TV Trailers of the Week: The Hawk, Furious, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe and More
📺 Take a peek at some of the latest trailers for upcoming TV shows.
📺 “The Hawk” Trailer: Will Ferrell’s Washed-Up Golf Legend Refuses to Retire Quietly in Netflix’s New Sports Comedy Series with Jimmy Tatro and Molly Shannon — Premieres Thursday, July 16th on Netflix
They say the problem with Will Ferrell is that all he ever plays are whiny man-child characters with bloated egos, always one tantrum away from total collapse.
And we say… yeah, so what’s wrong with that? Especially when Ferrell keeps turning these man-baby characters into comedy gold. So yes, Ferrell is back doing what he does best: screaming, crying, complaining, collapsing, and somehow turning emotional instability into a comic art form.
In the upcoming Netflix sports comedy series The Hawk, Ferrell stars as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, a former No. 1 golfer whose glory days are fading faster than his swing. Once ranked at the top of the sport back in 2004, Lonnie is now stuck on the back nine of his career, clinging to one final dream: winning the last major championship he needs to complete golf’s Grand Slam.
Of course, the problem with a comeback is that everyone else has to believe in it too. Lonnie’s body seems ready to quit. His ex-wife Stacy, played by fellow SNL alum Molly Shannon, thinks retirement might be the healthier option. And his son Lance, played by Scream 7’s Jimmy Tatro, has become golf’s new golden boy, which is probably not great for a father whose ego already needs its own caddie.
From there, the fairway starts to feel less like a path to redemption and more like a public breakdown waiting to happen as Lonnie and his son Lance duke it out for bragging rights, family pride, and possibly the last functioning piece of Lonnie’s sanity.
Comedian Fortune Feimster joins the mix as Lonnie’s new caddie Sam, with Luke Wilson as rival golfer Golden Fisk, SNL alum Chris Parnell as PGA Tour board member Anton, Ballers’ Katelyn Tarver as Lance’s fiancée Natalie, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s David Hornsby as Stacy’s new partner Radford.
Ferrell serves as co-creator alongside Ferrell’s longtime collaborator and former SNL writer Harper Steele and Funny or Die co-founder Chris Henchy, with filmmakers David Gordon Green and Rian Johnson on board as executive producers.
The Hawk premieres Thursday, July 16th on Netflix. So prepare for Ferrell to once again turn a sport into a glass case of emotions... and then smash his way out with a golf club.
📺 “Furious” Trailer: Emmy Rossum Hunts an Elusive Female Serial Killer in Liz Meriwether’s New FBI Thriller Series with Lola Petticrew and Scoot McNairy — Debuting Monday, July 27th on Hulu/Disney+
There are detective thrillers built around one question: who is the killer?
And then there are detective thrillers less interested in the whodunit and more locked into the pursuit. That seems to be the case with Furious, a new Hulu thriller where Emmy Rossum, of Shameless fame, plays an FBI agent chasing a mysterious, dangerous woman tied to a string of murders.
Rossum stars as Alice Black, a hard-charging FBI agent with a dark past who is drawn into the hunt for Catherine, a calculating and elusive female serial killer played by Irish actress Lola Petticrew (of FX’s Say Nothing). As Alice digs into Catherine’s personal history, looking for clues that might reveal where she’ll strike next, the case becomes less like a standard investigation and more like a psychological chase between two women shaped by shared trauma and competing ideas of justice.
The suspense seems to come from one dangerous question: is Catherine always one move ahead, or is the FBI simply arriving too late every time another victim turns up? Which just goes to show you that catching a serial killer before they strike again might be harder than figuring out who they are once the bodies start piling up.
Loosely inspired by the 1987 Debra Winger and Theresa Russell-starring thriller Black Widow, the series appears to rework the original premise into something more morally complicated than a man-murdering madwoman tale. As the death toll rises, Alice’s pursuit of Catherine begins to blur into something more unsettling, especially as the boundaries between justice, obsession, victimhood, and vengeance start to shift from line to line.
Rounding out the cast are Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Jake Lacy, with Emmy-nominated TV producer-writer Liz Meriwether (New Girl, The Dropout, Dying for Sex) executive producing. Meanwhile, acclaimed TV helmer Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones, The Day of the Jackal) directs the first two episodes.
