Honorable Mentions
There is absolutely so much more than we could include. Here’s a simple list via the network, cable subscriber, or streamer that we’re also interested in, and could be great, but was cut for time and space. Note, some of it ain’t on the list because we’re not even sure it’s ready for next year! Happy binge-watching and good luck trying to fit all this in! As always, thanks to the invaluable thoughts and input by former Playlist writer and still honorary community member Oliver Lyttelton who helps us put together these lists every year. He’s writing for TV now, go follow him!
Disney+
Star Wars Bad Batch S2
What If S2
Apple TV+
The Changeling (starring and produced by LaKeith Stanfield)
City on Fire (Josh Schwartz produced, based on the novel)
Strange Planet (Dan Harmon animation – every streamer gets one)
The Essex Serpent (Clio Barnard/Claire Danes/Tom Hiddleston)
Five Days At Memorial (Hurricane Katrina drama with Vera Farmiga/Adepero Oduye)
In With The Devil (Taron Egerton/Paul Walter Hauser, Bullhead’s Michael Roskam directs)
The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey (Samuel L Jackson/Ramin Bahrani)
Surface (Gugu Mbatha-Raw)
Suspicion (Uma Thurman, Homeland-ish)
Wool (sci-fi series Rebecca Ferguson/Tim Robbins/Rashida Jones/Morten Tyldum)
High Desert (Patricia Arquette/Matt Dillon)
Liaison (Vincent Cassel/Eva Green/Peter Mullan)
For All Mankind s3
Servant s3
See s3
Mosquito Coast s2
Foundation s2
Little America s2
Mythic Quest s2
Physical s2
Amazon Prime Video
Mrs. Maisel s4
Good Omens s2
The Terminal List (Chris Pratt/Constance Wu/Antoine Fuqua directs)
A League Of Their Own (Abbi Jacobson)
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman/Delroy Lindo)
Citadel (spy thriller, Richard Madden/Priyanka Chopra/Stanley Tucci/Russo Bros)
Chloe (Erin Doherty/Billy Howle)
Mammals (James Corden/Sally Hawkins)
Outer Range (Josh Brolin)
Paper Girls (sci-fi, Brian K Vaughn adaptation, Halt & Catch Fire showrunners)
The Peripheral (Chloe Moretz/Jack Reynor/Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy)
Reacher (Jack Reacher)
A Very British Scandal (Paul Bettany/Claire Foy, second season of Hugh Grant drama (But anthology)
Call My Agent (UK remake of hit French show)
Showtime
Billions s6
Your Honor s2
Three Women (Shailene Woodley/Betty Gilpin)
First Lady (Viola Davis/Michelle Pfeiffer/Gillian Anderson)
Paramount+
Star Trek Strange New Worlds (spin-off)
HBO
Westworld season 4
Euphoria s2
His Dark Materials s3
Industry s2
The Nevers s2
Los Espookys s2
Avenue 5 s2
Righteous Gemstones s2
White Lotus s2
Demimonde (J.J. Abrams)
Gorilla and the Bird (Jean-Marc Vallee)
The Gilded Age (Julian Fellowes/Carrie Coon)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (Theo James/Rose Leslie/Steven Moffatt)
The Idol (Amy Seimetz/The Weeknd/Sam Levinson)
Somebody Somewhere (Bridget Everitt/Duplass Bros)
The Baby (horror, Nicole Kassell directs pilot)
We Own This City (David Simon/Jon Bernthal/Jamie Hector/Wunmi Mosaku)
HBO Max
Raised By Wolves s2
The Flight Attendant s2
Made For Love s2
Starstruck s2
Warrior s3
Julia (Julia Child biopic)
Full Circle (Soderbergh/Ed Solomon, may not be ready but knowing Soderbergh could be)
Clone High (Lord/Miller revival)
Minx (70s feminist porn comedy, Ophelia Lovibond/Jake Johnson)
Rap Shit (Issa Rae-produced)
The Girl Before (David Oyelowo/Gugu Mbatha-Raw)
The Tourist (Jamie Dornan)
Gangs Of London s2
Hulu
Wu-Tang s3
Love Victor s3
Ramy s3
Reservation Dogs s2
Only Murders In The Building s2
How I Met Your Father (Hilary Duff)
Class OF ’09 (Brian Tyree Henry/Kate Mara)
Girl From Plainview (Elle Fanning/Chloe Sevigny, liz Hannah writes)
Washington Black (Sterling K Brown)
Conversations with Friends (Lenny Abrahamson, Normal People/Sally Rooney, Sasha Lane/Joe Alwyn)
Culprit (J. Blakeson heist drama)
FX
What We Do In The Shadows s4
Better Things final season
Breeders s3
