August 2026 TV lineup: 10 shows worth clearing your schedule for

August brings a packed lineup of returning favourites and intriguing new series. From Ted Lasso taking charge of a women’s football team to a mysterious murder pulling Green Lantern into detective territory, these are the shows worth keeping on your radar this month.

1. Lioness - Season 3

Zoe Saldaña returns as CIA operative Joe in another dangerous chapter of Taylor Sheridan’s action thriller, with Nicole Kidman also back in the cast.

This time, enemies are operating from the shadows and a growing war begins to invade every corner of Joe’s personal and professional life. Expect explosive raids, high-stakes missions and one question, how much of Joe’s life can survive the war?

Release date: August 2, Paramount+

2. Futurama - Season 14

The Planet Express crew is back for another trip across the galaxy, bringing Fry, Leela, Bender and the rest of the gang along for more absurd futuristic adventures.

Season 14 promises the usual mix of aliens, space chaos and strange schemes. The season will feature three extra-length specials, including a Christmas episode.

Release date: August 3, Hulu

3. Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are coming off a Super Bowl victory, but defending a championship could prove much harder than winning one.

Hard Knocks follows the team as it prepares for another season while adjusting to the departure of Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker, who moved to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Release date: August 4, HBO Max

4. Ted Lasso – Season 4

Ted Lasso is back, but AFC Richmond looks very different this time. Jason Sudeikis’ relentlessly optimistic coach is now tasked with leading the club’s newly formed women’s team, with Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple and Brendan Hunt returning alongside him.

Ted once arrived at Richmond as part of a prank, can the same man who changed the club’s fortunes do it all over again with a completely new team?

Release date: August 5, Apple TV

5. The Shards

Ryan Murphy takes Bret Easton Ellis’ dark novel to television in a story set among privileged teenagers in Los Angeles in 1981. A mysterious new student enters a prep-school circle just as a serial killer begins terrorising the neighbourhood, targeting people alongside their pets.

Based on Ellis’ fictionalised account of his final year of high school, the series mixes teenage drama with a disturbing murder mystery and the closer these students get to the truth, the more dangerous things become.

Release date: August 5, FX/Hulu

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6. Reacher - Season 4

Jack Reacher is back with another case, and this time it seems almost everyone wants him dead. Played by Alan Ritchson, the former military investigator uses his tactical skills to uncover the truth while facing organisations determined to stop him.

As Reacher heads into another investigation, the bigger surprise is that his story is also paving the way for the upcoming spinoff Neagley.

Release date: August 12, Prime Video

7. Lanterns

DC’s latest Green Lantern series takes the superheroes in a different direction, detective noir. Kyle Chandler plays veteran Green Lantern Hal Jordan, while Aaron Pierre stars as trainee John Stewart, as the pair investigate a mysterious murder in rural Nebraska.

But this is no ordinary crime case, the investigation appears to have an extraterrestrial connection, setting up a mystery that blends True Detective-style crime drama with DC superhero mythology.

Release date: August 16, HBO Max

8. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Season 18

The gang is back, and after years of increasingly bizarre schemes, it is getting difficult to guess what could possibly come next.

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The eighteenth season continues the adventures of the notoriously dysfunctional group, with the premiere already offering a clue about its latest chaos: “Frank Marries a Corpse.” Exactly how that happens is anyone’s guess.

Release date: August 17, FX/Hulu

9. Outer Banks - Season 5

The Pogues return for their final adventure, but this time the treasure hunt comes with a darker motive. Following JJ’s tragic death in Morocco at the end of Season 4, the group is determined to avenge their friend while fighting to stay free and searching for the Blue Crown.

Their biggest challenge yet may not be finding the treasure, it may be surviving long enough to claim it.

Release date: August 20, Netflix

10. Dark Matter - Season 2

Jason Dessen’s attempt to navigate alternate realities gets even more dangerous in the second season of Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller. After discovering a device capable of opening portals to other worlds, Jason finds himself caught between different versions of his own life, while rival organisations want the technology for themselves.

With more alternate Jasons, competing realities and paranoia ahead, the biggest question is which version of Jason will ultimately get to keep his life.

Release date: August 28, Apple TV