10 New TV Shows to Jump into This July
From the long-awaited Legally Blonde prequel, 'Elle', to Anya Taylor-Joy’s return to TV in the highly anticipated crime-thriller 'Lucky', there’s plenty of TV to tick off this July.
Depending on your hemisphere, you are either entering the second half of 2026 en route to the beach or under a blanket. But no matter the temperature, TV is always on the agenda, and this July has something for everyone.
Teen-comedy fans will find plenty to fuss over in Elle, the long-awaited prequel series to 2001’s iconic film, Legally Blonde. And for those of us who stan a star-studded cast, new series The Five-Star Weekend boasts a lineup that includes Jennifer Garner, D'Arcy Carden, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Timothy Olyphant, and Gemma Chan.
Add Anya Taylor-Joy’s crime thriller Lucky, a new adaptation of Little House on the Prairie and even a third season of sci-fi series Silo, and you’ve got plenty of new TV to jump into this July.
1. Elle
Where Can I Watch it? On Prime Video
We first met Elle Woods in 2001 when Reese Witherspoon brought her to life in Legally Blonde, turning everything she touched to pink. In Elle, Lexi Minetree plays a young Ms Woods as she navigates life in high school. While her pencil case might be missing a fluffy pink pen, she’s equipped with the same determination that saw her go on to win high stakes cases per the cardinal rule of perm maintenance. With a second season already announced, this eight-ep teen comedy looks set for success.
2. The Five-Star Weekend
Where Can I Watch it? On Peacock
Casts don’t come more star-studded than this eight-ep series adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand's 2023 novel, The Five Star Weekend. Starring Jennifer Garner, D'Arcy Carden, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Timothy Olyphant, and Gemma Chan, the drama series follows celeb food influencer Hollis Shaw, played by Garner. While grieving a devastating loss, she hosts her best friends for a weekend getaway in her luxe Nantucket home, where things go every way but to plan.
3. The Hawk
Where Can I Watch it? On Netflix
You can always count on Will Ferrell for a laugh or ten, which just so happens to be the number of episodes in his new sports comedy series, The Hawk. Ferrell plays former pro golfer Lonnie "The Hawk" Hawkins who’s hot on the heels of a Grand Slam comeback. At least that’s what he thinks – everyone else in his life is less convinced. Things go from funny to funnier when he tries to prove he’s not past his prime, with Luke Wilson, Molly Shannon, and Chris Parnell along for the ride.
4. Human Vapour
Where Can I Watch it? On Netflix
Directed by Shinzo Katayama and written by Yeon Sang-ho, this eight-ep Japanese-South Korean series is sci-fi at its best. A reboot of Toho's classic 1960 film of the same name, the thriller series follows a shapeless assassin who announces his murders in advance before turning into gas and disappearing without a trace. Talk about the ultimate ghosting. His killings become a spectacle, forcing a wave of fear and panic to spread across Japan as residents await the next dramatic death.
5. I’m Not Afraid
Where Can I Watch it? On Netflix
Set in the summer of 1986 in a remote Mexican village, I’m Not Afraid is a tense drama adapted from the cult novel, I’m Not Scared, by Niccolò Ammaniti. The Spanish-speaking series follows Miguel, a ten-year-old kid who befriends a child named Felipe. Their friendship is innocent until Miguel discovers that Felipe has been kidnapped – and even worse, by adults Miguel thought he knew. Forced to grow up fast, Miguel confronts an ugly reality of violence and lies over eight thrilling episodes.
6. Little House on the Prairie
Where Can I Watch it? On Netflix
Some stories are good enough to tell again and again, and the Ingalls family's frontier life is one of them. Adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s seminal books published between 1932 and 1943, Little House on the Prairie has already found fame as a nine-season TV series in the 70s. Now reimagined for a new generation, Netflix’s version stars Alice Halsey as Laura, Luke Bracey as Charles, and Crosby Fitzgerald as Caroline, with a second season already greenlit ahead of its premiere.
7. Lucky
Where Can I Watch it? On Apple TV+
In 2020, Anya Taylor-Joy sent chessboard sales soaring as Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit. Six years later (and a Mad Max movie in between), Taylor-Joy is back on the small screen in crime-thriller series, Lucky, created by Your Friends and Neighbours’ Jonathan Tropper. Based on Marissa Stapley’s 2021 novel of the same name, the seven-ep series follows Luciana "Lucky" Armstrong, who in turn is being followed by the FBI and a crime boss after a heist gone wrong. Sounds like a new nickname might be in order.
8. Ride or Die
Where Can I Watch it? On Prime Video
Putting the BFF bond to the ultimate test, best buds Debbie and Judith (played by icons Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham) end up out of luck and on the run in this eight-episode espionage comedy-thriller directed by Bring It On’s Peyton Reed. When Judith’s secret slips that she’s an international assassin, Debbie is floored. But before she has time to pick her jaw up off the floor, she’s on a hectic and at times hilarious road trip across Europe with Judith, dodging hitmen, mobsters, and the law.
9. Silo Season 3
Where Can I Watch it? On Apple TV+
In the third season of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series based on a mile-deep, 144-level silo, Juliette returns from exile but with significant memory loss, which honestly is the last thing anyone needs. In her absence, the silo survived a rebellion but now faces many threats, including a deadly safeguard system. Dividing its time between current struggles and the "Before Times", this ten-episode dystopian drama time-hops its way through harmonious history to present pessimism.
10. The Westies
Where Can I Watch it? On MGM+
Set in early 1980s New York City, eight-episode crime-drama series The Westies explores the Irish-American mob that put the Hell in Hell's Kitchen. Based on a true story, organised crime syndicate The Westies became notorious for their brutality, despite being outnumbered 50-to-1 by the Italian Mafia at the time. Oscar winner J.K. Simmons plays Eamon Sweeney, the charismatic but chaotic leader of The Westies, alongside Titus Welliver, who plays an NYPD officer caught in the middle.
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