Summer is here, and with it comes a new slate of television shows. Though the season used to be a time for reruns, or worse, reality TV, summer now has a host of notable content be excited for. As such, we now present The Total Screen's Summer 2018 TV Preview.
We have rounded up the more interesting shows from the summer slate into this article, but if you want to see our full schedule of TV release dates, you can click here.
This article will be periodically updated as new dates are announced and new trailers are released.
LAST UPDATED: July 3rd, 2018 - Fear The Walking Dead and Ozark added. New or fixed trailers for Pose, Cloak and Dagger, Claws, Preacher, Salvation, Secret City, GLOW, Sharp Objects, The Outpost, Trial & Error, Killjoys, The Sinner, Animals, Better Call Saul, Lodge 49, Ballers, Insecure, Disenchantment, and Mr. Mercedes.
Update: June 5th, 2018 - Our Cartoon President, Orange is the New Black, The Sinner, Better Call Saul, and Lodge 49 added. Heathers removed.
Update: May 27th, 2018 - Salvation, Secret City, A Very English Scandal, and Disenchantment.
Update: May 26th, 2018 - Initial Publication!
Update: June 5th, 2018 - Our Cartoon President, Orange is the New Black, The Sinner, Better Call Saul, and Lodge 49 added. Heathers removed.
Update: May 27th, 2018 - Salvation, Secret City, A Very English Scandal, and Disenchantment.
Update: May 26th, 2018 - Initial Publication!
JUNE
Friday, June 1st, 2018
CB Strike – Cinemax
Harry Potter Author JK Rowling wrote the detective novel from which this series is based using a pen-name that was quickly uncovered.
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018
FLCL Progressive – Adult Swim
Adult Swim worked directly with the Japanese production company of the original series to create 2 sequel seasons. Unfortunately, the broadcast version is limited to an English dub.
Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
Pose – FX
Ryan Murphy's (American Horror Story) last new series for FX is a musical that follows a group of Drag Queens in the 1980s.
Succession - HBO
In this series, Brian Cox (LIE) plays the patriarch of a dysfunctional family empire set to ruthlessly attack each-other over their upcoming inheritance.
Monday, June 4th, 2018
Dietland – AMC
This new AMC staple is a darkly comic drama about female empowerment, which is debuting with a 2 hour series premiere.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
Humans – AMC
This series about robots awakening to sentient thought has managed to stay relevant as it move sinto its 3rd season, despite its close subject matter to the much higher profile Westworld.
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Condor – AT&T/DirecTV
A CIA operative struggling with moral dilemmas is the sole survivor of an attack on his office, leading him deeper and deeper into morally grey territory in this new spy drama.
Impulse - YouTube Premium
In YouTube's next premium offering, a teenage girl discovers the ability to teleport during the course of an attempted sexual assault upon her.
Thursday, June 7th, 2018
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger – Freeform
The latest in Marvel's push to cover as many possible networks and services with content is based on a comic whose leads should feel at home on the mostly teenage female demographic of Freeform.
Friday, June 8th, 2018
Sense8 - Netflix
A 2 hour Netflix Original film concludes the beloved series that was canceled by the streaming giant after 2 seasons and a Christmas Special.
Sunday, June 10th, 2018
Claws – TNT
Fans of Orange is the New Black should feel right at home with this underappreciated gem about the Employees and Owner of a nail salon who find themselves unfortunately wrapped up in the machinations of organized crime.
Thursday, June 14th, 2018
Strange Angel - CBS All Access
The next CBS All Access series follows the relationship between Jack Parsons, who would one day become one of the most important men in rocket science, and the famous occultist Aleister Crowley.
Friday, June 15th, 2018
Goliath - Amazon
Here comes Season 2 of Amazon's legal drama from David E. Kelley (Boston Legal), starring Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo).
12 Monkeys - SyFy
The final season of, perhaps, the best time travel show on TV is set to kick off on the often troubled science fiction network.
Sunday, June 17th, 2018
The Affair – Showtime
Another season of Showtimes Rashomon-esque telling of the vast complications of an extra marital affair.
Deep State – Epix
Mark Strong (Kingsmen) and Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) star in this British espionage drama about a retired spy who is lured back into action to avenge the death of his son.
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
Yellowstone – Paramount
Kevin Costner (Field of Dreams) leads the cast of this drama about the power struggles between billionaires, Native Americans, the government, and Ranchers near America's first national park.
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
Marvel's Luke Cage – Netflix
Season 2 of Marvel and Netflix's show about the bulletproof superhero has been hotly anticipated, though our Writers felt the first season fell apart in its final act.
Sunday, June 24th, 2018
Preacher – AMC
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's (Sausage Party) beloved adaptation of the cult 90s comic by Garth Ennis is returning for its 3rd season, and looks as weird as ever.
Monday, June 25th, 2018
Salvation - CBS
Season 2 of CBS's high concept summer series about a tech billionaire working to save the Earth from an impending asteroid collision.
Monday, June 26th, 2018
Secret City - Netflix
This Australian series follows a Journalist who discovers a vast conspiracy.
