“Game of Thrones”<\/a>-verse\u00a0is based on the George R.R. Martin novellas “Tales of Dunk and Egg,” which concern the travels of one “Dunk,” or Duncan the Tall, and his very young consort, “Egg,” or Aegon Targaryen. In this brisk adaptation, each of the six episodes are just a half-hour long, and promise a look at the lighter side of Westeros, in the company of a famed knight, Dunk (Peter Claffey, “Bad Sisters”) and future king, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).<\/p>\nJAN.\u00a020<\/p>\n
STAR SEARCH (Netflix)<\/p>\n
This reboot of a show that launched a hundred careers (or at least a few memorable ones, like those of Beyonc\u00e9, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears) has an\u00a0unusual twist \u2014 for Netflix, if not for “American Idol.” Editions will stream Tuesdays and Wednesday (at 9), with the audience voting in real time. Anthony Anderson hosts.<\/p>\n
JAN.\u00a021<\/p>\n
THE BEAUTY (FX, 9; Hulu\u00a0)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A sexually transmitted disease is making some Americans gorgeous \u2014 tight abs, chiseled features, perfect hair, sculpted bods \u2014 but after they start dying, a pair of detectives investigate. They\u00a0travel to Paris in search of answers. This latest body horror-bodice ripper from Ryan Murphy stars Rebecca Hall, Evan Peters and Ashton Kutcher.<\/p>\n
DROPS OF GOD (Apple TV)<\/p>\n
This fun thriller from French screenwriter Quoc Dang Tran about a brother (Tomohisa Yamashita) and sister (Fleur Geffrier) vying for their father’s wine cellar (long story, but the cellar was worth vying for) is back for a second season, while no doubt still exploring important questions, such as \u2014 is a 1945 Domaine de la Roman\u00e9e-Conti Grand Cru really all that different from a 1946?<\/p>\n
STEAL (Prime Video)<\/p>\n
Zara (Sophie Turner) and her friend Luke (Archie Madekwe) are muddling through another day in the office, at Lockmill Capital, when armed robbers force them to withdraw 4 billion\u00a0pounds in pension funds. Who are they? What happens to the money? Do the bad guys get caught? (And doesn’t 4 billion sound a bit excessive?) Six episodes to find the answers.<\/p>\n
JAN. 22-23<\/p>\n
MEL BROOKS: THE 99 YEAR OLD MAN! (HBO Max)<\/p>\n
This two-parter promises to “explore the life, career, friendships and loves” of the legend, with the legend himself offering a little on- and off-screen guidance in the bargain. Judd Apatow directs.<\/p>\n
JAN.\u00a025<\/p>\n
MEMORY OF A KILLER (Fox\/5, 10)<\/p>\n
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Patrick Dempsey stars in “Memory of a Killer” on Fox. Credit: Fox\/Jan Thijs<\/p>\n
Angelo (Patrick Dempsey) has early onset Alzheimer’s, which hampers his day job as a photocopier salesperson, but especially his moonlighting work as a hitman. After his wife’s murder, someone is coming for his pregnant daughter. As the news release\u00a0elaborates, “now, Angelo must hunt down his mortal enemy while continuing to carry out hits without giving away his diagnosis and still making it home in time to cook dinner for his daughter.” Michael Imperioli and Gina Torres co-star.\u00a0<\/p>\n
IT’S NOT LIKE THAT (Prime Video)<\/p>\n
Malcolm (Scott Foley), a recently widowed pastor with three kids, and Lori (Erinn Hayes), a divorcee with two teens, are navigating life together as singletons, but press notes ask whether “this is the beginning of a love story? It’s not like that. Or is it?” Of course it’s like that. In eight episodes, with the first two on Jan. 25.<\/p>\n
JAN.\u00a027<\/p>\n
WONDER MAN (Disney+, 9)<\/p>\n
If the words “another Marvel adaptation” turn you into a quivering pile of ennui then you’ll probably want to skip this latest from the MCU \u2014 except this story about a lesser-known Avenger named Simon Williams may possibly be intended for you. Something of a Hollywood slick in search of fame and fortune, Williams \u2014 Yahya Abdul-Mateen, aka\u00a0Black Manta of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” \u2014 wants to get cast in a superhero movie and gets help from Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), the drugged-out struggling thespian from “Iron Man 3.” A good hint this will be a quasi-comedy treatment: Andrew Guest, who wrote for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” is showrunner.<\/p>\n
JAN.\u00a028<\/p>\n
SHRINKING (Apple TV)<\/p>\n
This stealth hit returns for a third\u00a0season with Jeff Daniels joining as Jimmy’s (Jason Segel) father, and Michael J. Fox joining, too, in a storyline tied to Paul\u00a0(Harrison Ford), who has Parkinson’s. Candice Bergen is also on board.<\/p>\n
JAN. 29<\/p>\n
