'The Lord of the Rings' Prequel Series Debuts: What's Premiering This Week (August 29-September 5)

 The much-anticipated debut of Prime Video's The Lord of Rings: The Rings of Power original series leads a light schedule of show premieres for the Labor Day holiday week.

The series, which premieres September 1 at 9 pm (ET) on the streaming service, is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films, and  follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth, according to Prime Video. 

The streaming service will debut the first two episodes of  the series, with the remaining episodes streaming on a weekly basis.

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for multiple shows debuting the week of August 29 to September 5 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

Aug. 29 – Keep This Between Us (reality series) – Freeform

Aug. 30 – The Patient (drama) – Hulu

Sept. 1 – Pantheon (Sci-Fi) – AMC Plus

Sept. 2 – Honk for Jesus: Save Your Soul (comedy) – Peacock

Sept. 2 – House of Hammer (reality) – Discovery Plus

Sept. 4 – McEnroe (sports documentary) – Showtime

Sept. 5 – The Murders Before the Marathon (reality) – Hulu

Sept. 5 – Out of Office (comedy movie) – Comedy Central

Sept. 5 – The Bad Seed Returns (drama movie) – Lifetime

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