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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76 Only Murders in the Building: Season 1

Comedy series debuts August 31 on Hulu

Would you believe that Steve Martin has never had a regular TV starring role? That changes on the final day of August with the launch of a new 10-episode Hulu comedy series which he co-created alongside John Hoffman (Grace and Frankie) and Dan Fogelman (This Is Us). It's a comedic murder mystery about three ~~amigos~~ strangers (including Selena Gomez and Martin's longtime foil Martin Short) who live in the same ritzy Manhattan apartment building and discover their shared obsession with true crime stories after another of their building's residents dies under suspicious circumstances. Believing it to be a murder, the three unite to investigate the case—and record a podcast about their efforts. Aaron Dominguez, Amy Ryan, Jane Lynch, and Nathan Lane also star. New episodes stream weekly.

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