For many, summer is the prime time for catching up on must-watch TV series. Whether it’s the reality TV allure of Love Island USA or the intense excitement of thrillers and action-packed dramas like Netflix’s A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder Season 2, Apple TV’s Lucky, or Prime Video’s Ride Or Die, there’s something for everyone.
This summer, Prime Video is set to captivate young adult audiences with its adaptation of Carley Fortune’s Every Summer After, rebranded as Every Year After, launching in June. Additionally, a series prequel to Legally Blonde, titled Elle, will premiere on July 1. Fans of science fiction can look forward to more from Dark Matter and Silo on Apple TV, and let’s not forget the much-anticipated return of Ted Lasso.
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Moreover, the summer of 2026 will bring new shows set against seasonal backdrops, including Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend and Prime Video’s Sterling Point. For those juggling work during the summer months, Mindy Kaling’s workplace comedy Not Suitable For Work will begin airing on Hulu starting in early June.
Here are 20 TV shows to keep on your radar for summer 2026, most of which will be available via streaming:
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‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ Season 2 – Netflix – May 27
Image Credit: Netflix In Season 2 of A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder, based on Holly Jackson’s book Good Girl, Bad Blood, Pippa Fitz-Amobi dives into a new mystery. Max Hastings (Henry Ashton) faces a rape trial, but the plot thickens when Connor Reynolds’ (Jude Morgan-Collie) brother Jamie (Eden H. Davies) disappears. Pippa, along with her boyfriend Ravi Singh (Zain Iqbal) and best friend Cara Ward (Asha Banks), delves into the search for Jamie while keeping tabs on the ongoing trial.
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‘Deli Boys’ Season 2 – Hulu – May 28
Image Credit: Hulu Deli Boys follows the comedic misadventures of Mir and Raj Dar (Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh), two pampered Pakistani American brothers who find themselves in over their heads in the criminal underworld after discovering their father’s secret life of crime. The series also stars Naveeda “Lucky,” a crime boss played by Jagannathan, who was a close confidante of their father.
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Fred Armisen joins the cast as Max Sugar, a legendary gambler who manages a casino empire. The season also features Andrew Rannells and Kumail Nanjiani in recurring roles, with guest appearances by Lilly Singh and Robin Thede. Tan France returns as British crime boss Zubair.
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‘The Four Seasons’ Season 2 – Netflix – May 28
Image Credit: Emily V. Aragones/Netflix In the second season of Netflix’s The Four Seasons, the group of friends reunites for seasonal getaways throughout the year. Following the tragic car crash that killed Nick (Steve Carell) in Season 1, his girlfriend Ginny (Erika Henningsen), who is expecting their child, remains a central figure. The upcoming eight episodes also continue to follow the lives of Kate (Tina Fey), Jack (Will Forte), Anne (Kerri Kennedy-Silver), Claude (Marco Calvani), and Danny (Colman Domingo).
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‘Love Island UK’ Season 13 – Hulu – June 1
Love Island UK, the original inspiration for Love Island US, is set to return for its thirteenth season this June. Coinciding with the World Cup, the season will feature a football-themed twist.
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‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 – Peacock – June 2
Season 8 of the U.S. version of Love Island, hosted by Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix, kicks off on June 2. Expect new surprises as fresh contestants enter the villa for another season of romantic entanglements and dramatic eliminations.
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‘Not Suitable for Work’ – Hulu – June 2
Image Credit: Disney Mindy Kaling’s new series Not Suitable for Work debuts on Hulu on June 2 with a trio of episodes. Set in New York’s Murray Hill, the show follows a group of twenty-somethings navigating the challenges of work-life balance. The ensemble cast includes Ella Hunt, Avantika, Will Angus, Jack Martin, Nicholas Duvernay, and Jay Ellis, with appearances by Victor Garber, Greg Germann, Judy Gold, Ego Nwodim, Harry Richardson, Constance Wu, Laura Bell Bundy, May Hong, Bhavesh Patel, Emilia Suárez, and Michael Benjamin Washington.
