So, grab yourself a glass of squash, a nice cold flannel, and feast your eyes on this list of cracking telly that is guaranteed to wash away those sticky, sizzling summertime blues…

Suits

Tuesdays, 9pm, Paramount Network/HD (CH 188/187). Also available for 7 days in Catch Up > Channels > Paramount Network

Paramount Network is the official home of Suits season 7, aka the final season to feature Meghan Markle before her quiet, clandestine marriage to Prince Harry. It’s a belter of a series, this one, with the law firm left reeling after the departure of a co-founder, and featuring more legal jargon, intertwined romances and fading friendships than you can shake a gavel at.

Marvel’s Agent Carter

Thursdays, 9pm, Paramount Network/HD (CH 188/187). Also available for 7 days in Catch Up > Channels > Paramount Network

Created by Avengers: Infinity War writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, this criminally underrated series is definitely not to be missed. Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger) stars as intrepid spy Peggy Carter who, after overcoming Captain America’s apparent death, struggles to balance life as a single woman in 1940s America with her career as an undercover agent. If you’re a fan of tense, stylish spy dramas, then this will be right up your alley.

Gilmore Girls

Daily, Paramount Network/HD (CH 188/187). Also available for 7 days in Catch Up > Channels > Paramount Network

Looking for a dose of hilarious, wholesome comedy? Tune in each morning, rewind time and revel in some early noughties nostalgia with the popular comedy drama about America’s favourite mother/daughter duo.

Heroes Reborn

Thursdays, 10pm, Paramount Network/HD (CH 188/187). Also available for 7 days in Catch Up > Channels > Paramount Network

If you loved the groundbreaking superhero series Heroes, you’ll love this 13-episode “event miniseries.” A new cast of superpowered characters emerge in this rip-roaring continuation of the original series, with original stars Jack Coleman, Masi Oka and Greg Grunberg (as Noah Bennet, Hiro Nakamura and Matt Parkman) also returning. 

But wait, there’s even more, with these shows set to hit screens sometime in the not too distant future…  

The Mick

Coming soon to Paramount Network/HD (CH 188/187). Also available for 7 days in Catch Up > Channels > Paramount Network

Set to premiere later this year, this hilarious new comedy stars Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) as Mackenzie “Mickey” Molng, an irresponsible woman who suddenly finds herself responsible for three small children. As her criminal sister and brother-in-law flee the country, it’s down to Mickey, her sort-of boyfriend Jimmy and housekeeper Alba to keep the kids on the straight and narrow.  

Designated Survivor

Coming soon to Paramount Network/HD (CH 188/187). Also available for 7 days in Catch Up > Channels > Paramount Network

24’s Keifer Sutherland is at his brooding best in this tense political thriller. When a bomb kills the US President and everyone who could succeed him, politician Thomas Kirkman (Sutherland), the eponymous “designated survivor”, is rapidly elevated into the Oval Office as leader of the free world. As the series unfolds, Kirkman attempts to juggle the investigation into the harrowing attack with trying his best to overcome his inexperience for the role.

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