Best international series on Showmax in August, from Based on a True Story to The Best Man: Final...

2nd Aug 2023 | Source: Showmax

<div><em>1st seasons of Based On A True Story, The Best Man: The Final Chapters; new Minx, Winning Time, Bel-Air</em></div>

<div><strong>BASED ON A TRUE STORY</strong><span style="color:#ff0000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Two episodes on Mondays at 9:30pm from 7 August </span></div>

<div><em>Based on a True Story</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is the gripping tale of a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber whose lives collide when they seize a unique opportunity to capitalise on America's obsession with true-crime. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Triple-Emmy nominee Kaley Cuoco (</span><em>The Flight Attendant</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Big Bang Theory</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Critics Choice nominee Chris Messina (</span><em>Sharp Objects, The Mindy Project</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) play Ava and Nathan, a married couple with a baby on the way. They are facing the harsh realisation that their youthful dreams are not going to come true; that is, until they meet Matt (Tom Bateman from </span><em>Murder on the Orient Express</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Death on the Nile</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), an enigmatic plumber who they quickly come to suspect is an infamous serial killer. Ava has a brilliant idea, which could end up costing them everything... </span></div>

<div><em>The Los Angeles Times</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> calls the Peacock Original "a hilarious indictment of the public's preoccupation with morbid crime and the media's fire hose of content in service of that addiction."</span></div>

<div><em>Based on a True Story</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Emmy-nominated creator Craig Rosenberg (</span><em>The Boys) </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">exec produces alongside Emmy winner Jason Bateman (</span><em>Ozark</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Oscar nominee Alexander Buono (</span><em>Russian Doll, Documentary Now!</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who also directs two episodes. </span></div>

<div><strong>THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 20 August</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#131313; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Based on Malcolm D. Lee's multi-award-winning film franchise, </span><em>The Best Man: The Final Chapters</em><span style="color:#131313; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> catches up with Harper, Robyn, Jordan, Lance, Quentin, Shelby, Candace, and Murch as relationships evolve and past grievances resurface in the unpredictable stages of midlife crisis meets midlife renaissance.</span></div>

<div><em>The Best Man: The Final Chapters </em><span style="color:#131313; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">won the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic Special, as well as Best Actor for Morris Chestnut as Lance and Best Supporting Actress for Nia Long as Jordan. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#131313; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The Peacock Original is also up for a record 18 awards in August at the 2023 Black Reel Awards for Television - the most by any show ever in a single year. This includes acting nominations for Chestnut and Long, as well as their co-stars Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Melissa de Sousa and Harold Perrineau. </span></div>

<div><em>The Best Man: The Final Chapters</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has a 91% critics' rating on</span><em> Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with</span><em> Variety</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> saying, "For fans of a specific period of Black cinema [black romcoms between 1990 to 2000], Peacock's </span><em>The Best Man: The Final Chapters</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is an epic, end-of-an-era conclusion on par with </span><em>Avengers: Endgame</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">."</span></div>

<div><strong>WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY S2</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| First on Showmax | Mondays from 7 August, express</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 of </span><em>Winning Time</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> continues to explore the professional and personal lives of the legendary 1980s Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. This season hones in on the period just after the Finals in 1980, building to the first professional rematch of the era's greatest stars: Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah) and Larry Bird (Sean Patrick Small). ??</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 1 has an 85% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and an 8.3/10 rating on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. The series won a 2023 Satellite Award for Best Ensemble: Television, and a Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor (for </span><em>The Wire</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Wood Harris as Spencer Haywood). Season 1 was also nominated for an Emmy for its cinematography; four more Black Reel Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series; and two more Satellite Awards, with Oscar nominee John C Reilly (</span><em>Chicago</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Boogie Nights</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Magnolia</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) up for Best Actor as team owner Jerry Buss and Oscar winner Sally Field (</span><em>Maniac</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Forrest Gump</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) up for Best Supporting Actress as Jerry's mother, Jessie Buss.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Once again exec produced by Oscar- and three-time Emmy winner Adam McKay (</span><em>Don't Look Up</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Succession</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Season 2's returning cast also includes Oscar winner Adrien Brody (</span><em>Asteroid City</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Critics Choice winner Jason Segel (</span><em>Shrinking</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>How I Met Your Mother</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and Emmy nominee Gaby Hoffman (</span><em>Transparent</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), alongside new cast like Emmy winner Michael Chiklis (</span><em>The Shield</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).</span></div>

