The AMC Networks June 2023 schedule has been announced and includes the debut of AMC’s The Walking Dead: Dead City, featuring fan-favorite characters Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), as well as the mid-season finale of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead.
The AMC Networks June 2023 lineup also features the series finale of Acorn TV’s acclaimed Happy Valley and the premieres of Acorn TV Original Series Cannes Confidential and Sundance Now’s Clean Sweep and True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes.
AMC+ continues film debuts every week with movies such as The Fight Machine, Brooklyn 45, The Lost King, Quicksand, Children of the Corn, and much more.
The AMC Networks properties include AMC+, Acorn TV, ALLBLK, Shudder, Sundance Now, and anime-focused HIDIVE.
AMC NETWORKS JUNE 2023 SCHEDULE
ACORN TV
(Also see the full Acorn TV June 2023 schedule)
Happy Valley Season 3 – New Episodes Premiere on Acorn TV and AMC+ Every Monday Through June 26
In the epic and unmissable final season, Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire, Julia, Last Tango in Halifax) discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim, sparking a chain of events that unwittingly leads her straight back to murderer and rapist Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton, McMafia, Little Women).
Catherine’s grandson Ryan (Rhys Connah, The Runaways) is now sixteen and has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with Tommy, the man Catherine still refuses to acknowledge as his father. Still battling the seemingly never-ending problem of drugs in the valley and those who supply them, Catherine is on the cusp of retirement. Will she solve this final case?
Lost: Those Who Kill (Acorn TV US Exclusive) – Binge Premieres Monday, June 5
Criminal profiler Louise Bergstein is on edge after her most recent case, battling debilitating insomnia when a Copenhagen couple is brutally murdered outside their home. Determined to track down the killer, she teams up with police investigator Frederik Havgaard.
All evidence points to a young man called Bjørn with a dark and desperate past, and when Bjørn’s sister’s baby is abducted and Bjørn is found dead, the case is closed and Louise leaves the city for a fresh start in Jutland. Three years later, she’s dragged back onto the case when a new suspect is linked to the killings, reawakening the dreadful truth and traumas of the past.
Cannes Confidential (Acorn TV Original) – New Series Premieres Monday, June 26
Set in the Cote d’Azur, Cannes Confidential is a blue-sky, romantic crime series starring French TV-drama actor Lucie Lucas (Clem, Porto and Gloria), Jamie Bamber (Strike Back, Marcella, Battlestar Galactica), and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (Profilage). The series centers on the relationship between an idealistic, local underdog female cop (Lucas) and an ex-conman (Bamber).
The pair are forced into an unlikely — and surprisingly successful — crime-fighting partnership, which sees them solve a murder case in each close-ended episode. However, the drama’s arc focuses on the main character’s quest to find the criminals who framed her father, a local-hero police officer who was jailed for a crime he did not commit.
ALLBLK
Lace (ALLBLK Original Series) – Season 2 Premieres Thursday, June 29
Season 2 continues to follow the courtroom, boardroom, and bedroom chess matches of high-profile lawyer Lacey McCullough…as she and her firm navigate clients, cases, exclusive escort services, and their personal lives. McCullough has mastered the art of the deal, but as she builds influence, she’s also making rivals on both sides of the law.
A loyal staff and extreme tunnel vision have kept it together so far, but as the lines between her business blur…one mishap or unexpected event may be all it takes for her operation to crumble. Starring: Maryam Basir, Tanyell Waivers, Antoine Harris, Mollie Dolcimascolo, Taylor Bynoe.
Gaslight (Film) – ALLBLK SVOD World Premiere Thursday, June 15
Brooke becomes unstable after her inheritance begins to disappear, and she is unsure if her husband is plotting to steal her legacy or if she’s losing her mind. Starring Melan Perez, Taral Hicks-Dawson, Brave Williams, Benton Greene.
Judge Me Not (ALLBLK Original Series) – New Episodes Premiere Thursdays Through July 13
Judge Me Not is the story of Zelma Jay Johnson, an exceptionally bright, young black woman who struggles with mental health issues, a ludicrous family, and volatile love life. We join her as she takes on her new role as a judge in a court full of outrageous characters both in front of and behind the bench.
As her passionate relationship with her live-in lover takes them both on a ride, she finds herself caught in the crosshairs a psychological thriller that puts her life at risk. Starring Chyna Lane, Javon Terrell, Terrence Green, Jonathan Chase, Gena Shaw and Bonita Brisker.