Furious is slated to premiere Monday, July 27th on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
📺 “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” Trailer: The Big Bang Theory’s Comic Book Store Owner Accidentally Breaks Reality in This Spinoff Series Starring Brian Posehn, Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, and John Ross Bowie — Debuting Thursday, July 23rd on HBO Max
Sitcoms have a certain formula: set up a situation for the characters to stumble through, hit the jokes on time, and wait for the laughs to come roaring in.
Now what happens if you not only overhaul the sitcom formula but take it into a completely different arena, where the laughs come less from punchlines and more from watching familiar characters stumble through the absurdity of an alternate universe?
That appears to be the setup behind Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, HBO Max’s new sci-fi comedy series that brings Kevin Sussman back as Stuart Bloom, the anxious comic book store owner from The Big Bang Theory.
This time, Stuart is no longer just hovering around the edges of the sitcom world. He’s pushed into the center of a reality-threatening disaster after breaking a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally triggering a multiverse Armageddon.
So, naturally, the fate of existence now rests with Stuart. And he’s not exactly the hero for the job, which may be the joke and the problem rolled into one.
Feeling a lot like a live-action version of Rick and Morty with a dash of Bill & Ted, the upcoming series follows Stuart as he tries to repair reality with help from his girlfriend Denise, played by Lauren Lapkus, geologist friend Bert, played by Brian Posehn, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke, played by John Ross Bowie.
Their mission? Travel through alternate realities populated by different versions of characters connected to The Big Bang Theory, turning the familiar sitcom universe into a broader comic sci-fi adventure that feels a lot less like a multi-camera sitcom and more like a single-cam Mad Max spoof.
Created by Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, and Bill Prady, the comedy seems built around the joke of taking characters designed for awkward conversations and nerdy arguments, then dropping them into a cosmic crisis they are in no way emotionally prepared to handle. The multiverse may be collapsing, but at least it picked the least qualified guy possible to fix it.
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe debuts Thursday, July 23rd on HBO Max.
📺 “King of the Hill: Season 15” Trailer: Hank and Peggy Return to a Changed Arlen as Bobby Builds a Life of His Own — Premieres Monday, July 20th on Hulu
Retirement was never going to calm Hank Hill down. If anything, it might just give him more time to be irritated. After returning to Texas following several years in Saudi Arabia, Hank and Peggy are trying to adjust to life back on Rainey Street while figuring out what retirement is supposed to look like. Meanwhile, Bobby is carving out his own adult life as a Dallas chef and taking a new step with his childhood crush, Connie. But as their relationship moves forward, things get a little complicated in this new season of the animated revival from Mike Judge. With Judge, Kathy Najimy, Stephen Root, Pamela Adlon, Lauren Tom, Toby Huss, and more back in the voice cast, this animated comedy proves that some things change with time, but on Rainey Street, common sense still has its work cut out for it.
📺 “Batman: Caped Crusader: Season 2” Trailer: Gotham Gets More Dangerous as Prime Video’s Noir-Styled Batman Series Returns — Streams Friday, July 31st on Prime Video
Gotham is getting darker, and Batman’s crusade is starting to leave a mark. Season 2 sends Hamish Linklater’s Bruce Wayne back into the city’s criminal underworld as new villains rise, citizens live in fear, and the line between justice and obsession grows harder to see. With Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Barbara Gordon, and Renee Montoya all orbiting Batman’s dangerous mission in their own ways, this noir-soaked animated series keeps digging into a Gotham where every good deed seems to create another problem. The cape may scare criminals, but it doesn’t make the city any less broken.
📺 “President Curtis” Trailer: Keith David’s Rick and Morty Character Gets His Own Adult Swim Spin-Off — Premieres Sunday, July 26th on Adult Swim
President Andre Curtis finally gets the crises Rick Sanchez usually ignores. Legendary character actor Keith David reprises his role in this adult animated Rick and Morty spin-off, following the Commander-in-Chief and his oddball staff through interdimensional diplomacy, paranormal investigations, and other problems that probably should not reach the Oval Office. Created by Dan Harmon and James Siciliano, the series turns the U.S. presidency into a ridiculous cosmic disaster, not that it isn’t already one.
