Clockwise from top left: Industry , My Lady Jane , The Bear , The Umbrella Academy , Clipped and House of the Dragon Nick Strasburg/HBO, Jonathan Prime/Prime Video, Chuck Hodes/FX, Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix, Kelsey McNeal/FX, Ollie Upton/HBO hide caption It looks like we are in for a very hot summer . If you find yourself stuck inside looking for your next show, our critics can help — they've scanned the broadcast and streaming horizons to find the shows you should check out in June, July and August. Take a look: Clipped , June 4, FX on Hulu It sounds like a dated Saturday Night Live parody: a drama on the explosive impact of racist statements by then–Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, leaked to the public in 2014.
But the elevated cast — Laurence Fishburne as Clippers coach Doc Rivers, Ed O’Neill as Sterling and LeVar Burton as himself — hints at more. Ultimately, the show explores class, race, sports and modern striving with surprising quality, including a meditation on how Black stars handle rage, which should get its own Emmy Award. — Eric Deggans Fantasmas , June 7, Max Created, written, starring and directed by Julio Torres ( Problemista , Los Espookys ), this six-episode comedy series offers a queer (in every sense of the word) perspective on life in NYC.
The plot: Torres loses an earring and goes looking for it. The execution: high weirdness, exquisitely wrought, as the loose narrative wanders through the lives of random New Yorkers whom Torres.