The following is a list of all August 2018 TV premiere dates (new series and seasons, original movies and documentaries, specials, and more). This post will be updated throughout the month as more premiere dates are announced. If you notice I am missing a TV premiere on this list, feel free to let me know in the comments section and I will make sure to add it. For day-to-day TV listings (lists of every new episode airing each day), check out our Daily TV Schedules.
Wednesday, August 1, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: Switched (Netflix, Special)
- 8/7 PM: Alone Together (Freeform, Season 2 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Navy SEALs: Fallen Heroes/Combat Rescue (History Channel, Two-Hour Special)
- 8/7 PM: The Outback (PBS, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party (VH1, One-Hour Season 2.5 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Wonders of Mexico (PBS, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: The Sinner (USA Network, Season 2 Premiere)
Thursday, August 2, 2018:
- 4/3 PM: Jamie and Jimmy’s Food Fight Club (Ovation, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: NFL Hall of Fame Game: Chicago Bears vs. Baltimore Ravens (NBC, Special)
- 9/8 PM: Shahs of Sunset (Bravo, Season 7 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Bossip on WE TV (WE, Season 2 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (CMT, Season 13 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Impractical Jokers (truTV, Season 7.5 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Someone You Thought You Knew (ID, Series Premiere)
- 11/10 PM: Bachelorette Weekend (CMT, Series Premiere)
Friday, August 3, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: Brij Mohan Amar Rahe (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Cocaine Coast (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Dinotrux Supercharged (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: I Am a Killer (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Like Father (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Marching Orders (Netflix, Special)
- 10/9 PM: David Tutera’s Celebrations (WE, Season 3.5 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Mad Dog Made (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
- 11/10 PM: Kevin Hart Presents: The Next Level (Comedy Central, Season 2 Premiere)
- 11:30/10:30 PM: Animals. (HBO, Season 3 Premiere)
Saturday, August 4, 2018:
- Midnight/11 PM: Random Acts of Flyness (HBO, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Flavors of Youth (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: On Children (Netflix, Special)
- 11:30/10:30 AM: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (DFC, One-Hour Season 8.5 Premiere)
- 6/5 PM: Cold Justice (Oxygen, Season 5 Premiere)
- 7/6 PM: Golden State Killer: Main Suspect (Oxygen, Two-Hour Special)
- 7:30/6:30 PM: Premier Boxing Champions (FOX, Special)
- 8/7 PM: Killer Twin (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: A Summer to Remember (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
Sunday, August 5, 2018:
- 6:30/5:30 AM: Mega Man: Fully Charged (Cartoon Network, Series Premiere)
- 6/5 PM: 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days: Countdown to the New Season (TLC, Two-Hour Special)
- 8/7 PM: 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days (TLC, Season 2 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: iHeartCountry Festival (FOX, Two-Hour Special)
- 8/7 PM: Ridiculousness (MTV, Season 11 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: A Sister’s Secret (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Ultimate Summer Cook-Off (Food Network, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Chesapeake Shores (Hallmark Channel, Season 3 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: The Pandora’s Box Murders (Hallmark Movie Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Keeping Up with the Kardashians (E!, Season 15 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: The Rise and Fall of Pablo Escobar (History Channel, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Ted Bundy: Serial Monster Part 1 (Reelz, Special)
- 10/9 PM: Ultimate Ninja Challenge (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Unexpected (TLC, Season 2 Premiere)
Monday, August 6, 2018:
- Midnight/11 PM: The Venture Bros. (Adult Swim, Season 7 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Sugar Town (ID, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Better Call Saul (AMC, Season 4 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Kids Baking Championship (Food Network, Season 5 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Ted Bundy: Serial Monster Part 2 (Reelz, Special)
- 10/9 PM: Lodge 49 (AMC, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Reality Cupcakes (Food Network, Series Premiere)
Tuesday, August 7, 2018:
- 8/7 PM: Bachelor in Paradise (ABC, Season 5 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Fear Island: Hunt for the Mega Bear (Animal Planet, Two-Hour Special)
- 10/9 PM: Carter (WGN, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Castaways (ABC, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cleveland Browns (HBO, Season 13 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Wrecked (TBS, Season 3 Premiere)
Wednesday, August 8, 2018:
- 8/7 PM: CMA Fest 2018 (ABC, Three-Hour Special)
- 10/9 PM: Are You the One? (MTV, Season 7 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Boomtown Builder (DIY, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Cheap Eats (Cooking Channel, Season 5 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Killer Curves: Bodies to Die For (BET, One-Hour Special)
- 10/9 PM: Robot Wars (Science Channel, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Rockin’ Roadsters: Ride Again (Discovery Channel, One-Hour Special)
Thursday, August 9, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: Meteor Garden (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Perdida (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 5/4 PM: Jamie and Jimmy’s Food Fight Club (Ovation, Season 2 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: When the Beat Drops (Logo, Two-Hour Special)
Friday, August 10, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: 72 Dangerous Animals: Asia (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Afflicted (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: All About the Washingtons (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Demetri Martin: The Overthinker (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
- 3/2 AM: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Insatiable (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: La Casa de las Flores (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Million Pound Menu (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Ordeal by Innocence (Amazon, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Package (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Ponysitters Club (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix, Season 7 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Zion (Netflix, Special)
- 8/7 PM: Freaky Friday (Disney Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: The Killer Closer (ID, Series Premiere)
Saturday, August 11, 2018:
- 4/3 PM: Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (Cartoon Network, Season 9 Premiere)
- 7/6 PM: The Disappearance of Crystal Rogers (Oxygen, Series Premiere)
- 7:30/6:30 PM: Jr. NBA World Championship (FOX, Special)