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‘Cape Fear’ – Apple TV – June 5
Image Credit: Apple TV Apple TV’s new ten-episode psychological thriller, Cape Fear, is based on John D. MacDonald’s novel The Executioners, which also inspired the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck and the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese. The series stars Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson) as a couple dealing with the repercussions of putting Max Cady (Javier Bardem), a notorious killer, behind bars. Created and showrun by Nick Antosca, Cape Fear is described as a Hitchcockian thriller that delves into America’s fascination with true crime.
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‘Every Year After’ – Prime Video – June 10
Image Credit: Cate Cameron/Prime Video Every Year After, adapted from Carley Fortune’s best-selling novel, tells the story of Persephone ‘Percy’ Fraser (Sadie Soverall) and her second chance romance with Sam Florek (Matt Cornett) at a lake in Barry’s Bay, Canada. The series also features Elisha Cuthbert as Sam’s mother, Sue, whose death brings Percy back to a place filled with both fond memories and painful conflicts. The cast includes Michael Bradway as Sam’s brother Charlie, Aurora Perrineau as Percy’s best friend Chantal, Abigail Cown as Delilah, and Joseph Chiu as Jordie.
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‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 3 – HBO Max – June 21
Image Credit: HBO The third season of House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game of Thrones, premieres on June 21 on HBO Max. The series continues to explore the history of House Targaryen, featuring an ensemble cast that includes Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, Matthew Needham, James Norton, Tom Bennett, Kieran Bew, Kurt Egyiawan, Freddie Fox, Clinton Liberty, Gayle Rankin, Abubakar Salim, Tom Cullen, Tommy Flanagan, Dan Fogler, Joplin Sibtain, and Barry Sloane.
Ryan Condal serves as co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer, with George R.R. Martin, the creator of the original Game of Thrones source material, also serving as an executive producer. The series is based on Martin’s novel Fire & Blood.
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‘The Bear,’ Season 5 – FX/Hulu – June 25
Image Credit: FX The fifth and final season of The Bear, starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, concludes on June 25. Consisting of eight episodes, the entire season will be available for streaming upon its release. A trailer has recently been released to tease the upcoming finale.
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 – Netflix – June 25
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender continues with its second season, premiering on June 25. This season focuses on Aang’s journey to master earthbending with the help of Toph Beifong (Miya Cech). The cast includes returning stars Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Paul Sun-Hyung, Maria Zhang, Elizabeth Yu, Daniel Dae Kim, and newcomers Amanda Zhou, Madison Hu, Dolly De Leon, Dichen Lachman, Lily Gao, Justin Chien, Terry Chen, Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Lourdes Faberes, Rekha Sharma, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, and more.
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‘Elle’ – Prime Video – July 1
Image Credit: Prime Video Get ready for a burst of pink on your screens as Prime Video and Hello Sunshine’s Elle premieres in early July, just in time for the iconic holiday mentioned by Jennifer Coolidge in the Legally Blonde films. Lexi Minetree stars as a young Elle Woods navigating the challenges of high school. The series also stars June Diane Raphael as Elle’s mother, Eva, and Tom Everett Scott as her father, Wyatt. The cast includes Gabrielle Policano, Jacob Moskovitz, Chandler Kinney, Zac Looker, and more.
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‘Silo’ Season 3 – Apple TV – July 3
Image Credit: Apple TV The third season of Silo, starring Rebecca Ferguson, debuts on July 3 on Apple TV. This season continues to explore the lives of the 10,000 residents living in an underground dystopian society. Juliette Nicols (Ferguson), having survived a forced “cleaning,” returns with memory loss as the community faces new threats. Meanwhile, in the “Before Times,” journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) uncover a conspiracy with far-reaching consequences.
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Big Brother Season 28 – Paramount+ & CBS – July 9
Julie Chen Moonves returns as the host of Big Brother Season 28, marking a milestone as the show reaches its 1,000th episode in primetime.
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‘Little House on the Prairie’ – Netflix – July 9
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