Streaming Queer: August 2024

"The Umbrella Academy" Season 4

"So the world's ending again, huh?" The final season of "The Umbrella Academy," the series based on the comic books by queer icon Gerard Way, will have six episodes, unlike the previous seasons which had 10. This season follows the Hotel Oblivion showdown that happened at the end of Season 3. The Hargreeves siblings' timeline has reset, and they have since scattered and lost their powers. They will have to learn to look out for themselves in a new way, risk everything to reunite, and win against villains old and new to save the world. We're of course looking forward to seeing out actor Elliot Page as Viktor, as well as nonbinary queer character Klaus (Robert Sheehan).

"The Umbrella Academy" Season 4 premieres August 8 on Netflix.

"Industry" Season 3

The toxic workplace drama about detrimental levels of ambition and messy sexual tension is back! After wrecking any relationships she had at Pierpoint, including the one that was keeping her most valuable secret, we have no idea how Harper (Myha'la) is going to claw her way back into a finance job. But she's not the only one in a desperate situation: Robert (Harry Lawtey) remains pathetic as ever, but he's gaining professional confidence, while Yasmin (Marisa Abela) is dealing with the devastating consequences of confronting her father, becoming the public face of his embezzlement scandal, and being denied the privileges he afforded her.

Unfortunately, it looks like gay character Gus (David Jonsson) left the show when he left the country at the end of Season 2, but we're certain there will be no shortage of queer energy sizzling through the screen amidst the young, hot finance teams facing near-constant manipulative power trips. This season's new investor, Sir Henry Muck, leads a green tech energy company, and is played by "Game of Thrones" star and shirtless "Slave Play" actor Kit Harington.

"Industry" Season 3 premieres August 11 on Max.

"Emily in Paris" Season 4, Part 1

Season 4 sees Emily (Lily Collins) trying to move on from the tangled web of secrets and lies that was her romantic life in Season 3 (and every other season, tbh). Feeling ready for a fresh start and seeing the city in a new light, she finds herself being distracted by all the hot men she's surrounded by in Paris (a relatable queen).

We're thrilled that gorgeous British love interest Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) is still in the picture, as is hot chef Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), who is expecting a baby with his ex, Camille (Camille Razat). Camille spent last season engaged in a passionate affair with an artist named Sofia, and it looks like the sapphic romance is very much still in the picture for this season. Out actor Rupert Everett joins this season as an old friend of Emily's boss, Sylvie. Everett plays Giorgio Barbieri, the owner of a global interior design firm based in Rome, who makes it his business to know everyone else's business, and to be the life of every party.

"Emily in Paris" Season 4 Part 1 premieres August 15 on Netflix. Part 2 is five more episodes which will drop on September 12.

"Bel-Air" Season 3

"Everything has a little more kick to it this season; the colors are more vibrant, the sound is elevated, the cinematography is more immersive. The vibe really sets the tone for Will's first 'Bel-Air' summer: Three months to shine, explore and make moves under the LA sun," says "Bel-Air" executive producer and director Morgan Cooper.

This season Will Smith (Jabari Banks) and Carlton Banks (Olly Sholotan) get a summer job at a country club, but Will is not gonna let the job prevent him from leaning into his plans of leveling up and coming into his own. We're hoping that summer spirit brings a romance for Ashley (Akira Akbar), who is queer and out to her sister, Hilary (Coco Jones). This season will have a guest appearance by Joseph Marcell, who played the family's butler, Geoffrey, on the '90s hit sitcom that inspired this show.

"Bel-Air" Season 3 premieres August 15 on Peacock.

"Interview with the Vampire" Season 1

If you've missed out on the glorious, compelling, queer as hell vampire tale that is "Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire" because you didn't have AMC+, now is your time to shine. This spectacular reimagining of the iconic books is coming to Netflix.

This series does not shy away from its bloodthirsty queerness, nor the seductive energy of the story. Set in New Orleans and Dubai, "Interview with the Vampire" tackles race, power, and the theatrics of immortality. Gay sex, gay drama, and gay vampires are front and center here, none of it relegated to the sidelines or subtext. Jacob Anderson is magnificent as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Sam Reid is magnetic as Lestat de Lioncourt, and Eric Bogosian is brilliant as the journalist doing the titular interviewing.

"Interview with the Vampire" Season 1 premieres August 19 on Netflix.

"Only Murders in the Building" Season 4

The final moments of "Only Murders" Season 3 revealed the show's next murder victim: Charles' (Steve Martin) longtime stunt double, Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch). Sazz went into Charles' apartment while dressed just like him, and was shot in the chest by a bullet that came flying through his window. She began writing something on the kitchen floor with her blood, before the screen cuts to black, and we're certain the quirky trio of amateur detectives – bisexual character Mabel (Selena Gomez), former TV-detective Charles (Steve Martin), and theater director Oliver (Martin Short) – will completely misunderstand in spectacular, wildly entertaining fashion before suddenly getting to the heart of the mystery.

Recent Oscar winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph returns in her role as an actual police detective, and Meryl Streep returns as Loretta Durkin, the love interest to Oliver (played by her rumored real-life love, Martin Short). Season 4's exciting new cast includes Molly Shannon, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria and Melissa McCarthy. In another exciting twist, the trio's murder mystery podcast is being adapted into a movie this season, so there's a trip to Hollywood in between their investigations before returning to their murder-laden apartment building, The Arconia.

"Only Murders in the Building" Season 4 premieres August 27 on Hulu.