This Week in TV
Two NCIS favorites are back in play, Apple TV+ has a comfort-comedy return, and Peacock and MGM+ bring fresh drama to a quieter summer week.
CBS is leaning hard into NCIS nostalgia: Michael Weatherly is returning as Tony DiNozzo for a season-long arc on NCIS Season 24, while Mark Harmon is set to appear throughout NCIS: Origins Season 3. That is not subtle franchise management, but it is exactly the kind of old-favorite play that still moves network TV.
Trying Season 5 premieres July 8 on Apple TV+, bringing back one of streaming's gentler comedies at a moment when the July slate is short on true comfort-TV anchors. It is not the loudest return of the month, but it is one of the cleanest fits for viewers who want warmth instead of noise.
The Five-Star Weekend arrives July 9 on Peacock with Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan, Chloë Sevigny, D'Arcy Carden, and Timothy Olyphant. A glossy Nantucket grief-and-secrets drama is a very specific summer lane, and Peacock picked a smart week to own it.
The Westies premieres July 12 on MGM+, pairing Titus Welliver and J.K. Simmons in an '80s Hell's Kitchen crime drama. It is a smaller-platform swing, but the cast and premise make it more interesting than another anonymous summer thriller.
X-Men '97 Season 2 premiered July 1 on Disney+ with a three-episode drop and weekly episodes following. The date had been floating around for a while, but the actual launch belonged on last week's radar and is still the biggest genre-TV arrival to catch up on now.