‘Alien Earth,’ ‘Butterfly’ premieres, more to stream this week
‘Alien Earth,’ ‘Butterfly’ premieres, more to stream this week
Viewers will also be able to watch the season finale of ‘Nautilus,’ and the series finale of ‘And Just Like That…’ this week.
Alright, football fans, be honest: did you cancel all plans for your favorite NFL team’s first preseason game of the year over the weekend, only to remember about five minutes in that preseason football can be really hard to watch and immensely low-quality? If you’re anything like me, yearning for the regular season is only intensified by the onset of the preseason.
If you are a football fan who needs to get through to September, or if you’re simply an average viewer who isn’t looking forward to the work week ahead, we’ve got our usual list of top streaming TV and movie premieres to help you pass the time. Check out our recommendations below!
Monday, Aug. 11
‘Irish Blood’ series premiere | Acorn TV
Alicia Silverstone returns to TV as Fiona, whose path in life is earmarked by her father, Declan, who seemingly abandoned her and her mother on her tenth birthday. After years of channeling anger toward him, to the benefit of her litigious clients, a message from her father sends her to Ireland.
There she learns key truths about her father as well as a family that doesn’t know she exists, and, moreover, that the story of abandonment that has shaped her entire life was a lie. A lie intended to protect her and her mother from her father’s shady business dealings. Fiona resolves to uncover the full truth about her father and reconnect with the parent she only thought she knew.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
‘Alien: Earth’ series premiere | Hulu
Humanity’s obsession with immortality takes on new consequences in “Alien: Earth.” The series is set in 2120, on an Earth where corporations have carved the planet into their own spheres of influence, and colonize the stars in order to add to their huge caches of resources.
One corporation introduces a new line of human-robot hybrids, seemingly unlocking the key to immortality. But when a Weyland-Yutani spaceship crashes into the planet, it unleashes a terrifying lifeform that could threaten the future of both biological and artificial life.
Wednesday, Aug. 13
‘Butterfly’ series premiere | [Amazon Prime Video $]
No matter what image the name conjures, “Butterfly” is no serene nature series about insects. Instead, it’s an explosive action thriller that follows the life of David Jung, a former intelligence operative for the United States who now lives in South Korea.
Throughout his life, David has had to make one tough decision after another in order to serve his country. But when the consequences of an impossible decision that David thought he left in his past come back to haunt him, he must take up arms again to defend himself against a deadly assassin named Rebecca.
Thursday, Aug. 14
‘And Just Like That…’ series finale | HBO Max
Season 3 follows Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Seema (Sarita Choudhury), and LTW (Nicole Ari Parker) as they navigate the complicated reality of life, love, sex, and friendship in their 50s in New York City. Carrie has seemingly found love again with Aidan, but will their relationship last?
As may come as a surprise to fans, the Season 3 finale of “And Just Like That…” will serve as the show’s series finale as well. It may be the last we ever see of Carrie and friends, and no fan of the series since it first came on the air in 1998 will want to miss this chance to say goodbye.
Friday, Aug. 15
‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ premiere | Apple TV+
The summer days may be slipping away, but don’t tell that to the Peanuts gang! “Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical” is dedicated to the joy of summer camp, and the magic that can be found there when you’re a kid. Charlie Brown loves summer camp, and he knows that he has to do something to make his last year there special.
Sally, meanwhile, is headed to camp for the first time and is understandably anxious about spending her summer in a new and unfamiliar place. As everyone else settles into camp, Snoopy and Woodstock stumble upon a treasure map that leads them on a crazy adventure in the wild wood.
Saturday, Aug. 16
‘The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer’ series premiere | Roku Channel
Casey Wilson, Zach Cherry, and judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are keeping plenty busy these days. The latest spinoff of the “Baking Show” franchise is “The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Summer,” which will assemble several stars to bake delicious and delightful treats for the judges’ approval.
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Participants include Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Yara Shahidi, June Diane Raphael, and Andrew Rannells. Will any of them receive a coveted Hollywood Handshake for their bakes, or will they hear the most dreaded words a British reality TV judge can hand out: Soggy bottom?
Sunday, Aug. 17
‘Nautilus’ season finale | AMC+
Travel back to 1857, and reacquaint yourself with some of the most famous characters from Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” This series follows the tale of Captain Nemo, a former prisoner of the British East India Mercantile Company who has stolen the company’s most valuable piece of technology: a submersible ship called the Nautilus.
All season long, Nemo and his crew have been hunted by the East India Company and its vengeful Director Crawley. They want the captain killed at any cost, and a global game of cat and mouse has led the Nautilus across the seven seas. Will Nemo escape at last, or will the East India Company have its revenge?