BRIDGERTON (Netflix)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Two things to keep in mind for Season 4 \u2014 it’s Benedict’s (Luke Thompson) turn to tie the knot while “Cinderella” plays a thematic role. Free spirit Ben still has no interest in marriage, despite Lady Violet’s (Ruth Gemmell) pleas. Then, at a masked ball, Benedict is smitten by the mysterious “Lady in Silver.” Surprise! She’s a house maid, Sophie, (Yerin Ha, “Dune: Prophecy”), and an “Upstairs\/Downstairs” love-conquers-all love story unfolds. With that “Cinderella” theme in mind, Sophie’s villainous overseer is someone named Lady Araminta Gun \u2014 Katie Leung of “Harry Potter” fame. Four episodes will drop Jan. 29\u00a0and the final four on Feb.\u00a026.<\/p>\n
FEB.\u00a03<\/p>\n
BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY (WNET\/13, 9)<\/p>\n
This four-parter from Henry Louis Gates Jr. promises to explore “the complex relationship between Black Americans and Jewish Americans \u2014 forged in shared struggle, tested by division.”<\/p>\n
FEB.\u00a08<\/p>\n
THE ‘BURBS (Peacock)<\/p>\n
The 1989\u00a0Tom Hanks movie of the same name was a cautionary black comedy about next-door neighbors who seemed like murderers (and in fact were). This eight-part series comes from Seth MacFarlane and Celeste Hughley (“Dead to Me”). Keke Palmer stars as the lady next door who has well-founded suspicions about her neighbors. All eight\u00a0episodes arrive Feb. 8.<\/p>\n
FEB.\u00a015<\/p>\n
DARK WINDS (AMC, 9)<\/p>\n
This fourth season (based on the Tony Hillerman 1984 mystery, “The Ghostway”)\u00a0dangles at least two interesting reasons to drop in: First, some of these eight episodes will take place in Los Angeles, and away from the Four Corners; and Titus Welliver (“Bosch”) stars out of character as an L.A. crime boss.<\/p>\n
FEB. 18<\/p>\n
56 DAYS (Prime Video)<\/p>\n
Based on the 2021 Catherine Ryan Howard thriller set in the time of COVID lockdown, this eight-parter is about a couple who move in together just as the pandemic gets underway, while one ends up possibly murdered. Another twist: Police can’t identify the body. Dove Cameron stars;\u00a0it’s from horror master James Wan.<\/p>\n
FEB. 19<\/p>\n
THE NIGHT AGENT (Netflix)<\/p>\n
Shawn Ryan’s kicky thriller is back for a third go-round, with Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso) en route to Istanbul to hunt down someone who stole sensitive government documents. There’s a journalist (Genesis Rodriguez, “The Umbrella Academy”), who’s on the hunt, too. Jennifer Morrison (“House”) and Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”) also star.\u00a0<\/p>\n
FEB. 23<\/p>\n
CIA (CBS\/2, 10)<\/p>\n
A loosey-goosey CIA case officer (“Lucifer’s” Tom Ellis) and a by-the-book FBI agent (“Chicago Med’s” Nick Gehlfuss) team up to save the world from bad guys. While this Dick Wolf New York City production was only supposed to be a spinoff of “FBI,” it’s already cycled through a lot of changes, names and a few executive producers. Who knows what we’ll end up with.<\/p>\n
THE FALL AND RISE OF REGGIE DINKINS (NBC\/4, 8)<\/p>\n
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Daniel Radcliffe, left, as Arthur Tobin, Erika Alexander as Monica and Tracy Morgan as Reggie Dinkins. in “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.” Credit: NBC\/Scott Gries<\/p>\n
Tracy Morgan is about to have two series on two networks \u2014 “Crutch,” which premiered in the fall on\u00a0Paramount+, and now this Tina Fey-produced sitcom about a former football player trying to rehab his image with the help of a film producer (Daniel Radcliffe).<\/p>\n
PARADISE (Hulu)<\/p>\n
In this second season of the apocalyptic thriller set in\/under a big bubble, Secret Service agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) leaves the “bunker” for the first time, to search for his wife, Teri (Enuka Okuma). Production notes explain the “social fabric frays” inside the bunker, and it’s worse outside.<\/p>\n
FEB.\u00a025<\/p>\n
THE GREATEST AVERAGE AMERICAN GAME SHOW (ABC, 8)<\/p>\n
Hosted by stand-up Nate Bargatze \u2014 repurposing the name from his Netflix special \u2014 this envisions a quiz show for the truly average among us. Winners \u2014 who must establish their bone fides in averageness \u2014 even get $67,920 (which is presumably the average American’s salary).<\/p>\n
SCRUBS (ABC\/7, 8)<\/p>\n
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Zach Braff as John \u201cJ.D.\u201d Dorian and Donald Faison as Christopher Turk are back for more medical mischief in the “Scrubs” reboot. Credit: Disney\/Jeff Weddell<\/p>\n
J.D.\u00a0(Zach Braff) and the gang at Sacred Heart Hospital \u2014 gone from our TV lives 16\u00a0years \u2014 are back, now older, wiser and\u00a0creakier. What to expect from this reunion of Donald Faison (Dr. Chris Turk), Sarah Chalke (Dr. Elliot Reid), Judy Reyes (nurse Carla Espinosa), and John C. McGinley (Dr. Perry Cox) besides more of the same? As best I can tell, more of the same. Newcomers include former “SNL” star Vanessa Bayer and Joel Kim Booster (“Loot”).<\/p>\n
