August programming offerings will heat up this week as several high-profile scripted and reality series make their debuts.

HBO's much anticipated horror/thriller series Lovecraft County -- executive produced by Jordan Peele and Misha Green -- debuts on Aug. 16, while Apple TV Plus' Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudelkis as an American college football coach-turned-England pro soccer team coach, premieres Aug. 14

On the unscripted front, HBO will debut its Hard Knocks pro football reality series on Aug. 11 with a focus on the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, while its sister streaming service HBO Max on Aug. 13 will cook up a new reality series starring actress Selena Gomez titled Selena + Chef (pictured). 

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several other shows debuting the week of Aug. 10 to Aug. 16 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

Aug. 10 -- Game On: A Comedy Crossover Event (special) -- Netflix

Aug. 10 -- The Other One (comedy) -- Acorn TV

Aug. 11 -- Hard Knocks: Los Angeles (sports docu series) -- HBO

Aug. 12 -- Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (documentary) -- HBO

Aug. 13 -- Five Bedrooms (dramedy) -- Peacock

Aug. 14 -- Teenage Bounty Hunters (comedy) -- Netflix

ABC, Fox and NBC tied for the top score in Wednesday prime ratings, each posting a 0.5 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. Just off the pace were CBS and Univision at 0.4/3. 

It wasn’t much of a night for broadcast ratings. 

ABC had the movie Thor: The Dark World at 0.5 and the season premiere of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD at 0.4. 

Fox had a MasterChef repeat and Ultimate Tag at 0.6. Ultimate Tag premiered at 1.3 last week with The Masked Singer leading in. 

On NBC it was Chicago repeats across prime. 

CBS had the series premiere of goofy competition series Game On!, hosted by Keegan-Michael Key. It got a 0.6. Repeats followed. 

Univision had Te Doy La Vida down 20% to 0.4 and Amor Eterno at a flat 0.5. Como Tu No Hay 2 also fell 20% to 0.4.

Telemundo posted a 0.3/2. Cennet got a 0.3 and 100 Dias Para Enamorarnos a 0.3. La Reina del Sur 2 got a 0.2. All three were flat. 

The CW got a 0.1/1. The 100 did a 0.2, same as its premiere last week, and led into a Bulletproof rerun. 

Goofy competition series Game On! starts on CBS May 27. Keegan-Michael Key hosts and Rob Gronkowski and Venus Williams captain Team Gronk and Team Venus, respectively. 

Based on the U.K. show A League of Their Own, the series premiere sees the teams attempt to kick a field goal during an L.A. Rams game, battle against the strongest man in the world and run a soccer drill with Mark McGrath, Coolio and Macy Gray. 

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is a guest on Team Gronk for the premiere and basketball standout J.R. Smith is on Team Venus. 

Game On! comes from Fulwell 73. James Corden is an executive producer, and pops up now and then on the show. He said America, which essentially wrote the book on fusing sports and entertainment, was a no-brainer for Game On! “There is no country on Earth more used to mixing sports with entertainment,” he said. 

One does not have to be a sports fan to enjoy Game On!, Corden added. “All generations of a family can sit and watch the show together,” he said. 

The second episode features guests Ronda Rousey on Team Gronk and Demi Lovato on Team Venus. 

Gronkowski, who retired from the NFL after the 2018 season but will reunite with Tom Brady in Tampa Bay this coming season, said of the show, “it’s unpredictable, it’s fun, it’s hilarious. We never took ourselves too seriously.”

(For the record, no one has ever charged Gronk with taking himself too seriously.)

Tennis superstar Williams said it was “fun to get outside of your box. It’s about us getting outside of our comfort zones.”

Keegan-Michael Key teased an appearance from former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz on Game On! “He was effervescent and had a thousand-watt smile coming from every pore of his body,” said the host. 

Corden said Game On! thrives on camaraderie. “It’s checking in with a group of your friends,” he said, “and having a great time.”