--- title: Summer 2017 TV Shows: Game of Thrones, Twin Peaks, Suits description: Game of Thrones, Twin Peaks, Orphan Black and House of Cards return, while Jessica Biel, Keegan-Michael Key and Naomi Watts get new TV shows canonical: https://time.com/4791388/summer-tv-shows-2017/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-25T20:25:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:02.112Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 21 TV Shows You Need to Watch This Summer og:description: Twin Peaks and Game of Thrones return. 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But the television gods are finally wising up to the fact that the committed [will sit on their couches](http://time.com/4585523/new-tv-shows-2017/) and binge series for hours on end, no matter the weather and offering a worthy slate of shows to grab our attention. This summer will bring us [Khaleesi’s grown-up dragons](http://time.com/4788827/game-of-thrones-daenerys-dragons-season-7-photos/), Agent Cooper’s evil doppelgänger and Stephen King’s murderous mist. Keegan-Michael Key, Naomi Watts and Jessica Biel all star in new series. _Insecure_, _House of Cards_ and _Orphan Black_ will all return, and the Defenders will unite in a superhero series. Here are all the shows and dates you need to know. ### _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_ on Netflix (May 19) Kimmy remains as ebullient as ever in the third season of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Netflix series. This year, she goes to college, allowing the writers to take as many shots at campus life as they do at the New York City bubble. Meanwhile, Titus buys a “baseball stick” to [reenact Beyonce’s _Lemonade_](http://time.com/4669074/kimmy-schmidt-3-trailer/). ### _Twin Peaks_ on Showtime (May 21) Twenty-six years after the series [left the air](http://time.com/4780089/twin-peaks-2017-season-2-recap/), David Lynch and Mark Frost’s [trippy television show](http://time.com/4787762/twin-peaks-premiere-new-season-review/) has returned for 18 episodes on Showtime. The new season begins with Agent Dale Cooper still stuck in the Black Lodge while his doppelgänger wreaks havoc in the outside world. ### _House of Cards_ on Netflix (May 30) [The Netflix show](http://time.com/4259144/house-of-cards-season-4-recap/) starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright as backstabbing politicians picks up shortly where season four left off. Underwood is embroiled in an intense election campaign against a social-media-savvy Republican and has recently declared all-out war on terrorism. Season five will presumably see the Underwoods keep the White House or oust them from power. **MORE** [Best TV Shows of 2017 So Far](http://time.com/4785118/best-tv-shows-2017-so-far/) ### _I’m Dying Up Here_ on Showtime (June 4) Make no mistake: This may be a show about comedians, but it’s a drama. In the first episode, a group of struggling, damaged comedians in the 1970s compete to raise their respective profiles at an L.A. comedy club run by a no-nonsense Melissa Leo. ### _Orange Is the New Black_ on Netflix (June 9) [_Orange Is the New Black_](http://time.com/4374833/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4-proves-netflix-spoilers/) has always been about the humans living inside a broken system. Never has that been more apparent than at the end of season four, when the [death of one inmate](http://time.com/4734674/orange-is-the-new-black-season-five/) caused a riot. Now, the prisoners are protesting their treatment in Litchfield Prison and have a written list of demands. ### _Orphan Black_ on BBC America (June 10) As the BBC show enters its final season, the stakes are ramping up for Sarah, Alison, Cosima and Helena (all played by Tatiana Maslany). The trailer harkens back to the first season: united they cannot be destroyed. ### _Claws_ on TNT (June 11) [Rashida Jones](http://time.com/4764003/rashida-jones-hot-girls-wanted/) is the executive producer of this dramedy about five women who work at a Florida nail salon and decide to enter the male-dominated world of organized crime. ### _Queen Sugar_ on OWN (June 20) Ava DuVernay’s gorgeously shot drama about a family dealing with the death of their father returns to Oprah Winfrey’s network. In the second season, DuVernay and Winfrey have continued to recruit an impressive slate of female directors to helm each episode. **MORE** [The Best TV Episodes of 2017 So Far](http://ti.me/2qwwvdS) ### _The Mist_ on Spike (June 22) Stephen King is having quite a year. [_It_](http://time.com/4740804/pennywise-meme-2017/) and [_The Dark Tower_](http://time.com/4764810/the-dark-tower-stephen-king-trailer/) are both getting movie treatments, while _The Mist_, his famous novella-turned-movie about an unnatural fog that envelops a town in Maine, is coming to television. Just as [Noah Hawley’s _Fargo_](http://time.com/4667769/noah-hawley-legion-fx/) pays homage to the original Cohen Brothers’ film, _The Mist_ uses King’s original conceit