These 20 TV Premieres of August Are Hotter Than a Heatwave

“Survivor” meets “The Mole” in this new game show where quartets of players are dropped into the wilderness where they must figure out which of them is the inside man (or woman) trying to upset the game. 

In stark juxtaposition from the peace and love fest of 1969 stands the 30th reunion of this music festival, which was anything but serene. This documentary goes behind the scenes to figure out what went wrong. 

The surprise hit comedy series, written by an all-indigenous cast, returns for a second season, fresh off an egregious snubbing from the Emmys. Expect more adventures on the rez from Elora, Bear, Cheese and Willie Jack as they fight crimes and maybe commit a few too. 

The ‘90s-era MTV cartoon is back for more with all-new episodes streaming on Paramount+ so a whole new generation can learn about the Great Cornholio. 

Tom Sturridge plays Morpheus/Dream in this adaptation of the popular Neil Gaiman comic. After he awakes from his century-long imprisonment, he must fix his kingdom by traveling across different worlds. Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Patton Oswalt, Mark Hamill, David Thewlis, Joely Richardson, Stephen Fry and Jenna Coleman are just some of the names involved in the series. 

Based on the harrowing true story, a team of divers risk their lives to rescue a youth soccer team stuck in a flooded Thailand cave. Directed by Ron Howard, this film co-stars Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton and Viggo Mortensen. 

When a boy on the cusp of his Bar Mitzvah needs to move from Manhattan to Indiana after his parents’ divorce, he needs to navigate new friends, a new school and throw the party of the year, all set to big musical numbers. 

Jamie Foxx is a vampire hunter for cash in this ultra-violent film, brought to you by the makers of the “John Wick” series. Dave Franco plays his sidekick, an uptight business man, new to the world of vamp slaying. 

In this prestige Apple TV+ miniseries, writer/director John Ridley adapts the Sheri Fink book about what happened inside the walls of a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina. The doctors and nurses must make life or death decisions for their trapped patients, which results in criminal charges and a subsequent trial. 

Based on Penny Marshall’s 1992, this series, created by Abi Jacobson and Will Graham, tells new stories about the players on a women’s professional baseball team. All the characters are new and Rosie O’ Donnell will have a cameo as a new character as well instead of reprising her role as Doris. 

Gemma Arterton stars in this thriller about the hunt for real-life conman Robert Hendy-Freegard, who convinced many he was an MI5 agent. 

Charlie discovers his dad (Owen Wilson) is really a superhero, with his lair within their house and now he and his friends are having the adventure of a lifetime. 

Chris Estrada stars and co-created this new comedy about an ex-gang member trying to get by in South Central L.A. Inspired by Estrada’s real life, Julio still lives at home and dates his high school girlfriend, despite his job at a gang rehab center, Hugs Not Thugs. 

Using archival footage, this immersive documentary tracks the life of Princess Diana and the public and media’s obsession with her. 

In this “Sliding Doors”-esque rom-com, Lili Reinhart plays a woman whose life can go in two different directions, which both play out independently. 

Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) is a young lawyer and cousin of Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) who, after a blood transfusion from her super-cousin, gets her own powers and a green-hued glow-up. 

Five sisters plot together to take down one of their husbands. After his death, insurance agents try to figure out whodunnit, in this adaptation of a Belgian series by Sharon Horgan, who also stars. 

The long-awaited spin-off from “Game of Thrones” has arrived, following the House Targaryen. Based on the book “Fire & Blood,” author George R.R. Martin is a co-creator of the very blonde fantasy show. 

Like a couple of real-life Ted Lassos, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought a Welsh soccer team. This documentary follows the two stars and their underdog team as they strive for success. 

A therapist (Steve Carell) is held captive by a disturbed patient (Domhnall Gleason), who wants help controlling his urges to kill—serially.