17 Hottest New TV Shows Debuting This Summer

By James Hunt /

6. Ballers

Can ya smell what The Rock is cookin€™? It€™s a new show from HBO, and starring Dwayne Johnson himself. That alone is surely enough cause for excitement. It€™s billed as a comedy, and focuses on retired football star Spencer Strassmore (Johnson) acting as a mentor to the younger generation. It€™s drawn early comparisons to Entourage, and the promise of seeing Johnson in anything is always an exciting one - even when the film€™s bad he tends to be entertaining, and it€™ll be good to see him working from a more comedic script (SNL is proof he can definitely handle it). Meanwhile, HBO is the home for prestige shows at the moment, so hopes are certainly high for this one.