Kite Man, The Acolyte finale, The Boys finale, and more new TV this week
It’s the high heat of the summer, the time when temperatures spike and days are lazy. This used to be a time when TV was scarce, with everyone looking ahead to the fall premieres. But things are a bit different now, with summer also bringing — you guessed it — lots of TV.
Among them are a bevy of superhero options: For animated Marvel, you can check out Hit-Monkey season 2 on Hulu; for animated DC, there’s Kite Man: Hell Yeah! on Max. Over on Prime, The Boys season 4 is wrapping up with a real change of pace (for the show and the other superhero options here). And on Netflix there’s Cobra Kai, where Daniel and Johnny may as well be honorary superheroes at this point.
All that in more — here’s the best new TV premieres and finales this week.
Genre: Sports drama
Release date: July 18
Showrunner/creator: Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg
Cast: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, and more
Netflix is hoping to make an event out of the end of Cobra Kai — after all, not only is it the end of a six-season show (somewhat of a rarity on Netflix!), but the end of a show reviving a beloved film franchise. This is the beginning of the end, but mostly just the beginning of the end; the 15-episode season will be split into three parts, with the first five episodes dropping Thursday.
Genre: Star Wars
Release date: July 1
Showrunner/creator: Leslye Headland
Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Manny Jacinto, Lee Jung-jae, and more
We know the truth of what happened on Brendock, and we know why Mae (Amandla Stenberg) feels such animosity for the Jedi, and we know why Sol (Lee Jung-jae) feels such immense guilt over what happened to the twins. Now, with all that on the line, the question remains: Will Manny Jacinto’s Dark Side pitch win over anyone?
Genre: Animated superheroes
Release date: July 15
Showrunner/creator: Will Speck and Josh Gordon
Cast: Fred Tatasciore, Ally Maki, Olivia Munn, and more
When we last saw him, Hit-Monkey’s (Fred Tatasciore) fight had
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