AMC+
The Walking Dead: Dead City – Premieres Sunday, June 18 on AMC; Stream Early Every Thursday on AMC+ Beginning June 15
The Walking Dead: Dead City follows the popular Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) characters traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
Fear the Walking Dead Season 8A – New Episodes Premiere Sundays Until Mid-Season Finale on June 18; Stream Early Every Thursday on AMC+
Fear the Walking Dead’s eighth season begins after the conclusion of Season 7, when Morgan’s (Lennie James) and Madison’s (Kim Dickens) hopes to rescue Mo from PADRE did not go as planned. Now, Morgan, Madison and the others they brought to the island are living under PADRE’s cynical rule.
With our characters demoralized and dejected, the task of reigniting belief in a better world rests with the person Morgan and Madison set out to rescue in the first place — Morgan’s daughter, Mo.
Happy Valley Season 3 – New Episodes Premiere on Acorn TV and AMC+ Every Monday Through June 26
In the epic and unmissable final season, Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire, Julia, Last Tango in Halifax) discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim, sparking a chain of events that unwittingly leads her straight back to murderer and rapist Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton, McMafia, Little Women).
Catherine’s grandson Ryan (Rhys Connah, The Runaways) is now sixteen and has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with Tommy, the man Catherine still refuses to acknowledge as his father. Still battling the seemingly never-ending problem of drugs in the valley and those who supply them, Catherine is on the cusp of retirement. Will she solve this final case?
AMC+ EXCLUSIVE FILMS (New films premiere every Friday)
The Fight Machine – Premieres Friday, June 2 (AMC+ Exclusive)
Two young men from different backgrounds find their destinies linked when they meet up in the world of illegal bare-knuckle fighting. Starring Greg Hovanessian (Another Life), Dempsey Bryk (Willow) and Greg Bryk (Saw V).
Brooklyn 45 – Premieres Friday, June 9 (Shudder Original)
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all too literal. Starring Anne Ramsay (A League of Their Own), Ron E. Rains (The Onion’s Film Standard) and Jeremy Holm (House of Cards).
The Lost King – Premieres Friday, June 16 (AMC+ Co-Exclusive with Acorn TV)
Based on a true story, an amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III’s remains, which were lost for over 500 years. Starring Harry Lloyd (The Theory of Everything), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) and Steve Coogan (Philomena), directed by Academy-Award nominated Stephen Frears.
Quicksand – Premieres Friday, June 23 (Shudder Original)
An American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape. Starring Carolina Gaitan (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan).
Children of the Corn – Premieres Friday, June 30 (Shudder Exclusive)
In this reboot of the classic Stephen King novel, a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield in Nebraska and recruits the other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage killing all the adults and anyone else who opposes her.
A bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan is the town’s only hope of survival. Starring Elena Kampouris (Before I Fall), Kate Moyer (Station Eleven), Callan Mulvey (The Gray Man) and Bruce Spence (The Road Warrior).
NEW TO AMC+ THIS MONTH
The Walking Dead: Dead City Live From WonderCon – Special Premieres Thursday, June 1 (AMC+)
The cast and crew discuss what fans can expect from the final season in a panel moderated by Chris Hardwick at this year’s WonderCon, including stars Lauren Cohan and Gaius Charles, as well as showrunner Eli Jorne.
Fear The Walking Dead: Show Me More – Special Premieres Monday, June 19
Hosted by Clarke Wolfe, fans get the ultimate backstage pass to the final season (Part 1) of Fear the Walking Dead with special behind-the-scenes access to favorite cast and crew.
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Seasons 1 and 2 Debut on Wednesday June 14
A serialized comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd, as they wend their way through one big, seemingly insane mystery, crossing unlikely paths with a bevy of wild and sometimes dangerous characters. Starring Samuel Barnett (Penny Dreadful) and Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings), based on the best-selling novel by Douglas Adams.
CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH
New Collection Available All Month Long (June 1 – June 30)
Features titles from across the portfolio, including top performing AMC series Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, acclaimed AMC+ original This Is Going to Hurt, library classics Halt and Catch Fire, Dispatches from Elsewhere, Hap & Leonard, Orphan Black and Portlandia, Shudder’s Dragula franchise, new Sundance Now series Totally, Completely Fine, and IFC Films Blue is the Warmest Color, Vita & Virginia and Weekend.
