There are lots of new TV shows streaming this week, so if you're not a sporting fan and won't be tuning into the 2024 Olympic Games which are going on right now, there's still going to be something you can put on your TV.
This week's TV streaming round-up looks at new shows that are hitting the US and UK's major streaming services between Saturday, July 27 and Friday, August 2. I've included some returning shows and some new ones, and to make the list the show needs to land in full or at least get its debut episode.
We've got a nice mix this week: there are animated cartoons, true crime documentaries, crime thrillers, paranormal docuseries and a comedy too, as well as one Olympic show (I decided to keep it to one, to avoid annoying non-sports fans!).=
If you see something interesting on a streaming service you don't have access to, you can use my list of the best streaming deals and my guide to Apple TV Plus free trials to decide what to sign up for and how to save money.
So let's jump in and find you something to binge or stream this week:
Gold Zone
- Peacock Olympics show debuts on Saturday, July 27
I promise this is the only Olympics-related show this week, and it's a one-stop shop for everyone who wants to watch the 2024 Olympics on Peacock.
Gold Zone is a show that'll be hosted on Peacock which will whip around various sports happening at the time, so you can enjoy the highlights of the Olympics without having to spend ages working out what's happening when.
Gold Zone will air from 7 am ET/4 am PT for ten hours each day between Saturday, July 27 and Saturday, August 10, all on Peacock.
Futurama season 12
- Hulu/Disney Plus animated sci-fi show returns on Monday, July 29
After being revived for an eleventh season last year, Futurama season 12 shows that the classic animated comedy series is here to stay (again).
Futurama follows the far-future misadventures of the Planet Express delivery company and its eccentric band of workers, and Hulu has teased that season 12 will offer fatal birthday parties, beanbags with dark secrets and a look into the ancestral history of one of its characters.
You'll be able to watch Futurama season 12 on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus everywhere else. Episodes will arrive weekly beginning on Monday, July 29.
Betrayal: A Father's Secret
- Hulu true life docuseries lands on Tuesday, July 30
Betrayal: A Father's Secret is the second docuseries to come out under the Betrayal banner, following 2023's The Perfect Husband. They're about seemingly-perfect families which are rocked by a big secret.
A Father's Secret follows the case of Ashley Lytton, a mother living in Utah who discovered that her husband was harboring some kind of dark secret.
All three episodes of Betrayal: A Father's Secret will hit Hulu at the same time on Tuesday, July 30.
Unsolved Murders season 4
- Netflix paranormal docuseries returns on Wednesday, July 31
A spin-off of the classic unexplainable-phenomena show of the same made by Netflix, Unsolved Mysteries continues into a fourth season this week.
In Unsolved Mysteries, each episode looks at something that's been ostensibly unexplained in the real world, jumping between true crime, ufology, cryptozoology and unsolved cold cases. You might have to stretch your imagination a little for some, but others are interesting pieces of history.
The new season of Unsolved Mysteries hits Netflix on Wednesday, July 31.
Women in Blue
- Apple TV Plus Mexican crime series debuts on Wednesday, July 31
Apple's new TV show for the week is Women in Blue, which is a rare Original originating from Mexico on the platform.
Women in Blue is about four women who are hired for the police force in 1970s Mexico, however they learn that this is just part of a PR push to hide information about a serial killer. The quartet decide to hunt for the serial killer in order to prove themselves.
The first two episodes of Women in Blue will hit Apple TV Plus on Wednesday, July 31, and each new episode will land weekly from then.
Batman: Caped Crusader
- Prime Video animated superhero show debuts on Thursday, August 1
Prime Video has a new Batman show this week called Batman: Caped Crusader. This is set to re-imagine the origin stories of this classic character, showing how Bruce Wayne turned from an upper-class businessperson into the masked vigilante of Batman.
You'll be able to watch Batman: Caped Crusader on Prime Video on Thursday, August 1, as all ten episodes will land at once.
Unstable season 2
- Netflix sitcom returns on Thursday, August 1
Netflix's Unstable evidently proved popular enough for a second season, which arrives on Thursday, August 1.
Unstable is about a father and son duo (played by real-life family Rob and John Owen Lowe) as the latter joins the former's business to stop him succumbing to grief when his wife dies.
In Unstable season 2, the father sets the son a range of tasks to see if he's worthy of inheriting the business.
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