Secret Invasion, Netflix’s Skull Island, and all the new TV to watch

Yes, it’s blockbuster film season, however summer time TV can also be heating up — and this week is an ideal instance of simply how packed this summer time goes to be for tv reveals.

This week has a number of notable releases: Part 2 of Break Point, the Netflix tennis docuseries from the identical of us that introduced us Formula 1: Drive to Survive, is lastly right here, satiating tennis followers till Wimbledon subsequent month. Critical and indie dramedy darling The Bear can also be again, prepared to rethink what the restaurant seems like (and operates as).

Perhaps largest of all, Samuel L. Jackson is coming to TV with Disney Plus’ Secret Invasion. The long-awaited MCU present adapts the comedian arc of the identical title, following Fury’s dawning realization that the shapeshifting Skrulls have already infiltrated Earth and a few of them is perhaps up to no good.

All that’s alongside new episodes for ongoing reveals like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Righteous Gemstones, Strange New Worlds, and extra. Here are all the vital TV premieres this week:

New reveals on Netflix

Skull Island

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Genre: Animated large monkey enterprise
Release date: June 22, with all eight episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Brian Duffield
Cast: Mae Whitman, Benjamin Bratt, Darren Barnet, Betty Gilpin

If you appreciated Kong: Skull Island, then it’s time to take a look at this animated spinoff coming to Netflix. The present is about (what else?) individuals who get shipwrecked on an island the place they encounter a number of unusual, huge creatures — together with… a large ape generally known as Kong.

Glamorous

Genre: Soapy dramedy
Release date: June 22, with all 10 episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Jordon Nardino
Cast: Kim Cattrall, Miss Benny, Zane Phillips, Jade Payton, Michael Hsu Rosen, Ayesha Harris, Graham Parkhurst

Glamorous follows Marco Mejia (Benny), a younger, gender non-conforming magnificence vlogger who lands a job as an assistant for model-turned-makeup-mogul Madolyn Addison (Cattrall). Like Ugly Betty earlier than him, he’s fast to discover that behind the scenes of the trade isn’t all glitz and glamor. But additionally like Ugly Betty earlier than him, it’s doable he and the firm will discover some center floor.

Break Point

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Genre: Sports docuseries
Release date: June 21, with all 5 episodes
Showrunner: Kari Lia
Cast: Professional tennis gamers (together with: Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fritz, Ons Jabeur, Ajla Tomljanovic, Iga Swiatek, Frances Tiafoe, Aryna Sabalenka)

The tennis documentary you realize and love is again for one more set (season). From the staff behind F1: Drive to Survive, Break Point: Part 2 (episodes 6-10) follows a choose group of tennis gamers on and off the courtroom as they win, lose, get injured, and strive to win the prime spot.

New reveals on Disney Plus

Secret Invasion

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Genre: MCU espionage thriller
Release date: June 21, with 1 episode
Showrunner/Creator: Kyle Bradstreet
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Olivia Colman

The long-teased Secret Invasion is lastly upon us, and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) feels effective. Set in the current day MCU, Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls and joins his allies — together with Everett Ross, Maria Hill and the Skrull Talos — as they race in opposition to time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.

New reveals on Hulu

The Bear season 2

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Genre: Kitchen drama
Release date: June 22, with all 10 episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Christopher Storer
Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott

The Bear is again with a new title — the restaurant is altering from “The Beef” to “The Bear” — a new transform (in the works), and the identical ol’ fine-dining conflict of egos and visions that made season 1 such a breakout hit. Say it with me: Yes, chef!

New reveals on Max

And Just Like That…, season 2

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Genre: Sex and the City spinoff
Release date: June 22, with 2 episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Darren Star
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Nicole Ari Parker, Sarita Choudhury, Karen Pittman, and Sara Ramirez

The first season of (most) the Sex and the City gals dwelling and loving of their 50s was divisive, however typically acquired as “soapy fun.” The second season guarantees the identical — with at the least a high-profile cameo from Kim Cattrall, who will return for a single scene as Samantha.

Downey’s Dream Cars

Genre: Docuseries (with eco-friendly angle)
Release date: June 22, with 2 episodes
Executive producer: Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Emily Barclay Ford
Cast: Robert Downey Jr. and a staff of auto consultants

Robert Downey Jr. loves basic vehicles! So now he and a staff of consultants will probably be restoring six basic vehicles from his assortment to make them extra eco-friendly on the street.

New reveals on Prime Video

I’m a Virgo

Genre: Slightly surrealist slice of life
Release date: June 23, with all 7 episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Boots Riley
Cast: Jharrel Jerome, Brett Gray, Allius Barnes, Olivia Washington, Kara Young, Carmen Ejogo, Walton Goggins, and extra

Cootie (Jerome) simply desires to be like everybody else. Unfortunately, he’s additionally 13 ft tall, a situation his dad and mom strive to disguise from the world by retaining Cootie safely tucked away. But as soon as he breaks out, he goes laborious making an attempt to expertise the magnificence and contradictions of the actual world, in addition to navigating some awkward encounters with real-life crime fighter “The Hero.”

New reveals on Apple TV Plus

Carpool Karaoke: The Series, season 6

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Genre: Celebrities doing karaoke in a automotive (discuss present)
Release date: June 23, with 7 episodes
Showrunners/Creators: Ben Winston and James Corden
Cast: The Afterparty solid; Avril Lavigne and YUNGBLUD; Lea Michele and Darren Criss; Cedric The Entertainer and Sheryl Lee Ralph; Alanis Morissette and Cara Delevingne; the Girls5Eva solid; the Ghosts solid; and Alison Brie and Danny Pudi.

Season 6 of the Carpool Karaoke collection continues with a recent crop of celebrities driving round and singing. As they sing alongside to their playlists, they share issues from their lives — with one group even receiving some extremely thrilling information in actual time.

Swagger, season 2

Genre: Drama
Release date: June 23, with 1 episode
Showrunner/Creator: Reggie Rock Bythewood, Kevin Durant and Brian Grazer
Cast: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Isaiah Hill, Shinelle Azoroh, Quvenzhané Wallis, Tristan Mack Wilds, Caleel Harris, Tessa Ferrer, James Bingham, Solomon Irama, Ozie Nzeribe, Jason Rivera, Christina Jackson, Sean Baker, Orlando Jones, and Shannon Brown.

Inspired by NBA famous person Kevin Durant’s experiences, Swagger explores the world of youth basketball, and the gamers, their households and coaches who stroll the effective line between goals and ambition, and opportunism and corruption. Off the courtroom, the present reveals what it’s like to develop up in America. Season 2 picks up with senior yr, the place 4 of the boys will probably be attending the predominantly white prep faculty that hopes to capitalize on their basketball prowess and make the program aggressive.

New reveals on Peacock

LA Fire & Rescue

Genre: Docuseries
Release date: June 21 at 8 p.m. EDT on NBC; streaming the subsequent day on Peacock
Showrunner/Creator: Robyn Younie
Cast: Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters

A documentary spinoff from Dick Wolf’s Chicago universe, the collection paperwork precise calls and drama of being a firefighter at certainly one of Los Angeles’ many firehouses. The season will give attention to 9 completely different departments, who serve the greater than 4 million residents of LA, and face unpredictable hazard in the course of.