Best shows coming to Binge, Stan, Paramount+, Disney+, Prime Video, AppleTV+ and Netflix this August

August will see a cool new selection of streaming picks to see you through the last of the chilly weather. From animated sci-fi reboots to the return of a fantasy powerhouse and a quirky romantic drama, you’ll be glued to the couch.

We’ve sifted through the latest offerings from TV and streaming platforms to find the best shows you should be watching this coming month.

Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson in the UK comedy Mr Bigstuff.

BINGE

MR BIGSTUFF

AUGUST 1

English actor Ryan Sampson (Brassic, Plebs) created and wrote this six-part British comedy and also stars as Glen, a timid and nervy carpet salesman. He’s living a quiet, unremarkable and happy enough suburban life with his wife to be Kirsty (nevermind the fact that he can’t get it up and she has a secret shoplifting problem) that is up-ended when his estranged brother – and polar opposite – Lee (Danny Dyer from Eastenders) turns up out of the blue. Not only does he bring a tin containing their dad’s ashes – he also has a prescription drug addiction and a shady past that might be about to catch up with him.

Adam Pally as Danny and Stephen Curry as himself in Mr Throwback. Picture: David Moir/Peacock

MR THROWBACK

AUGUST 8

Four-time NBA champion Steph Curry pivots to the acting game (and executive produces) by playing a version of himself in a mockumentary comedy from the creator and writer of sit-com Happy Endings. Comedian Adam Pally (The Mindy Project, Happy Endings) plays a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who is seeking redemption by reconnecting with his basketball teammate from primary school, who has gone on to become of the greatest players the game has ever seen.

ALSO SHOWING:

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes – August 4

FBoy Island Season 2 – August 5

Industry Season 3 – August 12

The Ark Season 2 – August 13

Gogglebox Australia Season 20 – August 14

Chimp Crazy – August 19

Luxury Escapes Season 2 – August 29

Akshay Khanna as Senior Constable Zil Ahmed in Critical Incident.

STAN

CRITICAL INCIDENT

AUGUST 12

Creator Sarah Bassiuoni was inspired to create this psychological crime thriller by her own experiences working as a lawyer in Western Sydney’s juvenile justice system. Filmed in Blacktown, Granville, Parramatta and Greenacre, it stars Akshay Khanna as Senior Constable Zil Ahmed, whose pursuit of a teenage suspect Dalia causes a bystander to be critically injured. Compounding matters and is the fact that Dalia is innocent, but as the ensuing investigation digs deeper, the guilt-stricken and unravelling Zil becomes fixated on pinning something on her anyway.

Scene from the Stan coming-of-age comedy Boarders.

BOARDERS

AUGUST 23

After a fancy British private school gets into hot water for some (all too familiar) appalling behaviour by its entitled students, it tries to repair its reputation by offering scholarships to some disadvantaged but street-smart inner city kids. While the school professes to embrace its new-found diversity and inclusivity, the black “charity case” kids are expected to fit in with its old-fashioned ways, leading to much comedic conflict as they come face-to-face with wealth and privilege. As one observes, “you have not lived the full private school experience if you don’t come home with an STI and a coke habit”.

ALSO SHOWING:

The TikTok Effect – August 6

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Season 2 – August 16

Bel Air Season 3 – August 16

The Fall of the House of Murdaugh – August 18

The Body Next Door – August 24

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back. Photo credit: Paramount+

PARAMOUNT+

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

AUGUST 10

The heroes in a half-shell are back for more pizza-munching, high-kicking action in this animated series from the same team behind last year’s better-than-it-had-any-right-to-be movie Mutant Mayhem. The NYC sewer-dwelling reptiles and their ace reporter buddy April O’Neil (voiced by The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri) are joined by some top-notch voice talent including Pete Davidson as a lazy rich kid who wants to be a turtle, Rose Byrne and Post Malone as Mutanimal allies and Timothy Olyphant as Goldfin, the leader of the villainous East River Three.