<div><strong>THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES S3</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | First on Showmax | Binge from 7 August</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Nominated for a 2022 Emmy Award for its Stunt Coordination, </span><em>The Righteous Gemstones</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Emmy nominee Steve Zahn (</span><em>The White Lotus</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and Emmy winner Kristen Johnston (</span><em>Mom</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>3rd Rock from the Sun</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) join the cast this season. Danny McBride (who also created, wrote and executive produces), MTV Movie Award and Teen Choice Award winner Adam Devine, Edi Patterson, Skyler Gisondo, Emmy winner John Goodman and Emmy nominee Walton Goggins all return to what </span><em>Collider</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> hails as "one of the greatest ensembles in comedic television."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 3 has a 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, where the critics' consensus says, "</span><em>The Righteous Gemstones</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has its mixture of broad comedy and genuine pathos down pat, chapter and verse, and it preaches a riotously funny gospel in what might be its darkest installment yet."  </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">HBO has just renewed </span><em>The Righteous Gemstones</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> for a fourth season, after announcing that Season 3 is on track to mark a viewership high for the series, with episodes currently averaging 4.9 million viewers and growing. It is now Danny McBride's most-watched HBO series, ahead of both </span><em>Eastbound and Down</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Vice Principals</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>

<div><strong>MINX S2 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| First on Showmax | New episodes on Mondays</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Set in 1970s Los Angeles, </span><em>Minx </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">follows Joyce, an earnest young feminist (Ophelia Lovibond from </span><em>Feel Good, Elementary </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and </span><em>This England</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) who joins forces with low-rent publisher Doug (Critics Choice nominee Jake Johnson from </span><em>New Girl</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) to create the first erotic magazine for women. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 picks up as Doug and Joyce sell Bottom Dollar to a retired shipping magnate and </span><em>Minx </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">becomes a commercial success. Under new leadership, Doug struggles to maintain his control within Bottom Dollar while Joyce loses sight of her core beliefs as she rises to stardom. As our Bottom Dollar misfits go mainstream, they start to question who they're becoming and what they really want from this newfound success.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">With five-time Emmy nominee Paul Feig (</span><em>Bridesmaids</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Office</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Love Life</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) among its exec producers, Season 1 was nominated for Best Comedy and Best Actress in a Comedy (Lovibond) at the 2023 Satellite Awards.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 has an 86% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, where the critics' consensus says, "Still getting great mileage from its marriage of the feminist and the frivolous, </span><em>Minx'</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">s second season is smart, sexy, and fun."</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Look out for Elizabeth Perkins from </span><em>Weeds</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Sharp Objects</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> joining the cast this season, which is rated 18SNL.</span></div>

<div><strong>WARRIOR S3</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | First on Showmax | Binge from 18 August </span></div>

<div><em>Warrior</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is set in the ruthless world of late 19th-Century San Francisco, where rival Chinatown tongs fight for dominance. In the wake of the race riots that upended Chinatown in Season 2, Mai Ling (Dianne Doan from </span><em>Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Descendants</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) uses her government connections to consolidate power, while Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji from </span><em>Bullet Train</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, in a Critics Choice Super-nominated performance) and the Hop Wei tong must find new ways to survive.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Filmed in Cape Town with Moonlighting, </span><em>Warrior</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> was nominated for two Emmys as well as Best Action Series at the Critics Choice Super Awards. The HBO series is created by Jonathan Tropper (</span><em>Banshee</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and based on the writings of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, with Bruce Lee's daughter Shannon Lee and Justin Lin (director of five </span><em>Fast and Furious</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> films) among its executive producers.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 3 has a 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. As </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says, "If you're a fan of martial arts, Westerns, historical dramas, and insanely cool fight scenes, this Bruce Lee-inspired crime drama is not to be missed."</span></div>

