Jonathan Groff.
▣	Hanna Trailer	Drama	Prime Video
▣	John Lewis: Good Trouble Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
	Ju-On: Origins Trailer	Foreign/Horror
	The Outpost Trailer	Action/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
SUN / July 5
▣	Outcry Trailer	Documentary	10p
Rescheduled from April 2020.
TUE / July 7
▣	Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
WED / July 8
▣	Mucho Mucho Amor	Documentary
	Tough as Nails	Reality competition	9p
THU / July 9
▣	Close Enough	Animation/Comedy	HBO Max
Regular Show creator JG Quintel returns with an adult animated series for the new streaming service HBO Max that centers on an extended family living on the east side of a surreal version of Los Angeles.
▣	Expecting Amy	Reality	HBO Max
Three-part docuseries follows comedian Amy Schumer during her recent pregnancy.
FRI / July 10
▣	Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Trailer	Documentary	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
Filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross (Contemporary Color, Western, Tchoupitoulas, 45365) push the form of the documentary further along with this chronicle of the last night at a Las Vegas bar called the Roaring 20s. This sounds straightforward enough, but in fact the bar is actually in New Orleans, not Vegas, and the patrons have been cast to populate the bar and play versions of themselves. The result impressed critics at the film's debut at Sundance earlier this year.
	Greatness Code	Reality/Sports	Apple TV+
▣	Little Voice	Drama/Comedy/Musical	Apple TV+
Featuring original music by Sara Bareilles—who also produces alongside J.J. Abrams and series creator Jessie Nelson—this 10-episode series follows an apsiring performer (Brittany O'Grady) in New York.
▣	The Old Guard Trailer	Action/Fantasy/Thriller
Charlize Theron leads a group of immortal mercenaries in an adaptation of the comics by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez from director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Beyond the Lights). Matthias Schoenaerts, KiKi Layne, and Chiwetel Ejiofor also star.
▣	Palm Springs	Rom-com
A raunchy romantic comedy produced by the Lonely Island and starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti broke the record for the biggest sale ever at Sundance (where the film debuted to rave reviews early this year) by a margin of 69 cents—for a total of $17,500,000.69 from Hulu and Neon. (The latter will release the film in some drive-in theaters today alongside the Hulu streaming premiere.) Written by Andia Siara and director Max Barbakow (both making their feature debuts), the film riffs on Groundhog Day, placing both Samberg and Milioti in a time loop at a destination wedding. J.K. Simmons, June Squbb, Tyler Hoechlin, and Peter Gallagher also star.
▣	Relic Trailer	Horror	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
SAT / July 11
	My Cat From Hell: Cat Sh#t Crazy	Reality	Animal Planet, 10p
SUN / July 12
	P-Valley Trailer	Drama	Starz, 8p
Series adaptation of Katori Hall’s play Pussy Valley is set in a strip club in the Mississippi Delta.
MON / July 13
▣	The Nest	Drama	Acorn TV
WED / July 15
	Brave New World Trailer	Drama/Sci-fi	Peacock
After a lengthy journey to the small screen that saw the property change networks twice (it was previously intended for Syfy and then USA), this series adaptation of Aldous Huxley's classic 1932 novel set in a theoretically utopian (but in actuality more dystopian) future London is the highest-profile original show available on the public launch day for Comcast's new streaming service. (As with other Peacock originals, you'll need to be a "Premium" member to watch it, though Comcast and Cox cable subscribers will get a free premium subscription.) Harry Lloyd, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Alden Ehrenreich head a cast that also includes Demi Moore, Kylie Bunbury, and Hannah John-Kamen. The adaptation, a co-production with the UK's Sky, comes from David Wiener, who previously wrote for Homecoming and The Killing.
▣	The Capture	Drama	Peacock
Callum Turner, Holliday Grainger, Ron Perlman, and Famke Janssen head the cast of this British conspiracy thriller focusing on the UK's intelligence-gathering services (though don't confuse it with Intelligence, which takes a far more comedic approach to similar subject matter and also debuts today on Peacock).
▣	In Deep With Ryan Lochte	Reality/Sports	Peacock
▣	Intelligence	Comedy	Peacock
Like most of Peacock's launch lineup, it's a British series, though this one's a comedy with a cast led by an American (David Schwimmer). In fact, it's a workplace comedy, set inside the very bureaucratic, cybercrime-fighting Government Communications Headquarters, where Schwimmer plays a visiting NSA agent who embeds with his UK counterparts (including Nick Mohammed, who created the series). Intelligence already aired earlier this year in the UK on Sky One, and critics there didn't love it.
▣	Lost Speedways	Reality/Sports	Peacock
▣	Psych 2: Lassie Come Home	Comedy/Drama	Peacock
The second movie sequel to the USA series Psych is a Peacock exclusive. Returning stars James Roday and Dulé Hill are joined by Timothy Omundson.
THU / July 16
	The House of Ho	Reality	HBO Max
FRI / July 17
▣	The Painted Bird Trailer	Foreign/Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
	Secret Society of Second Born Royals Trailer	Comedy/Adventure/Family	Disney+
THU / July 23
▣	Tig n' Seek	Animation/Family	HBO Max
FRI / July 24
	French Biryani	Foreign/Drama	Prime Video
▣	The Kissing Booth 2	Rom-com
▣	Room 104	Drama/Anthology	11p
The final season of the anthology series from the Duplass brothers features Ron Funches, Erinn Hayes, Jillian Bell, Linda Lavin, Kevin Nealon, Dave Bautista, Melissa Fumero, and more.
SUN / July 26
▣	The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Trailer	Drama	TNT, 9p
The second season of TNT's late-19th century crime drama is based on Caleb Carr's Alienist sequel novel, The Angel of Darkness. Returning cast members include Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, Luke Evans, Douglas Smith, Matthew Shear, and Robert Ray Wisdom.
TUE / July 28
	Legacy of Lies Trailer	Drama/Thriller	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
▣	Maxxx	Comedy
Rescheduled from June. Six-part British comedy series stars O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid's Tale) as a former boy band star attempting to revive his music career as an adult, while Christopher Meloni plays his manager. Fagbenle also wrote and co-directed the series. All six episodes stream today.
THU / July 30
▣	The Dog House	Reality	HBO Max
▣	Frayed	Comedy	HBO Max
The 1989-set comedy, a British/Australian co-production, makes its U.S. debut on the streaming service.
▣	In My Skin	Comedy
Rescheduled from June. The acclaimed Welsh coming-of-age comedy, which follows a teen (Gabrielle Creevy) who attempts to live a normal life while hiding her father's alcoholism and mother's mental health issues, makes its USA debut on Hulu after airing in the UK in the spring.
FRI / July 31
	Muppets Now	Family	DIsney+
The first new Muppets title for Disney's streaming service is a six-episode, short-form "unscripted" series featuring classic Muppets characters.
	Summerland Trailer	Drama	($) Rent (Digital/VOD)
The WWII-set debut film from award-winning playwright and stage director Jessica Swale (Nell Gwynn) stars Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Courtenay, and Penelope Wilton.
▣	The Umbrella Academy Trailer	Drama/Sci-fi