Friday, June 29th, 2018
GLOW - Netflix
Season 1 of this fictionalized retelling of the real world 1980s women's wrestling program earnedrave reviews and near universal acclaim, so... no pressure.
A Very English Scandal - Amazon
Hugh Grant (About a Boy) leads the cast of this miniseries about 1960s United Kingdom Prime Minister, Jeremy Thorpe, desperately trying to hide a homosexual affair.
JULY
Friday, July 6th, 2018
Sacred Games – Netflix
Netflix continues its push into foreign language content with this Police drama from India.
Sunday, July 8th, 2018
Sharp Objects - HBO
Based on the Novel by Gillian Flynn, this miniseries stars stars Amy Adams (Arrival), a reporter who returns home to cover the investigation into murder of 2 young girls.
Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
The Outpost – The CW
A new fantasy drama from one of the Creators of the Stargate movie, Dean Devlin, and the Creator of Stargate SG1, the television continuation of the movie's story, Jonathan Glassner.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2018
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters - TruTV
A new genre hopping anthology series from the mind behind World's Greatest Dad and God Bless America? Yes please.
Thursday, July 12th, 2018
The Disappearance - WGN
WGN has secured the US rights for this series about the affect the disappearance of a young boy has on his family and community.
Thursday, July 15th, 2018
Our Cartoon President - Showtime;
With so much happening, so frequently, it feels like there are 10 seasons worth of content waiting for the return from such a short hiatus for this show.
Thursday, July 19th, 2018
Trial & Error: Lady Killer – NBC
Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) is the defendant in the second season of this Parks and Recreation-esque send up of a small town legal system.
Snowfall - FX
Season 2 of FX's telling of the spread of crack cocaine in America promises to be as gritty and dark as the first.
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Outcast – Cinemax
At long, long, last, season 2 of Cinemax's adaptation of Robert Kirkman's (The Walking Dead) demon possession comic is almost upon us. How will the series follow up its exceedingly dark season finale? Well, ask anybody who watched it in the UK, where the second season of the American series aired over a year ago.
Killjoys - SyFy
SyFy may have cancelled its best space-set series since Battlestar Galactica, but it has another 2 seasons of this space-set series about a group of rogue Bounty Hunters caught in a vast and deadly conspiracy.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
Castle Rock - Hulu
JJ Abrams (LOST) is bringing this "everything's connected" Stephen King-verse (It) drama to the small screen. Perhaps a small consolation for all of those disappointed in the recent big screen adaptation of The Dark Tower, which, in the books, connected the works of King together into a single universe.
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
Swedish Dicks - Pop
We came to season 1 of this comedy series about 2 Swedish private detectives in Los Angeles for the John Wick-esque cameo by Keanu Reeves (John Wick), but stayed for one of the best Character Actors around, Peter Stormare (John Wick 2). Perhaps the second season of this Swedish import will lessen the sting of the recent cancellation of one of Stormare's other shows, LA to Vegas.
Friday, July 27th, 2018
Orange is the New Black - Netflix
Netflix's first major hit original series continues.
August
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018
The Sinner - USA
USA's anthology crime series returns.
Friday, August 3rd, 2018
Animals - HBO
HBO is giving us a second serving of their anthropomorphically introspective animated comedy.
Monday, August 6th, 2018
Better Call Saul - AMC
Another season for this great Breaking Bad spin-off.
Lodge 49 - AMC
This series, produced by Actor Paul Giamatti (John Adams), follows a former Surfer who joins a fraternal lodge after his Father's death.
Sunday, August 12th, 2018
Ballers - HBO
The Rock (Rampage) is back in your life, as if he was ever gone, back on the small screen on HBO for the 4th season of his series about a former Athlete who now acts as a Financial Manager for his current Athlete friends.
Insecure - HBO
Issa Rae's (Awkward Black Girl) critical darling of a comedy series is also back on HBO for its 3rd season. My money is still on The Rock for their eventual bout.
Fear the Walking Dead - AMC
After some controversial deaths, and the crossover of a character from the original series, Fear returns for more zombie mayhem.
Friday, August 17th, 2018
Disenchantment -Netflix
A fantasy based animated comedy from The Simpsons Creator Matt Groening.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
Mr. Mercedes – DirecTV/AT&T
AT&T is giving us another 10 episodes of this adaptation of Stephen King's Bill Hodges Trilogy.
Friday, August 24th, 2018
The Innocents - Netflix
Australian Actor Guy Pearce (Iron Man 3) stars in Netflix's new shape shifting supernatural drama series.
Friday, August, 31st, 2018
Jack Ryan – Amazon
John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) joins the likes of Harrison Ford (Star Wars) and Ben Affleck (Dogma) by portraying Tom Clancy's most iconic character, the titular Jack Ryan. The series is being produced by Krasinski, along with Carlton Cuse (LOST) and Michael Bay (Armageddon).
Ozark - Netflix
Netflix's attempt at their very own Breaking Bad follows up its strong 1st season with more desperate drug dealing on boats.
What shows are you looking forward to this summer? Tell us in our comments.
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