18 New Shows to Watch This Summer
It’s typical at this point for each new season of television to feature a slate of movie stars making the transition onto the small screen, and this summer is no exception, serving up Kevin Costner, Hugh Grant, Amy Adams, Guy Pearce, and John Krasinski, among others. What does feel noteworthy is the glaring lack of diversity—on multiple fronts—among the freshmen series debuting over the next few months. With the exceptions of Ryan Murphy’s Pose and Marti Noxon’s Dietland, TV’s new summer offerings are defined by dynastic family feuds, spy thrillers, well-bred detectives, and dysfunctional/superpowered teens. In other words: the same stories that always get told, only this time with A-list names attached. Standing in contrast are the shows returning with new episodes, most of which found success not by sticking to the script but by imagining a new one.
