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 January 12 on Amazon Prime. Amazon's answer to Black Mirror is a 10-episode sci-fi anthology based on Philip K. Dick's short stories. A co-production with Britain's Channel 4, the series comes from Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica), Michael Dinner (Justified), and Bryan Cranston, and they have enlisted an impressive group of collaborators. Cranston stars in one episode, as do Steve Buscemi, Terrence Howard, Anna Paquin, Janelle Monae, Richard Madden, Mireille Enos, Greg Kinnear, Vera Farmiga, and Timothy Spall. Writers and directors include David Farr (The Night Manager), Dee Rees (Mudbound), Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones), and Matthew Graham (Life on Mars).