<div><strong>NEW AMSTERDAM S5</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 1 August</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The fifth and final season of </span><em>New Amsterdam </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">returns us to America's oldest public hospital, where Dr Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold from </span><em>BlacKkKlansman</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>90210</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>The Blacklist</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) continues his fight to put saving lives above the bottom line.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Based on Eric Manheimeris' book </span><em>Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, the medical drama was created by writer-producer David Schulner (</span><em>Desperate Housewives</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who was nominated for a 2022 award from the Writers Guild of America for Best Episodic Drama.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">At the 2022 Hollywood Critics Association awards, </span><em>New Amsterdam </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">was again up for Best Broadcast Network Series, Drama – a category it won in 2021 - with Freema Agyeman (</span><em>Doctor Who</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Law & Order: UK</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) nominated for Best Actress and Sandra Mae Frank for Best Supporting Actress. The hit series holds an 8/10 score on </span><em>IMDb</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This season, look out for Oscar winner Marlee Matlin (</span><em>CODA</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The L Word</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The West Wing</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), who makes a guest appearance as Dr. Wilder's former mentor, Dr. Bev Clemons.</span></div>

<div><strong>POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN S2 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 4 August</span></div>

<div><em>Power Book III: Raising Kanan</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> follows 15-year-old Kanan Stark as he gets into the drug trade, making a bid to join the growing family business. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Mekai Curtis returns in Season 2 as the young Kanan, the character played in </span><em>Power</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> by Emmy and Grammy winner Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who is one of the executive producers here. </span></div>

<div><em>Power Book III: Raising Kanan</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> has a rare 100% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, with Tony winner Patina Miller (</span><em>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Madam Secretary</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) nominated for a 2022 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Raquel Thomas, Kanan's mother and one of the most powerful drug lords in Queens. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Omar Epps (</span><em>Love & Basketball</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>This Is Us</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and </span><em>House</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) is back as Detective Howard, with Grammy winner and Destiny's Child founding member LeToya Luckett (</span><em>Greenleaf</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Ballers</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Treme</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and People's Choice winner Tony Danza (</span><em>The Practice</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Who's the Boss?</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) joining the cast this season. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The hit prequel has already been renewed for a third season. Catch all six seasons of the original series, </span><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/6x0nsnsdk8xsclp0cz74ore4w/6/5831610c58f25ce51117bd4b91362621d204b8e65d6b714584af0a923e5557e9" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #000000" target="_blank"><em>Power</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, as well as Season 1 of the latest spin-off series, </span><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/6x0nsnsdk8xsclp0cz74ore4w/7/ba57993073409ddbe4108cf498e4fad3e8b5156c94318085243ff7f283883af6" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #000000" target="_blank"><em>Power Book IV: Force</em></a><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, on Showmax.</span></div>

<div><strong>A MILLION LITTLE THINGS S5</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 7 August</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The farewell season of </span><em>A Million Little Things</em><span style="color:#212529; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> is bringing all the feels to remind us that friendship isn't one big thing, it's a million little things. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#212529; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Centred on a group of friends who are pushed to live fuller lives after the unexpected death of a close friend, </span><em>A Million Little Things</em><span style="color:#212529; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> stars the likes of </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">three-time Teen Choice nominee Grace Park (</span><em>Hawaii Five-O</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), MTV Movie Award nominee Romany Malco (</span><em>Weeds</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), David Giuntoli (</span><em>Grimm</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as Eddie, and three-time Kids Choice nominee Lizzy Greene (</span><em>Nicky, Rick, Dicky and Dawn</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">). </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Black Reel nominee Bresha Webb (</span><em>Run the World</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Night School</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) joins the cast this season as Dr. Jessica Bruno, while Oscar and Emmy nominee JoBeth Williams (</span><em>Poltergeist</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Kramer vs. Kramer</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) guests as Greta's mom. </span></div>

<div><em>Decider</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> calls the series "a love letter to friendship and a reminder that we don't have to face our darkest days alone."</span></div>