- 9/8 PM: I Am Paul Walker (Paramount Network, Original Documentary Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN, Season 9 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Love at Sea (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: A Summer to Remember (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Fatal Vows (ID, Season 6 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Mind Your Business with Mahisha (OWN, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: The Vanilla Ice Project (DIY, Season 8 Premiere)
Sunday, August 12, 2018:
- 8/7 PM: Babysitter’s Nightmare (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Teen Choice 2018 (FOX, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Fear the Walking Dead (AMC, Season 4.5 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask Murder (Hallmark Movie Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Get Shorty (Epix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: The Last Pope? (History Channel, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Worst Cooks in America (Food Network, Season 14 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Ballers (HBO, Season 4 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Collision Course (Reelz, Season 2 Premiere)
- 10:30/9:30 PM: Insecure (HBO, Season 3 Premiere)
- 11/10 PM: Talking Dead: Fear Edition (AMC, Season 3.5 Premiere)
Monday, August 13, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: Ronny Chieng: International Student (Comedy Central.com, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Sacred Sites (Smithsonian Channel, Season 2 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Evil Lives Here (ID, Season 4 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: American Greed (CNBC, Season 12.5 Premiere)
Tuesday, August 14, 2018:
- 9/8 PM: Murder by Numbers (ID, Season 2 Premiere)
Wednesday, August 15, 2018:
- 8/7 PM: Born This Way (A&E, Season 4 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: The Real Housewives of Dallas (Bravo, Season 3 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Raising Tourette’s (A&E, Series Premiere)
Thursday, August 16, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: Supermansion: Summer Vacation Special (Sony Crackle, Special)
- 8/7 PM: Rustic Rehab (HGTV, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Braxton Family Values (WE, Season 6.5 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Nightwatch Nation (A&E, Series Premiere)
Friday, August 17, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: All or Nothing: Manchester City (Amazon, Season 6 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Disenchantment (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Gringo (Amazon, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Magic for Humans (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Minding the Gap (Hulu, Special)
- 3/2 AM: The Motive (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Pinky Malinky (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Spirit: Riding Free (Netflix, Season 6 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Stay Here (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Ultraviolet (Netflix, Special)
- 8/7 PM: We Day (ABC, One-Hour Special)
Saturday, August 18, 2018:
- 8/7 PM: Lover in the Attic (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow (Showtime, Special)
- 9/8 PM: Pearl in Paradise (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
Sunday, August 19, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: The Investigator: A British Crime Story (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 4:30/3:30 PM: 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship (FOX, Special)
- 6/5 PM: Snapped (Oxygen, Season 24 Premiere)
- 7/6 PM: Dying to Belong (Oxygen, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Sharknado 6 (Syfy, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: U.S. Gymnastics (NBC, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Alaskan Bush People (Discovery Channel, Season 8 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: Picture a Murder (Hallmark Movie Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: An American Murder Mystery (ID, Season 9 Premiere)
Monday, August 20, 2018:
- 9/8 PM: 2018 MTV VMAs (MTV, Special)
- 10/9 PM: X Company (Ovation, Season 3 Premiere)
Tuesday, August 21, 2018:
- 10/9 PM: The Devil Speaks (ID, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Too Stupid to Die (MTV, Series Premiere)
- 11/10 PM: Greenleaf: Season 3 All Access (OWN, Special)
Wednesday, August 22, 2018:
- 9/8 PM: Alcatraz: The Greatest Escapes (Reelz, Special)
- 9/8 PM: The Story of the Royals: Part 1 (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
- 10/9 PM: Mr. Mercedes (Audience, Season 2 Premiere)
Thursday, August 23, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: Deadwind (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Follow This (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy (Sony Crackle, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Jersey Shore Family Vacation (MTV, Two-Hour Season 2 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Quiet Heroes (Logo, Special)
- 9/8 PM: The Story of the Royals: Part 2 (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Tiny House, Big Living (DIY, Season 8 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Alone: Season 5 Reunion Special (History Channel, One-Hour Special)
Friday, August 24, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: The After Party (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Ask the Storybots (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Bert Kreischer: Secret Time (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
- 3/2 AM: Crime + Punishment (Hulu, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Dreamworks Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Ghoul (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Innocents (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Treasure Quest: Snake Island (Discovery Channel, Season 3 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: The Contender (Epix, Season 5 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Crazy Cakes (Cooking Channel, Series Premiere)
Saturday, August 25, 2018:
- 8/7 PM: Married to a Murderer (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Season for Love (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Drew Michael Special (HBO, One-Hour Special)
Sunday, August 26, 2018:
- 8/7 PM: Her Boyfriend’s Secret (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: America to Me (Starz, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: Murder in D Minor (Hallmark Movie Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
Monday, August 27, 2018:
- No TV premieres or specials scheduled so far.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018:
- 10/9 PM: Greenleaf (OWN, Season 3 Premiere/Special Night)
- 10/9 PM: Ink Master (Paramount Network, Season 11 Premiere)
- 11/10 PM: The Shop (HBO, Series Premiere)
Wednesday, August 29, 2018:
- 9/8 PM: Mafia Killers with Colin McLaren (Reelz, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Property Brothers (HGTV, Season 13 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Big Food Truck Tip (Food Network, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (ID, Season 8 Premiere)
Thursday, August 30, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: One Dollar (CBS All Access, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: The Return of Shelby the Swamp Man (History Channel, Series Premiere)
Friday, August 31, 2018:
- 3/2 AM: The Comedy Lineup (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Inside the Criminal Mind (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: The Laws of Thermodynamics (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Ozark (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Paradise PD (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Ultimate Beastmaster (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Undercover Law (Netflix, Special)
