Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On July 25, the season finale of Irma Vep will air on HBO at 9 PM.
The third season premiere of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series will air online on Disney+ on July 27.
On July 28, the second season of the Canadian drama Hudson & Rex will premiere online on UP Faith & Family (the streaming service of UPtv).
The reboot series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin will debut online on July 28 on HBO Max. Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in present day, a disparate group of teen girls – a brand-new set of Little Liars – find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin committed by their parents two decades ago…as well as their own. The cast includes Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Maia Reficco, Alex Aiono, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Mallory Bechtel and Eric Johnson.
On July 28, the limited series Keep Breathing will debut online on Netflix. After her private plane crashes in the remote Canadian frontier, lone survivor and New York lawyer, Liv (Melissa Barrera), must battle both an unforgiving wilderness and past personal traumas to stay alive. The cast includes Austin Stowell.
The new drama The Resort will debut online on Peacock on July 28. A multi-generational, coming-of-age love story disguised as a fast-paced mystery about the disappointment of time. An anniversary trip puts a marriage to the test when the couple finds themselves embroiled in one of the Yucatan’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries that took place fifteen years prior. The series stars Cristin Milioti, Debby Ryan, Dylan Baker and Nick Offerman.
On July 29, the new drama Paper Girls will debut online on Amazon Prime. Based on the comic book, the drama will be set in the early morning hours after Halloween 1988. Four paper girls – Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ – are out on their delivery route when they become caught in the crossfire between warring time-travelers, changing the course of their lives forever. Transported into the future, these girls must figure out a way to get back home to the past, a journey that will bring them face-to-face with the grown-up versions of themselves. While reconciling that their futures are far different than their 12-year-old selves imagined, they are being hunted by a militant faction of time-travelers known as the Old Watch, who have outlawed time travel so that they can stay in power. In order to survive, the girls will need to overcome their differences and learn to trust each other, and themselves. Ali Wong, Adina Porter and Nate Corddry star.
The Hulu feature film Not Okay will debut online on July 29. The series follows Danni Sanders (Zoey Deutch), an aimless aspiring writer with no friends, no romantic prospects and – worst of all – no followers, who fakes an Instagram-friendly trip to Paris in the hopes of boosting her social media clout. When a terrifying incident strikes the City of Lights, Danni unwittingly falls into a lie bigger than she ever imagined. She “returns” a hero, even striking up an unlikely friendship with Rowan (Mia Isaac), a real trauma survivor dedicated to societal change, and scooping up the man of her dreams, Colin (Dylan O’Brien). As an influencer and advocate, Danni finally has the life and audience she always wanted. But it’s only a matter of time before the facade cracks, and she learns the hard way that the Internet loves a takedown.
On July 29, the Apple TV+ drama Surface will debut online. The series stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki and The Morning Show) as Sophie, a woman who has suffered a traumatic head injury that has left her with extreme memory loss, believed to be a result of a suicide attempt. As Sophie embarks on a quest to put the pieces of her life back together with the help of her husband and friends, she begins to question whether or not the truth she is told is in fact the truth she has lived. The cast includes Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Francois Arnaud, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Stephan James.
Also on July 29, the Netflix movie Purple Hearts will debut online. In spite of their many differences, Cassie (Sofia Carson), a struggling singer-songwriter, and Luke (Nicholas Galetzine), a troubled Marine, agree to marry solely for military benefits. But when tragedy strikes, the line between real and pretend begins to blur. The film also stars Linden Ashby and John Harlan Kim.
The Hallmark Channel movie A Splash of Love will debut at 8 PM on July 30. A PhD student expands her studies to include the whales of the Pacific Northwest where she relies on the expertise of a whale watching tour guide. Soon they find themselves bonding over more than just Orcas. The movie stars Rhiannon Fish and Ben Hollingsworth.
On July 31, the UPtv movie Sweet As Pie will debut at 7 PM. An entrepreneur (Rhiannon Fish) dealing with the implosion of her startup and her relationship visits her family’s apple orchard in hopes of taking a break from life until she falls for her childhood best friend, and the farm’s new manager. Kurt Szarka co-stars.
The season finale of Becoming Elizabeth will air on Starz on July 31 at 8 PM; while that same night, the third season premiere of City on a Hill will air at 10 PM on Showtime.
Lastly also on July 31, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries move 14 Love Letters will debut at 9 PM. After historic love letters start anonymously appearing in Kallie Sharp’s mailbox, the hobby farmer searches for her secret admirer and opens herself up to love. The film stars Vanessa Sears, Franco Lo Presti and Madeleine Claude.
Mark your calendars!
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