Q Wave’s Watchlist: August 2025
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Wednesday (Netflix)
Your favorite deadpan goth is back. Netflix’s Wednesday returns for its second season this August, and if the first chapter introduced us to Nevermore Academy’s twisted halls, the second promises to dig even deeper into its cryptic corners—with sharper mysteries, darker magic, and more unhinged fun.
Jenna Ortega reprises her role as Wednesday Addams, and she’s taking even more creative control this time around, serving as a producer while continuing to deliver the kind of gloriously unbothered performance that made the first season a global smash. The original season still holds the record for the second‑most‑watched English‑language Netflix show ever.
Season 2 picks up after the dramatic unraveling of the Hyde mystery, with Wednesday now facing a new kind of enemy; one that might just be hiding in plain sight. Expect supernatural secrets, cryptic visions, and deadpan one‑liners, all wrapped in gothic visuals and a sly sense of humor. The action moves beyond the gates of Nevermore this time, with new settings, new dangers, and rumors of big‑name guest stars joining the cast.
The series continues to be helmed by Tim Burton and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and it still walks that perfect tightrope between spooky and camp. If Season 1 was about finding out who you are, Season 2 is about figuring out who you can trust. Spoiler: for Wednesday, that list remains very short.
You’d like this if you enjoyed: Beetlejuice, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Runtime: 8 episodes
Genre: Supernatural, comedy
Peacemaker (Crave)
John Cena is donning the helmet again: Peacemaker returns for its highly anticipated second season on Max this August, just weeks after the premiere of Superman. Now officially part of James Gunn’s reimagined DC Universe (DCU), this new season dives headlong into multiversal chaos.
Peacemaker uses his late father’s Quantum Unfolding Chamber to slip into a parallel dimension where his alternate self leads a polished hero’s life—and romance with Emilia Harcourt looks a lot brighter. But reality quickly bends when Rick Flag Sr. resurfaces as a vengeance‑seeking adversary. Peacemaker must navigate interdimensional fallout and face reflections of his own choices.
James Gunn wrote all eight episodes and directed three. This season serves as one of the inaugural live‑action chapters of the new DCU arc, teasing alliances with characters like Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Maxwell Lord. The cast brings back favorites like John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Robert Patrick, and introduces new faces including Frank Grillo, Tim Meadows, Sol Rodríguez, David Denman, and Michael Rooker.
Expect the irreverent humor, wild action sequences, and emotional stakes fans love—now amplified by multiverse madness.
You’d like this if you enjoyed: The Suicide Squad, The Boys
Runtime: 8 episodes
Genre: Superhero, comedy
Alien: Earth (Disney+)
Get ready for a franchise first: Xenomorphs on Earth. Alien: Earth debuts August 13, 2025 on Disney+, bringing the iconic horror into a new domain and fresh narrative direction. It’s the first time the Alien universe lands on our planet—and chaos is just getting started.
Created by Noah Hawley (Fargo), with Ridley Scott returning as executive producer, this eight‑episode series introduces Wendy (Sydney Chandler), a chemically augmented hybrid—part human, part synthetic—thrust into an extraterrestrial nightmare. Together, a ragtag squad investigates the crash of the USCSS Maginot… and ignites a battle for survival when multiple alien species, including Xenomorphs, emerge on Earth.
Set in 2120, two years before the original Alien film, the series sidesteps the later mythology of Prometheus and Covenant—reintroducing the Xenomorph as a naturally evolved terror. Hawley aims to “re‑mystify” the creature, giving it more screen time and unpredictable behavior than any film before. Critics are already buzzing: with its budget, eerie visuals, and ambition, Alien: Earth is shaping up as one of summer’s most anticipated genre entries.
You’d like this if you enjoyed: Alien, Stranger Things
Runtime: 8 episodes
Genre: Science fiction, horror
King of the Hill (Disney+)
After a 16-year hiatus, King of the Hill returns with Season 14, premiering August 4, 2025 on Disney+ (Hulu in the U.S.). Hank, Peggy, Bobby, and the rest of Arlen, Texas, are back—older, wiser, and still grilling away.
Hank and Peggy return to Arlen after years selling propane in Saudi Arabia. Bobby, now 21, works as a chef in Dallas and navigates adulthood with old friends and new developments. Dale Gribble is now voiced by Toby Huss; John Redcorn was recorded before his voice actor’s passing.
A new opening reflects modern life—rideshare apps, all-gender restrooms, vegan girlfriends—but at its core, the show retains its grounded humor, warmth, and thoughtful satire.
You’d like this if you enjoyed: The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers
Runtime: 10 episodes
Genre: Comedy
Chief of War (Apple TV+)
Jason Momoa is going full epic with Chief of War, a sweeping historical drama that brings the story of Hawaii’s unification to the screen like never before. Premiering August 1 on Apple TV+, this nine‑episode limited series is a deeply personal project for Momoa—who stars, co-created, co-wrote, and executive produced the series.
Set in the late 18th century, Chief of War follows Kaʻiana, a Hawaiian noble and warrior who returns home after years abroad to find the islands embroiled in civil war. As rival chiefs battle for control and Western influences creep in, Kaʻiana is forced to choose between loyalty, legacy, and liberation. His journey—from reluctant observer to revolutionary leader—anchors a larger tale about identity, sovereignty, and sacrifice.
Momoa, a native Hawaiian, brings serious authenticity to the role and to the world around it. Much of the series is spoken in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, with cultural advisors guiding accuracy. Visually, it’s lush and cinematic—filmed in New Zealand and Hawaii with the grandeur of a war epic but the intimacy of a character study.
The cast includes Luciane Buchanan, Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis, and Kaina Makua as King Kamehameha. While rooted in real events, the series is powered by emotion, tribal politics, and grounded action.
Chief of War marks another bold swing for Apple TV+ in prestige drama, early buzz calling it the platform’s next big historical breakout.
You’d like this if you enjoyed: The Last Kingdom, Marco Polo
Runtime: 9 episodes
Genre: Historical drama, war epic