Your Weekly Guide to TV Entertainment
August 17 - 23, 2025
Make peace
John Cena and Danielle Brooks in “Peacemaker”
John Cena (“Bumblebee,” 2018) returns to his iconic role as DC Comics’ titular jingoist superhero when Season 2 of “Peacemaker” premieres Thursday, Aug. 21, on HBO Max. This season, Peacemaker looks inward as he “discovers an alternate world where life is everything he wishes it could be,” only to realize that his personal demons still exist despite it. Purge franchise star Frank Grillo joins the cast this season as Rick Flag Sr.