Welcome to Mandatory Streamers, our latest column covering the best new streaming content coming your way every week! For the week of July 15, Suits returns for its ninth and final season, which will bring back Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross. Check out the best shows debuting and returning online this week as well as the latest renewal announcements below, and be sure to visit our mother site Mandatory by clicking here!
USA Network
Suits, Season 9 Premiere: The final season of Suits centers on an evolved firm, Zane Specter Litt Wheeler Williams, which is facing uncertainty and change yet again after Robert Zane (Wendell Pierce) took the fall with the Bar Association to save Harvey. After his sacrifice, Samantha is left reeling from the loss of her mentor, and while trying to console her, Harvey realizes that he doesn’t want to lose the most important person to him: Donna (Sarah Rafferty). Mike Ross (Adams) will make his return in the mid-season. The final season will debut on Wednesday, July 17, and can also be streamed on Amazon Prime.
Pearson, Series Premiere: The Suits spin-off series will be centered on powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson (Torres) as she adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics. The cast includes Morgan Spector (Homeland) as Mayor Bobby Golec, Simon Kassianides (Agents of Shields), Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill) as Keri Allen, Chantel Riley (Wynnona Earp) as Angela, Isabel Arraiza (The Oath) as Yoli and Eli Goree (Ballers) as Derrick. The series premiere will debut following the Season 9 premiere of Suits.
Netflix
Queer Eye, Season 4 Premiere: The Fab Five return to Kansas City to help more people be better versions of themselves in the fourth season of the Emmy-nominated series. Hosted by Antoni Porowski (Food & Wine), Bobby Berk (Interior Design), Karamo Brown (Culture), Jonathan Van Ness (Grooming), and Tan France (Fashion), the new season will launch on Friday, July 19.
SYFY
Killjoys, Season 5 Premiere: The fifth and final season of the night deep-space series reunites the trio of Hannah John-Kamen as Dutch; Luke Macfarlane as D’avin; and Aaron Ashmore as John. The show also features Mayko Nguyen as Delle Seyah, Thom Allison as Pree, Sean Baek as Fancy, Rob Stewart as Khlyen, Patrick Garrow as Turin, and Kelly McCormack as Zeph. Killjoys Season 5 will premiere on Friday, July 19.
Renewals
The Society, Season 2: Netflix has officially renewed their Lord of the Flies-inspired teen drama series The Society for a second season which will be available for streaming in 2020. The series follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town, left without any trace of their parents. As they struggle to figure out what has happened to them and how to get home, they must establish order and form alliances if they want to survive. The first season is available to stream now on Netflix.
Euphoria, Season 2: HBO has announced their new teen drama series Euphoria has been renewed for a second season! Euphoria puts a fresh spin on the coming-of-age narrative, exploring the teenage landscape of substance-enhanced parties and anxiety-ridden day-to-day life with empathy and candor. The series follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett (Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab, who’s struggling to make sense of her future. Her life changes dramatically when she meets Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer), a girl who recently moved to town following her parents’ divorce, and like Rue is searching for where she belongs. The first season is available to stream on HBO Now and HBO Go.
