The 19 most exciting new and returning TV shows of summer 2022

The summer season is just around the corner and so are new seasons of TV. New shows like Obi Wan Kenobi, Ms. MarvelPlease see the following: House of the DragonWith returning favorite favorites such as Stranger Things, Umbrella Academy, Saul deserves betterYou can find more. There are so many shows to watch, and it can be difficult for anyone to keep track of them all. Not to worry; that’s why we’re here.

We have compiled a list of the top TV shows returning and premiering this summer on AMC as well as streaming services such Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video (Hulu), Apple TV Plus, Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video.

Quest

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The competition reality show “set” in a fantasy realm is back, eight years after the first season. Some things are different — this time around, the competitors are teenagers, and the show is being filmed at a winery in California instead of a castle in Austria — but the premise is the same. A group of competitors go through a series of challenges related to the fantasy storyline in the land of Everealm, the fictional setting of the show (this time, there’s an evil sorceress). We’re absolutely here for more competition shows that lean all the way into a storybook premise. —Pete Volk

QuestDisney Plus premieres May 11

Hacks Season 2

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HBO Max has quickly taken the market share in half-hour series. Minx, The Flight AttendantEmmy-winner Hacks. This hilarious comedy featuring Lucia Aniello (Paul W. Downs) and Jen Statsky is back for season 2. It will feature putdowns, comebacks and the ever-changing dynamic between its lead characters, Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, and their two main leads. Ava Einbinder (a comedian) and Deborah Smart (a comedy icon) reached truce after truce until they became true collaborators. In season 2, they get ready to hit the road and test Deborah’s new act, with all of their previous baggage — including Ava’s self-destructive tendencies and Deborah’s out-of-control ego — in tow. The new episodes dive further into their fraught-yet-scintillating relationship, while also giving Marcus (Carl Clemons-Hopkins) a much-deserved spotlight. —Danette Chavez

HacksHBO Max’s season 2 premieres at 12:12 PM on May 12

Love, Death & Robots Volume 3

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David Fincher and Tim Miller’s adult animated anthology series returns for more love, more death, and even more robots. What proportion is it? We’ll find out when volume 3 of Love, Death & RobotsThe premieres will be on May 20, Details are scarce regarding the plot of these eight new episodes, but we can probably expect writer John Scalzi (“Three Robots”) and animator-director Alberto Mielgo (“The Witness”) to return from what we’ve seen in the trailer. —Toussaint Egan

Love, Death & RobotsVolume 3 debuts on Netflix May 20

Night Sky

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Irene (Sissy Spacek), Franklin York (J.K. Simmons), is a married couple who discovered a portal that leads to another world in their back yard. They’ve kept it a secret for years, but things start to unravel when a mysterious young man appears. It’s a fascinating premise, but Simmons and Spacek are enough to grab our attention. —PV

Night Sky Premieres on Amazon Prime Video May 20

Obi Wan Kenobi

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Ewan McGregor reprises his role as the Jedi-Master-turned-Tatooine-hermit Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new six-episode miniseries. The series is set 10 years after the events in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the SithObi Wan is faced with a daunting task when he must face his old adversary and apprentice, Darth vader (Hayden Christensen). It’s the first time we’ve seen these characters on-screen in nearly 17 years, and from the looks of the trailer, Star Wars fans can expect an epic showdown decades in the making. —TE

Obi Wan KenobiDisney Plus debuts premieres, May 27, 2012

Pistol

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Danny Boyle directed the filmTrainspottingThis miniseries of six episodes was made by Craig Pearce and is often a Baz Luhmann collaborator. It’s based on Steve Jones’s memoir. It stars Maisie Williams and others. —PV

Pistol Premieres on FX, Hulu, May 31,

Stranger Things Season 4

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Fast three years later, Stranger ThingsThe show is back. The fourth and final season, six months following the conclusion of season 3, finds Mike and his circle of friends estranged. Joyce Byers adopts Eleven to live with her family in sunny California. This is to remove them from all the traumas and memories that Hawkins, Indiana has left. Friends and loved ones are not aware that Jim Hopper has been captured in Russia and is now trying to escape home. But when a new terror begins to emerge from the Upside Down, the kids will have to band together once again to defeat a threat greater than the likes of any they’ve faced before. The Duffer Brothers promise that this season will have a more “horror movie” vibe, going so far as to cast Robert Englund (aka Freddy Krueger) in a unspecified new role. —TE

Stranger Things Season 4 volume 1, premieres on Netflix, May 27th; season 2 debuts on Netflix, July 1st

Season Three of The Boys

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Hughie, Billy Butcher, Homelander and Hughie are all back. Jensen Ackles joins the party. White supremacy was the subject of this subversive superhero tale. Avengers: Endgame and revenge-driven superhero stories in a strong second season, and there have been some teases, including a trailer that includes a parody of Kendall Jenner’s infamous Pepsi commercial, our first look at Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy, and plenty of gore. So, so much gore.

In spring, the animated spinoff The Boys: DiabolicYou can also find them here. Just for you, we chose the most disgusting thing in each episode. —PV

The Boys Prime Video Premieres Season 3

Ms. Marvel

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Disney Plus is showing the latest MCU episode. It will be about Kamala Khan, an American-Pakistani teenager living in Jersey City. She’s also a massive fan of Captain Marvel. Her superpowers are similar to the ones she idolized, so she has to manage all her high school challenges: homework, crushes and parents.