ALSO SHOWING

The Challenge Season 40 – August 9

Seal Team Season 7 – August 12

The Inspired Unemployed Season Two – August 14

The Bureau Seasons 1-5 – August 15

Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

PRIME VIDEO

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER

AUGUST 29

The first season of this hugely-anticipated and wildly expensive fantasy epic inspired by J. R. R Tolkien’s writing was a bit hit and miss – and took a while to find its footing. But with the big reveal at the end that Aussie actor Charlie Vickers’ roguish human Halbrand was in fact the supremely evil Dark Lord Sauron, hopefully this season can really hit the ground running. Discovered and cast out by Galadriel (an outstanding Morfydd Clark) and seemingly on his own, the wily Sauron can now delve into the promise made by the title by forging the rings that will help him dominate Middle-earth. Expect some more grand-scale storytelling and epic battle scenes as the worlds of elves, orcs, dwarfs and men collide in a clash of good and evil.

ALSO SHOWING

Batman: Caped Crusader – August 1

The Shakedown – August 8

One Fast Move – August 8

Jackpot – August 15

Only Murders in the Building returns with top stars and guest stars including Eva Longoria, Selena Gomaz, Eugene Levy, Steve Martin, Martin Short and Zach Galifianakis.

DISNEY+

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

AUGUST 27

Ahead of a swag of Emmy nominations for Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, podcasting sleuths Charles, Oliver and Mabel are back to deal with the shocking events of last season’s finale surrounding Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch), who took a bullet clearly meant for Charles. The investigation will lead them to Los Angeles, where a studio is making a movie about the podcast, and then back to the murder-prone west tower of the Arconia apartments. Once again, there’s a shining array of guest stars, including Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis, Melissa McCarthy and Kumail Nanjiani.

ALSO SHOWING

The Zone: Survival Mission Season 3 – August 7

Grown-ish Season 6 – August 7

Solar Opposites Season 5 – August 12

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: Season 2 – August 14

OceanXPlorers – August 19

Muslim Matchmaker – August 20

Vince Vaughn is back to his best in Bad Monkey.

APPLE TV+

BAD MONKEY

AUGUST 14

Vince Vaughn is back to his snarky, fast-talking best in this crime-thriller based on the bestseller of the same name by Carl Hiaasen and from some of the team behind Ted Lasso and Shrinking. The Wedding Crashers star plays Andrew Yancy, a loose cannon cop who has been kicked out of the Miami Police Department. But when he stumbles across a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he sees a way back to his old job – assuming he can prove it’s a murder and can survive the host of Florida oddballs he meets along the way.

ALSO SHOWING

Cowboy Cartel – August 2

Yo Gabba Gabba Land – August 9

The Instigators – August 9

Pachinko Season 2 – August 26

Lily Collins as Emily in Emily in Paris.

NETFLIX

EMILY IN PARIS

AUGUST 15

Even the most ardent of Emily in Paris fans will admit that it’s kind of bad – in the same way that eating an entire family block of Cadbury’s Milk Chocolate in your PJs on the couch is kind of bad. But the first part of season four (the second half arrives September 12), picks up right where the last season left off, with Emily still weighing up her strong feelings for Gabriel (after that disastrous wedding that never was) and her now-ex Alfie, who doesn’t want to play second fiddle. Veteran British actor Rupert Everett also joins the cast as Giorgio Barbieri, a well-connected friend of Sylvie who owns a global interior design firm based in Rome and is the life of any party.

Terminator Zero is an anime reboot, set in Japan.

TERMINATOR ZERO

AUGUST 29

Just like the man-machine of the title, The Terminator is the franchise that refuses to die. After the last few big-screen misfires though, this new anime series wisely shifts away from the done-to-death Sarah and John Connor saga to a whole new setting in Japan. The premise is similar though, with another soldier – this time a woman, voiced by House of the Dragon’s Sonoya Mizuno – sent back to the past to protect a scientist who is working on a new AI system that could prevent the impending Skynet attack on humanity. And of course there’s an evil robot assassin – voiced by the always reliable Timothy Olyphant – hot on their heels.

ALSO SHOWING:

Love Is Blind UK – August 7

Secret World of Sound With David Attenborough – August 7

Umbrella Academy Season 4 – August 8

Blue Ribbon Baking Championship – August 9

Worst Ex Ever – August 14

Emily in Paris Season 4 – August 15

Originally published as Best shows coming to Binge, Stan, Paramount+, Disney+, Prime Video, AppleTV+ and Netflix this August