New TV this week: Netflix’s The Witcher, an Idris Elba thriller and more

All is well in love and war this week on TV – at least as far as the new seasons of are concerned The Bachelorette Jack Ryan And The Witcher worried. It’s possible that those caught up in the struggles for the continent, or in a contest for the love of a single woman on a reality show, don’t feel like everything is fair. But for the audience, at least we’ll have a good time.

Netflix’s The Witcher is one of the bigger releases of the week, with Volume 1 of the new season releasing the first five episodes on Thursday. But don’t miss it abductIdris Elba’s return to TV post-LutherAnd a surprisingly effective TV thriller.

There’s another one this week too Strange New Worlds Episode Trekkies won’t want to miss (if you can afford to miss one of the best modern Star Trek series): Christina Chong’s La’an is teleported to an alternate reality and must team up with Kirk (Paul Wesley) to to get there The schedules are back on track. Of course, in classic Trek fashion, they’re being sent back to the 21st century (what are the odds??).

Here are all of this week’s major TV premieres to help you plan your schedule:

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New shows on Netflix

The witcher season 3 volume 1

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Genre: fantasy
Release date: June 29th
Showrunner/Creator: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
Pour: Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Joey Batey and more

Geralt is back – as is Henry Cavill in his final season as the titular witcher. Season 3 follows him, Yen (Chalotra) and Ciri (Allan) as they try to push back the darkness of the continent and protect Ciri from the forces that are out to get her. Of course, the new season brings some challenges of its own, including a convergence of mages and some new wacky monsters.

Muscles and Chaos: An Unauthorized History of American Gladiators

Genre: documentary
Release date: June 29th
Showrunner/Creator: Tony Vainuku and Jared Hess
Pour: Includes interviews with Nitro (Dan Clark), Diamond (Erika Andersch Bunker), Laser (Jim Kalafat), Sky (Shirley Eson-Korito), Ice (Lori Fetrick), Zap (Raye Olson), Storm (Debbie Clark), Blaze ( Shari E Pendleton Mitchell) and Tower (Steve Hennebery)

Netflix takes a look back American GladiatorsIn the 1990s, amateur athletes competed in flexibility and strength exercises. muscles and chaos will interview the athletes themselves, tracing the rise and fall of the ’90s program and all the triumphs and struggles that came with it.

is it cake To?

Genre: Meme-based competition show
Release date: June 30th
Showrunner/Maker: Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz
Pour: Mikey Day and a group of talented bakers are ready to guess what cake is

Remember during the pandemic, when people would cut into everyday objects only to find they were actually hyper-realistic cakes? They made a reality show based on it! This is the second season that will see more cooks guessing if what they’re seeing is actually cake.

New Shows on Apple

abduct

Genre: thriller
Release date: June 28th
Showrunner/Creator: Jim FieldSmith
Pour: Idris Elba, Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams, Max Beesly, Eve Myles and more

Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) is trying to return to London. Unfortunately, his plane (as the show’s name might suggest) has just been hijacked. Luckily for us at least abduct is a highly entertaining and suspenseful thriller that follows attempts to control the situation and unravel the mystery of what these hijackers are up to (and who they work for).

New shows on Hulu

The Bachelorette season 20

Genre: reality dating
Release date: June 26 (ABC), June 27 (streaming on Hulu)
Pour: Charity Lawson and a crew of men who hopefully are all there for the right reasons

You know the situation: a titular bachelorette, a slew of potential beaues, and multiple roses to give away to candidates who get to stay. Will this bachelorette find true love? And what does the new season look like? without controversy bachelorette Creator Mike Fleiss? We’ll find out on June 26 when the new episode premieres on ABC and hits Hulu the next day.

secret chef

Image: Hulu

Genre: Reality Cooking (amateur version)
Release date: June 29th
Showrunner/Creator: David Chang
Pour: Beginner cooks who want to impress their families

The task, at least in the description, is simple: become a chef worthy of a Michelin star. The problem is that the chefs on this show are total newbies and are more adept at burning a salad than making a creme. The ten participants come from different backgrounds and face a series of cooking challenges. (Disclaimer: This show is produced by Vox Media Studios, which, like Polygon, is owned by Vox.)

New shows on Max

Warrior season 3

Photo: David Bloomer/Max

Genre: Historical action drama
Release date: June 29th
Showrunner/Creator: Evan Endicott, Josh Stoddard, Jonathan Tropper
Pour: Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan, Kieran Bew and more

The best martial arts show on TV, based on a Bruce Lee concept, returns for its third season (and the first to air on Max) after escaping Cinemax’s decaying demise. The new season takes the show to an even higher level, forging new alliances and testing old ones as the Industrial Revolution begins to rear its ugly head in San Francisco.

The legendary Mark Dacascos joins a star-studded cast that has included Andrew Koji, Jason Tobin, Joe Taslim and Dianne Doan. Executive producers Evan Endicott and Josh Stoddard were promoted to showrunners, but former showrunner Jonathan Tropper (banshee) and executive producer Shannon Lee (Bruce’s daughter) are still heavily involved.

New shows on Prime Video

Jack Ryan Season 4

Photo: Attila Szvacsek/Prime Video

Genre: Action spy thriller
Release date: June 30, with two episodes
Showrunner: Vaun Wilmott
Pour: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, and Abbie Cornish

John Clancy’s Jack Ryan is back for one last ride. While John Clancy’s “Jack Ryan” may get spinoffs in the future, the Amazon series starring John Krasinski is coming to a close with Season 4. Airing two episodes each Friday, Ryan uncovers a conspiracy as the CIA’s new acting deputy director of massive proportions.