The 14 TV shows we’re most excited for this summer

Thanks in part to streaming services, we’re no longer confined to a bunch of reruns during the summer, and this year is no different, with several new series and new seasons set to air. However, TV audiences will also have to bid adieu to some beloved shows, not long after seeing a string of series — “Succession,” “Barry” and “Ted Lasso” — air their final episodes.

If the writers strike does in fact go on through the summer, viewers might not notice much of a disruption in what they can watch, for now anyway, because of the glut of shows produced beforehand. We’re hoping that at least the current roster of shows we’re looking forward to watching — especially as the temperatures rise — stay on schedule.

‘High Desert’ (Apple TV+, May 17)

A brilliant Patricia Arquette dives headfirst into a comedy thriller as Peggy, a somewhat recovering drug addict and convicted felon attempting in a determined if scattershot way to improve her life in a California desert town. As an optimistic hot mess, misunderstood and too well understood, the actress gets an unusual wealth of attitudes to play, from wildly comic to subtly heartbreaking, anchoring this antic series with naturalism. The series stars Rupert Friend as an anchorman-turned-guru, Brad Garrett as the down-at-his-heels private eye into whose flailing business Peggy