This might be the busiest week of TV this year

There are big TV weeks, and there is this week of television. Three of the biggest shows of the year — no spoilers, scroll down to see them all — return this week, creating a battle royale between streamers fighting for a chokehold on your eyeballs. This is what we’ve trained for! We put in the hard work and hours of practice, bingeing lesser shows to prepare us for this moment. Go get ‘em! -Tim   Your Watch This Now! newsletter is created by Senior Recommendations and Reviews Editor Tim Surette and more show-obsessed editors at TV Guide!   SERIES PREMIERES WEDNESDAY ON APPLE TV+ [Presumed Innocent is a sexy legal thriller]( [Presumed Innocent is David E. Kelley’s TV adaptation of Scott Turow's novel of the same name (which, yes, was previously adapted into a 1990 film starring Harrison Ford) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a prosecutor whose life is upended when he becomes the lead suspect in a murder… the victim of which just so happens to be the woman he was having an affair with. That is not good for the defense! This limited series, which counts J.J. Abrams among its executive producers, goes down easy, with twists and reveals dispensed in regular dopamine-releasing intervals to cover up some of the page-turning, Showtime-esque cheesiness. Jake G. is always great, but this feels like a show best binged, so you may want to wait until it’s all out, lest you forget about it after downing the two premiere episodes. Ruth Negga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Bill Camp co-star.]( SEASON 4 PREMIERES THURSDAY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO [The Boys returns just in time for an election year]( Butcher (Karl Urban) knows he f---ed up. Not only has he lost the trust of The Boys, but he's also failed to keep his wife's son, Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), from turning to the dark side — aka joining series creator [Eric Kripke’s stand-in for Donald Trump]( Homelander (Antony Starr) himself. And that's not to mention that Billy only has months to live, thanks to the many Temp V doses he ingested last season. All this is to say that Butcher has never been more laser-focused in his mission to destroy Vought once and for all. And with Election Day looming and Chief Head Exploder Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) inching toward the Oval Office, this mission is now about far more than his personal revenge. -Kat Moon SEASON 3 PART 2 PREMIERES THURSDAY ON NETFLIX [Bridgerton gets past the honeymoon phase]( Dearest gentle reader, let it be said that Bridgerton Season 3 Part 1 left us all wanting ([and we have questions](. There simply was not enough Polin! Thankfully, the love story between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) is nowhere near over. Even a wallflower can bloom, and we hope this friends-to-lovers romance will be lusciously flourishing in Season 3 Part 2. But of course, there is a thorn to be addressed: Colin does not yet know of Penelope's identity as the gossip columnist Lady Whistledown. And based on the words she penned about him this season — and about the Bridgertons in the past — it's safe to assume that the reveal will sting. -Kat Moon SEASON 2 PREMIERES SUNDAY AT 9/8C ON HBO, MAX [House of the Dragon is going to burn it all down]( Just as winter was interminably coming to Game of Thrones and finally did so late in its run, we've been similarly promised war in House of the Dragon, and the Thrones prequel will get closer than ever to properly throwing down in Season 2. Expect the full machinations of cold war rippling throughout Westeros as shows of force sway the various lords to pick a side: the Greens, led by Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her son King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney), and the Blacks, fronted by Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and her uncle-slash-husband (yes, this is the icky incestuous world of Game of Thrones) Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith). The sour taste left in my mouth after the late seasons of Thrones completely went away after downing Season 1 of House of the Dragon, and Season 2 looks better and bigger in every way. As [Liam Mathews says in his review]( “In its best moments, it's still the grandest TV available.” If you can’t remember what happened in Season 1, don’t stress about a binge rewatch; [we made a refresher just for you](. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( [Unsubscribe]( © 2024 TV Guide, A Fandom, Inc. company. All rights reserved. TV Guide, [130 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94104, U.S.A.](#)