As summer begins to wind down, August 2025’s most anticipated brand-new TV releases include some thrilling franchise spinoffs and sports events. In partnership with predictive media analytics companyDiesel Labs,Screen Ranthas exclusive data analyzing the new TV titles with the most online engagementbefore their launches. Each release is assigned a hype score, measured by the series’ engagement across various online platforms.
The month’s most buzzed-about new TV releases areranked by Attention Signals, which are calculated using measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These measures of online engagement provide valuable insights into which TV drops are making the biggest mark on audiences ahead of release, regardless of reviews or ratings.
The attention scale metric is the percentage of attention based on the show or movie in the number one spot (which is represented as 100%).
Excluding the returns of established shows, such asWednesdayseason 2 part 1orInvasionseason 3, the brand-new titles arriving in August 2025 feature some potentially long-lasting hits. From aTimothy Olyphant-starringAlienshowto a Jason Momoa-led historical drama, this month is keeping up the summer TV slate’s momentum. Based on Diesel Labs’ data, here’sScreen Rant’s list of August 2025’s top 10 brand-new TV releases with the most online hype.
16-07-2025
100.00%
77,020,165
10-08-2025
91.99%
70,850,262
26-07-2025
67.67%
52,123,267
27-07-2025
50.95%
39,239,190
05-06-2025
28.63%
22,053,391
23-05-2025
7.99%
6,156,770
21-07-2025
4.38%
3,372,258
03-06-2025
2.88%
2,216,916
1.62%
1,244,517
1.55%
1,193,254
Diesel Labs' data reveals that themost anticipated new TV show of August 2025 isOutlander: Blood of My Blood, the long-awaited prequel to Starz’s hit fantasy seriesOutlander. Close behind in anticipation is FX’sAlien: Earth, another franchise prequel series taking place two years before thetimeline of Ridley Scott’s 1979Alienmovie.
The next-most hyped TV releases this month are the 2025 U.S. Open Tennis Championships, kicking off on August 24, andJason Momoa’sChief of War, which sees him portray real-life Hawaiian warrior chief Ka’iana. The highly anticipatedTV sporting events also include the annual WWE SummerSlam, starting August 2.
Also among the coming month’s highly-discussed TV debuts are the Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch-starring prequel seriesThe Terminal List: Dark Wolf, Eva Longoria’s soccer docuseriesNecaxa, and Netflix’s political thrillerHostage. Closing out August 2025’s most anticipated new TV releases are Tom Brady’s sports docuseriesBuilt in Birmingham: Brady & the Bluesand Disney+’s MCU animated seriesEyes of Wakanda.
Diesel Labs is a Content Intelligence company that produces audience insights for the entire media landscape. With a sophisticated machine-learning based approach, they measure millions of audience members’ attention with content across many sources including major social and video platforms YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok (beta), and Reddit (beta). For more information, visitwww.diesellabs.com.
