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Below you'll find five television shows currently on air this summer that'll completely devote you to the show. Some of these are the second seasons of shows that came out last year...but that only means you HAVE to watch the first season of these shows.

Pose (FX, Season 2)

Blanca, Elektra, Damon, Papi, and Angel return for Season 2 of Pose, but this time flashing forward to 1990. On the heels of the ballroom community establishing itself in pop culture and going mainstream, the House of Evangelista is forced to reevaluate their goals. Meanwhile, the AIDS crisis worsens and the reaction from a group of activists reaches a fever pitch. Pose features the largest cast of transgender actors in series regular roles. The new season has kicked off and is more glamorous and heartbreaking as ever.

Big Little Lies (HBO, Season 2)

Big Littles Lies returns this summer at full force, following the previous season's mishaps the mothers of Monterey get into even more emotional troubles as their troubling and recent pasts come back to haunt and unravel their rather perfect lives. This new season features the addition of Meryl Streep into the cast, playing her part the most perfect way she can. Revisit the secrets behind Monterey, and keep yourself sucked into the world of Big Little Lies.

Euphoria (HBO, Season 1)

Summary from video:

"This show follows the troubled life of 17-year-old Rue (Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab with no plans to stay clean. Circling in Rue's orbit are Jules (Hunter Schafer), a transgender girl searching for where she belongs; Nate (Jacob Elordi), a jock whose anger issues mask sexual insecurities; Chris (, a football star who finds the adjustment from high school to college harder than expected; Cassie, whose sexual history continues to dog her; and Kat, a body-conscious teen exploring her sexuality. As the classmates struggle to make sense of their futures, the series tackles the teenage landscape of substance-enhanced parties and anxiety-ridden day-to-day life with empathy and candor."

When They See Us (Netflix, Season 1)

Summary from video:

"Based on a true story that gripped the country, When They See Us will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four part limited series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem -- Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise. Beginning in the spring of 1989, when the teenagers were first questioned about the incident, the series will span 25 years, highlighting their exoneration in 2002 and the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014."

Tales Of The City (Netflix, Season 1)

Summary from video:

"Every City Has a Tale. Every Home Has a Story. Inspired by the books of Armistead Maupin, the new Netflix Limited Series Tales of the City begins a new chapter in the beloved story. Mary Ann (Laura Linney) returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her adopted daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross), twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis), her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane."

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