The most anticipated TV shows in August

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The main premieres of August for passionate TV series fans.

Hunt for the Unabomber

• Season 1 premiere: August 1.
• Drama.
• USA.

A television drama that tells the real story of the American terrorist Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber. For 17 years, he sent homemade bombs by mail, targeting universities and airlines. The series describes the progress of the FBI investigation and the work of linguistic forensic pioneer Jim Fitzgerald, who only arrested Ted in 1996 due to numerous bureaucratic obstacles.

Sinner

• Season 1 premiere: August 2.
• Thriller.
• USA.

Crime anthology series, the first season of which is based on the novel of the same name by Petra Hammesfar. As a result of an inexplicable outburst of aggression, a young mother commits a crime, but cannot remember the motive. In her confused thoughts, the investigator, who is immersed in the case, helps her to understand. Together, the heroes will have to study the psyche of the girl and find the dark secrets of her past.

Guestbook

• Season 1 premiere: August 3.
• Comedy.
• USA.

A fresh sitcom set in one of the rented houses of a small resort town in the mountains. In each episode, we will meet new visitors who will have incredible and funny adventures.

Comrade Detective

• Season 1 premiere: August 4.
• Action, comedy.
• USA.

A satirical comedy set in Romania in the 1980s. During the panic-stricken Cold War, the longest-running and most popular TV series about police was filmed for the Romanian government. He not only entertained the audience, but also glorified the ideas of communism. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the series was undeservedly forgotten, but it was found and dubbed into English by the voices of Channing Tatum, Nick Offerman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and others.

The result is a cheeky and atmospheric black comedy, in which there are many familiar elements for a Russian person.

Voltron: Legendary Defender

• Season 3 premiere: August 4th.
• Cartoon, fantasy, adventure.
• USA, 2016.
• IMDb: 8, 4.

The short third season of the animated series about the intergalactic superbot Voltron, consisting of five space robot lions. However, for their own safety, the lions were divided and scattered throughout the universe. Now a new generation of paladin heroes from Earth will have to find them and do everything possible to collect Voltron and with his help put an end to the rule of the evil Galra empire.

Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later

• Season 1 premiere: August 4.
• Comedy.
• USA.

The sequel to the Hot American Summer: Camp Day One, a Netflix series about an unlikely meeting of Camp Firewood leaders. As the name suggests, the action takes place ten years after their first camp visit as a teenager. Do not be surprised that the "young people" do not look very young: the trick of the series is the return of the actors of the original 2001 film in their own roles.

Ray Donovan

• Season 5 premiere: August 6.
• Drama, crime.
• USA, 2013.
• IMDb: 8, 3.

Hit criminal action game, the main character of which pulls his clients out of dangerous and delicate situations, often finding himself on the other side of the law. In parallel with solving the problems of wealthy customers, Ray has to take care of his own family, which also does not allow him to relax. In general, before calling Saul, you must first try calling Ray.

Trust me

• Season 1 premiere: August 8.
• Drama.
• United Kingdom.

Jodie Whittaker, chosen by the way for the role of the new Doctor Who, plays the role of the nurse in charge Kat, who loses her job for denunciation. Finding herself unemployed, she is forced to go to extremes in order to get enough income to raise her little daughter. Kat takes the opportunity and pretends to be a familiar doctor, starting a new life. But keeping a secret becomes more and more difficult every day. How far is she willing to go to remain unrecognized?

Difficult people

• Season 3 premiere: August 8.
• Comedy.
• USA, 2015.
• IMDb: 6, 5.

The sequel to the sitcom about one of the most awkward couples on television - Julie and Billy. The heroes hate others and behave defiantly rude, but behind the unethical behavior lies deep depression and the desire to find their "I". In the new season, Julie will abandon antidepressants in favor of meditation and other beneficial practices, and Billy will hate New York, finding solace in the company of a new boyfriend.

Mister Mercedes

• Season 1 premiere: August 9.
• Drama, detective.
• USA.

A detective thriller based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, in which retired detective Bill Hodges is forced to return to the profession after a series of attacks and threats from the mentally ill hitman Brady Hartsfield. Often transcending the law, Bill seeks to neutralize the terrorist before he strikes another blow that threatens the lives of hundreds of people. The TV adaptation of the novel was done by David Kelly, who worked on "Big Little Lies", and part of the episodes was directed by one of the directors of "Game of Thrones" Jack Bender.

Atypical

• Season 1 premiere: August 13.
• Drama, comedy.
• USA.

Black comedy from the writers of "Goldbergs" about the difficult life of 18-year-old autistic teenager Sam, who discovers independence, independence and communication with the opposite sex. Sam's new aspirations affect his family and especially his mother, who also changes her own course in search of an answer to the question of what is normal.

Get shorty

• Season 1 premiere: August 13.
• Comedy, crime.
• USA.

