ACCUSED
FOX
From Howard Gordon, the man who brought Homeland and 24 to TV, comes Accused, a 15-part anthology crime series. Featuring an all-star cast that changes each week—everyone from Margo Martindale and Wendell Pierce to Rhea Perlman and Michael Chiklis—and explores tales of criminals and the punishments they receive (or don’t). Each one is set in a different city as well, in this collection of topical tales that will leave you pondering the human condition.
NIGHT COURT
NBC
This month’s blast-from-the-past reboot is Night Court, the latest reimagining of a classic and much-loved 1980s TV comedy series. John Larroquette returns to reprise his four-time Emmy Award-winning role of Dan Fielding, who’s now a public defender (not the DA). The new Judge Stone is played by Melissa Rauch; she’s the daughter of Harry Stone, originally played so beautifully by Harry Anderson in the original. We’re really hoping this one is as funny as the original!
POKER FACE
Peacock
This one’s got crime and comedy, as Natasha Lyonne joins forces with Knives Out writer-director Rian Johnson in a 10-part mystery series. Each week, she tackles a new crime, using her unique talent of knowing when someone is lying. Joined by an all-star cast of revolving characters played by everyone who’s anyone (Adrien Brody, Ellen Barkin, Tim Blake Nelson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nick Nolte, Ron Perlman, etc.), this is the one to watch while it’s snowing outside in January.
SHRINKING
Apple TV+
Jason Segal takes the lead as the therapist who is having his own little breakdown as this 10-part seriocomic series begins. It’s a show that had us at “Hello,” as it is created and scripted by Segal and the Ted Lasso Emmy winning duo of Brett Goldstein and Bill Lawrence. We’d watch anything those guys produce, and it certainly doesn’t hurt that Harrison Ford plays opposite Segal in this slightly mad new series.
THAT 90s SHOW
Netflix
Yes, you read that correctly! That 70s Show is back but adding 20 years to bring it to That 90s Show, complete with Red and Kitty still living upstairs and a basement full of teenagers navigating out the next generation’s way to adulthood in suburban Wisconsin. Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rapp reprise their roles, with newcomer Callie Haverda leading the teens as their granddaughter. She’s Eric and Donna’s daughter, so don’t be surprised if those two turn up as well in this reboot helmed by the original show’s creators.