📺 “Ransom Canyon: Season 2” Trailer: Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly Return as Love, Land, and Legacy Shake Up This Texas Ranching Drama — Premieres Thursday, July 23rd on Netflix
Land, love, and legacy are still causing trouble in this Texas town. Season 2 brings Staten and Quinn back into each other’s orbit after six months apart, with Quinn returning home from New York and Staten chasing risky new ventures that could help bring hope back to Ransom Canyon. Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly return as the ranching drama digs deeper into family power plays, land disputes, new threats, and the long-simmering feelings neither character can fully outrun. ’Cuz in Ransom, the past is never truly buried, and the personal beefs are just as big as the cattle herds themselves.
📺 “The Librarians: The Next Chapter: Season 2” Trailer: Magic, Mayhem, and Merlin Push the Team Into Stranger Territory in This New Season of TNT’s Cult Spinoff Franchise — Premieres Sunday, August 2nd on TNT
The Library is open again, and the job is getting messier. Season 2 sends Vikram (Callum McGowan), Lysa (Olivia Morris), Connor (Bluey Robinson), and Charlie (Jessica Green) into a new run of magical missions involving rage outbreaks, dangerous artifacts, and a surprise encounter with Merlin himself, played by Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan. With old allies returning and new threats testing the team’s limits, this fantasy-adventure series looks ready to make responsibility feel just as dangerous as the monsters.
📺 “Possession” Teaser: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Faces Family Secrets and Plantation Horrors in Sky’s New Thriller Series — Coming Soon in the U.K.
The past has a very ugly way of finding its way back home. Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in this new British original series as Claudia, an ambitious young lawyer sent to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim involving a wealthy aristocrat and a contested estate. But when she discovers the property is Hope Hill, the Connaught family’s former plantation and the same house haunting her nightmares, a legal case begins to twist into something far more personal and unsettling. Some houses don’t just hold history... they make sure the scars never heal.
📺 “Marble Hall Murders” Teaser: Lesley Manville Returns for One Last Susan Ryeland Mystery in New Magpie Murders Series — Premieres Sunday, September 6th on MASTERPIECE on PBS
Susan Ryeland has found another manuscript with a body count attached. Lesley Manville returns as the crime-fiction editor is hired to work on a new Atticus Pünd continuation novel, only to get pulled into a real murder case that leaves her under suspicion. Meanwhile, Tim McMullan’s Pünd heads to Corfu for a mystery of his own, giving this final chapter of the Magpie Murders series another layered puzzle where fiction and murder keep bleeding into each other.
📺 “Fightland” Trailer: A Fallen Boxing Champion Comes Home Looking for Revenge in STARZ’s New Crime Drama Starring Howard Charles, Nicholas Pinnock and Deborah Ayorinde — Premieres Friday, July 31st on STARZ
Duke Kilroy (Howard Charles) climbed to the top once, then lost almost everything. After eight years in a U.S. prison, the British-born heavyweight returns to London determined to take down the criminal kingpin he blames for his brother’s death. But with family ties, old love, cartel pressure, and a vanished enemy complicating the path, revenge starts to look less like justice and more like a trap.
📺 “JAŸ-Z In 8” Teaser: Jay-Z Sits Down with Rick Rubin for HBO’s Eight-Part Music Documentary — Coming This Fall to HBO Max
Jay-Z and Rick Rubin are putting the conversation at the center of the story. This eight-part HBO documentary series brings the rapper and producer together to discuss music, lyrics, life, and creative process. With a long shared history between the two, the series looks built less like a standard music doc and more like an extended session inside the mind of one of hip-hop’s defining artists.
📺 “Blood Sacrifice” Teaser: A Swedish Detective Teams with His Estranged Ex-Cop Father to Hunt a Police Killer in This New Swedish Crime Thriller Starring Jakob Oftebro and Peter Andersson — Premieres Thursday, August 20th on Netflix
A killer is targeting police, and time is already running out. Jakob Oftebro and Peter Andersson star as a detective and his retired ex-cop father, an estranged pair forced into an uneasy alliance after two officers are brutally murdered. From George Kay, the creator behind Lupin and Hijack, this Swedish crime thriller turns a family fracture into the only path toward catching a murderer.
