Winter TV Preview: The 25 Most-Anticipated Shows
If you suspect that TV networks seem to hold their best shows back until midseason these days, well, you're not wrong. This winter, for example, will bring returning (and critically acclaimed) favorites like The X Files and Better Call Saul, while also introducing brand new series from the likes of Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis, Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter, and Ryan Murphy, among others.
Below, we highlight 25 intriguing shows scheduled to debut in the months of January and February, listed in order by premiere date. (For information on other upcoming TV debuts in 2016, be sure to visit our TV Premiere Calendar.)
The true-crime analogue to American Horror Story, Ryan Murphy's latest anthology series (created with Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski of The People vs. Larry Flynt fame) will focus on a different (in)famous case in each season. Up first is the 1994-95 murder trial of O.J. Simpson. Early buzz on the series is good, but even without strong reviews it would be hard to resist catching at least a glimpse of Sarah Paulson playing Marcia Clark, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Cuba Gooding, Jr. as O.J., John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, Connie Britton as Faye Resnick, Bruce Greenwood as Gil Garcetti, and Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran—to name just a few of the major names that populate the huge cast.