From elves to Terminators, from Caped Crusaders to the Hargreeves, and from Ninja Turtles to Parisian love affairs, it’s a busy month for debut TV shows and our returning favorites. Prime Video’sBatman: Caped Crusader, a new Batman cartoon inspired by 1940s film noir, has already premiered to reviews praising its psychological boldness and revisionist take on legacy characters. Over on Paramount+,Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, another reinvention of a classic cartoon, continues the story of 2023’sMutant Mayhemmovie. Netflix’sThe Umbrella Academyplans to end with as much dramatic flair as ever, as the de-powered Hargreeve siblings reunite to save the world one last time.
While we’re on the subject of apocalypses, Netflix expandsThe Terminatoruniverse with an original anime adventure,Terminator Zero, which boasts a new heroine (House of the Dragon’sSonoya Mizuno), and a new Terminator (Justified’sTimothy Olyphant). Shifting from sci-fi to fantasy, the forces of good, led by Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), prepare for war against the Dark Lord Sauron (Charlie Vickers) in Prime Video’sThe Rings of PowerSeason 2. Plus, theOnly Murders in the Buildingtrio score a movie deal,Emily in Paris’s heroine tries to find love again,SEAL Teamlaunches its final season, the co-creator ofTed Lassoplunges us into a comedy-filled crime world, and more.
‘Batman: Caped Crusader’
Available:
July 18, 2025
Superhero, Crime, Noir, Animated
Created By:
Bruce Timm
Hamish Linklater, Jason Watkins, Eric Morgan Stuart, Krystal Joy Brown, John DiMaggio, Gary Anthony Williams, Michelle C. Bonilla, Jamie Chung, Diedrich Bader, Bumper Robinson, Tom Kenny, Roger Craig Smith, Grey DeLisle, Corey Burton, Jason Marsden, James Arnold Taylor, Kimberly Brooks, Christina Ricci, Reid Scott, Mckenna Grace, Toby Stephens, Minnie Driver, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel Osment
He’s brooding,he’s vengeance, and he’s the night incarnate: he’s Batman.Bruce Timm, a producer behind the iconic and influentialBatman: The Animated Seriesfrom the 1990s, joins forces with executive producerMatt Reeves(director of 2022’sThe Batman) to resurrect the animated mythos Timm helped establish. Prime Video’sBatman: Caped Crusaderfollows Bruce Wayne/Batman (Hamish Linklater) during his early years on the job as Gotham’s premiere crime fighter, and adaptsclassic comics lorewith a style heavily inspired by classic film noir from the 1930s and 1940s. Much like Reeves’The Batmanand the critically and culturally acclaimedBatman: The Animated Series,Caped Crusaderemphasizes thesuperhero’s dark aesthetic and psychologically complex characters.
‘The Umbrella Academy’
August 25, 2025
Steve Blackman, Jeremy Slater
Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, Mary J. Blige, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, Kate Walsh, Genesis Rodriguez, Britne Oldford
Speaking of angsty superheroes — Netflix’sThe Umbrella Academy, based on the graphic novel series created and written byMy Chemical RomancevocalistGerard Way, returns for itsfourth and final season. They might have saved the world, thenstopped a different apocalypse, but the Hargreeves siblings just can’t escape trouble. Stuck in a new, different timelinewithout their powers, the dysfunctional family must rediscover their true selves and protect the world, and themselves, one last time.
‘Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
August 12, 2025
Action, Comedy, Animated
Chris Yost, Alan Wan
Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, and Ayo Edebiri, Rose Byrne, Natasia Demetriou, Post Malone, Alanna Ubach, Pete Davidson, Timothy Olyphant, Danny Trejo, Jillian Bell, Jamila Velasquez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlespicks up where 2023’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhemmovie left off andprepares those totally rad turtles for the 2026 sequel movie. Before then, there’s a lot of pizza to devour and “new butts to kick.” Used to fighting as a group, the four teenage turtle brothers with Renaissance names —Micah Abbey’s Donatello,Shamon Brown Jr.’s Michelangelo,Nicolas Cantu’s Leonardo, andBrady Noon’s Raphael — must also contend with fighting on their own for the first time after Bishop (Alanna Ubach), a new villain, isolates them. It’s a good thing they’ve got ace reporter April O’Neil (The Bear’sAyo Edebiri) on their side.
