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5 TV crime dramas to watch this week (June 4-10)

By Michael Weyer

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CRUEL SUMMER - “Cruel “Summer”, the highest-rated series in Freeform history, will return for its second season in Summer 2023. The anthology series features a brand new cast and mystery. Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest, the next chapter of “Cruel Summer” follows the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship. Approaching the story from three different timelines surrounding Y2K, the season twists and turns as it tracks the early friendship between Megan, Isabella and Megan’s best friend Luke, the love triangle that blossomed, and the mystery that would impact all of their lives going forward. (Freeform/Frank Ockenfels)LEXI UNDERWOOD, SADIE STANLEY, GRIFFIN GLUCK, LISA YAMADA, KADEE STRICKLAND & SEAN BLAKEMORE /
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The regular network TV season may be over, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to watch for crime fans. From cable TV to streaming to docudramas, there are TV crime dramas for anyone to enjoy.

They can range from docuseries to new fictional shows to some cable TV movies but are well worth checking out. Here are five crime programs airing the week of June 4–10 for TV crime drama fans to check out if you want anything from serious documentaries to fun comedy takes for the first week of June.

5 TV crime dramas to watch this week

Burden Of Proof

Burden of Proof, a new HBO docudrama, is a four-part series spread over two nights. It focuses on Steven Pandos, who is trying to discover the truth behind the disappearance of his sister, Jennifer, in 1987. The show was filmed over seven years, showing the slow search by Steven for answers and mixed with excerpts from Jennifer’s journal.

Filmed by award-winning director Cynthia Hill, the show will feature real-life figures involved in the case, with Steven obsessively searching for answers but may not like what he finds. The four-part series may be short but has a lot of power as it puts the spotlight on a man’s search to find out what really happened to his beloved sister and how it rocks his family.

Burden of Proof premieres Tuesday, June 6 at 9/8c on HBO and streams on MAX.

Cruel Summer

The Freeform anthology series is back with a new storyline and cast but still the same fun touch of jumping across three different timelines. Cruel Summer Season 2 is going to cover three periods stretched from 1999 to 2000, focusing on how a trio of high schoolers (Sadie Stanley, Lexi Underwood, and Griffin Gluck) bond as friends and what sets them apart from each other.

As with Season 1, the fun is seeing the varying timelines, each with its own mood and the mystery of what happened in the different periods that changed things. It does seem to revolve around a deadly mystery with clues laid throughout the storyline, and the new characters and story look to build on Season 1’s success.

Cruel Summer premieres on Monday, June 5 at 9/8c on Freeform and streams on Hulu.

Based On A True Story

Peacock has been seeing success with original TV crime dramas, and here’s a fun one to binge. Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina are a couple addicted to true-crime podcasts. When they spot a serial killer’s crime, they hit on the idea of starting a podcast on the guy with him as a guest and expose him on air. This soon leads to a wild adventure.

The trailer promises some wild fun, from the pair’s bungling attempts at crime-solving to potshots at the genre. All eight episodes will be available at once and make this a fun comedic mystery with enough thrills to entertain.

Based on a True Story is available for streaming on Thursday, June 8 on Peacock.

New York Homicide

Season 2 of the Oxygen Network series continues to be a sharp docudrama on real-life cases for the NYPD Homicide Division. Retired NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert K. Broyce hosts with the real cops, family members of victims, and even some suspects chiming in on what happened and the investigation into the crime.

This year will target cases from a supposed accidental death being murder to the killing of a high-profile realtor and a detective’s death leading to a possible spree killer. It looks to continue a strong run of stories that prove real life truly is odder than fiction.

New York Homicide Season 2 premieres on Saturday, June 10 at 10/9c on Oxygen.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something Blue

Since 2015, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries has aired a series of films on Aurora Teagarden (Candace Cameron Bure), a librarian who has a passion for solving mysteries in her small town. With Bure now going to rival network GAC Media, Hallmark is reviving the property in a prequel series. Skyler Samuels (Scream Queens) plays the younger Aurora, fresh out of college and attending a friend’s wedding. When a murder takes place, Aurora is out to solve it.

Joining the cast is Kayla Heller as the younger version of Aurora’s best friend Sally and Evan Roderick as friend Arthur. Marilu Henner reprises her role as Aurora’s mom as this promises to revive the franchise with a fun new take on the character.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something Blue airs on Friday, June 9 at 9/8c on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

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