We have some huge series that are debuting now or soon in our latest list of new TV shows to watch. We have the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe live-action series, which is also a full-out comedy, while we also get a prequel to one of the biggest fantasy TV shows of all time. There’s also a limited thriller series about two identical sisters and two UK imports: One about a cyberterrorist threat and the other about some interesting family dynamics. Finally, we have a new working class sitcom from the creator of My Name Is Earl and Raising Hope that you can stream for free. Let’s look at the best new TV shows to stream this week.

If you are getting tired of watching movies and TV shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you might still want to catch this series on Disney Plus. One reason is that this is the first full-blown sitcom in the MCU, so expect things to get very silly and very meta. Another is the performance of Tatiana Maslany in the title role, as both She-Hulk and her human alter-ego Jennifer Walters.

When Walters gets in an auto accident with her cousin Bruce Banner (a.k.a. The Incredible Hulk), his gamma-irradiated blood mixes with hers and makes her able to turn into a 6-feet, 7-inch green-skinned powerhouse. However, Walters doesn’t want to be a superhero; she just wants to continue being a lawyer. That might not be possible as her law firm in Los Angeles wants her to take the lead on their new super-powered people division. And yes, she does break the fourth wall from time to time, talking directly to the view.

While the final season of Game of Thrones caused many that loved the hit dark and adult fantasy series to become disillusioned, there is still a sense of excitement for this upcoming prequel show on HBO and HBO Max. Set several hundred years before the main series, House of the Dragon will focus on House Targaryen, the ruling class of the continent of Westeros. The series, which was co-created by the man behind the entire Game of Thrones franchise, George R.R. Martin, will show how House Targaryen’s family members slowly entered into civil war. Expect lots of backstabbing and some big dragon action.

Michelle Monaghan plays dual roles in this new Netflix thriller series. She plays both Leni and Gina, identical sisters who have been swapping lives with each other since they were young. Yes, that means they have switched up and posed as their other sister at times with their respected husbands and family members. This dark secret quickly becomes even darker when one of the twins suddenly goes missing, and the remaining sister tries to find her. She soon discovers that there are even more secrets that she didn’t even know about.

The threat of a cyber attack by hostile foreign nations is a very real crisis right now. What if it escalated so much that it could topple a government? That’s the fictional threat the UK has to deal with in this Peacock import series. In the year 2024, cyber terrorists are trying to disrupt the upcoming UK national elections. It’s up to a team of computer counter-terrorists to stop this intrusion before it causes the country to collapse. The cast includes two major UK actors: Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance.

Apple TV Plus brings us another UK-based series this week. Sharon Horgan created and co-stars as one of the Garvey sisters. The show begins with the funeral of a brother-in-law of one of the sisters. The insurance company is investigating his mysterious death, which leads to complications. All of the Garvey sisters have excellent reasons why one, more, or even all of them might have killed him.

Greg Garcia, the man behind a number of popular TV comedies like My Name Is Earl and Raising Hope, is back with a new sitcom, this time for the free Amazon Freevee service. It even features two Raising Hope cast members, Garret Dillahunt and Martha Plimpton. Dillahunt plays Jack, a non-violent criminal who, after 26 years, is freed from prison along with two other inmates because the Covid-19 pandemic is causing mass infections in overcrowded jails. This trio moves in with one of the inmate’s mother, played by Plimpton. Everyone returns to a life of crime, except this time they decide to rob from whom they consider to be bad people, 

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If you missed last week’s column, here’s a look at our previous week’s picks for the best TV shows to stream.

Netflix has dropped the third and final season of this fantasy-horror show, based on the comic book series written by Joe Hill and drawn by Gabriel Rodríguez, this week. The show is all about members of the Locke family who find some magical keys that open doors in their house to other worlds, some of which are quite nasty. The third season wraps up the show’s storylines, as a new main villain comes into play and wants to use the keys to bring an invasion of demons to Earth.

Netflix launched the third season of this teen romantic comedy series last week. The show, co-created by The Office and The Mindy Project’s Mindy Kaling, once again focuses on Devi, who is trying to get through high school with her friends while also trying to patch up her relationship with her boyfriend Paxton and perhaps even get some more attention from another potential boyfriend named Ben. The series will end with its fourth and final season in 2023.

Hulu dropped the first season of this new comedy series, co-created by and starring comedian Chris Estrada. He plays Julio Lopez, who is trying to make ends meet in South Central Los Angeles. He now has to deal with his older brother, who happens to be an ex-gang member who is now out of jail and moves in with Julio and his mother.

Amazon Prime Video launched the first season of a show that’s an adaptation of the hit 1992 comedy film of the same name. The series is also inspired by the real-life women’s professional baseball teams that were formed in the US during World War II, when most of the male pro players went to war. Like the movie, the series centers on the members of the Rockford Peaches as they play for their team and have their own professional and personal issues to deal with.

Everyone’s favorite intelligent plant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets his own Disney Plus CGI animated series. There will be five short subjects centering on a younger version of Groot as he goes on his own adventures. Vin Diesel, who voices the character in The Guardians of the Galaxy movies, returns to voice Groot in this series. 

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans hard and completely flooded the city. This Apple TV Plus limited series, based on the best-selling book of the same name, takes a hard look at what happened at the city’s Memorial Medical Center. Thousands of its staff and patients were trapped by the flood waters, and they had to do without power for several days. As the series will show, there were serious questions about the fate of a number of patients at the hospital before rescuers were able to reach the building.