Once upon a time the summer TV scene was as terrible as CBS's diversity numbers (zing!), but now it's when cable and streaming break out the heavy hitters for hungry audiences.
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While you could spend June lapping up a ton of new Netflix offerings or simply counting down the time until。 Game of Thrones。, let us offer some direction -- and recommend some of the best television available this month.
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I'm Dying Up Here - Showtime。

The Jim Carrey-produced drama is a bit of a slow burn, but hits its groove several episodes in. Young comedians vie for the public spotlight during the standup boom of the 1970s -- it's a happy middle ground between serious comedy history and actual standup. 。

Orange is the New Black Season 5 - Netflix
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We left off with Daya getting hold of a gun and the women of Litchfield furious with their prison management and Poussey's death. The escalating tension of Season 4 breaks from the very moment Season 5 starts and unfolds in real time over a three-day prison riot.。

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Orphan Black Season 5 - BBC America
。 The final season of clone club is one of its best, and the finale promises to be as intense as ever. Helena is back on a murderous rampage and there are。still more clones
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Preacher Season 2 - AMC 。

Season 1 was designed as a kind of prequel to Garth Ennis’ beloved comics, introducing viewers to the effed-up world of preacher Jesse Custer, his kick-ass paramour Tulip, and their boozy Irish vampire sidekick Cassidy. Season 2 launches our troublesome trio out on the road in search of God, but matters are complicated when they realized that they’re being stalked by a killer cowboy from Hell. Just another manic Sunday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯GLOW Season 1 - Netflix。 GLOW 。may be banking on viewers' attraction to the wild, weird world of female wrestling, but what keeps you hooked is the eclectic cast of women, a televised 。

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