While the summer TV season is already packed, July 2024 is bringing even more highly-anticipated brand-new TV shows, including some long-awaited specials and exciting adaptations. Partnering with predictive media analytics company Diesel Labs, Screen Rant has exclusive data analyzing the brand-new TV shows that have recorded the most online engagement ahead of their series premieres. Each show is given a hype score measuring their online buzz and anticipation, based on chatter across various platforms.
The hyped-up shows are ranked by Attention Signals, which are calculated by measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These metrics of online engagement offer valuable insight into which new series have made the biggest impact on potential viewers before release – regardless of reviews and ratings. Additionally, the data reveals the online platforms where the shows are seeing the most discussion.
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Excluding the returns of established TV shows, such as Futurama season 12, The Bachelorette season 21, and Cobra Kai season 6, the most-talked-about new series of July 2024 appeal to a variety of audience demographics and interests. From the globally-intriguing 2024 Summer Olympics to a Natalie Portman-starring Apple TV+ miniseries, the mid-summer TV slate is keeping up the momentum from June’s massive releases. Here’s Screen Rant’s list of the top 10 July 2024 TV releases that have received the most online engagement before their premieres, according to Diesel Labs’ data.
Top 10 Most Anticipated New TV Shows – July 2024
The most-hyped TV releases range from the Summer Olympics to an Apple TV+ comedy
Title | Premiere Date | Platform | Genre | Attention Scale | Attention Signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 Summer Olympics | 7/26/2024 | NBC | Special | 100.00% | 230,878,450 |
Those About to Die | 7/18/2024 | Peacock | Drama | 16.71% | 38,570,370 |
Psi Cops | 7/7/2024 | Adult Swim | Comedy | 7.39% | 17,068,649 |
Kids’ Choice Awards 2024 | 7/13/2024 | Nickelodeon | Special | 4.82% | 11,118,920 |
Lady in the Lake | 7/19/2024 | Apple TV+ | Drama | 3.03% | 7,001,717 |
Simone Biles: Rising | 7/17/2024 | Netflix | Docuseries | 2.75% | 6,359,505 |
Exploding Kittens | 7/12/2024 | Netflix | Sitcom | 1.73% | 4,003,668 |
Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer | 7/11/2024 | Hulu | Docuseries | 0.88% | 2,032,253 |
The Decameron | 7/25/2024 | Netflix | Comedy | 0.74% | 1,718,680 |
Sunny | 7/10/2024 | Apple TV+ | Comedy | 0.70% | 1,619,604 |
Considering its worldwide appeal and three-year wait, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the 2024 Summer Olympics is the most anticipated new TV release of July 2024. The 2024 Summer Olympic Games kick off on July 26, and will continue to have a hold over the world and televised sporting events through early August. The July 2024 show with the second-most hype is Peacock’s Those About to Die, a sword-and-sandal epic drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Game of Thrones‘ Iwan Rheon. Also among the most anticipated shows are the USA-premiering Adult Swim series Psi Cops, the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon, and Apple TV+’s Lady in the Lake, a thriller miniseries led by Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram.
The July 2024-premiering series with substantial online hype also include the sports docuseries Simone Biles: Rising, Netflix’s adult animated Exploding Kittens show, and Hulu’s Ann Burgess-focused docuseries Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer. Furthermore, the month brings some buzzworthy dark comedy shows like Netflix’s medieval comedy The Decameron and the Rashida Jones-starring Apple TV+ comedy Sunny. In addition to the still-ongoing shows like House of the Dragon, The Boys, and The Acolyte, the brand-new series arriving in July 2024 make this year’s summer TV slate packed full of exciting stories.