SURVIVOR 50: IN THE HANDS OF FANS (CBS\/2, 8)<\/p>\n
This supersized celebration season (three hours on Feb. 23) allowed fans to vote on elements (for example, whether the finale heads back to L.A.). Meanwhile, the cast includes Stephenie\u00a0LaGrossa (Guatemala), Colby Donaldson (Australia), Cirie Fields (Panama) and Ozzy Lusth (Cook Islands.) Many others have appeared multiple times, so all are familiar, including Mike White (“The White Lotus”) who’s back after his run on the “David vs. Goliath” edition.<\/p>\n
FEB.\u00a026<\/p>\n
THE GRAY HOUSE (Prime Video)<\/p>\n
This Rolland Joffe-directed eight-parter is about four women turned spies during the Civil War (Mary-Louise Parker heads a big cast.)<\/p>\n
MARCH 1<\/p>\n
Y: MARSHALS (CBS\/2, 8)<\/p>\n
Both spinoff and sequel to “Yellowstone,” this returns Luke Grimes to that show’s\u00a0universe without specifically referencing it,\u00a0which has led to some speculation the title is still a work in progress. (Or because this is not set at the Dutton Ranch. Either way, the title is confusing.) Kayce Dutton (Grimes) is a U.S. marshal who dispenses High Plains justice while several other “Yellowstone” regulars are back, further forging ties with the Paramount hit. They include Gil Birmingham’s Thomas Rainwater (who was John Dutton’s foil\u00a0and leader of Broken Rock Reservation)\u00a0and Moses Brings Plenty as Rainwater enforcer Mo.<\/p>\n
MARCH 4<\/p>\n
YOUNG SHERLOCK (Prime\u00a0Video)<\/p>\n
This eight-part\u00a0origin story, stars Colin Firth, Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone.<\/p>\n
MARCH 6<\/p>\n
OUTLANDER (Starz, 9)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This\u00a0epic TV love story<\/a> that spanned centuries, oceans (and decades \u2014 it began in 2014) is finally coming to a close. The eighth season (or, if you will, second half of the seventh) is based on Diana Gabaldon’s ninth novel of the Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitr\u00edona Balfe) saga, set in 1779, and back on Fraser’s Ridge. The American Revolution is about to engulf their isolated world atop a North Carolina bluff, and we know what Jamie and Claire will be forced to do: Protect home, hearth and bluff.<\/p>\nMARCH 11<\/p>\n
SCARPETTA (Prime Video)<\/p>\n
Patricia Cornwell’s famed forensic pathologist, Kay Scarpetta \u2014 here played by Nicole Kidman \u2014 gets her TV close-up. Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale and Simon Baker also star. Meanwhile, the showrunner behind the camera is what makes this promising \u2014 Liz Sarnoff, who’s produced so much first-rate work over her career, from “Deadwood” to “NYPD Blue.”<\/p>\n
MARCH 20<\/p>\n
PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN (Netflix)<\/p>\n
“Peaky Blinders” ended a six-season run in 2022 until it occurred to someone \u2014 why end there?\u00a0This standalone movie \u2014 presumably a setup for a pair of future six-episode seasons \u2014 finds Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) back in Birmingham at the outset of World War II. He’s grappling with the legacy of his criminal enterprise and with a few personal demons, too. (This will also have a theatrical release on March 6.)<\/p>\n
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (WNET\/13, 10)<\/p>\n
This 2024 miniseries about Alexandre Dumas’\u00a0treasure-seeking, identity-co-opting French sailor \u2014 with Sam Claflin in the title role \u2014 gets its U.S. premiere.<\/p>\n
THE FAITHFUL (Fox\/5, 8)<\/p>\n
The women of the Bible get a TV treatment, Fox-style, in this three-week, six-hour, sword-and-sandal “event” series. They are: Sarah (Minnie Driver); Hagar (Natacha Karam) Rebekah (Alexa Davalos); Leah (Millie Brady)\u00a0and Rachel (Blu Hunt). “CSI’s” Carol Mendelsohn is showrunner.<\/p>\n
THE FORSYTES (WNET\/13, 9)<\/p>\n
Could this latest six-episode adaptation of John Galsworthy’s Edwardian trilogy (published in 1922) become our next “Downton Abbey” obsession? Tuppence Middleton, Millie Gibson, Eleanor Tomlinson and Jack Davenport star.<\/p>\n
\n\tVerne Gay is Newsday’s TV writer and critic. He has covered the media business for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new year\u00a02026\u00a0is about to come crashing through the TV device of your choice, and “crashing” does seem…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427,45638],"class_list":{"0":"post-387414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-tv-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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