Every week, major streamers launch new and returning series. Here, we compile the best new streaming shows to check out.
It’s hard to keep track of which streaming service is premiering which new show or movie from week to week. Netflix used to be king, but the streaming field is full of alternatives, and they’re all regularly pumping out new content. So, what are the best new streaming shows and where can you watch them?
Every week, we answer that question for you, offering some exciting new and returning titles, including streaming originals, from services like Max, Hulu, Prime Video, Paramount Plus, and, yes, Netflix. We’ll be updating this list every week, so stay tuned for more new streaming shows on every major service.The best new streaming shows this week
Sonic Prime
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Kohrra
Justified: City Primeval
Sweet Magnolias
Netflix — July 13
If you want something to watch with the kids, Sonic Prime could be the ticket. Easily the best Sonic show produced, this show has a continuous storyline with plenty of twists and turns. The second season continues Sonic’s journey across multiple dimensions as he tries to find a way to fix his own world. This also means teaming up with his rival, Shadow.
Amazon Prime — July 14
The Summer I Turned Pretty is back for a second season. Once again, the show centers around teenager Belly Conklin as she spends time with her family and her mother’s best friend’s family at Cousins Beach for the summer. Belly continues to be caught up in a love triangle, but now new complications arise, including the possibility her family might sell their beach house.
Netflix — July 15
Set in the Indian state of Punjab, Suvinder Vicky and Barun Sobti play two police officers caught up in a murder investigation. A non-Resident Indian has been found dead just days before his wedding. The noir thriller not only centers around the crime but also dives deeper into the turbulence unfolding in the lives of the officers involved.
Hulu — July 18
Fifteen years after Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens left the hollers of Kentucky he finds himself in Detroit with his daughter. Things take a dark turn as Givens is asked to help pursue a dangerous sociopath called the Oklahoma Wildman, who has so far managed to allude the police.
Netflix — July 19
Back for its second season, this series follows three friends in the small town of Serenity. All three women find life has gotten pretty complicated, with Maddie reeling from her divorce, Helen is starting a new life with Erik while dealing with the trauma of a miscarriage, and Dana is struggling to keep her restaurant from going out of business. The challenges may be hard, but together the Sweet Magnolias can get through anything.Check out the best new streaming shows from previous weeks
Below are some of the TV shows we recommended in previous weeks. In case you’ve watched the newer titles already or want more options, here’s a solid mix of more new shows on your favorite streaming services.
Apple TV Plus — May 17
Patricia Arquette stars in this brand new Apple TV Plus comedy series from Austin Powers and Bombshell director Jay Roach. Peggy Newman, whose past is hardly squeaky clean, embarks on a journey to become a P.I. when her mother dies under suspicious circumstances.
Netflix — May 18
A spinoff of Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, XO, Kitty follows Kitty Covey, the youngest of the Covey sisters, as she embarks on her own romantic adventure. That includes her own batch of possible loves and takes her all the way to Korea in one of the best new streaming shows to check out this week.
Freevee — May 19
Created by Shea Serrano, Primo is a coming-of-age, single-camera comedy, inspired by Serrano’s own life growing up in San Antonio, Texas. The series follows Rafa Gonzales, a 16-year-old about to finish high school and planning ahead to possibly become the first member of his family to attend college, all as he experiences young love. Rafa lives in a full house with his mother and five overbearing uncles who all have opinions on the right path for him.
Netflix — May 19
You can check out the latest season of the immensely popular Netflix original Selling Sunset this week. The real-estate reality show follows the cutthroat world of luxury real estate in Los Angeles, where elite brokers at the high-end Oppenheim Group aim to prove themselves and carve out their niche of the market. The big question on a lot of people’s minds is whether the agents will be able to keep the drama up in the first season without pot-stirrer Christine Quinn.
Max — May 19
Winner of HBO’s national screenwriting competition in Romania, Spy/Master is new HBO Max original espionage drama set during the Cold War. The miniseries follows Victor Godeanu, the right-hand man to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. But Victor has a secret. He’s a double agent, and he needs to flee the country before he’s found out.
Hulu — May 23
The second half of Hulu’s breakout hit sitcom is among the week’s best new streaming shows. Hillary Duff stars as Sophie in the spinoff/reboot of How I Met Your Mother. In the future, and older Sophie tells her son how she met his father, and we see her 30s in flashback, in the present day. Making new friends and looking for love, Sophie encounters several men who could become the father of her child by the series’ end.
Disney Plus — May 24
Based on the popular and groundbreaking graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, an ordinary teen who suddenly finds himself thrust into the the ancient drama of a battle of Chinese mythological gods. The Disney Plus series stars Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, and many others.
Hulu — May 24
Based on the book In the Clearing, a fictionalized account of the New Age group The Family by J. P. Pomare, The Clearing is an Australian Disney Plus original miniseries streaming on Hulu in the US. It stars Teresa Palmer as a woman trying to prevent a cult from kidnapping children as she wrestles with her own dark past. The series also stars Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce.
Max — May 24
This reboot of the cult classic MTV adult animated series is one of the inaugural Max original titles. Created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence, the comedy, modelled on teen dramas, follows clones of famous historical figures like Abe Lincoln and Joan of Ark, interacting as teens at a topsecret research facility. In the new Clone High, the clones are unfrozen 20 years after the homecoming prom and meet a new batch of clones secretly created by Scudworth. You can also currently stream the original Clone High on Max.
Apple TV Plus — May 24
Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne star in one of the most exciting new streaming shows of the week, from Apple TV Plus. In the comedy series, two former best friends reaching middle age reconnect after years apart. Now, their renewed friendship becomes as intense as ever and starts to destabilize their lives.
Netflix — May 25
The one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his Netflix debut in FUBAR. A seasoned CIA operative on the verge of retirement is pulled back in for one last, major job when he discovers a shocking family secret. His daughter has, like him, been secretly working for the CIA.
Hulu — May 25
America’s favorite celebrity family is back for season three of The Kardashians. Get a glimpse behind the scenes and into the lives of Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie as cameras offer an exclusive look into one of the most powerful entertainment families in Hollywood.
