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If this week is any indication, this fall is going to be bustling with new shows and movies. Streaming services like Apple TV Plus, Hulu and Netflix are dropping tons of new originals, from prestige dramas with impressive ensemble casts like Netflix's The Perfect Couple, to the return of the darkly comedic crime thriller Slow Horses on Apple TV Plus.
The Perfect Couple, which stars almost too many people to list (just a sampling of its cast: Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Dakota Fanning, Meghann Fahy, Isabelle Adjani), arrives on Netflix on Sept. 5. The murder mystery set in a privileged enclave on Nantucket will binge drop all at once. Netflix will also be premiering a new season of Selling Sunset this week and will air the live hot dog eating competition, dubbed Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef, on Labor Day.
On Apple TV Plus, Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden return for season 4 of Slow Horses, the show about British intelligence agents deemed too terrible at their jobs to be taken seriously... and yet somehow, they get the job done.
Hulu is making a splash with two series this week: Season 2 of the soapy drama Tell Me Lies and docuseries The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, about a group of religious TikTok influencers caught up in a sex scandal (that's almost too many buzzwords in one sentence).
Peacock's star-studded series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, about the armed robbery that shook up Atlanta in 1970, will also arrive this week. On Starz, the second half of Power: Book II: Ghost comes out Friday, Sept. 6. The Boy and the Heron will be available on Max that day, too.
Learn more about the biggest titles of the week below.
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Best new shows and films to stream (Sept. 2 to Sept. 8)
The Perfect Couple (Sept. 5)
In Netflix's The Perfect Couple, Eve Hewson stars as Amelia Sacks, a bride-to-be marrying into a wealthy Nantucket family. Unfortunately, her wedding is upended when a body washes up on the beach, and everyone is a suspect. Billy Howie plays the groom-to-be, while Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber star as his parents. The series arrives on Sept. 5.
Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef (Sept. 2)
Nothing says "summer holiday weekend" like watching two grown adults throw wet hot dogs down their gullets, am I right? On Labor Day, two of the most distinguished hot dog eaters in the land, Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, will face off in a live event to determine which of them reigns supreme in the world of competitive eating. The event will be hosted by comedian Rob Riggle and WWE star Nikki Garcia and will be broadcast live from HyperX Arena in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. ET.
Selling Sunset Season 8 (Sept. 6)
11 new episodes of Selling Sunset arrive on Netflix on Sept. 8. While agents Chrishell Stause, Mary Fitzgerald, Emma Hernan, Amanza Smith, Chelsea Lazkani, Bre Tiesi, and Nicole Young are all back at the Oppenheim Group this season, they face some competition from some newbies who are thirsty for success and ready to ring that bell. (A new video game, Netflix Stories: Selling Sunset will release this week, too, so you can pretend you're an agent at the O Group yourself).
Apple TV Plus
Slow Horses (Sept. 4)
The new season of the crime thriller Slow Horses will premiere on Apple TV Plus on Sept. 4 with one episode; new episodes will drop every week thereafter through Oct. 9. This season is adapted from writer Mick Herron's fourth book in the Slough House series, called Spook Street. Returning for this season are Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, plus Jack Lowden, Rosalind Eleazar, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Jonathan Pryce.
Starz
Power Book II: Ghost (Sept. 6)
Power Book II: Ghost is about to take its final lap; part two of its fourth and final season premieres on Starz on Friday, Sept. 6. If you need to catch up on the show, a marathon featuring every episode of part one will air that same day on Starz.
Hulu
Tell Me Lies (Sept. 4)
Hulu's Tell Me Lies, starring Grace van Patten and Jackson White, is based on the novel by Carola Lovering, about a dramatic and tumultuous romance between two college students, Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco. Season two picks up after the pair have broken up, yet they still can't seem to resist each other. Two episodes will be available when the new season premieres on Sept. 4.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Sept. 6)
Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives follows a group of well-known Mormon influencers known for their #MomTok content whose lives are thrown into chaos when it's revealed that many of them are part of a swinging sex scandal. You really can't make this stuff up. The new series premieres Sept. 6.
Peacock
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Sept. 5)
Peacock's new original series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is the incredible true story of the armed robbery that took place in Atlanta on the same night as Muhammad Ali's 1970 comeback fight. The cast includes Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Hart, Terrence Howard, Chloe Bailey, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson, and all episodes will be available to stream this Thursday.
Disney Plus
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons (Sept. 4)
LEGO Pixar: BrickToons is a brand-new series of kid-friendly animated shorts that feature new adventures starring classic Pixar characters. The series features LEGO Pixar characters like Coco's Miguel, Brave's Merida, Finding Nemo's Marlin, Nemo, and Dory, the Incredibles, and Mater and Lightning McQueen from Cars. All five episodes will be available Sept. 4.
Max
The Boy and the Heron (Sept. 6)
Max is the streaming destination for Studio Ghibli, and the studio's latest animated triumph, The Boy and the Heron, will be available to stream on the platform starting on Sept. 6. The film about a young boy who encounters a talking heron shortly after his mother's death, was directed by Hiyao Miyazaki, his first feature film in over ten years, which he came out of retirement to complete.