If you’re looking for a new screen to watch this week, the vast landscape of streaming networks will provide you with plenty of options. So if someone tries to tell you “there’s nothing smart”, tell them they’re a liar because all kinds of smart displays are broadcast. For example, there is a new season of Umbrella Academy. If that’s not your thing, you can watch a rebooted Dance Moms; It’s a whole new era for Dance Moms. Judy Justice is there, judging everyone, as she does. There’s also a new exhibit about alien abductions and the Chicago Bears.
The fourth and final season of Umbrella Academy promises to conclude the story of the Hargreeves brothers’ war against the mysterious Guardians. The season begins with our heroes stripped of their powers and separated, leaving each to fend for themselves in a new reality. If you like superheroes even a little, don’t miss this last season.
Where to stream: Prime
I don’t like kids, even-tempered parents, and overbearing coaches, so I’m not in the target demographic of Dance Moms: A New Era, but other people enjoyed the original, so I probably won’t speak it. The reboot introduces dynamic dance coach Glo Hampton, who needs to take her students to the prestigious Studio Bleu dance school. To achieve this, she will have to deal with precocious children, scheming mothers and constant dramas.
Where to stream: Hulu
HBO’s long-running reality show Hard Knocks takes on the scenes and locker room of the long-suffering Chicago Bears. Can the team’s new No. 1 quarterback, Caleb Williams, turn the Bears from a franchise with a 7 and 10 record in 2023 to a franchise with perhaps an 11 and 6 record in 2024? Sign in to find out.
Where to stream: Hulu
Television judges like Judge Joe Brown, Judge David Young and Judge Faith come and go, but there’s only one Judge Judy, the stalwart queen of cringe-worthy comments and the ultimate bullshit debunker. Judy Justice season 3 will shake up the winning formula, so expect a series of satisfying (if legally dubious) decisions foisted on the kind of jerks she’d expect to see in a daylight courtroom.
It begins streaming on FreeVee on August 5.
Spoiler: fiction.
Where to stream: Hulu
Sir David Attenborough is 98 years old. The biologist, nature historian and gentleman’s latest endeavor is a three-episode series using the older generation to read about how animals use sound, whether to mate, fight, feed or simply relax.
Where to stream: Netflix
The first season of Unstable won fan loyalty for its combination of family comedy and biting satire, and now Rob Lowe and his real-life son, John Owen Lowe, are returning for a second season of the office comedy. They play the fictional father and son Ellis and Jackson Dragon. Ellis is a billionaire biotech genius who can’t sit still, and his son is the only thing motivating him, but Jackson just needs to play his flute. If you missed the first season, don’t fall asleep during the second season.
Where to stream: Netflix
This Apple TV original documentary series highlights the connection between horse racing and Mexican drug cartels through the story of FBI agent Scott Lawson. Lawson led an ambitious operation that brought down the leaders of the brutal Los Zetas cartel by tracing money. from a successful horse racing business to the most violent drug cartel in the world.
Where to stream: Apple TV
This Netflix original series is a modern take on a classic formula: a brave, precocious teenager sets out to solve a mystery. Emma Myers, who you’d likely play Wednesday Addams’ werewolf roommate, plays budding detective Pip Fitz-Amobi, a character created through YA novelist Holly Jackson in the e-book on which it’s based this series. If you love Nancy Drew, but feel like she’s a little dated, check out A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
Where to stream: Netflix
The first 3 seasons of Netflix’s revival of Unsolved Mysteries are excellent. Netflix hasn’t released many main points about volume 4 yet, however, if past seasons are any indication, it will include a combination of unexplained deaths, disappearances, paranormal activity, UFOs, and other “what the fuck?”Content presented in a comprehensive and thoughtful manner.
Where to stream: Netflix
Futurama, the iconic sci-fi cartoon by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen returns this month for a twelfth season, with 10 new episodes. Fry, Bender, Leela, and everyone else will return to discover the secret of Bender’s ancestors, learn about the history of coffee, and make sarcastic jokes about supply, although it takes place around the year 3000. If you’ve never noticed Futurama, you have almost the entire month to catch up on the last 12 seasons — they’re also available on Hulu.
Where to vape: Hulu
The most recent animated version of Batman was produced by Matt Reeves, J. J. Abrams and Bruce Timms, so I have high hopes. Caped Crusader is a family Batman series, so it brings the kids together, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some serious action and thrills when Batman takes on Clayface, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and a women’s edition of The Penguin.
It begins airing on August 1.
Stephen Johnson is on staff at Lifehacker, where he covers pop culture and adds two weekly columns: “The Guide to Children’s Culture for Disconnected Adults” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week. “She graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor’s degree in writing, literature, and publishing.
Previously, Stephen was editor-in-chief of NBC/Universal’s G4TV. At G4, he won a Telly Award for writing and was nominated for a Webby Award. Stephen has also written for Blumhouse, FearNET, Performing Songwriter magazine, NewEgg, AVN, GameFly. , Art Connoisseur International magazine, Fender Musical Instruments, Hustler magazine and other media. His paintings have been exhibited at Comedy Central and the Sundance International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Chicago Horror Film Festival. He lives in Los Angeles, California.