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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81 David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Debuts January 8 on HBO. This HBO documentary film looks at the legendary rock star's final years of life—a remarkably fruitful period that produced a pair of well-received albums (The Next Day and Blackstar) as well as a Broadway musical (Lazarus). Following up his 2013 film David Bowie: Five Years, director Francis Whately combines intimate behind-the-scenes footage of Bowie himself with interviews with collaborators such as producer Tony Visconti. The film received glowing reviews when it debuted in the UK last year as well as when it screened at a festival in the USA last month.

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