Best TV Shows of August 2025
The standout scripted premieres and returning seasons for August 2025, ranked for people who want the shortlist rather than the full release calendar.
Picking up where The Suicide Squad (2021) left off, Peacemaker returns home after recovering from his encounter with Bloodsport - only to discover that his freedom comes at a price.
This prequel to the Outlander series focuses on the lives and courtship of the parents of Jamie Fraser: Brian Fraser and Ellen Mackenzie as well as Claire Beauchamp's parents, Henry Beauchamp and Julia Moriston.
Fast-paced comedy about high-end contracts lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk, who is forced to take a job at a shabby, suburban law firm following a humiliating marriage breakdown and a professional fall from grace.
A former Navy SEAL officer investigates why his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.
Wealthy Mrs. Li moves her family from Luoyang to Bianjing to find husbands for her five daughters. Despite initial struggles, the family works together to establish a business and search for suitable matches.
French chef Yeon Ji Yeong wins a top competition but mysteriously lands in Joseon Dynasty, where she must cook fusion royal cuisine for a tyrannical king with an extremely sensitive palate.
A straight-laced propane salesman in Arlen, Texas tries to deal with the wacky antics of his family and friends, while also trying to keep his son in line.
Navy SEAL Ben Edwards' abrupt discharge from the military lands him a new job working with a mysterious CIA operative. As he delves deeper into the world of covert intelligence he struggles with the moral gray areas of clandestine...
Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, assists the police in solving crime.
Former childhood best friends reconnect as adults and try to get past the rift that led to their falling out.