‘SEAL Team’
August 19, 2025
Drama, Military, Action
Benjamin Cavell
David Boreanaz, Jessica Paré, Neil Brown Jr., A. J. Buckley, Toni Trucks, Beau Knapp, Dylan Walsh
After six seasons, the Bravo Team takes their final bow on CBS and Paramount+. And after those six seasons, the best group ofNavy SEALsin fiction are older, wiser, guilt-ridden, and scarred by the sacrificial death of one of their own —Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot)— at the end of last season. But when their higher-ups add a new man to their ranks and send the fractured group on even more dangerous missions,Bravo Team must find a way to keep going. Their lives, and the lives of innocents, depends ontheir enduring brotherhood.
‘Solar Opposites’
July 23, 2025
Science Fiction, Comedy, Animated
Justin Roiland, Mike McMahan
Dan Stevens, Thomas Middleditch, Sean Giambrone, Mary Mack, Sagan McMahan, Tiffany Haddish, Tony Hale, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Christina Hendricks, Kieran Culkin
Yes, some of them still hate Earth, in case you were wondering. Already renewed for Season 6, Hulu’sSolar Opposites, a culture-clashsitcom about a loving family of four alienswho make Earth their new home, returns for its fifth season. The newly marriedKorvo(Dan Stevens) and Terry (Thomas Middleditch) try and enjoy their honeymoon phase despitehow annoying humans are, while teenagers Jesse (Mary Mack) and Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) struggle to fit in at school and earn good grades.
July 30, 2025
Drama, Crime
Bill Lawrence
Vince Vaughn, Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Meredith Hagner, Rob Delaney, Natalie Martinez, L. Scott Caldwell, Ronald Peet, John Ortiz. Ashley Nichole-Black, Victor Turpin, Charlotte Lawrence, Alex Moffat
Andrew Yancy (Vince Vaughn) is in trouble, and in more ways than one. He’s lost his job as a detective for being “consistently reckless, inappropriate, and glib.” Reduced to inspecting restaurants and hating every second of it, once an anonymous person’s severed arm turns up, his investigative nose leads him — against even his better judgment — onto the trail of those responsible. Too many people could have done it, and the local Floridian corruption has too many layers.Bad Monkeycomes to Apple TV+ fromBill Lawrence, the co-creator ofTed Lasso,Scrubs, andShrinking.
July 23, 2025
Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz
Jabari Banks, Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Jordan L. Jones, Simone Joy Jones.
In the third season ofAndy and Susan Borowitz’s moody reboot ofThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will Smith (Jabari Banks) just wants to enjoy his summer like any teenager would, especially one living with the benefits afforded by his aunt and uncle’s wealth. ButVivian (Cassandra Freeman)and Philip Banks (Adrian Holmes) plan to teach their nephew maturity and responsibility; Will winds up employed at the country club whether he likes it or not. He also unexpectedly reunites with his estranged father, Lou (Marlon Wayans), while Will’s fellow Bel-Air teens grapple with classism and racist pressures, sobriety, and personal discoveries.Joseph Marcell, whooriginated the role of Geoffrey in theFresh Princesitcom, joins the cast in an undisclosed role.
‘Emily in Paris’
Romance, Comedy
Darren Star
Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, Camille Razat, William Abadie, Lucien Laviscount, Kate Walsh, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Jeremy O. Harris, Céline Menville, Kevin Dias, Jin Xuan Mao, Søren Bregendal
Newly single marketing expert Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) can’t help being distracted by all the sexy Parisian men around her. The problem is, she’s also distracted by her lingering feelings for Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), even though making things work would be complicated. And maybe, just maybe,she still cares about her other ex, Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).Everything in Emily’s life is complicated, especially when her career, love life, and dreams for the future intersect. What does Emily truly want, andwhat does that future look like? The first five episodes ofEmily in ParisSeason 4 premiere on August 15, with Part 2 premiering on September 12.
