What to Watch in August: 20 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – July 30, 2021

The month ahead will bring new shows like Marvel's What If, Reservation Dogs, Nine Perfect Strangers, and The Chair, plus returning favorites like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and streaming movies including a surprisingly good take on The Suicide Squad. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.

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54 Nine Perfect Strangers: Season 1

Miniseries debuts August 18 on Hulu

The latest star-filled cable drama from David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) is an adaptation of another best-seller by the same author, Liane Moriarty, and is set during a 10-day retreat at a luxury health-and-wellness resort. Nicole Kidman plays the health guru leading the nine guests through a surprisingly twisty journey to healing, but it is hard to call any of them strangers when they are played by the likes of Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Manny Jacinto, and Samara Weaving. Jonathan Levine (50/50) directs all eight episodes, which will arrive weekly following the three-episode premiere.

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