What to Watch in August: 17 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies
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.
Miniseries debuts August 12 on Apple TV+
Writer/producers/directors John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Carlton Cuse (Lost) team for an eight-episode adaptation of the nonfiction book by Sheri Fink that is set in a New Orleans hospital in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It's a time when the facility is without power amid suffocating heat and staff members are forced to ration care, ultimately leaving dozens of patients dead—and several doctors and nurses facing criminal charges. Vera Farmiga, Cornelius Smith Jr., Cherry Jones, Adepero Oduye, Robert Pine, W. Earl Brown, and Julie Ann Emery star. Episodes will stream weekly, but you'll get to see the first three on day one.
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