2018 TV Preview: 25 Shows to Watch This Winter

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 28, 2017

If you opt to heat up your winter months with television's warm, glowing, warming glow, you certainly won't run out of options. January and February will see the arrival of new shows from Steven Soderbergh, Alan Ball, Ryan Murphy, Ronald D. Moore, Cary Fukunaga, Alex Gibney, and more. Expect a pair of promising sci-fi shows, a new (but different) DC Comics series, the return of favorites like The X-Files, and even a cartoon look at the Trump presidency. Preview each of the season's most promising new and returning shows in the gallery above.

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97 Planet Earth: Blue Planet II

Debuts January 20 on BBC America. Last year's highest-rated TV show in Britain gets a belated U.S. premiere, making it the can't-miss documentary series of the winter. This five-part sequel to 2001's The Blue Planet follows on the heels of last year's hugely acclaimed nature miniseries Planet Earth II. The new series, which examines the variety of life present in our planet's oceans, was filmed over four years, including 6,000 hours of underwater dive time. It features a score by Hans Zimmer (including a collaboration with Radiohead) and narration by David Attenborough.

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