New TV Shows Starting
August 2014

Partners (2014)

Starts 4th Aug 9:00pm On FX
Two Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives. Brought together by fate and greed, they develop a partnership and a friendship, forcing each other to find the balance between the ethical and the... Selected by 0 Users

Garfunkel & Oates

Starts 7th Aug 10:00pm On IFC
This scripted comedy centers on the aspirations and misadventures of this odd couple, and will spotlight the personal and professional lives of the duo whose career choices - singing satirical and sometimes dirty songs - leaves them with little in common with their peers... Selected by 0 Users

Black Jesus

Starts 7th Aug 11:00pm On Adult Swim
What if Jesus was living in present day Compton, CA on a daily mission to spread love and kindness throughout the neighborhood with the help of his small but loyal group of downtrodden followers. And what if, against everything you've been lead to believe, Jesus was... Selected by 0 Users

The Knick

Starts 8th Aug 10:00pm On CINEMAX
The setting: downtown New York in 1900, a tumultuous time of massive change and great progress. The series centers around the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff at Knickerbocker Hospital, who are pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high... Selected by 0 Users

Outlander

Starts 9th Aug 9:00pm On Starz
"Outlander" spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure. It follows Claire, a married WWII combat nurse, who mistakenly steps back in time to year 1743 where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world of adventure that sends her on the run and... Selected by 21323 Users

Legends

Starts 13th Aug 9:00pm On TNT
"Legends" centers on a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum, who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn't who he thinks he... Selected by 0 Users

BoJack Horseman

Starts 22nd Aug 3:00am On Netflix
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s... 20 years later. "BoJack Horseman" was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around", but today he's washed up, living in a Hollywood bachelor pad, complaining about everything, and sometimes wearing colorful sweaters. Set in... Selected by 0 Users

Intruders

Starts 23rd Aug 10:00pm On BBC America
A contemporary, chilling, paranormal tale set in the moody Pacific Northwest, the series spins a fascinating and complex web of drama. As strange, apparently unrelated events start happening, multiple story-lines - a missing wife, an assassin covering his crimes, a child on... Selected by 0 Users

Hand of God

Starts 28th Aug 11:59pm On Amazon Prime Video
Hand Of God centers on the powerful Judge Harris Pernell, a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl on the side who has a religious awakening and starts having visions and hearing voices through his ventilator-bound son that could be God speaking to... Selected by 0 Users

Returning TV Shows in August 2014

The Last Leg

Returns 1st Aug 10:00pm On Channel 4
After winning plaudits and critical acclaim for their show during the Paralympic Games, comedian Adam Hills and regular panellists Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker return to provide a comic review of the significant moments of the past seven days. There will also be live... Selected by 880 Users

The Killing

Returns 1st Aug 9:00pm On Netflix
The Killing is based on the wildly successful Danish television series Forbrydelsen and tells the story of the murder of a young girl in Seattle and the subsequent police investigation. The Killing ties together three distinct stories around a single murder including the... Selected by 0 Users

Gravity Falls

Returns 1st Aug 9:00pm On Disney Channel
"Gravity Falls" is just west of weird, slightly east of eerie and always north of normal in a fresh new comedy series that follows city kids and twins Dipper and Mabel Pines who are sent to spend the summer with their eccentric Great Uncle Stan (aka Grunkle Stan) who runs a... Selected by 0 Users

Hell on Wheels

Returns 2nd Aug 9:00pm On AMC
Set in the 1860s at the beginning of reconstruction, the series follows Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier, who is determined to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest for vengeanace sends him westward to Nebraska's "Hell on... Selected by 0 Users

The Awesomes

Returns 4th Aug 11:30pm On Hulu
After Mr. Awesome announces his retirement as leader of The Awesomes, a superhero task force, his not-so-super son Prock fills the roster with previously rejected applicants, but despite their incompetence and general lack of ability, the team must band together to battle... Selected by 0 Users

Hard Knocks

Returns 5th Aug 10:00pm On HBO
Hard Knocks on HBO presents viewers with an inside look at NFL training camps. From the top coaches to the rookies trying to make the team, Hard Knocks will showcase what it takes to be in the... Selected by 1957 Users

