Winter TV Preview: 30 Notable New & Returning Shows

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 30, 2018

New year, new shows. In the gallery above, find our guide to the most promising new shows debuting in early 2019, plus some notable returning favorites.

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The ABC Murders

Debuts February 1 on Prime Video. John Malkovich stars as detective Hercule Poirot in this BBC-produced limited series based on the Agatha Christie novel about Poirot's hunt for a serial murderer in the 1930s. Rupert Grint, Eamon Farren, and Andrew Buchan also star. The adaptation comes from writer Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy) and director Alex Gabassi (The Frankenstein Chronicles).

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