What to Watch in August: 17 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – July 28, 2022

Here be dragons! The month ahead will bring HBO's long-awaited Game of Thrones prequel, the latest Marvel and Star Wars shows, the return of Beavis and Butt-Head, and more. 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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Chad & JT Go Deep

Comedy series debuts August 23 on Netflix

Comedic activists/pranksters Chad Kroeger and JT Parr make their TV debut with a new series produced by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. It looks like a further expansion of a formula previously established through a series of YouTube videos and the Going Deep podcast, though it will feature an ongoing storyline that finds the duo trying to work their way back from being cancelled after a prank gone wrong.

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