‘Pachinko’
July 12, 2025
Youn Yuh-jung, Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Han Jun-woo, Jeong In-ji, Jung Eun-chae, Lee Min-ho, Kaho Minami, Noh Sang-hyun, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson
Season 2 of showrunnerSoo Hugh’sdeeply moving adaptationof authorMin Jin Lee’s New York Times bestselling novel,Pachinko, picks up with Kim Sunja (Kim Min-ha), a Korean woman who immigrated to Osaka from Japanese-occupied Korea, trying to provide for her family in 1945 while the horrifying costs of World War II rage around them. In 1989, as part of theseries' generation-spanning dual narrative, Sunja’s grandson, Solomon Baek (Jin Ha), pursues his dubious agreement with Japanese businessman Mamoru Yoshii (Louis Ozawa).Anna Sawai, fresh off her Emmy nomination for FX’s smash hitShōgun, returns for Season 2, as doesAcademy Award winnerYoun Yuh-jungand Korean superstarLee Min-ho.
‘Only Murders in the Building’
July 24, 2025
Comedy, Mystery
Steve Martin, John Hoffman
Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Tina Fey, Jackie Hoffman, James Caverly, Ryan Broussard, Teddy Coluca, Molly Shannon, Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Kumail Nanjiani, Melissa McCarthy, Desmin Borges, Siena Werber, Lilian Rebelo, Richard Kind, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Catherine Cohen, Jin Ha, Jane Lynch
This podcasting triocan’t stay away from true crime for too long — mostly becausepeople keep being murdered. But this season ofOnly Murders in the Buildingis slightly different. Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), andMabel Mora (Selena Gomez)agree to let Hollywood make a movie about their podcast. EnterEugene Levy,Zach Galifianakis, andEva Longoriaplaying themselves, playingCharles-Haden,Oliver, andMabel(in that order), plusMeryl Streep,Molly Shannon,Melissa McCarthy,Kumail Nanjiani, andPachinko’sJin Ha.
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
June 26, 2025
Fantasy, Drama
J. D. Payne, Patrick McKay
Morfydd Clark, Lenny Henry, Sara Zwangobani, Dylan Smith, Markella Kavenagh, Megan Richards, Robert Aramayo, Benjamin Walker, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Nazanin Boniadi, Tyroe Muhafidin, Charles Edwards, Daniel Weyman, Owain Arthur, Charlie Vickers, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Trystan Gravelle, Maxim Baldry, Ema Horvath, Sam Hazeldine, Leon Wadham
TheDark Lord Sauron(Charlie Vickers) is officially on the warpath. So is Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), the elven warrior whounmasked Sauron’s true identityat the end of Season 1. Now that her prey is in sight and more powerful than ever,Galadriel becomes a Ringbearerto one of the three elvish Rings of Power andleads her people to war. But all the peoples of Middle Earth’s Second Age — elves, dwarves, Hobbits, and men alike – must unite if they stand a chance of preventing the Dark Lord’s reign. (Plus, Season 2 hasTom Bombadil. IYKYK.)
‘Terminator Zero’
Science Fiction, Action, Animated
Mattson Tomlin
Timothy Olyphant, André Holland, Sonoya Mizuno, Rosario Dawson, Ann Dowd
July 06, 2025 – the day that Skynet, a sentient artificial intelligence, launched a nuclear apocalypse that subjugated and almost destroyed humanity. Many have tried to prevent the inevitable, humans and cyborgs alike:Sarah Connor,her son John, and time-traveling warriors from the future. Sometimes, they succeed, buthistory is always being rewritten. When everything else has failed, could the best weapon against Skynet be another AI? Skynet seems to think so.In 1997, pre-Judgment Day, Malcolm Lee (André Holland) creates Kokoro (Rosario Dawson), an AI designed to be Skynet’s competitor in the business market. The Skynet of the future dispatchesa Terminator(Timothy Olyphant), one of its expert cyborg killing machines,back in time to assassinate Malcolm. Thankfully, the human resistance sends Eiko (Sonoya Mizuno), one of their soldiers, to keep Malcolm alive.