📺 “Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats” Trailer: Feral British Cats Get Foul-Mouthed and Philosophical in Netflix’s Adult Animated Comedy Created by and Starring Ricky Gervais — Premiering Friday, August 7th on Netflix
Life on the street gets very rude, very scrappy, and apparently very existential for a group of alley cats. Created by and starring British comic Ricky Gervais, this six-part adult animated comedy follows a gang of feral British cats causing trouble, searching for companionship, and trying to survive in a human world that doesn’t exactly roll out the welcome mat. With Gervais bringing his usual mix of blunt comedy, social commentary, and oddly sincere reflection, this looks like one litter box full of bad manners, big questions, and plenty of hairballs.
📺 “Breaking Bear” Trailer: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Annie Murphy Lead Tubi’s Drug-Dealing Bear Family Comedy — Premieres Thursday, July 24th on Tubi
Saving the forest apparently takes more than hugs and picnic baskets. This Tubi original animated comedy follows a family of bears who build a drug empire to raise enough money to protect their home from frackers, only to find themselves surrounded by deranged enemies and escalating criminal headaches. Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Annie Murphy, Josh Gad, Elizabeth Hurley, Chris Parnell, Chris Diamantopoulos, Harland Williams, Tony Plana, and Jackie Beat are among the voice cast, with Sylvain Lavoie directing this very not-for-kids woodland crime spree.
📺 “Helluva Boss: Season 3” Sneak Peek Clip: Stolas and Blitz Return for More Demon-Assassin Trouble — Premieres Wednesday, October 14th on Prime Video
Hell’s messiest murder-for-hire crew is back on the clock. Season 3 brings Stolas, Blitz, Moxxie, Millie, and Loona into another round of adult animated mayhem as the Immediate Murder Professionals continue turning paid hits into personal disasters. With its mix of musical comedy, violent absurdity, and messy demon relationships, this series keeps proving that Hell has workplace problems too.
📺 “Sakamoto Days: Season 2” Teaser: Taro Sakamoto Heads Back Into the Assassin World in This Anime Series Based on Yuto Suzuki’s Manga — Coming January 2027 to Netflix
Retirement was never going to be simple for Taro Sakamoto. Season 2 sends the legendary hit man turned convenience store owner and Shin into Japan’s assassin training institution as the hunt for Slur’s database pulls them deeper into old histories and new threats. Between ORDER’s Kyoto mission and the secrets connecting Sakamoto, Nagumo, Rion, and Slur, this anime keeps finding new ways to make a quiet life feel impossible.
📺 “The One Piece” Teaser: Netflix and WIT Studio Revisit Luffy’s East Blue Beginning in New Anime Adaptation — Streaming February 2027 on Netflix
Luffy’s journey is starting over, this time with a new anime adaptation from WIT Studio. Based on Eiichiro Oda’s uber-popular manga, the upcoming anime series returns to the East Blue saga and follows Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates from the beginning. With Masashi Koizuka directing, this version aims to make the familiar adventure feel fresh without losing the spirit that turned the original into a global phenomenon. Time to follow the map to the Grand Line... one more time.
📺 “Chainsmoker Cat” Trailer: A Catgirl With a Bad Smoking Habit Tries, and Fails, to Get Her Life Together in This New Anime Series — Streaming Thursday, July 2nd on Netflix
Quitting is hard enough without rent problems, job trouble, and a cigarette habit that keeps winning every argument. Based on the manga serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine, this offbeat anime comedy follows Yani, a catgirl whose daily life has become a messy loop of failed fresh starts and instant cravings. Directed by Taku Kimura at Bilbury Animation Studios, the series tracks one very smoky attempt at adulthood, with friends and family trying to help even when Yani makes that almost impossible. Let’s just say her nine lives may need a designated no-smoking section.
📺 “BEAT & MOTION” Trailer: Music and Animation Push Two Young Artists Toward a Dream They Can’t Reach Alone In This New Anime Series — Coming 2027 to Netflix
Two different creative dreams start moving in rhythm in Netflix’s upcoming anime adaptation of Naoki Fujita’s Shonen Jump+ manga. Produced by MAPPA, the coming-of-age series follows Tatsuhiko, a young man who has lost his dream, and Niko, an indie musician still fighting for hers. As music and animation begin to pull them into each other’s orbit, the story points toward a creative partnership built on friction, ambition, and the search for an expression neither could reach alone.