as inspiration for a fresh tale. ### _Glow_ on Netflix (June 23) Alison Brie plays an actor in the 1980s who can’t book a gig and so settles for a job playing (and fighting) a glamorous female wrestler. The show, executive produced by _Orange Is the New Black_ showrunner Jenji Kohan, explores surprisingly feminist themes as the women engage in literal staged catfights. ### _Younger_ on TVLand (June 28) It took three whole seasons for an important character on _Younger_ to figure out that Liza (Sutton Foster) isn’t a twenty-something. Season four will address the fallout as Liza’s future hangs in the balance. ### _Gypsy_ on Netflix (June 30) One thing is clear from the trailer for _Gypsy_: You wouldn’t want Naomi Watts’ character as your therapist. The therapist becomes involved in her patient’s lives in…ahem…unethical ways. The sexy foreboding tone can perhaps be attributed to [_Fifty Shades of Grey_ director Sam Taylor-Johnson](http://time.com/3692852/fifty-shades-of-grey-director-photographer/), who acts as an executive producer and directed two episodes. ### _Snowfall_ on FX (July 5) A new series from Boyz _in the Hood_ and _2 Fast 2 Furious_ director John Singleton chronicles the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles, starting in the 1980s. The series follows multiple characters, including a young drug dealer, a Mexican wrestler, the daughter of a crime lord and a CIA operative. ### _Suits_ on USA (July 12) The USA mainstay about cutthroat lawyers with [excellent fashion sense](http://ew.com/article/2013/07/17/suits-costume-designer-on-the-shows-tailor-made-wardrobe/) returns for a seventh season. And it’s possible the show will acquire even more fans thanks to [Meghan Markle’s relationship with Prince Harry](http://motto.time.com/4770744/meghan-markle-watches-prince-harry-charity-polo-match/). ### _Friends From College_ on Netflix (July 14) The new comedy about a [group of best friends that reunite as adults in New York City ](http://time.com/4788732/friends-from-college-clip-netflix/)has an impressive cast: Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Fred Savage, Jae Suh Park, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon and Billy Eichner. _Forgetting Sarah Marshall_ director Nicholas Stoller and his wife, Francesca Delbanco, wrote the show, and Seth Rogen and Kate McKinnon are among the guest stars who will drop in. ### _Game of Thrones_ on HBO (July 16) The wait is almost over. [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/) will air the first part of its final season in July. (HBO plans to air seven episodes this summer and seven episodes in 2018.) The [official trailer](http://time.com/4792706/game-of-thrones-official-trailer-season-7/) only reveals a [few hints about the plot](http://time.com/4792879/game-of-thrones-season-7-trailer-breakdown-analysis/), but we do know Daenerys is _finally_ on her way to Westeros. Now it’s just a matter of patiently waiting for the [inevitable clash between her and Cersei](http://time.com/4568000/game-of-thrones-deleted-scene-tyrells-cersei-lannister/). **MORE** [What the ‘Great War’ Means for This Season of Game of Thrones](http://time.com/4704609/game-of-thrones-the-great-war-white-walkers-history/) ### _Insecure_ on HBO (July 23)  Issa Rae, Jay Ellis. Anne Marie Fox— HBO. The [first season](http://motto.time.com/4489287/issa-rae-race-identity/) of Issa Rae’s laugh-out-loud funny and heart-wrenching show ended with (the fictional) Issa doing damage to a number of her relationships. In season two, Issa will have to pick up the pieces. ### _Ozark_ on Netflix (July TBD) Jason Bateman and Laura Linney play a husband and wife who abruptly move from the Chicago suburbs to the Missouri Ozarks in order to pay a money-laundering debt that Bateman’s character owes to a drug lord. If you’re a fan of [fellow Netflix series ](http://time.com/3748080/review-netflix-bloodline/)_Bloodline,_ _Ozark_ seems to have similar vibes. ### _The Sinner_ on USA (Aug. 2) Jessica Biel stars in an unsettling show about a mother named Cora who stabs a stranger on a beach and doesn’t know why. The mystery of the show is not so much about how it happened but what makes Cora tick. ### _Difficult People_ on Hulu (Aug. 8) Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner return in this streaming series as best friends who are, yes, difficult people. John Cho is set to star in the third season as a love interest for Billy (Eichner). ### _The Defenders_ on Netflix (Aug. 18) All of Netflix’s Marvel superhero shows — [_Daredevil_](http://time.com/4247667/daredevil-netflix-season-2-review/), [_Jessica Jones_](http://time.com/4126495/jessica-jones-star-krysten-ritter-interview/), [_Luke Cage_](http://time.com/4538890/the-making-of-luke-cage-a-hero-for-this-moment/) and [_Iron Fist_](http://time.com/4518087/marvel-iron-fist-netflix-teaser/) — have been building to this series. The four heroes will unite to fight crime in New York City. 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