“Harlots”
Synopsis: Brothel owner Margaret Wells struggles to raise her daughters in 18th century London amidst the booming sex trade.
What You Need To Know: Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse’s bitter feud looks like a jovial tea party in comparison to the bad blood between 18thcentury London brothel madams Margaret Wells (Samantha Morton) and Lydia Quigley (Lesley Manville). The simmering war between the two women between is heating up; with Margaret’s eldest daughter Charlotte (Jessica Brown Findlay) working as a double agent at Lydia’s establishment and finding an ally in Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam (Liv Tyler), no one, from London’s nobility to the flesh trade of Covent Garden, will escape unscathed.
Release Date: July 11 on Hulu
“Wynonna Earp”
Synopsis: Wynonna Earp, the great-great-granddaughter of deputy sheriff Wyatt Earp, battles demons and other supernatural demons alongside her dysfunction posse and aided by unique abilities gifted upon her due to a family curse.
What You Need To Know: After giving up her daughter for her own protection and coming face to face with the demon that cursed her family, Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano) is ready to inflict some serious damage on the supernatural beings and Revenants inhabiting the Ghost River Triangle. While the series was bit slow and a touch campy starting off (but what good sci-fi shows aren’t?), it is safe to say Wynonna Earp, with her magic Peacemaker revolver, and barely functional compadres, including her sister Waverley (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) and her girlfriend Officer Nicole Haught (Katherine Barrell), and their great-great grandfather’s partner Doc Holliway (and Wynonna’s baby daddy) (Tim Rozen) is a worthy successor to Buffy Summers.
Release Date: July 20 on SYFY
“Castle Rock”
Synopsis: Stephen King’s intimate storytelling and memorable characters weave together to make an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.
What You Need To Know: Forget the MCU, DCEU, Dark Universe yadda yadda, Stephen King’s “Castle Rock” is the narrative crossover for the ages we didn’t know we were waiting for. King’s themes and characters from his vast bibliography converge in the perfect storm when death-row attorney Henry Deaver (Andre Holland) returns to his hometown of Castle Rock after having left years prior when an accident killed his father and left him the sole suspect. With a cast including Bill Skarsgard, Melanie Lynskey, Sissy Spacek, Jane Levy, Scott Glen, Terry O’Quinn, Allison Tolman and Noel Fisher, “Castle Rock” is ramping up to be a standout of the summer television landscape.
Release Date: July 25 on Hulu