📺 “Sparks of Tomorrow” Trailer: Two Dreamers Chase the Age of Electricity in This Alternate-History Anime Series — Premiering Sunday, July 5th on Netflix
A lost catalog may hold the future in Kyoto Animation’s new alternate-history anime set in a smoke-covered version of early 20th century Kyoto. The series follows Kihachi Sakamoto, a boy hardened by the disappearance of his brother, and Inako Momokawa, the daughter of a sake brewer carrying private regrets of her own. When the two are brought together by the mysterious 20th Century Electrical Catalog, their search becomes a journey through grief, invention, and the fragile hope of building a different future. Sometimes all it takes to change the world is one missing book and the right spark.
📺 “Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain” Trailer: Dating Apps, Ex-Best Friends, and NYPD Merch Fuel Netflix’s New Stand-Up Special — Debuting Tuesday, July 28th on Netflix
Mary Beth Barone is bringing big questions to her first hour-long Netflix special. From ex-best friends to dating apps and the strange cultural life of NYPD merch, this stand-up set turns everyday irritation into sharp comic material. The result looks like a smart, tightly wound hour from a comic ready to pick apart modern life without pretending any of it makes sense.
📺 “Jeff Arcuri: Nice to Meet You” Trailer: Rapid-Fire Jokes Meet Personal Reflection in Netflix’s New Stand-Up Special — Debuting Tuesday, July 7th on Netflix
Comedian Jeff Arcuri brings quick timing and personal candor to his new Netflix comedy special. The hour balances rapid-fire crowd-ready comedy with reflections on making his wife laugh during her cancer journey. That mix gives the set a sharper emotional edge, turning Jeff Arcuri’s stand-up debut into something more intimate than a standard joke machine.
📺 “Tyler Perry’s Ruthless: Season 6, Part 1” Trailer: Ruth (Melissa L. Williams) Tightens Her Grip as the Rakudushis Compound Starts to Crack — Streaming Tuesday, June 30th on Paramount+
Power inside the Rakudushis compound is shifting, and Ruth (a returning Melissa L. Williams) may be closer than ever to turning survival into control. Season 6 of Tyler Perry’s The Oval spinoff finds loyalties breaking down, outside pressure building, and The Highest facing a dangerous new dynamic as Ruth’s influence grows. With the FBI closing in and new allies entering the picture, this next chapter looks ready to push the cult drama toward another brutal confrontation.
📺 “The Man Will Burn” Trailer: New Four-Part HBO Docuseries Goes Behind the Dust, Art, and Growing Tensions of Burning Man — Premiering Thursday, July 9th on HBO and HBO Max
Every year, a temporary city rises in the Nevada desert, and The Man Will Burn looks at what it takes to keep that experiment alive. Directed by Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandhi, this four-part HBO documentary series follows Burning Man’s evolution from San Francisco counterculture gathering to massive global spectacle. With access to Burning Man Project leadership and years of archival footage, the series tracks the event through COVID-19, a renegade gathering, historic rains, influencer culture, and the growing pressure of Big Tech money pushing against the community’s original spirit. Turns out, keeping the fire burning may be the easy part.
📺 “Quarterback: Season 3” Trailer: Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Cam Ward, and Joe Flacco Take the Spotlight in Netflix’s NFL Docuseries — Returning Tuesday, July 14th on Netflix
The quarterback job never looks simple once the cameras move past the huddle. Season 3 follows Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Cam Ward, and Joe Flacco through the 2025 NFL season as they deal with pressure, injuries, trades, family life, and the weight of leading a franchise. Produced by Omaha Productions, NFL Films, and 2PM Productions, this sports docuseries keeps its focus on the human toll behind football’s most scrutinized position.
📺 “2026 MLB Home Run Derby” Trailer: Baseball’s Biggest Sluggers Step Into the Spotlight for Netflix’s Live Sports Event — Streaming Live Monday, July 13th on Netflix
The Home Run Derby is heading to Netflix with all the towering shots, superstar swagger, and pure bat-crack theater that comes with baseball’s loudest night. The 2026 T-Mobile Home Run Derby will take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, continuing an All-Star tradition that began back in 1985. After decades of memorable slugger showcases, the event now gets a bigger streaming spotlight as Netflix brings the annual power display to a global live audience. In other words, clear the fences and maybe the couch too.
