5 TV Series to Watch in Late Summer 2019

Chernobyl, a 5-episode miniseries directed by Johan Renck and written by Craig Mazin, depicts the 1986 nuclear disaster in the Ukrainian town. Despite criticism for using English in Ukrainian and Belarusian settings, the reconstruction is praised as perfect and effective. The series is available on HBO. Also on Netflix, the Spanish 8-episode crime series created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. Neira, directed by Carlos Sedes and Lino Escalera, is set in the 1940s aboard a transatlantic liner bound for Brazil, involving murders and family secrets. Netflix's Black Mirror returns for a fifth season with only three episodes, following the interactive special Bandersnatch. The revival of Beverly Hills 90210, featuring most of the original cast including the late Luke Perry, premieres on Fox on August 7. BBC One is expected to launch the fifth season of Peaky Blinders, set in Birmingham between the 19th and 20th centuries, with the Shelby family's gang stories intertwining with politics during the Great Depression.