Series to Watch: August 2024

Series to Watch: August 2024


By DQ
July 25, 2024

Ones to Watch

DQ checks out the upcoming schedules to pick 10 new series to watch this August, from a Spanish hospital drama and an Australian psychological crime series to a fresh take on Greek mythology and a small-screen sequel to award-winning Brazilian film City of God.

Nadie nos va a extrañar (Nobody Will Miss Us)
From: Mexico
Original broadcaster: Prime Video
Producer: The Immigrant
Starring: Nicolás Haza, Axel Madrazo, Camila Calónico, Virgilio Delgado and Macarena Oz
Launch date: August 9
It’s the 1990s and five losers run an illegal business at their high school: they sell homework and assignments to their classmates. The advantage? No one ever suspects the nerds. Their business brings them money and popularity, but hormones and age-related conflicts threaten to ruin everything. If the business collapses, everyone’s future and their friendship will be at risk.
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Critical Incident
From: Australia
Original broadcaster: Stan
Producer: Matchbox Pictures
Distributor: All3Media International
Starring: Akshay Khanna, Zoë Boe, Roxie Mohebbi, Hunter Page-Lochard, Jai Waetford, Jackson Heywood, Zindzi Okenyo, Simone Kessell and Erik Thomson
Launch date: August 12
Described as a gripping psychological crime drama, this series delves into the complex world of policing and the consequences for the most vulnerable, inspired by creator Sarah Bassiuoni’s experiences working as a lawyer in Western Sydney’s juvenile justice system. While on patrol, senior constable Zilifcar ‘Zil’ Ahmed (Khanna) pursues teenage suspect Dalia (Boe), and in the chaos and confusion of the pursuit, a bystander is critically injured. Zil’s world comes crashing down when he discovers Dalia was in fact not the perpetrator. The immense guilt over the bystander’s injuries, coupled with the pressure of the critical incident investigation and public scrutiny, creates an unbearable burden for Zil. Encouraged by his brothers in blue, he becomes obsessed with pinning something on Dalia.
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Bad Monkey
From: US
Original broadcaster: Apple TV+
Producer: Warner Bros Television, Doozer Productions
Starring: Vince Vaughn, L Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, Natalie Martinez, Alex Moffat, Michelle Monaghan, Ronald Peet, Jodie Turner-Smith and John Ortiz
Launch date: August 14
Based on Carl Hiaasen’s novel, Bad Monkey stars Vaughn as Andrew Yancy, who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Florida Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realises that if he can prove murder, he’ll get back into the force. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey.
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Homicide: Life on the Street
From: US
Original broadcaster: Peacock
Producer: Universal Television
Distributors: NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution (US), Fremantle (international)
Starring: Daniel Baldwin, Andre Baugher, Kyle Secor, Richard Belzer, Yaphet Kotto, Melissa Leo, Jon Polito, Ned Beatty and Clark Johnson
Launch date: August 19
It’s one of the most acclaimed crime dramas of all time, but it’s never been available to stream – until now. Peacock will carry all seven seasons of the series, which originally debuted on NBC in 1993, running to 122 episodes and concluding with Homicide: The Movie in 2000. It explores the calculating and exacting detective work of the often confrontational, passionate and opinionated (fictional) homicide department in Baltimore, based on David Simon’s non-fiction book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.

Essaie même pas! (Don’t Even)
From: Canada
Original broadcasters: Crave, APTN
Producers: Pier 21 Films, Frantic Films Manitoba, and Sekowan Media
Starring: Leenah Robinson, Victoria Turko, Joel Oulette, Gail Maurice, and Jennifer Podemski
Launch date: August 23 (Crave)
This coming-of-age comedy set in 1990s Winnipeg follows two best friends as they grapple with their uncertain futures in the summer after their final year at high school. Following a humiliating mishap at her graduation, Violet (Robinson) wants to make the most of her last summer before moving away for university, while Harley (Turko) distracts herself from a big dilemma of what’s next. As the lifelong friends bask in newfound freedom and face adult life choices, cracks begin to form in their once impenetrable bond.

