July TV Preview: New Nathan Fielder, Better Call Saul, and 21 more shows to catch

Nathan Fielder is back—at least on camera. For the first time since his genius, deceptively deep series bowed out (anyone else remember when he talked with an A.V. Club staffer’s mom about the show during a Q&A at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre in 2017?), the multihyphenate stars in his own series. (Up until now, he’s been busy, among other things, executive producing another wholly unique television experience, .) There’s not much known about The Rehearsal—it’s about regular folks, yes, rehearsing for “big life moments”—but that’s all for the better. We cannot wait to dive into this thing blind. [Tim Lowery]

Less than a year after the end of her groundbreaking comedy , an Issa Rae production is back on the small screen. In Rap Sh!t, high school friends Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion) start a rap duo and set out to make it big, navigating friendship, fake fans, and foolishness against the sticky-hot backdrop of Miami. If Rae’s motor-mouthed awkward humor and Osman and KaMillion’s immediate chemistry aren’t enough to draw you in, know that City Girls’ Yung Miami and JT have production credits, and Rae also mans the soundtrack. [Hattie Lindert]

The Pretty Little Liars universe exists by the code “two can keep a secret if one of them is dead,” but as far as spin-offs go, it seems that the reverse is true. That is, after two deaths (2014’s Ravenswood, anyone? Those three beautiful months of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists?), HBO Max seems to think it’s found the sole survivor.  follows a brand new group of teens, led by Bailee Madison, who find themselves tormented by their parent’s secrets. Weirdly relatable, no? [Hattie Lindert]

After executive producing Peacock’s earlier this year, Sam Esmail returns to the streamer with the dark comedy The Resort. Created by Andy Siara, the show is led by two talented performers, Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper. (Who wouldn’t sign up to watch them together?) They play a married couple, Emma and Noah, who are vacationing in the Mayan Riviera for their tenth anniversary. While he’s been content with life, she doesn’t feel their marriage is advancing and hopes to rekindle the spark during the trip. They are then pulled into an unsolved mystery that took place 15 years ago which fully tests their marriage. Nick Offerman, Skyler Gisondo, Becky Ann Baker, and Luis Gerardo Méndez also star. [Saloni Gajjar]

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is on quite a roll. After The Morning Show, The Dark Crystal: Age Of Renaissance, , and The Girl Before, she now leads Apple TV+’s newest thriller. In the eight-episode , set in San Francisco, she plays Sophie, who has suffered a traumatic head injury that leaves her with major memory loss. With the help of her loved ones, Sophie tries to piece together the truths about her life—and in the process finds herself in a love triangle full of dangerous twists. Stephan James, Ari Graynor, and François Arnaud are also part of the ensemble. [Saloni Gajjar]

Based on the acclaimed comics by Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls is Newsies meets Stranger Things, or as The A.V. Club’s own Caitlin Rosberg once said: “Goonies plus Now And Then trapped in H.G. Wells’ nightmares.” The series follows a group of tween female friends in 1988 who, while on a routine paper route, find themselves enmeshed with a group of warring time travelers. Sofia Rosinsky, Camryn Jones, Fina Strazza, Riley Lai Nelet, and Ali Wong make up the main cast. [Hattie Lindert]

Melissa Barrera, the breakout Vida star who most recently become the new final girl thanks to ), leads the new Netflix thriller Keep Breathing. Created by Martin Gero and Brendan Gall, the survival drama follows Liz, a lawyer from New York City whose private plane crashes on a remote Canadian frontier. Invoking the spirit of Lost and Yellowjackets, Liz must battle her inner demons and the unforgiving wilderness in order to stay alive. [Saloni Gajjar]