Starting now, there’s a month of stellar and substantial diversions on streaming and conventional TV
Of course you’re not tired of the Olympics yet. But it will end with the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 8. And then what?
Perhaps all that indolence involved in watching the competition will inspire new ambitions to be more active and engaged in exertion. Perhaps not. August will bring multiple big-ticket diversions and enthralling entertainment on conventional TV and streaming. It will be a hot August, starting this week. Here’s a list of notable productions to keep in mind. is a three-part study of Barack Obama’s path from Harvard law student to Illinois State Senator to the 44th U.S. president.
The Chair is the first new series from Game of Thrones producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and couldn’t be more different. is a well-cast, grim but gripping series adaptation of a Stephen King story. A period piece, it’s about Captain Charles Boone who takes his family of three children to Preacher’s Corners, Maine, after his wife dies at sea. Aspiring writer Rebecca Morgan , turns up, hoping to be the family’s governess. returns for the long-running hit’s final season.
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