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It\u2019s Friday! And it\u2019s not just ANY Friday\u2026 it\u2019s the Friday before a LONG WEEKEND! This is the best kind of Friday, and we are here to help support your wonderful weekend with television recommendations!<\/p>\n

On deck, we\u2019ve got some brand-new shows (and I mean premiering this weekend), as well as a bunch of shows that came out right after New Year\u2019s that didn\u2019t yet make it onto one of these weekend roundups.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s an exciting week for TV, even if there aren\u2019t SO many new shows. Why? Well, we\u2019ve got a new trailer for\u00a0the Prime show\u00a0Spider Noir, a live-action spinoff from the Into the Spider-Verse\u00a0movies that puts Nicolas Cage both in the Spidey suit and a noirish trenchcoat. The trailer, which is positively dripping in chiaroscuro, looks delightful. Check it out here:<\/p>\n

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And now\u2026 shows you can watch right away!<\/p>\n

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The Night Manager: Season Two<\/p>\n

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You probably have already watched Season Two of\u00a0The Night Manager, but it came out in 2026 just before we started running these weekly lists, so I\u2019m putting it on here to remind you! Tom Hiddleston is back (after eight years!) as Jonathan Pine, a spy with integrity and knowledge of the night shift.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Prime<\/p>\n

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Cross: Season 2<\/p>\n

Alex Cross is back and this time, he\u2019s hunting a terrifying serial killer who seems hungry for revenge.<\/p>\n

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Where to Stream: Prime<\/p>\n

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\"\" Zahn McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn in Season 4 of \u201cDark Winds.\u201d (Michael Moriatis \/ AMC)<\/p>\n

Dark Winds: Season 4\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here at CrimeReads, we love\u00a0Dark Winds.\u00a0Apparently, Season 4 is just as noirish and awesome as the previous seasons, so we can\u2019t WAIT.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: AMC+ <\/p>\n

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Wonder Man: Season 1<\/p>\n

Wonder Man! My parents (who have great taste, FYI) have been enjoying this new show about an actor who winds up getting superhero powers. But more than be a cookie-cutter superhero story, it\u2019s a satire about Hollywood and the oversaturation of superhero movies, in general. And apparently, the two leads (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley) are phenomenal together.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Disney+<\/p>\n

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The Lincoln Lawyer:\u00a0Season 4<\/p>\n

I was not aware that\u00a0The Lincoln Lawyer\u00a0had returned, but it has! Pay ol\u2019 Mickey Haller a visit, this weekend, why don\u2019tcha?<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Netflix <\/p>\n

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Highlights from January and February:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Burbs: Season 1<\/p>\n

Well, well, well\u2026 they turned\u00a0The Burbs\u00a0into a TV show. Normally I don\u2019t like remakes, but I do like this idea, since I think the original\u00a0Burbs\u00a0movie could have done more with its amusing premise. Plus Keke Palmer is the lead in this, and I\u2019ll watch her do pretty much anything.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Peacock<\/p>\n

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Father Brown: Season 13<\/p>\n

I love the endurance of\u00a0Father Brown! Go\u00a0Father Brown! I will say that the charming Cotswolds town of Kembleford is starting to feel a little like Cabot Cove, in terms of the large numbers of murders per capita, but whatever.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Britbox<\/p>\n

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School Spirits: Season 3<\/p>\n

The last two seasons of\u00a0School Spirits were tight and very compelling. The series is a mystery about a young girl who dies in her high school and finds that her spirit has stayed behind\u2014and she meets several other ghosts from the last 70 years who are also former students, waiting around. Except her\u00a0situation is someone what different (was she murdered?). Anyway, I\u2019m looking forward to season three.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Paramount+<\/p>\n

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Vanished: Season 1<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very excited for this new series starring thriller-genre-fan Kaley Cuoco, about a woman whose French vacation goes awry when her boyfriend vanishes on a train. And it seems like he\u2019s a spy? Or something? Can\u2019t wait. The first episode comes out on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: MGM+<\/p>\n

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Steal: Season 1<\/p>\n

I admit, I\u2019m intrigued by this Sophie Turner-led show, in which an ordinary office worker at a pension fund investment company winds up embroiled in a heist.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Prime<\/p>\n

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The Nowhere Man: Season 1<\/p>\n

In this gripping new thriller set in Johannesburg, Bonko Khoza plays an ex-soldier with PTSD who is drawn back into a high-octane world when he witnesses a home invasion and can\u2019t help but intervene and try to help.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Starz<\/p>\n

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His & Hers: Season 1<\/p>\n

Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson star in this new Netflix series based on the book by Alice Feeney, as two estranged spouses (a cop and a reporter), who wind up investigating a murder they both think the other committed. What fun!<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Netflix <\/p>\n

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Ponies: Season 1<\/p>\n

P-O-N-I-E-S means \u201cpersons of no interest.\u201d And that\u2019s who our protagonists are (ostensibly) in this new buddy espionage comedy starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson.<\/p>\n

Where to Stream: Peacock<\/p>\n

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Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials: Season 1 <\/p>\n

A new Agatha Christie mystery!! And I thought Christmas already came and went! Helena Bonham Carter\u2019s in this one, too, so that\u2019s an extra treat.<\/p>\n

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