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TV fatigue is real. And streaming platforms are getting seriously competitive and it’s hard to tell what’s worth your attention span these days. From feel-good rom-com dramas and dramatic reality shows to highly anticipated shows (cough, the prequel to Game of Thrones), take a look at our list of the best things to watch this month.
Partner Track
Arden Cho is finally the main lead in a kind of show we’ve all been waiting for. Based on Helen Wan’s novel, Partner Track tells the story of Ingrid Yun an idealistic young lawyer who struggles to make the right decisions as she fights to climb to the top at an elite New York City law firm.
Partner Track is streaming on Netflix on August 26th
Selling The OC
We had Selling Sunset and now we’re getting the extension. Same but different — Selling The OC. Here, a fresh set of realtors square off, competing to establish themselves at The Oppenheim Group’s second office on the Orange County coast. Cue the drama.
Selling The OC is streaming on Netflix on August 24th
If You Wish Upon Me
In this highly anticipated drama starring Ji Chang Wook and Choi Soo Young, Ji Chang Wook stars as Yoon Gyeo-re, a man with a difficult past who’s just been released from prison, and is struggling with life in the real world. He’s sentenced to community service after a traffic accident and volunteers at a hospice, where they make wishes come true for terminally ill patients.
If You Wish Upon Me is streaming on Viu on August 10th
Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo
Travel back in time to the Joseon Dynasty with the historical drama Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo. Based on the 2016 award-winning novel of the same name, it follows its titular character Yoo Se-poong (Kim Min-Jae), a successful physician for the royal family who has just been kicked out of the royal palace. He later meets Jihan (Kim Sang-gyeon) and Eun-woo (Kim Hyang-gi) in the strange but beautiful Gyesu village and learns to treat those suffering from psychological illnesses.
Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo is streaming on Viu
House of the Dragon
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, this HBO Original drama series is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and will tell the story of House Targaryen. This is the story of the Targaryen civil war that took place about 300 years before the events portrayed in the show we know and love.
House of the Dragon is streaming on HBO Go on August 22nd
Selena + Chef
Unscripted and unpredictable, the cooking series returns this time as Selena Gomez and her friends and family head to the beach. Season 4 will take place at a beach house where Selena will continue to learn the joys of cooking with all-star chefs. Chefs featuring in the new season include Gordon Ramsay, Rachael Ray, Kristen Kish, and Adrienne Cheatham.
Selena + Chef season 4 is streaming on HBO Go on August 18th
Bad Sisters
Dark comedy meets thriller, Bad Sisters is a show that shouldn’t be so funny but it really is. The 10-episode series follows the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another. They love each other so much they’d kill for the other. And of course, they do.
Bad Sisters is streaming on Apple TV+ on August 19th
Five Days At Memorial
Based on actual events and adapted from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink, Five Days at Memorial is an eight-episode limited series chronicling the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a local hospital. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make decisions that would follow them for years to come.
Five Days At Memorial is streaming on Apple TV+ on August 12th