In August’s TV premieres, we meet Nine Perfect Strangers and Marvel wonders What If…?
Nicole Kidman, Sandra Oh, Rosa Salazar, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt lead August's TV premieres
TV News Nine Perfect Strangers
August typically provides a bit of a respite before the big fall TV push, but there are still enough exciting premieres and returns on the horizon to prevent you from having to rely on the final days of the Tokyo Olympics or a Ted Lasso rewatch. Early next month, Showtime takes a closer look at the hidden history of the UFO, while Fox invites you to an all-new Fantasy Island (heavy emphasis on the “fantasy.”) Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo introduce viewers to the scrappy teens of Reservation Dogs, Nicole Kidman starts a cult (sort of) in Nine Perfect Strangers, and Sandra Oh goes back to school in The Chair. And, now that Jonathan Majors and Loki have opened the door to the multiverse, Marvel presents the alternate universe versions of some of its most famed heroes, from Captain America to the Guardians Of The Galaxy.
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For those Witcher fans wondering, Vesemir didn’t actually die in Witcher III. He retired and now sings for Metallica.
at this point it should be ensign little england, not captain britian.
A lot of good stuff here. I’m really looking forward to most of these, but I’m most curious about the Chair. I wonder how much is going to be dedicated to scheduling faculty meetings around their teaching, research, writing, and when they don’t just feel like showing up.
me, i’m just glad the AV Club didn’t include any dates or times on this slideshow. I almost found out when and where to watch something.
There are dates right at the top of each one, so…what?
DAMMIT SARCASTRO
Amanda Peet: Guys, you realize you don’t need a woman to be raped for her to have character development, right?Benioff and Weiss: Not following you.
There is no law but Sayre’s law.
Narrowing the browser window – it worked!
I was hoping Rosa Salazar was returning in season 2 of Undone, but I’ll check out the new show for sure, I’ll watch her in anything.As for Paris cooking … who the fuck wanted this? She’s never cooked a thing in her life, she couldn’t even operate a microwave in The Simple Life. I’m sick of people with zero talent who refuse to let their 15 minutes be over.
To be minimally fair, it’s been two decades since The Simple Life; she may have learned something about cooking.
As far as I can tell online, Undone Season 2 is still happening and still with Rosa, though COVID seems to have thrown things into disarray production-wise.Brand New Cherry Flavor seems to be listed as a mini/limited series, so I guess it’s not interfering. Not quite sure what the hell it is, but like you, I’d probably watch/give anything a try with Rosa in it as a lead.
Between Nine Perfect Strangers and Only Murders in the Building I’ll be watching Hulu this month for sure
Over / Under 3.5 shows on this list that Netflix cancels?I’d go with over, with the one show they leave on being Cooking with Paris.
Nine Perfect Strangers? Don’t be ridiculous!
One Balki was enough!
^ so racist
In the end, it’s really about the strangers we met along the way.
Say what you will, but I did a Dance of Joy when I saw the trailer for this.
Numfar?