What to Watch in July: 25 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – June 28, 2021

The month ahead will bring the returns of Ted Lasso and I Think You Should Leave, a What We Do in the Shadows spinoff from New Zealand, new films from Steven Soderbergh and Questlove, the year's most bizarre dating series, 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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51 Gossip Girl (2021): Season 1

Drama series debuts July 8 on HBO Max

The former CW teen soap, which ran from 2007-12, is back as an HBO Max exclusive. This follow-up series comes from Joshua Safran, one of the original show's writers, and centers on a new (and more diverse) group of mostly wealthy students at a private New York high school in the present day. While that means a new cast—you won't see any of the original characters—Kristen Bell does return as the narrator. Half of the 12-episode debut season will air this summer, while the remaining six episodes will stream in the fall. The first episode (but only that one) will also air on The CW on July 9 at 8p.

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