Gossip Girl, Resident Evil, Sexy Beasts, and more run wild on TV this July
July’s TV debuts include musical comedy Schmigadoon!, American Horror Stories, and a What We Do In The Shadows spin-off
TV News Molly Shannon
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It’s not quite the dog days of summer, but this July, TV is overrun with furry companions, from Disney+’s Turner & Hooch sequel series (which may end up traumatizing Tom Hanks fans), to the hairy creatures of Wellington Paranormal, to the Sexy Beasts who make up Netflix’s new dating series. Cush Jumbo and Jared Harris square off in The Beast Must Die, and we’ll get to know some Cat People in a new docuseries; even He-Man’s back with his fuzzy briefs.
Less hirsute, but much more fashionable, is the Gossip Girl revival, which arrives with its privilege purportedly in check. Resident Evil branches into Infinite Darkness with a new animated series, while Mike White makes his highly anticipated return to HBO with The White Lotus. And Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong grudgingly enter a world of song and dance in Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon!
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I’m very excited for Leverage: Redemption. Nate was always my least favorite character of the original crew (Hutton often overacted to a distracting degree) so no issues with him being replaced.
Same, although I think Hardison (original flavour) is only going to be in a handful of episodes which is a greater loss I think. I felt like the dynamic between the three “kids” was core
I do not disagree with you about Mr. Hutton in the show, but I am not sure yet that Noah Wylie will be an improvement. While I like him as an actor, I really disliked his acting* on ‘The Librarians’, so I am hoping he is toning it down for this role.*For me on ‘The Librarians’ series he seemed to constantly be doing some version of an always manic Tenth Doctor crossed with an even more over-the-top than usual Martin Short. Cannot rewatch the episodes he was in (though I enjoyed the movies).
Is it just me, or is the Golden Age of Television over? I think it’s time for me to read more books.
Gail is a very likeable person, I’m excited to see her host on her own! I didn’t see Gregory in the trailer, but I assume it’s a different top chef per episode?Also despite all the complaints about Gossip Girl reboot, I’m excited for it. Love me some summer trash and some great looks.White Lotus looks incredible.
I haven’t watched the film or TV version of What We Do In The Shadows. But I’m interested in Wellington Paranormal so I’ll watch the movie some time before the premiere.
And someday I’ll catch up on the show. Yeah I know I’m missing out.
Watch it all! It’s brilliant (and I am not particularly into vampires). It’s a good idea to start with the movie, it all stands well on its own but it’s a good setup from which it further branches into television.Wellington Paranormal is brilliant in being quite low-key yet dealing with these increasingly absurd phenomena and creatures. The leads are great.
I second the “watch the movie before the show” recommendation. There are a few callbacks to the movie in the show that will make more sense that way. But definitely, watch both of them.
I feel like Netflix is just daring me to cancel my subscription at this point.