Still recovering from April? Sorry, we’ve got some bad news. There’s more to watch in June, including two new female lead series; Alison Brie in GLOW which is all about female wrestling and Naomi Watts is a naughty therapist in Gypsy.
Shows Premiering in June
Flaked
Season 2 – June 2nd
Will Arnett’s Flaked is back. Someone must be watching it…
Where to watch: Netflix
Fear The Walking Dead
Season 3 – June 4th
Cliff Curtis is still running away from zombi-sorry, walkers, in this Walking Dead spinoff.
Where to watch: AMC (US), Neon (NZ)
Orange Is The New Black
Season 5 – June 9th
Ransomers be damned, Netflix is dropping the latest season of the women at Litchfield Penitentiary, as scheduled.
Where to watch: Netflix
Orphan Black
Season 5 – June 10th
Dem clonez.
Where to watch: Netflix (UK), BBC America (US), Sky (NZ)
You Me Her
Season 2 – June 15th
Brought to you by the Audience network, owned by telecommunications company AT&T. What, never heard of it? Well Netflix is slapping on its Netflix Original stamp and bringing you Season 2.
Where to watch: Netflix
GLOW
Season 1 – June 23rd
Alison Brie stars in this new series about Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, hence the title.
Where to watch: Netflix
Preacher
Season 2 – June 25th
The show based on the graphic novel about the priest with the powers of God, a masochist girlfriend and a vampire sidekick.
Where to watch: AMC (US), Lightbox (NZ)
Gypsy
Season 1 – June 30
Naomi Watts has her very own thriller series as a therapist who mixes business and pleasure.
Where to watch: Netflix
Shows Continuing in June
The Leftovers
Season 3 (ends June 4th)
Damon Lindelof’s final season brings us a more refined Lost. Check out our first impressions and follow along with our spoiler dive week to week.
Where to watch: HBO (US), Sky (NZ)
Better Call Saul
Season 3 (ends June 19th)
Jimmy McGill continues digging himself a hole that will lead him to becoming Saul Goodman in this Breaking Bad prequel.
Where to watch: AMC (US), Lightbox (NZ)
The Handmaid’s Tale
Season 1 (ends June 14th)
A new series based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel where modern-day women are taken in as slaves.
Where to watch: Hulu (US)
Fargo
Season 3 (ends June 21st)
Noah Hawley’s anthology series gives us two Ewen McGregors, a Carrie Coon, and an Elizabeth Winstead.
Where to watch: FX (US), Sky, Neon (NZ)
American Gods
Season 1 (ends June 18th)
American Gods is the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel where gods, the old and the new, walk among us.
Where to watch: Starz (US), Amazon Prime Video (NZ)
Silicon Valley
Season 4 (ends June 25th)
Once again there’s dissent among the ranks in this satirical take on our digital age.
Where to watch: HBO (US), Sky (NZ)
Genius
Season 1 (ends June 27th)
A new series following Albert Einstein’s life with Geoffrey Rush as the older Einstein.
Where to watch: National Geographic (US), Sky (NZ)
Doctor Who
Series 10 (ends July 1st)
A new companion, but one more season before showrunner Steven Moffat, and Doctor, Peter Capaldi, move on. Check out our first impressions.
Where to watch: BBC (UK), BBC America (US), Prime (NZ)
Twin Peaks
Season 3 (ends September 3rd)
Twin Peaks, a cult classic, is revived 25ish years later with David Lynch and the original cast. Check out our first impressions.
Where to watch: Showtime (US), Sky (NZ)
TV has always been a part of Michael’s life, but since the influx of streaming shows now he can’t stop (someone send help). He also dabbles in films and video games, and has a mean board game collection.
Michael has a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He has previously written about video games for publications including Game Console, Salient, and ButtonMasher.
