This July, Prime Video delivers a lean yet gripping duo of streaming dramas with the highly anticipated Ballard and the heartfelt return of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to the sun-soaked shores of Cousins Beach, these series offer a blend of intense crime-solving and emotional coming-of-age storytelling, ensuring there’s something to captivate every viewer this summer.
BALLARD (July 9)
Ballard follows Detective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q) as she leads the LAPD’s new and underfunded cold case division, tackling the city’s most challenging long-forgotten crimes with empathy and relentless determination.
As she peels back layers of crimes spanning decades, including a serial killer’s string of murders and a murdered John Doe, she soon uncovers a dangerous conspiracy within the LAPD.
With the help of her volunteer team and retired detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), Detective Ballard navigates personal trauma, professional challenges, and life-threatening dangers to expose the truth.
Look for our official review, and our interview with series leads Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor, and John Carroll Lynch coming soon.
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY (July 11)
The show returns for Season 3 where it’s the end of her junior year of college, and Belly’s looking forward to another summer in Cousins with her soulmate, Jeremiah.
Her future seems set, until some core-shaking events bring her first love Conrad back into her life. Now on the brink of adulthood, Belly finds herself at a crossroads and must decide which brother has her heart.
Summer will never be the same…
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