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.)
Will Nikki Glaser be Comedy Central's next breakout star? She's certainly following the blueprint established by Amy Schumer: growing stand-up career, a stint on Last Comic Standing, and then an eponymous, genre-mixing Comedy Central series. Like Schumer's show (which will also return at some point this year), Not Safe will blend sketches with one-on-one conversations and other filmed segments, with an emphasis on "taboo" topics like sex and, well, more sex.