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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82 The Other Two: Season 2

Season 2 debuts August 26 on HBO Max

The Comedy Central series earned great reviews when it debuted at the beginning of 2019 for its very funny tale of two adult siblings (Drew Tarver, Helene Yorke) who struggle to get their lives off the ground while their much younger brother (Case Walker) instantly becomes a famous teen pop star who goes by the name ChaseDreams. Now, after a pandemic-necessitated delay, the show moves to HBO Max for its second season, which finds the pair forced to contend with yet another famous person in their family: their mother (a returning Molly Shannon), who is the new host of a daytime talk show. Ken Marino and Wanda Sykes also return from season 1, while new faces include Bowen Yang, Zosia Mamet, Ian Ziering, Debi Mazar, and Jordana Brewster. Two episodes will stream each week across five consecutive Thursdays.

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