The Great British Bake Off

Returns 6th Aug 8:00pm On Channel 4
The Great British Bake Off sees ten passionate home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battle to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour sees keen bakers put through three... Selected by 2701 Users

Cuckoo

Returns 7th Aug 10:00pm On BBC THREE
When Ken and Lorna collect their daughter Rachel from the airport, they're horrified to learn that she's returned from her gap year with more than just a henna tattoo and braids in her hair. At the arrival gate, she promptly introduces them to her new husband, Cuckoo -... Selected by 0 Users

A Touch of Cloth

Returns 9th Aug 9:00pm On Sky One
A Touch of Cloth is an all-encompassing parody of every police procedural ever written. DCI Jack Cloth is a maverick, heavy drinking loner who has thrown himself into his work following the mysterious death of his wife. The damaged, haunted Cloth is teamed with plucky... Selected by 0 Users

The Village

Returns 10th Aug 9:00pm On BBC One
The Village is a drama series which follows the life and turbulent times of an English village over the past century, as seen through the eyes of one resident as he lives from childhood to old age.... Selected by 0 Users

Please Like Me

Returns 12th Aug 9:30pm On ABC2
The series revolves around Josh, who is growing up quickly and realises that his parents are not heroes, but dopes with no idea what's going on, just like... Selected by 0 Users

Wahlburgers

Returns 13th Aug 9:30pm On A&E
"Wahlburgers" goes behind the scenes of one of Boston's most well-known families, the Wahlbergs. Brothers Mark, Donnie and Paul join forces to embark on a hometown-based business venture, a hamburger restaurant that touts the family name. An homage to their humble... Selected by 0 Users

Franklin And Bash

Returns 13th Aug 10:00pm On TNT
Franklin & Bash follows Jared Franklin and Peter Bash, lawyers who chase down their clients. They will stop at nothing to get a new client right after a car accident, arrest for solicitation or any other incident. Just as long as they can get a break. Despite all the flair... Selected by 0 Users

New Tricks

Returns 18th Aug 9:00pm On BBC One
New Tricks follows the work of the Metropolitan Police Service's Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes. The series... Selected by 0 Users

America's Next Top Model

Returns 18th Aug 9:00pm On VH1
Created by Tyra Banks, America's Next Top Model follows a group of young women of various backgrounds, shapes and sizes who live together in a loft and vie for a modeling contract. The show exposes the transformation of everyday young women into potentially fierce... Selected by 0 Users

Fast N' Loud

Returns 18th Aug 9:00pm On Discovery Channel
Motor mastermind Richard Rawlings and mechanical prodigy Aaron Kaufmann search the far flung corners of Texas and surrounding states for forgotten and derelict classic cars to buy and restore at their Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, Texas. While 'in Rome', they'll sometimes... Selected by 0 Users

Suspects

Returns 20th Aug 10:00pm On Channel 5
Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as the search for a soldier... Selected by 0 Users

Doctor Who

Returns 23rd Aug 7:50pm On BBC One
The Doctor has returned! Travelling through time and space in his TARDIS, the Doctor battles aliens and monsters who are intent on mayhem and destruction. He is joined on his adventures by a number of companions: Rose Tyler, an East London girl looking for a way out of... Selected by 37131 Users

Big School

Returns 29th Aug 9:30pm On BBC One
Set in an urban secondary school, Big School is a comedy about a dysfunctional staff room, unrequited love and interactive white... Selected by 0 Users

A League of Their Own

Returns 29th Aug 10:00pm On Sky1
The show takes its cue from sporting obsession and sets two teams of comedians, celebrities and sports stars against each other in a test of their sporting knowledge. From record breaking feats to headline grabbing events, the show is stuffed with the kind of sensational... Selected by 761 Users

The X Factor (UK)

Returns 30th Aug 8:00pm On ITV
Each X Factor judge is in charge of a different section of singers on the show. The judges do not know what section of the competition they will be in charge of until the audition process has finished. Each judge then has to pick four acts to take forward to the live... Selected by 0 Users

Casualty

Returns 30th Aug 8:50pm On BBC One
Casualty is the world's longest running and most successful medical drama series on television. It depicts the private and working lives of the patients, doctors, nurses and all others attending a small but frantically busy accident and emergency department of the large... Selected by 685 Users
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