2018 TV Preview: 25 Shows to Watch This Winter
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.
Debuts February 2 on Netflix. This could be Netflix's first water-cooler series of 2018. Already generating quite a bit of buzz for its Blade Runner-esque feel, the 10-episode adaptation of Richard Morgan's acclaimed 2002 sci-fi novel is set in the 25th century, when the entire human mind can be digitized. The result: people can transfer from one body to another and effectively live forever.
Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) heads the cast as a former warrior who, after being imprisoned for 500 years, is given a chance to return to Earth if he can solve a crime that has become a rarity: murder. Martha Higareda, Dichen Lachman, Kristin Lehman, and James Purefoy also star, while Emmy winner Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones) directs the opening episode. The trailer suggests a complex and big-budget take on the novel and a welcome arrival for fans of hard sci-fi.
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