August TV Calendar: Series premiere and return dates
“Better Call Saul” and “The Sinner” return this month, while “Insatiable” debuts. Check out IMDB’s August TV calendar and airdates below.
1. The Sinner (2017-2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Anthology series that examines how and why ordinary people commit brutal crimes.
Stars: Bill Pullman, Dohn Norwood, Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott
Premiered Wednesday, August 1 on USA
2. Switched (2018- )
35 min | Drama
In this sci-fi teen drama based on a Japanese comic book series, 2 high school girls swapped bodies. After the unattractive girl switched with a cute popular girl, she refused to switch back.
Stars: Miu Tomita, Tomohiro Kamiyama, Kaya Kiyohara, Daiki Shigeoka
Premiered Wednesday, August 1 on Netflix
3. Garage Rehab (2017- )
Documentary
Richard Rawlings, famed for his Gas Monkey empire and the hit show Fast n Loud, returns in a spin-off. In this show he and his team take mechanic shops in need of help and invest time and money to turn them around.
Stars: Russell J. Holmes, Ryan Mill, Richard Rawlings, Chris Stephens
Premiered Wednesday, August 1 on Discovery
4. Wonders of Mexico (2018)
Documentary
Star: Anthony Mendez
Premiered Wednesday, August 1 on PBS
5. Outback (2018)
43 min | Documentary
An introspective three-part documentary series about the rich and dangerous wildlife of the Kimberley region in the Australian Outback and some of the people there who live with it or off of it.
Stars: Mark Coles Smith, Mandy Watson, Steve Salisbury, Albert Wiggan
Premiered Wednesday, August 1 on PBS
6. Alone Together (2018- )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Two not-so-young, socially awkward Millennials, rich, self-conscious and unmotivated Benji and his poor, freeloading, self-centered and strictly platonic best friend, Esther, try to fit in with L.A.’s vain and status-obsessed elite.
Stars: Esther Povitsky, Benji Aflalo, Edgar Blackmon, Chris D’Elia
Premiered Wednesday, August 1 on Freeform
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30 min | Talk-Show/ppMartha Stewart and Snoop Dogg host a cooking show./ppStars: Martha Stewart, Snoop Dogg, Anna Ross, Jamie Chung/ppPremiered Wednesday, August 1 on VH1/pp /ppstrong8. Shahs of Sunset (2012- )/strongbr /
44 min | Documentary/ppFollows a group of affluent young Persian-American friends who juggle their flamboyant, fast-paced L.A. lifestyles with the demands of their families and traditions./ppStars: Reza Farahan, Golnesa Gharachedaghi, Mercedes Javid, Asa Soltan Rahmati/ppPremiered Thursday, August 2 on Bravo/pp /ppbr /
strong9. Bachelorette Weekend (2018- )/strongbr /
Reality-TV/ppA behind-the-scenes look at a company in Nashville, Tennessee that prepares elaborate events for bachelors and bachelorettes./ppStar: Pamela Noble/ppPremiered Thursday, August 2 on CMT/pp br /
strong10. Bossip on WEtv (2017- )/strongbr /
News, Talk-Show/ppHot gossip website Bossip brings you this week’s top celebrity news and scandals, with comedic commentary from its hilarious contributors./ppStars: Mara Junot, Janee T. Bolden, Daneille Dani. Canada, Tyler Does/ppPremiered Thursday, August 2 on WE/pp /ppbr /
strong11. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (2006- )/strongbr /
30 min | Reality-TV, Sport/ppReality show following the auditioning process and making of the annual Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading Squad./ppStars: Kelli Finglass, Judy Trammell, Sydney Durso, Jay Johnson/ppPremiered Thursday, August 2 on CMT/ppbr /
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TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Reality-TV/ppQ, Sal, Joe and Murr are real-life best friends who love challenging each other to the most outrageous dares and stunts ever caught on hidden camera./ppStars: Brian Quinn, James Murray, Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto/ppPremiered Thursday, August 2 on truTV/pp /ppbr /
strong13. Someone You Thought You Knew (2018- )/strongbr /
Drama/ppA true-crime series that explores homicide cases involving suspects close to the victims./ppStars: Jason Hildebrandt, Jennifer Armour, Matthew Baunsgard, Ken Byrd/ppPremiered Thursday, August 2 on ID/pp br /
strong14. Random Acts of Flyness (2018- )/strongbr /
30 min | Comedy/ppLate-night series from artist Terence Nance featuring a mix of verite documentary, musical performances, surrealist melodrama and humorous animation as a stream-of-consciousness response to the contemporary American mediascape./ppStars: Simone Moore, Nathaniel Ryan J., Terence Nance, Shari Albert/ppPremiered Friday, August 3 on HBO/pp /ppbr /
strong15. Like Father (I) (2018)/strongbr /
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Drama/ppA workaholic woman who is left at the altar takes her honeymoon trip anyway, joined by her overachieving father, who left her mother because he believed his family was holding back his … See full summary raquo;
Director: Lauren Miller Rogen | Stars: Kristen Bell, Danielle Davenport, Kimiko Glenn, Wynter Kullman
Premiered Friday, August 3 on Netflix
16. Marching Orders (2017- )
Documentary
Regarded as the nations best, Bethune-Cookman University’s marching band always has a lot at stake. In Stage 13 Original MARCHING ORDERS, meet the incoming class trying to keep the legacy … See full summary »
Premiered Friday, August 3 on Netflix
17. Dinotrux Supercharged (2017- )
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
In this new season of dinotrux Ty and the others meet new friends as well as face new challenges both normal and supercharged.
Stars: Ashleigh Ball, Richard Ian Cox, Brian Drummond, Andrew Francis
Premiered Friday, August 3 on Netflix
18. Animals. (2016- )
30 min | Animation, Comedy
Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.
Stars: Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano, Neil Casey, Katie Aselton
Premiered Friday, August 3 on HBO
19. Cocaine Coast (2018)
95 min | Drama
It takes place in the Galicia (Spain) of the 80s, when the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.
Stars: Javier Rey, Tristán Ulloa, Antonio Durán ‘Morris’, Carlos Blanco
Premiered Friday, August 3 on Netflix
20. Long Live Brij Mohan (2017)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man fakes his own death. Unfortunately for him, starting a new life with a new identity will only bring him more problems.
Director: Nikhil Bhat | Stars: Arjun Mathur, Nidhi Singh, Sheetal Thakur, Manav Vij
Premiered Friday, August 3 on Netflix
21. Better Call Saul (2015- )
TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama
The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer, Jimmy McGill, in the time leading up to establishing his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks, Michael Mando
Premiered Monday, August 6 on AMC
22. Insatiable (2018- )
TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
A disgraced, dissatisfied civil lawyer-turned-beauty pageant coach takes on a vengeful, bullied teenager as his client and has no idea what he’s about to unleash upon the world.
Stars: Dallas Roberts, Debby Ryan, Christopher Gorham, Kimmy Shields
Premiered Friday, August 10 on Prime Video