HIDIVE
Otaku Elf (HIDIVE Exclusive) Streaming Now; New Episodes Throughout June
Based on the ongoing popular comedy manga by Akihiko Higuchi, Otaku Elf quickly became and continues to be one of this season’s top new series with shonen fans ever since the show’s April premiere as a HIDIVE exclusive. Takamimi Shrine has an unusual resident — Elda, an ancient elf who’s obsessed with video games!
The shrine’s teenage attendant, Koito Koganei, keeps this reclusive otaku well supplied with energy drinks and junk food. Even though she loves 100%-ing her games, Elda has duties to attend to, and Koganei is bound and determined to make this otaku elf fulfill them! It’ll just take an offering or two to bribe — um, we mean convince Elda to put down her new game… Otaku Elf is directed by Takebumi Anzai, written by Shōgo Yasukawa and produced by C2C.
Tsurune the Movie: The First Shot (HIDIVE Exclusive) – English Subtitled Premiere in June
Fresh off its theatrical release last month, the compilation film Tsurune the Movie: The First Shot provides audiences the perfect introduction to the beloved original 13-episode Tsurune anime series before they binge the show’s new second season Tsurune – The Linking Shot.
Minato Narumiya used to be passionate about kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery, until an incident caused him to abandon the sport altogether. Inspired to take up his bow again in high school, he and his friends now take aim for first place in the prefectural tournament. Tsurune the Movie: The First Shot was written and directed by Takuya Yamamura and produced by the highly respected studio Kyoto Animation.
Farming Life in Another World (HIDIVE Exclusive) – English Dub Premiere in June
Last season’s otherworldly fan-favorite isekai series Farming Life in Another World will soon be available in English dub as well starting this June! Life cut short by illness at just 39 years old, Machio Hiraku knows not to take simple blessings for granted. When a godlike figure gives him given a chance to live again, Hiraku has only the simplest of wishes for his new life: to be healthy, to live peacefully, to speak the local language, and to spend his days on an idyllic farm.
Fresh air, sunshine, honest work, and good company combine to form the happy, peaceful existence Hiraku has always dreamed of. Farming Life in Another World is directed by Ryōichi Kuraya, written by Touko Machida and produced by Zero-G.
SHUDDER
(Also see the full Shudder June 2023 schedule)
Brooklyn 45 (Shudder Original Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, June 9
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all too literal. Starring Anne Ramsay (A League of Their Own), Ron E. Rains (The Onion’s Film Standard) and Jeremy Holm (House of Cards).
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 5B (Shudder Original Series) – New Episodes Premiere Live Every Friday on Shudder TV and AMC+ TV Beginning June 23
On The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Joe Bob Briggs hosts eclectic horror movie double features, expounding upon their merits, histories and significance to genre cinema. Join Joe Bob, Darcy the Mail Girl, and the rest of The Last Drive-In crew as they ring in an all-new episodes in the fifth season.
Quicksand (Shudder Original Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, June 23
An American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape. Starring Carolina Gaitan (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan).
Children of the Corn (Shudder Exclusive) – New Film Premieres Friday, June 30
Possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield, a twelve-year-old girl in Nebraska recruits the other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage and kill all the adults and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan is the town’s only hope of survival. Starring Elena Kampouris (Before I Fall), Kate Moyer (Station Eleven), Callan Mulvey (The Gray Man) and Bruce Spence (The Road Warrior).
SUNDANCE NOW
True Crime Story: Look Into My Eyes (SundanceTV Original Series) – Limited Series Premieres on Thursday, June 15 across SundanceTV and Sundance Now; New Episodes Every Thursday Until Series Finale on July 6
Four-part series unfurls the bizarre story of Dr. George Kenney and his fall from grace after 10 years as a beloved principal at North Port High School in Florida where he practiced hypnosis on students. After three teenage students died after a series of suspicious events, the case exploded into global news when a local media story questioned his involvement.
The series investigates events leading up to these untimely deaths and the tragic aftermath as victims’ families, eyewitnesses, experts, and people involved attempt to unpack what really happened.
Clean Sweep (Sundance Now Original Series) – Two-Episode Premiere on Thursday, June 22; New Episodes Every Thursday Until Series Finale on July 20
Created by Gary Tieche (Preacher) and inspired by true events, this Irish thriller follows Shelly Mohan (Charlene McKenna, Bloodlands, Peaky Blinders), a housewife, mother of three, married to a Garda detective, who kills her former partner in crime when he threatens to expose her dark past.
With her unsuspecting husband hunting for the killer, Shelly must cope with pressures of the tightening noose as well as continue caring for an ailing son, her unfaithful husband, and all usual burdens of motherhood.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.