What to watch in June 2026: the finale of "The Bear", "House of the Dragon" and "Lestat the Vampire"

June will be one of the busiest months for fans of streaming services: the final season of "The Bear", the third season of "House of the Dragon", the psychological thriller "Cape Fear" starring Javier Bardem and Amy Adams will be released on the platforms, and vampire Lestat de Lioncourt will become a rock star in the AMC series of the same name. The most anticipated premieres of the month are in the Izvestia article.

The kitchen is closing — the last season of "The Bear"

The fifth season of the TV series "The Bear" will be the last. According to Deadline, FX officially confirmed the show's completion in May 2026: all eight episodes of the final season will appear simultaneously on June 25.

The new season takes place after chef Carmi Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) announced his retirement from the restaurant and handed over his share to Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), Natalie (Abby Elliott) and Richie (Ebon Moss-Bakrak). According to the official description published by Variety, "with no money, under threat of sale and an impending storm, the new partners must unite for the last service — in the hope of finally getting a Michelin star."

Before the start of the season, FX unexpectedly released an independent prequel episode, "Gary," a flashback about cousins Richie and Mickey (Jon Bernthal) on a business trip to Gary, Indiana. The episode was written and played by the actors themselves, directed by series creator Christopher Storer. The finale of "Gary" provoked a wave of online discussions about the fate of the characters. Lionel Boyce, Lisa Colon-Zayas, Oliver Platt and Jamie Lee Curtis will also return to the main cast of the final season.

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The Dragon War

"House of the Dragon" returns after almost two years — the second season was released in August 2024. During this time, the George R.R. Martin universe was expanded with another spin-off: "Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" debuted in 2025 and was warmly received by critics.

The third season of "House of the Dragon" is released on June 21 — eight episodes will appear weekly until August 9th.

The new season opens with the Battle of the Throat, a massive naval battle that showrunner Ryan Kondal called in an interview with Deadline "perhaps the craziest episode of television ever filmed." The action continues with the "Dance of the Dragons", a civil war within House Targaryen. Rainyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) are no longer able to keep the peace: bloodshed is becoming inevitable.

James Norton joined the cast of the third season as Ormund Hightower, Alicent's cousin and an ally of the Greens. Matt Smith returns as the Demon Targaryen. According to GamesRadar, the fourth season of the show will be the final and will be released in 2028. The series is based on George R.R. Martin's novel "Fire and Blood" and is a prequel to "Game of Thrones", which takes place approximately 200 years before the events of the original series.

The Cape of Fear Mini-series

The mini-series "Cape of Fear" is released on June 5th. The main roles were played by Oscar winner Javier Bardem and nominee Amy Adams, as well as Patrick Wilson. The executive producers of the project are Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

The plot is based on John D. McDonald's novel "The Executioners": Max Cady (Bardem) is released after years in prison and begins systematically harassing a married couple of lawyers, Anna and Tom Bowden (Adams and Wilson), who, according to his conviction, hid key evidence and sent him to jail. The creator of the new version is Nick Antoska, known for the horror anthology "Channel Zero".

This is the third film adaptation of the novel: in 1962, a black-and-white thriller starring Robert Mitchum was released, and in 1991, a remake of Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro. Both paintings retained the place name from the novel — Cape Fear in North Carolina, where the action takes place.

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A vampire on tour

The third season of the series "Interview with the Vampire", self-titled "Vampire Lestat", is released on June 7. The new season shifts the focus from Louis de Pont du Lac (Jacob Anderson) to its creator, Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reed), who turned 265 and became a global rock star. In the story, Lestat's fame only enhances his influence on both humans and fellow vampires.

The season is based on the second novel in the Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat (1985). Eric Boghosian returns as the now immortal journalist Daniel Molloy, who is making a documentary about Lestat.

Jennifer Ehle will play the role of the main character's mother — the character appears in the series for the first time. Before the start of the season, Sam Reed released several real singles: all compositions were written by the project's staff composer Daniel Hart in a style reminiscent of the work of David Bowie.

Back in June

In early June, two comedy series will be released at once. "You are not suitable for us" (June 2) is a new project by Mindy Kaling about five young people living in neighboring apartments in New York: a financial analyst, a medical student, an aspiring journalist, a stylist's assistant and a financial broker. Critics compare the show to "Friends" and "The Office," both of which Kaling is involved in one way or another.

Alice and Steve is a British comedy starring Nicola Walker ("The Breakup," "The Forgotten Ones") and Jemaine Clement ("What We Do in the Shadows"). It is released on June 8. Their characters have been best friends for thirty years, whose relationship is dramatically complicated when Steve begins dating Alice's adult daughter. The series won the award for Best TV series at the Cannes International TV Series Festival in 2026.

The romantic drama "Every Year After" based on Carly Fortune's bestseller will be released on June 10. The book sold over a million copies and became a BookTok hit. The plot centers on the return of a young woman (Sadie Soverall) to a resort town for a funeral: alternating scenes in the present and flashbacks to her first love stretched over six years.

On May 29, Medialogia presented the top 30 Russian series ratings for April 2026. The series "Molodezhka" became the leader (2057 points). For the first time since January, the rating was topped by a Russian project. The top five also included the TV series "Boys" (The Boys, 2013 points), "Magic Battle" (1839 points), "Daddy's Daughters" (1788 points) and "Univer" (1682 points).