<div><strong>BEL-AIR S2</strong><strong> </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| First on Showmax | 2 episodes on Mondays </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Set in modern-day Los Angeles, </span><em>Bel-Air</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> re-imagines the beloved sitcom </span><em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> through a new, dramatic take on Will's complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. As his two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he's ever known. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Season 2 of the Peacock Original picks up with Will at a crossroads in his life as a new figure comes into his life who challenges what he's learned in Bel-Air, even as he tries to rebuild the trust that was broken at the end of last season. Will and Carlton's brotherhood starts to evolve as they grow closer, while Hilary is stepping up as a boss in her influencer world, which impacts her relationship with Jazz. Meanwhile, Viv and Phil must work to balance marriage and family while trying to forge their own career paths and reconnect to the things that are important to them. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Boasting a 90% critics' rating on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Bel-Air</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> won Outstanding Drama Series at the 2022 Black Reel Awards, where its breakout star, Jabari Banks, was up for Best Actor as Will. Adrian Holmes (</span><em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Arrow, Supernatural</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Nigerian-American actor Olly Sholotan, and singer-songwriter Coco Jones were also nominated in the Supporting categories as Uncle Phil, Carlton and Hilary respectively. Banks was also up for Best Actor at the BET Awards and the NAACP Image Awards. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Fans of the original series will be thrilled to see Tatyana Ali, who originally played Ashley Banks, joining the series this season as Mrs. Hughes, Ashley's English literature teacher at Bel-Air Academy. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Peacock has already renewed </span><em>Bel-Air</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> for a third season. </span></div>

<div><strong>A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW S4</strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> | Binge from 9 August</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The first three seasons of </span><em>A Black Lady Sketch Show</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> all hit 100% critics' ratings on </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">and all cracked Emmy nominations for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The groundbreaking HBO show has won three Emmys and five Black Reel Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Sketch Series, </span><em>and</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for series creator and showrunner Robin Thede; Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy for Gabrielle Dennis; and Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy for Quinta Brunson. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">As </span><em>Decider </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">says of Season 4, "Robin Thede and co. have become a comedy institution."</span></div>

<div><em>A Black Lady Sketch Show </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">has become famous as a launchpad for its talent: Quinta Brunson left at the end of Season 1 when she sold </span><em>Abbott Elementary</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> to ABC, while Ashley Nicole Black left after Season 3, having gone on to write for </span><em>Ted Lasso</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">. </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Guest stars this season include Emmy winner Colman Domingo (</span><em>Euphoria</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) and nominees Issa Rae (</span><em>Insecure</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), Yvette Nicole Brown (</span><em>Community</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), and Sam Richardson (</span><em>Veep</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">), as well as Grammy nominee Omarion. </span></div>

<div><strong>ANGELA BLACK S1 </strong><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">| Binge from 14 August</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Three-time Emmy nominee Joanne Froggatt (</span><em>Downton Abbey</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'s Anna Bates) stars in the title role in </span><em>Angela Black, </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">created by Emmy winners Harry and Jack Williams (</span><em>Fleabag</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Missing</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">).  </span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Trapped in a relationship she cannot escape, Angela is approached out of the blue by Ed, a private investigator, who spills her husband's darkest secrets.</span></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Critics Choice Super nominee Michiel Huisman (Alex Sokolov in </span><em>The Flight Attendant</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> and </span><em>Game of Thrones</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">'</span><em> </em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Daario Naharis) co-stars as her husband, Olivier, with BAFTA nominee Samuel Adewunmi (</span><em>Secret Invasion</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>The Last Tree</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as Ed. </span></div>

<div><em>The Guardian</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> calls Froggatt's performance "</span><span style="color:#121212; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">tremendous", </span><em>Financial Times</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says Adewunmi is "terrific," and </span><em>New York Post</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> hails the series as "chilling." </span></div>

<div><strong>EVERYTHING ON SHOWMAX IN AUGUST 2023</strong></div>

<div><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">To see everything on Showmax in August 2023, including the cancel culture Showmax Original documentary series </span><em>Unfollowed</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and award-winning films like </span><em>M3gan</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">,</span><em> The Black Phone</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, and </span><em>Marcel The Shell With Shoes On</em><span style="color:#000000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, click </span><a href="https://usw2.nyl.as/t1/211/6x0nsnsdk8xsclp0cz74ore4w/12/65ad179791622c4592375279524072c1a32beef695b591372837f252d732da8c" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; color: #1155cc" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color:#ff0000; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">.</span></div>