Summer TV Watch List: 'Star Trek' Wraps Up, 'Black Bird' Takes Flight and 'Sea Beast' Makes a Splash

Summer TV Watch List: n'Star Trek' Wraps Up, 'Black Bird' Takes Flight and 'Sea Beast' Makes a Splash No images? [Click here]( ID=167008;size=700x180;setID=556351;uid={EMAIL}5811492;click=summer_tv_watchlist_top [- - -] [TheWrap - SUMMER TV WATCH LIST] Week of July 2 – 8 A long holiday weekend is the perfect time to catch up on all the streaming shows you might have missed. This week there are a ton of great options, from a new documentary series highlighting the country’s innate beauty to a horror comedy with perhaps the greatest title of any streaming show ever to the last thing that Ray Liotta worked on before his untimely passing earlier this year. Plus: a great new animated feature, more Mickey Mouse and the conclusion of a terrific “Star Trek” series. Fill up your glass of lemonade, pop some popcorn and get ready to spend the holiday weekend inside. On with the television! [Premiere of the week] “Black Bird”Friday, July 8, Apple TV+ [Taron Egerton in ] Photo: Apple TV+ How’s this for a premise? Taron Egerton, from “King’s Man” and “Rocketman,” stars as a convicted drug dealer who makes a deal with the devil (literally): To avoid a 10-year prison sentence, he can admit himself to a maximum-security prison, befriend a dangerous serial killer (Paul Walter Hauser) and try to get a confession out of him. And what’s even more shocking is that this actually happened in real life. It’s based on a prison memoir called “In With the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin. Dennis Lehane, the screenwriter and novelist who has worked in television on “The Wire,” “Mr. Mercedes” and “The Outsider,” adapted the book for TV. The first two episodes air on Friday, July 8, with weekly episodes to follow. [[TRAILER](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=556895;uid={EMAIL}5811492;click=summer_tv_watchlist_2 [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”Thursday, July 7, Paramount+ Photo: Paramount+ What a surprise! Without much fanfare or promotion, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” became one of the most enjoyable “Star Trek” offshoots since J.J. Abrams’ 2009 movie. (The new “Star Trek” output on Paramount+ has been, let’s say, mixed at best.) Taking its cues from the original series, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” has a truly episodic format; each installment is wildly different in terms of plot, tone, structure and even genre. And while we don’t know what this final episode of the season will bring, chances are the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, in the years before James Kirk showed up (the captain is the rakishly charming Christopher Pike, played by Anson Mount), will encounter some otherworldly threat and overcome it with style and aplomb. [[REVIEW](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “The Sea Beast”Friday, July 8, Netflix [The Sea Beast] Photo: Netflix Netflix’s latest animated film is a seafaring adventure from director Chris Williams, who spent 25 years at Disney, directing “Big Hero 6” and co-directing “Moana.” In the spirit of old Ray Harryhausen movies, “The Sea Beast” follows Jacob Holland (Karl Urban), one of the fiercest monster hunters in his seaside kingdom (which is built around protecting the ocean from fearsome creatures). He and his captain (Jared Harris) are in single-minded pursuit of a mythical red monster, its head adorned with a giant horn. But Jacob’s plans are thrown into disarray when he encounters a plucky stowaway named Maisie (Zaris-Angel Hator). Together they learn more about the monsters and have their love of the hunt seriously questioned. Beautifully animated by Sony Pictures ImageWorks, and the same team behind recent marvels like “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” “The Sea Beast” is a rollicking old-school adventure for the entire family. [[INTERVIEW](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “America the Beautiful”Monday, July 4, Disney+ [America the Beautiful] Photo: Disney+ This six-part documentary series, narrated by Michael B. Jordan and produced by National Geographic, debuts in total on Independence Day. And it looks to capture “the most diverse continent on Earth” – all of its landscapes and vistas and weird animals. There’s a chance “America the Beautiful” could be your new nature documentary obsession. And hey, it doesn’t hurt to have Jordan’s velvety vocals all over it. [[TRAILER](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “The Dog House UK”HBO Max Photo: HBO Max One of the most purely enjoyable shows on streaming, “The Dog House UK,” which as its name suggests is an import from overseas, has a simple but ingenious premise: Each episode follows a person or family who come to Wood Green Animal Shelter, an expansive, well-funded rescue facility in the English countryside. You learn about the people as well as the dogs, and chances are that both have a tragic backstory. (This is the kind of show you watch with a full box of Kleenex.) Simple and highly affecting, “The Dog House UK” is a show like no other. Channel 4, where the show originally airs in England, described it as a “dog dating show, where people and dogs are matched and – hopefully – fall in love.” A bunch of new episodes have just premiered on HBO Max. Watch it and cry (in the best possible way). [[WATCH](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular”Monday, July 4 at 8 p.m., NBCLet us pray that watching the fireworks on television will be less annoying to the dog than hearing them in real life. [[INFO](] “Maggie”Wednesday, July 6, HuluRebecca Rittenhouse stars as a psychic whose life is turned upside down when she sees her own future during a palm reading. As the official description of the show reads, “Can you let yourself fall in love when you think you know how it ends?” (Great question!) Originally, “Maggie” was ordered as a series on ABC, but now the entire first season will debut on Hulu. We can see your future … and it’s immediately binging “Maggie.” [[TRAILER](] “Moonhaven”Thursday, July 7, AMC+Premiering on AMC+, with an air date on linear AMC sometime in the future, “Moonhaven” is set 100 years from now, on a supposedly utopian moon colony far away from the troubles of Earth. But when a series of murders rocks the once-peaceful community, doubt falls on the plucky young pilot from Earth who has recently joined the colony’s ranks. Created by “Lodge 49” writer/producer Peter Ocko and with a starry cast that includes Dominic Monaghan, Joe Manganiello and Emma McDonald, this could be just the kind of deep sci-fi story we need right now. The first two episodes of the six-episode series debut on July 7, with weekly installments afterwards. [[TRAILER](] “The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse”Friday, July 8, Disney+The next-to-last installment in the series of supersize specials starring the version of Mickey Mouse that debuted in a series of irreverent shorts in 2013, sees Mickey (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos) and the gang engaging in all kinds of warm weather shenanigans. “The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse” will undoubtedly be a blast. But we don’t want this series of season-specific specials to end! Curses! [[WATCH](] “Boo, Bitch”Friday, July 8, NetflixLana Condor, of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” fame, returns to Netflix in a limited series that looks like the unholy (but wholly welcome) union of “Booksmart” and “Beetlejuice.” Condor plays a teen who is killed and who now roams the halls of her high school as a ghost (or something, the trailer is a little unclear on specifics). Now that she’s died can she finally start living? Created by veterans of “Awkward’ and “On My Block,” this looks like it could be some silly, spooky fun. [[WATCH](] [- - -] [Update your profile]( | [View our privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Sent from: TheWrap | 1808 Stanford Street | Santa Monica, CA, 90404 | attn: Email Coordinator [TheWrap]( ID=167008;size=700x180;setID=556352;uid={EMAIL}5811492;click=summer_tv_watchlist_bottom This email was sent to {EMAIL}. If you are no longer interested you can [unsubscribe instantly](.