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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80 Dirty Money (2018): Season 1

Debuts January 26 on Netflix. Alex Gibney (pictured), Fisher Stevens (The Cove), and fellow documentary filmmakers investigate various criminal scandals in the business world, including a major bank's role in laundering drug money, the theft of $20 million worth of maple syrup, the rise of the Donald Trump's real estate empire, and Volkswagen's deceit of government agencies, in this new Netflix anthology series.

Another Netflix documentary series focusing on seedy business practices—specifically, in the food industry—arrives on January 5th in the form of the six-episode Rotten. That series comes from the producers of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown.

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