This Week in TV
Marvel gives Vision a stranger second life, HBO Max bets on more Stuart, and Outer Banks starts its final season.
Disney+ released the first VisionQuest trailer August 15, bringing back Paul Bettany’s White Vision and putting James Spader’s Ultron inside his head. After five years away, Vision finally has a story strange enough to justify the wait.
HBO Max renewed Stuart Fails to Save the Universe for Season 2 just four episodes into its first run. The strangest Big Bang Theory spinoff earning a fast pickup is a better punch line than anyone expected.
MTV renewed RuPaul’s Drag Race for Season 19, while Paramount+ ordered All Stars Season 12. Nearly 20 years in, drag’s biggest TV machine still knows how to keep the runway full.
The six-episode Australian adaptation of Miles Franklin’s My Brilliant Career arrived on Netflix August 13. Philippa Northeast’s fiercely independent Sybylla gives this period drama more bite than starch.
Outer Banks begins its fifth and final season August 20. The Pogues get one last treasure hunt—and Netflix gets one last chance to stick the landing.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premieres August 17 on FXX and Hulu. Eighteen seasons in, the gang’s commitment to selfishness remains brutally dependable.