The Patient (Steve Carell/The Americans team, might not be til 2023)
Retreat (Brit Marling/Zal Batmanglij, though feels like 2023
Starz
Heels s2
Shining Vale (horror-comedy from Sharon Horgan, Courtney Cox/Greg Kinnear)
Dangerous Liaisons (Alice Englert/Lesley Manville)
The Serpent Queen (Samantha Morton as Catherine de Medici)
Netflix
Dead to Me Season 3 (Netflix)
The Crown s5
Umbrella Academy s3
Bridgerton s2
Shadow & Bone s2
Sweet Tooth s2
Sex Education s4
Cobra Kai s4
Something Is Killing The Children, Trevor Macy and Mike Flanagan co-write
1899 (Dark creators, Emily Beecham/Aneurin Barnard)
All the Light We Cannot See (based on book – appears to be 2023)
Anatomy Of A Scandal (Sienna Miller/Michelle Dockery/Rupert Friend, SJ Clarkson directs)
Archive 81 (January – cult mystery)
Assassin’s Creed (based on the game…again)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (remake of cartoon thing)
Borgen (revival of beloved Danish political drama)
Cabinet of Curiosities (Del Toro-produced anthology)
Carter (Korean action series from The Villainess director Jung Byung-gil)
Florida Man (Netflix)
God’s Favorite Idiot (Melissa McCarthy/Ben Falcone)
The Green Beret’s Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse (Matt Damon produced)
Half Bad (fantasy thing from Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton)
Jigsaw (Giancarlo Esposito, Jose Padilha directs)
Kings of America (Adam McKay, Amy Adams)
Lockwood & Co (Joe Cornish fantasy show)
Lost Ollie (live-action/animation, Jake Johnson/Jonathan Groff)
Man Vs. Bee (Rowan Atkinson)
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Ryan Murphy/Richard Jenkins)
The Night Agent (spy thriller from The Shield’s Shawn Levy)
Pentaverate (Mike Myers, I hear it’s actually a return to form)
Pieces of Her (Netflix) – Toni Colette/Bella Heathcote
Resident Evil (live-action adaptation)
Suriname (The Spy Goes North director Yoon Jong-bin, sort of a Korean Narcos)
The Three Body Problem (Chinese sci-fi novels adapted by Benioff/Weiss, Benedict Wong, Jovan Adepo, Eiza Gonzalez star)
Untitled Doug Liman/Noah Centineo spy show
Wednesday (Tim Burton/Addams Family)
The Witcher: Blood Origin (spin-off, Michelle Yeoh)
The Woman In The House (Kristen Bell comedy, Adam McKay produces)
Peacock
Girls5Eva s2
Rutherford Falls s2
We Are Lady Parts s2
Bel Air (Fresh Prince dramatic reboot)
Angelyne (Sam Esmail, biopic of billboard queen, Emy Rossum/Martin Freeman star)
Joe Exotic (Tiger King – John Cameron Mitchell/Kate McKinnon/Kyle MacLachlan
Killing It (Craig Robinson comedy from Brooklyn 99 creator)
UK (BBC/Channel 4/Sky, no US home yet)
Birth Of Daniel F Harris (UK drama from End Of the Fucking World creator)
The Responder (Martin Freeman cop drama)
Chivalry (Steve Coogan/Sarah Solemani, making of a movie)
Everything I Know About Love (comedy-drama with Bel Powley)
Extinction (from Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton, stars Paapa Essedieu, sort of Christopher Nolan with jokes)
Inside Man (David Tennant, Stanley Tucci, from Sherlock’s Steven Moffat)
Ipcress File (remake of Michael Caine film, Joe Cole/Lucy Boynton/Tom Hollander)
Midwich Cuckoos (Village OF The Damned remake)
Peaky Blinders (s6, final season)
The Reckoning (Steve Coogan as celebrity pedophile Jimmy Saville)
This Sceptred Isle (Michael Winterbottom, Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson)
The Undeclared War (cyber-thriller, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg)
AMC/BBC America
Kevin Can Fuck Himself s2
La Fortuna (Alejandro Amenabar, treasure hunting, Stanley Tucci/Clarke Peters)
This Is Going To Hurt (Ben Whishaw as a doctor in comedy/drama)
61st Street (legal drama, Courtney B Vance/Holt McCallany)
Dark Winds (Navajo cops in the 70s, Zahn McClarnon stars, Robert Redford produces)
Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
TBD
The Kingdom (revival of Lars Von Trier’s hospital horror)