City of God: The Fight Rages On
From: Brazil
Original broadcasters: HBO Latino, Max
Producer: O2 Filmes
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Roberta Rodrigues, Thiago Martins, Sabrina Rosa, Kiko Marques, Edson Oliveira, Andréia Horta, Marcos Palmeira, Eli Ferreira, Luellem de Castro, Jefferson Brasil, Otávio Linhares, Rafael Lozano, Leandro Daniel and Luiz Bertazzo
Launch date: August 25
Set two decades after the events of the award-winning film, the plot unfolds in the early 2000s when the release of a young drug dealer from prison puts Cidade de Deus back into dispute. Residents find themselves trapped between drug traffickers, militias and public authorities, but the need to escape this cycle makes the community unite to face the oppressor.

Only Murders in the Building S4
From: US
Original broadcasters: Hulu (US), Disney+
Producer: 20th Television
Starring: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Michael Cyril Creighton, with special guest stars including Meryl Streep, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis, Molly Shannon, Kumail Nanjiani, Melissa McCarthy, Richard Kind
Launch date: August 27
The amateur podcasting trio at the centre of the show wrestles with the shocking events at the end of season three surrounding Charles (Martin)’s stunt double and friend Sazz Pataki. Questioning whether she or Charles was the intended victim, their investigation leads them all the way to LA, where a Hollywood studio is readying a film about the Only Murders podcast. As Charles, Oliver and Mabel race back to New York, they embark on an even more epic journey – traversing their building’s courtyard to delve into the twisted lives of the Arconia’s West Tower residents.
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Kaos
From: UK
Original broadcaster: Netflix
Producer: Sister
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer, David Thewlis, Rakie Ayola, Cliff Curtis, Stephen Dillane, Aurora Perrineau, Nabhaan Rizwan, Killian Scott, Misia Butler, Stanley Townsend and Leila Farzad
Launch date: August 29
From Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World) comes this tales of Greek myth and legend. Zeus (Goldblum) has long enjoyed his status as King of the Gods – that is until he wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead. Neurosis sets in, putting him on a dangerous, paranoid path. Zeus becomes convinced his fall is coming – and starts to see signs of it everywhere. His once reliable brother, Hades (Thewlis), God of the Underworld, is secretly losing his grip on his dark dominion. Hera (McTeer), Queen of the Gods, then finds her power and freedom become threatened by Zeus’s growing paranoia, and she is forced to act, while Zeus’s rebellious son, Dionysus (Rizwan), is out of control and on course for a cosmic collision with his father.
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Respira (Breathless)
From: Spain
Original broadcaster: Netflix
Producer: El Desorden Crea
Starring: Najwa Nimri, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Blanca Suárez, Manu Ríos, Alfonso Bassave and Borja Luna
Launch date: August 30
In Netflix’s first Spanish hospital drama, Joaquín Sorolla is much more than a public hospital in Valencia where lives are saved on a daily basis. Doctors and residents work hard amid the frenetic pace of the emergency room, where tensions, emotions and even desire accelerate the hearts of a staff who live increasingly on the edge. The arrival of a distinguished patient highlights the complicated situation of the public health system, lighting the fuse for what is to become an unprecedented and drastic strike.
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Stags
From: UK
Original broadcaster: Paramount+
Producer: Eleven
Distributor: Sony Pictures Television
Starring: Nico Mirallegro, Corin Silva, Charlie Cooper, Sophie Lenglinger, Paul Forman and Asim Chaudhry
Launch date: August TBC
Groom-to-be Stu (Mirallegro) and his friends head to South America for his stag do. But what was meant to be a week of drink, debauchery and fun takes a dark turn. Instead of boarding a flight back to the UK, the stags are sent to a lawless prison island run by two warring siblings. Quickly it becomes clear that the stags need to pick a side to have any chance of survival. Friendships are tested and life-long loyalty is sacrificed as Stu and his mates begin to question who will make it home alive.

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