August premieres

SAT / August 1
	The Go-Go's	Documentary/Music	9p
THU / August 6
▣	An American Pickle	Comedy	HBO Max
A late addition to the streaming service (HBO Max acquired the film from Sony when its theatrical release was delayed due to the coronavirus crisis), this film adaptation of Simon Rich's story stars Seth Rogen as an immigrant factory worker in 1920s America who accidentally falls into a vat of pickles at his job—and remains there, in stasis, for 100 years, eventually awakening in present-day Brooklyn. There, his only surviving relative is a nerdy great-grandson, played by Rogen again.
FRI / August 7
	Selling Sunset	Reality
SUN / August 9
	Endeavour	Drama	9p
▣	The Good Lord Bird Trailer	Drama	10p
Albert Hughes (replacing Anthony Hemingway, who left the project due to scheduling conflicts) directs this delayed eight-episode adaptation of the award-winning novel by James McBride about 19th century abolitionist John Brown, played by Ethan Hawke. Daveed Diggs (playing Frederick Douglass), Lodge 49's Wyatt Russell, David Morse, Steve Zahn, Orlando Jones, and Ellar Coltrane also star.
TUE / August 11
	Valley of the Gods	Drama	($) Buy (Digital/VOD)
John Malkovich stars as the world's richest man (opposite Josh Hartnett as his biographer) in this stylized drama from Lech Majewski (The Garden of Earthly Delights).
FRI / August 21
▣	Chemical Hearts	Drama	Prime Video
SUN / August 30
▣	Love Fraud Trailer	Reality	9p
Rescheduled from May 2020.

Fall premieres

SUN / September 6
	Undercover	Foreign/Drama
THU / September 10
	NFL Kickoff 2020 (NBC Sunday Night Football)	Sports/Live event	8:20p ET
MON / September 14
	Monday Night Football	Sports/Live event	ESPN, 7:15p ET
WED / September 16
	Academy of Country Music Awards	Music/Live event	8p
Rescheduled from April and moved to Nashville. Keith Urban hosts.
SUN / September 20
	72nd Primetime Emmy Awards	Live event	8p ET
Will this be the first awards ceremony hosted from Jimmy Kimmel's linen closet? Only time will tell.
SUN / September 27
	Belushi	Documentary	9p
TUE / September 29
	Presidential Debate	Live event	tbd, 9p ET
WED / October 7
	Vice Presidential Debate	Live event	tbd, 9p ET
WED / October 14
	2020 CMT Music Awards	Live event	CMT, tbd
Rescheduled from July.
THU / October 15
	Presidential Debate	Live event	tbd, 9p ET
THU / October 22
	Presidential Debate	Live event	tbd, 9p ET
SAT / November 7
	2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Live event/Music	8p ET
Rescheduled from May.
SUN / November 15
	2020 People's Choice Awards	Live event	E!, 9p

2021 premieres

SUN / Janaury 24, 2021
	27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Live event	tbd
SUN / Janaury 31
	63rd Annual Grammy Awards	Music/Live event	8p ET
SUN / February 7
	Super Bowl LV	Sports/Live event	tbd
SUN / February 28
	93rd Annual Academy Awards	Live event	tbd
FRI / July 23
	2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony	Live event	tbd
Rescheduled from 2020.

2022 premieres

SUN / February 27, 2022
	94th Annual Academy Awards	Live event	tbd

 

 

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