It’s an eventful week on streamers like Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video.
Those platforms are set to debut some highly anticipated new movies and shows as well as drop new seasons of fan-favorite series.
Watch With Us is most excited for The Bear season 5, which sees Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and crew return for more culinary delights and family drama.
We’re also pumped to watch one of this season’s most unexpected hits, The Sheep Detectives, and finally meet Toph in Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2.
‘A Woman of Substance’ – BritBox (June 24)
There’s an old Aretha Franklin/Annie Lennox song called “Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves,” and that perfectly describes BritBox’s new decade-spanning drama, A Woman of Substance. Adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford’s soapy 1979 novel, the eight-episode series stars Jessica Reynolds and Brenda Blethyn as Emma Harte, a Yorkshire woman who starts at the bottom and works her way to the top of high society in London and beyond.
The show follows Harte as both a young woman working as a maid in the 1910s and an older woman battling to protect her fortune in the 1970s. A Woman of Substance has already been renewed for season 2, so get ready to immerse yourself in a world of intrigue, danger and rich people behaving very badly.
‘The Sheep Detectives’ (2026) – Prime Video (June 24)
Denbrook is a sleepy English village that gets a rude awakening one morning when a shepherd, George Hardy (Hugh Jackman), is found dead. Ace reporter Elliot Matthews (Nicholas Galitzine) believes George has been murdered, but he has no clue who did it and why. The only ones who can solve this mystery are true-crime expert Lily (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her friends Mopple (Chris O’Dowd) and Sebastian (Bryan Cranston). They just happen to be sheep, but their detective skills are superior to any creature around them, and they’re determined to seek justice for the man who took such good care of them when he was still alive.
One of the surprise hits of the summer season, The Sheep Detectives is also one of the best-reviewed movies of the year, scoring an impressive 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. (Take that, Project Hail Mary!) All that big business and goodwill is deserved – the film is fun and funny, a charming throwback to those cozy British mysteries from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Both the human and sheep cast are impressive, with Louis-Dreyfus bringing her usual dry humor to the sassy Lily and other stars like Emma Thompson and Regina Hall shining in smaller supporting roles.
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 – Netflix (June 25)
After a two-year wait, Aang (Gordon Cormier) and company are back, and they’re ready to explore more of the Earth Kingdom and encounter strange new friends – and deadly old enemies. If that sounds ominous, well, that’s because season 2 raises the stakes dramatically, placing everyone’s favorite Air Nomad in some serious danger.
Fortunately, he has his best friends Sokka (Ian Ousely) and Katara (Kiawentiio) to back him up, but even they might be enough to stave off the threat of Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim). That’s why it’s a good thing they encounter Toph Beifong (Miya Chec), an earthbending master who trains Toph to realize the full potential of his powers. Toph is a fan-favorite character who is as wise as Yoda and as cranky as Larry David, and her introduction is reason enough to tune into season 2.
‘The Bear’ Season 5 – Hulu (June 25)
All great things come to an end, and while The Bear hasn’t been all that great since season 2, it’s still sad to say goodbye. Season 5 finds Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), Natalie (Abby Elliott) and Ritchie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) still fighting to save their beloved restaurant and earn that ever-elusive Michelin star.
Wait, where’s Carmy (Jeremy Allen White)? Last time we saw him, he quit the food industry altogether, leaving everyone to pick up the pieces. He’s still around, and it’s his journey back to doing what he does best – making food – that informs the season’s main narrative. Expect lots of tears, fights, a showy Jamie Lee Curtis guest appearance and some really nice-looking cuisine this season, but then again, it wouldn’t be The Bear without them.