The show is based on the comics series and stars Iman Vellani, a newcomer, as Kamala. He has been slated for the role in the forthcoming Captain Marvel Continuation The Marvels —PV

Ms. MarvelDisney Plus premieres June 8

The Season 3 of For All Mankind

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Ronald D. Moore’s time-leaping space drama For all Mankind started off as a slow burn — an alternate history that used an early defeat as fuel for technological innovation and social evolution. Although the Apple TV Plus series was awe inspiring in terms of visual effects and cinematography, it never forgot about the human costs of space travel. Moore and his co-creators Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert have shifted the focus from men with the “right stuff” — like the late, great Gordo (Michael Dorman) — to brash and brilliant female astronauts like Molly (Sonya Walger) and the more diplomatic, but still courageous, Ellen (Jodi Balfour). After a successful second season, which was ranked among the top TV shows of 2021 and garnered high ratings, the series now heads off to Mars to search for new heroes and victories, but also to meet new competitors. —DC

For All MankindSeason 3 debuts on Apple TV Plus June 10,

Peaky Blinders: Season 6

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Final season Peaky Blinders It was first aired in the U.K. in spring. In June, it will make its American debut on Netflix. It’s not the end of the story — there’s a movie in the works, too, as well as some potential spinoff series — but we are finally getting a conclusion to Steven Knight’s Birmingham-set crime series nearly three years after the end of the fifth season. Sadly, the show will be missing Helen McCrory’s unforgettable performance as Polly after the actor’s death in April 2021, but Cillian Murphy, Finn Cole, and Tom Hardy return. —PV

Peaky BlindersNetflix premieres season 6 on June 10

Evil Season 3

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Very few television shows use serial formats. The evil. There just aren’t that many “monster of the week” shows left! Robert and Michelle King’s (The Good WifeThe ) supernatural drama series is one of TV’s most popular shows, with a strong central trio (Katja Herbers and Mike Colter), who play the roles of paranormal investigators. They have very differing perspectives about the existence of paranormal. —PV

The evil Paramount Plus premieres season 3 on June 12

Dark Winds

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Based on Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee book series, this Western psychological thriller counts George R.R. Its executive producers include Robert Redford and Chris Eyre. Graham Roland was the creator.Jack RyanZahn McClarnon plays two Navajo officers in the episode.Reservation Dogs) and Kiowa Gordon (the Twilight movies). Noah Emmerich (AmericansRainn Wilson (The Office) also feature in the cast, as a burned-out FBI agent and “degenerate” missionary, respectively. —PV

Dark Winds AMC premieres June 12

Players

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Paramount Plus’ upcoming esports drama places itself in the real world through its licensed use of Riot Games’ League of LegendsLeague Championship Series (North American league for esport), and This show is about the fictional League of Legends squad Team Fugitive, led by legendary veteran “Creamcheese” and promising prospect “Organizm,” who must work together to bring the organization back to its previous heights.

PlayersThe cast also includes real players and personalities from esports. The creators of this series are mockumentary-style. American VandalIt could be the rare piece esports fiction which feels more like it is trying to make esports a drama than something that can be enjoyed as entertainment. —PV

Players Paramount Plus premieres the premier on June 16

Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy

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The Umbrella Academy has twice evaded the apocalypse, but they return to their present to discover that 1963’s actions have irrevocably changed their reality. The Sparrow Academy is an elite group of siblings who hail from another dimension. Once again, they will be confronted by Umbrella Academy. They must work together in order to stop the destruction of all they have and rebuild some sense of normalcy. Elliot Page returns as part of the original cast. Viktor will play his role. —TE

Umbrella Academy Season 3 Netflix premieres June 22

Season 2: Only Murders in Buildings

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Steve Martin’s true-crime comedy with Martin Short and Selena Gomez returns after a cliffhanger finale to the first season. We won’t spoil it here, but the group has found itself in quite the sticky situation after attempting to solve the first season’s central murder on their podcast. —PV

Nur Murders are allowed in the Building Season 2 premier on Hulu June 28

Better Call Saul Part 6

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Season six and final of The Animated Series Breaking Bad The spinoff series is on air, however, unlike many others, the show has been broken into two parts. Part 2 will air in July and bring Saul and Mike Ehrmantraut and Gus Fring back to the original location. Breaking Bad. This means that Kim Wexler, and the other characters not featured in the last show will be affected. We’ll just have to wait and see. —PV

Saul deserves better Season 6, Part 2 premiering on AMC July 11

Resident Evil

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Resident Evil is a terrible brand. In 2021, a brand new game was released Resident Evil Village With a free multiplayer mode expected sometime in this year, a brand new animated series will be available Resident Evil – Infinite Darkness,A new film in Resident Evil welcomes you to Raccoon Town It is an accurate adaptation than the original films, and fans unfairly denigrate them. However, I pledge not to be distracted here.

The Netflix live-action show will follow Jade and Billie Wesker, the daughters of the games’ central antagonist, Albert Wesker (played by Lance Reddick). The show will take place in two time periods, one when the Wesker siblings are teenagers and another where they are adult. While other details remain light, the show’s creator (Supernatural Andrew Dabb (writer) said Resident Evil is his “favorite game of all time,” which is good news for fans of faithful adaptations. —PV

Resident EvilPremieres on Netflix July 14

House of the Dragon

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This date is 200 years prior to the events of Game of ThronesThe prequel series of 10-episodes House of the DragonThe series will be about the fall and rise of House Targaryen, and how these events would shape Westeros’ politics for future generations. Paddy Considine is the star of this series.The World’s EndMatt Smith (Doctor Who) as King Viserys Targaryen and his son Prince Daemon Targaryen, respectively, as well as supporting roles played by Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, and Sonoya Mizuno. This new series could rekindle enthusiasm that was stifled by Game of Thrones’ underwhelming conclusion? The future will reveal. —TE

House of the DragonPremieres on HBO Max, Aug. 21