- HD 1080
- Runtime: 42m.
- Status: Canceled
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Stars: Sadie Stanley, Lexi Underwood, Griffin Gluck, Lisa Yamada, Sean Blakemore
- keywords: anthology, psychological thriller, summer, missing person, 1990s
- Production_studio: Entertainment One, Iron Ocean Films, Entertainment One Television
- Slogan: The truth is how you see it.
- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 20
- First air date: 2021-04-20
- Last air date: 2023-07-31
- providers: Hulu
- The Cruel Summer is featured in the top rankings of 2021
- #41 in Top Mystery Series of 2021
Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.
