Suddenly it’s (almost) summer. Here are 10 new shows to watch on TV.

Tatiana Maslany in "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed."Apple TV

We all know it isn’t summertime yet, but TV would still beg to differ. Fresh series are already rolling out at a furious pace, and returning favorites are coming back to rekindle the flame (or merely flame out). Here are 10 new shows to look forward to.

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

Blackmail, murder … and suburban youth soccer. Which is most dangerous? Newly divorced mother Paula (Tatiana Maslany) finds out the hard way in this dark comedy created by David Rosen. Jake Johnson, Dolly de Leon, and Charlie Hall — son of Julia Louis-Dreyfus — costar. (Apple TV, May 20)

The Boroughs

This one, as you will surely be reminded many times, is from the executive producers of “Stranger Things.” The action takes place in a retirement community, where an unlikely group of heroes bands together to battle a mysterious force. The cast is stacked, led by Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Bill Pullman, Alfre Woodard, Jena Malone, and Clarke Peters. (Netflix, May 21)

Spider-Noir

Whoever invented the strategy of milking a franchise for all it’s worth has to be thrilled with the ever-expanding Spider-Man universe. This time Nicolas Cage plays a beaten-down 1930s private eye with super spidey powers. New York. Wild town, amiright? Cage first played the character in Sony’s animated “Into the Spider-Verse” movies, but the show will be its own, live-action thing. (Prime Video, May 27)

Not Suitable for Work

Young adults in New York! Trying to figure out what it all means! Falling in love and stuff. Yes, it’s been done. But this one comes from Cambridge’s Mindy Kaling, and the cast of little-knowns, including Ella Hunt, Avantika, and Will Angus, looks fun. So there’s hope. (Hulu, June 2)

Cape Fear

What began as a solid 1962 crime movie about an ex-con (Robert Mitchum) terrorizing a lawyer (Gregory Peck), and then became a Martin Scorsese blood-curdler starring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte is now a series featuring Javier Bardem (as the stalker) and Patrick Wilson (as his prey). Ain’t no Bardem like an evil Bardem (see also “No Country for Old Men”). (Apple TV, June 5)

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America

Larry David’s sketch comedy series treats key episodes of US history with awkward “Curb Your Enthusiasm”-style humor. Barack and Michelle Obama are executive producers; the cast includes Jon Hamm, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anna Osceola, Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Hahn, J.B. Smoove, Bill Hader, and Jerry Seinfeld. Looks pretty, pretty, pretty good. (HBO/HBO Max, June 26)

Elle

Before she was “Legally Blonde,” Elle Woods was a wealthy Bel-Air high school girl facing the traumas of uprooting to Seattle with her family. Lexi Minetree stars as the future pride of Harvard Law School. (Amazon Prime Video, July 1)

Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilders’s frontier family returns to the screen 43 years after the original “Little House” went off the air on NBC. Luke Bracey plays Charles, Crosby Fitzgerald is Caroline, and Alice Halsey is Laura. Home is still on the range. (Netflix, July 9)

Lucky

Anya Taylor-Joy’s last big TV role was Beth Harmon, the chess prodigy in the breakout 2020 Netflix hit “The Queen’s Gambit.” She’s back to play the title character in this crime drama about a reformed criminal on the run after a botched heist. Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor lend support. (Apple TV, July 15)

Lanterns

Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre are intergalactic cops investigating a murder in the American heartland in this crime/superhero hybrid from DC Studios, which also features Nathan Fillion and Kelly Macdonald. The trailer makes fine use of Bruce Springsteen’s “State Trooper,” so it’s got that going for it, which is nice. (HBO/HBO Max, Aug. 16)

RETURNING SHOWS

“The Vampire Lestat”/”Interview with the Vampire” (AMC/AMC+, June 7), “House of the Dragon” (HBO/HBO Max, June 21), “The Bear” (FX, June 25), “Silo” (FX, July 3), Ted Lasso (Apple TV, Aug. 5), “Dark Matter” (Aug. 28, Apple TV)