Crime comedy based on the 1995 film of the same name with John Travolta and Danny DeVito. The series tells the story of a former hitman who decided to leave dirty work in the past, return to his abandoned family and get a job in Hollywood. Soon he meets a desperate producer Rick, who becomes his business partner and a guiding thread in the tangled maze of show business.

Marlon

• Season 1 premiere: August 16.
• Comedy.
• USA.

A family comedy based on the autobiography of actor Marlon Wayans ("Scary Movie"), where he also plays the main role of a loving, but never matured daddy. Together with his ex-wife, Marlon is raising two children, although stupid advice, a wide soul and star status often lead to sad consequences, even with the best intentions.

Divorce instructions for women

• Season 4 premiere: August 18.
• Comedy.
• USA, 2014.
• IMDb: 6, 9.

The sitcom introduces us to the writer Abby, hiding from everyone her separation from her husband and facing loneliness for the first time in her 40s. Following the advice of her divorced girlfriends Lila and Phoebe, she plans to build a new life, but faces unforeseen difficulties.

Defenders

• Season 1 premiere: August 18.
• Fantastic.
• USA.

In the fifth Netflix series based on the Marvel comics, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Electra and Iron Fist team up to defeat a common enemy - a criminal order called the Hand. The adventure begins in New York two months after the events of Daredevil Season 2 and a month after the Iron Fist finale.

Stop and burn

• Season 4 premiere: August 19.
• Drama.
• USA, 2014.
• IMDb: 8, 3.

The final fourth season of the underrated drama about the birth of computer technology and the Internet in the United States at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. At the forefront of progress are rival technology companies, whose designers and engineers are working on models of the first personal computers. One of them is Cardiff Electric with a team of brilliant professionals developing their own revolutionary product.

Stop and Burn is a series in the spirit of the Silicon Valley Pirates, with brilliant acting and sweet attention to detail that will surely resonate with old-school IT fans.

Swashbuckling Dice

• Season 2 premiere: August 20.
• Comedy.
• USA, 2016.
• IMDb: 7, 5.

Semi-autobiographical comedy starring Andrew Dice Clay (Entourage, Vinyl) as himself. The second season will continue to describe the misadventures of the protagonist, who once arranged sold out in Madison Square Garden, and now hangs out without work in the suburbs of Las Vegas. Now the former comedian tries himself in the role of a loving father, a faithful husband and a lover of gambling, forced to put up with the consequences of former glory.

Episodes

• Season 5 premiere: August 20.
• Comedy.
• USA, 2011.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

Matt LeBlanc plays a fictional version of himself in a comedy about a couple of British television producers who travel to the United States to film an American remake of their show. In the final, fifth season, the project is gaining overwhelming popularity, but Matt only thinks that his years of acting have been forgotten, because now he is only a showman.

The last ship

• Season 4 premiere: August 20.
• Drama.
• USA, 2014.
• IMDb: 7, 5.

For the previous three seasons, the destroyer Nathan James was the primary means of transportation and transportation of the Red Flu medicine, and the crew practically managed to heal the world's population. After the events of the third season, Tom abandons his ranks and awards and moves with his family to a quiet fishing village. Meanwhile, Captain Slotteri learns that the virus has mutated and is now infecting plants, condemning the planet to possible starvation.

Survivor's remorse

• Season 4 premiere: August 20.
• Comedy.
• USA, 2014.
• IMDb: 7, 0.

The return of a series about a young basketball talent who signed his first multimillion-dollar contract. In the fourth season, Cam's rise threatens to spill over into a series of unexpected and far-reaching consequences, while revealed family secrets can destroy everything he has been striving for for so long.

Death note

• Premiere: 25 August.
• TV movie, thriller.
• USA.

The only film in the review, but what a one! A film adaptation of the popular manga and anime series Death Note from Netflix. Judging by the trailer, the cinematography and directing are far from the finesse of the animated version.

The action has moved to Seattle, and the film itself looks more like an action than a psychological thriller. The images of the main characters are also very different: if in the manga Light is depicted as a diligent and perceptive excellent student who has success in the society of both friends and girls, then in the Netflix film he is presented as a stereotypical offended teenager who dreams of revenge on everyone. But Ryuk performed by William Dafoe seems to be a masterpiece.

Incoherent

• Season 1 premiere: August 25.
• Comedy.
• USA.

A sitcom about a California pharmacy that dispenses medicinal marijuana to clients. The main character, Ruth, has been a champion of herbal medicine throughout her adult life and finally opened her own business in Los Angeles. And she is helped by three charismatic "consultants", an enterprising son and a former Afghan warrior hired by a security guard.

Teak

• Season 1 premiere: August 25.
• Comedy, fantasy.
• USA.

A comedy show about the unusual superhero Tick (played by the British comedy star Peter Serafinovich) in a tick costume and with frequent blackouts. Together with his devoted assistant Arthur, he is called to stand guard over his hometown, protecting it from a villain who has risen from the dead.

The show was directed by Wally Pfister, director of photography on Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy by Christopher Nolan.