Queen Bey gives the gift of her latest visual album, Umbrella Academy is back in session, The Muppets return funnier than they were in 2015, and history will be made on live television.
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The end of the month means many things: You get to turn the page on your kitten firefighter calendar, you have to dig through couch cushions for rent money, and you make new promises that THIS will be the month you get your life together (best of luck with that). But in the world of TV, it means a whole lot of new shows. We have a list of [all the new stuff headed your way in August on the major streaming services]( or if you would rather we do the work and pick out the best options for you, here are our picks for what to watch on [Netflix]( [Hulu]( and [Amazon]( in the month. If you’re not quite ready for a whole month’s worth of stuff, here are our picks for the weekend. –Tim
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[Black Is King](
[Forget Simba, Black Is King](
Now on Disney+
Beyoncé may be President of the United States one day, but she’s already the president of “visual albums” thanks to her genre-breaking Lemonade. Her follow-up is a collection of videos and images based on and inspired by her album The Lion King: The Gift, which tied in to Disney’s remake of The Lion King, but Black Is King won’t be creepy photorealistic animals singing the hits. As with most things Beyoncé, the details are super top-secret, but expect a celebration of Black culture as told through the eyes of a young Black man. The success of Black is King could be a litmus test for what Disney+ releases in the future; many have eyes on the family-friendly streaming service pushing more mature content to compete with Netflix.
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[Umbrella Academy](
[Umbrella Academy is freaky fun](
Season 2 now on Netflix
The second season of Netflix's adaptation of the Umbrella Academy comics — which follows a team of superpowered orphans — picks up in the aftermath of Season 1's massive cliffhanger ([we’ve got your refresher on Season 1]( in which the Hargreeves siblings accidentally caused the very apocalypse they had wanted to prevent when they shattered the moon, raining asteroids down on Earth. They escaped to the past in order to rewrite history, and that is where the new season finds them. Specifically, they've traveled to 1960s Dallas, Texas, and you know what happened there. However, various members of the family arrived at different points in the past, which should make for an interesting new story. Although the setting may be different, the dysfunctional family dynamics and killer soundtrack remain as entertaining as ever. -Kaitlin Thomas
‘AVE A LAUGH
[Brassic](
[Brassic is classic Brit crime comedy](
U.S. premiere now on Hulu
Created by Joe Gilgun, who also stars in the series as Vinnie, and Danny Brocklehurst, Brassic is one of a handful of British series Hulu recently secured the streaming rights to and are debuting this week. The show, which has already aired a second season across the pond and been renewed for Season 3, follows Vinnie, who is bi-polar, and his working class friends as they get into all sorts of scrapes while committing minor crimes to line their pockets. Gilgun is the clear standout, which shouldn't surprise anyone who's seen his work on shows like AMC's Preacher or the British sci-fi show Misfits. But for as funny as he and the show can be — and it can be a riot at times — the series also skillfully balances that humor with a well-placed bit of heart, and it does so without ever losing sight of itself. -Kaitlin Thomas
WAKA WAKA WATCHA THIS
[Muppets Now](
[Muppets Now is the Muppets we always should have had](
Series premiere now on Disney+
Remember the short-lived 2015 ABC series The Muppets? Jim Henson’s gang of goofs returned to television with a more adult-oriented sitcom, and some people hated it. They didn’t want to see Kermit and Ko. talking about grown-up stuff. Muppets Now is not that show, finding a way to come back in the modern age — they’re trying to start a new streaming show (how meta!) — while also staying true to its roots as a beloved family-friendly property. It’s really zany in all the good ways, like when the Swedish Chef tries to make Caribbean curry but ends up ordering delivery and smashing bananas on it instead. Classic Swedish Chef! The first episode, featuring drop-ins from Taye Diggs and RuPaul, is out now, and new episodes will stream each week.
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[Space Launch Live: Splashdown](
[Space Launch Live: Splashdown finishes what it started](
Sunday at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Remember how we all made jokes about how jealous we were of those astronauts who got launched into space in late May just as America was tearing at the seams? Well, the astronauts return home this weekend after more than two months on the International Space Station, and boy do we have a surprise for them: America hasn’t fixed a damned thing! SpaceX’s first manned delivery to the ISS was riveting television, and the return should be equally mesmerizing as Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splash down somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean in Sunday’s live broadcast. They’ll beg to go right back up. Side note: This type of news always makes me [want to rewatch one of my favorite movies]( The Right Stuff, which is streaming on HBO Max and [will become a television show soon](.
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