Here’s a list of released series and seasons that look interesting (or not worth watching). I’ll continue to update it as new series and seasons are released. Anything I’ve reviewed will have a hyperlink to the review blog post.
Releases In 2021
Planned | Airs On | Series | Thoughts |
Jan 3, 2021 | BBC | The Watch | Comedy fantasy based on Terry Pratchett’s discworld novels. |
Jan 3, 2021 | HBO | 30 Coins | Italian horror story revolving around the power of the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas to betray Jesus. |
Jan 7, 2021 | Coyote | Michael “Thing” Chiklis smuggles illegals across the Mexican/US border. | |
Jan 10, 2021 | American Gods Season 2 | Ian McShane is back as Wednesday in this Neil Gaimon inspired series. | |
Jan 11, 2021 | Britbox | The Pembrokeshire Murders | Luke Evans stars in this serial killer mystery. |
Jan 15, 2021 | Disney+ | Wanda Vision | Marvel’s Scarlet Witch and Vision get a quirky looking series. The first episode is a faux 1950’s sitcom, and only gives a minor hint about what’s really going on. |
Jan 21, 2021 | CW | Walker | Jared “Sam” Padelaki stars in this reboot of the old Chuck Norris series. First episode sucked big time. |
Jan 22, 2021 | Netflix | Fate: The Winx Saga | Yet another fairy girl young adult fantasy. First couple of episodes were not great. |
Jan 22, 2021 | Hulu | The Sister | A man marries the sister of a woman who’s murder he was involved in. |
Jan 25, 2021 | Netflix | Snowpiercer – Season 2 | Haven’t watched season 1 yet. I didn’t know Sean “Boromir” Bean was in it. |
Jan, 2021 | Sky | * * * Discovery of Witches – Season 2 | Romantic fantasy about a witch and a vampire. Season 1 was watchable. The first episode finds the main characters back in time. |
Feb 4, 2021 | HBO | The Head | Murder in Antartica. |
Feb 7, 2021 | CBS | The Equalizer | The Equalizer is rebooted again, this time with Queen Latifah playing Robert McCall. Looks cringey AF. |
Feb 11, 2021 | CBS | Clarice | Silence of the lambs spin off series from Star Trek Discovery’s Alex Kurtzman. First 2 episodes are a dull crime drama. |
Feb 19, 2021 | Prime | Tell Me Your Secrets | Trippy looking thriller. |
Feb 19, 2021 | Netflix | Tribes of Europa | Dystopian future science fiction from Germany. Interesting, but fairly low budget. |
Feb 23, 2021 | CW | Superman & Lois | Yet another DC superhero series from the makers of Arrow. |
Mar 1, 2021 | Peacock | Debris | Science fiction involving space debris hitting the earth. |
Mar 4, 2021 | Netflix | Pacific Rim: The Black | Animated sequel to the Guillermo de Toro kaiju vs. gundam films. |
Mar 7, 2021 | Condor | Three Days of the Condor rebooted as a series. | |
Mar 14, 2021 | Britbox | Grace | British police drama. |
Mar 15, 2021 | Netflix | The Lost Pirate Kingdom | Docudrama about the real pirates of the Caribbean. |
Mar 18, 2021 | HBOmax | Zack Snyder’s Justice League | The Snyder Cut of DC’s Justice League, released as a miniseries. |
Mar 19, 2020 | Disney+ | Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Spin off from Captain America with Anthony Mackey and Sebastian Stan. Could be good. Delayed due to CV from Aug 2020. |
Mar 21, 2021 | Starz | The Gloaming | Cops hunt for a serial killer. |
Mar 25, 2021 | Netflix | DOTA: Dragon’s Blood | Animated fantasy. |
Mar 25, 2021 | Prime | Age of the Living Dead – Season 3 | Humans vs. vampires again. May check this out, but haven’t watched season 1 yet. |
Mar 26, 2021 | Prime | Invincible | Animated superhero series from the creator of The Walking Dead. |
Mar 26, 2021 | Netflix | The Irregulars | Stranger things in Victorian times with Sherlock Holmes. Looks a bit cringe worthy. |
Apr 1, 2021 | HBO | Made for Love | Science fiction exploring human relationships. |
Apr 11, 2021 | HBO | The Nevers | Women receive mysterious powers in Victorian times and are persecuted for them. Looks a bit woke. |
Apr 15, 2021 | AMC+ | Spy City | Spy thriller set in Berlin. |
Apr 23, 2021 | Netflix | * * Shadow and Bone | Fantasy series about a woman with a rare power to summon light. |
May 4, 2021 | Disney+ | The Bad Batch | Animated post order 66 Clone Wars spin off series about a batch of enhanced clone storm troopers. |
May 7, 2021 | Netflix | Jupiter’s Legacy | “Epic” superhero series. Two episodes in, it’s good. |
May 13, 2021 | Peacock | Intergalactic | Science fiction revolving around exiles who steal a starship. |
May 21, 2021 | The Bite | Satirical Zombie series. The trailer has truly awful music that taints my perception of the show. | |
May 21, 2021 | Prime | Solos | Star studded science fiction. Trailer is shmaltzy. |
May 25, 2021 | Mr. Inbetween – Season 3 | A hitman is trying to raise a family. Looks fun. I may check out previous seasons. | |
May 27, 2021 | BritBox | The Beast Must Die | Revenge series with Jared “Moriarty” Harris. |
Jun 4, 2021 | Netflix | * Sweet Tooth | Fantasy about human animal hybrids, based on a DC comic book. |
Jun 4, 2021 | Apple | Lisey’s Story | Trippy Steven King series with Julian Moore and Clive Owen. |
Jun 6, 2021 | War of the Worlds – Season 2 | I’ve been meaning to check out season 1. | |
Jun 6, 2021 | Epix | Domina | Historical drama about Livia, wife of Roman emperor Augustus. |
Jun 11, 2021 | Disney+ | * * Loki | Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson star in this Avengers spin off where Loki must help undo the damage done to the timelines in End Game. |
Jun 20, 2021 | Paramount+ | Evil – Season 2 | Series about paranormal investigations. Haven’t watched season 1. |
June 24, 2021 | Godzilla: Singular Point | More animated Godzilla | |
Jun 25, 2021 | Disney+ | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Four children go up against their benefactor’s evil twin. |
Jul 1, 2021 | Peacock | Smother | A man is murdered and his family are all suspects. |
Jul 8, 2021 | Netflix | Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness – Season 1 | Horror series set in the game universe between RE 4 and 5. |
Jul 18, 2021 | Starz | The Deceived | After her mother dies, a girl begins seeing ghosts. |
Aug 8, 2021 | Showtime | UFO | JJ Abrams documentary. |
Aug 10, 2021 | Fox | Fantasy Island | “I am your hostess, Missus Rourke.” Can it be worse than the Michael Pena reboot film? |
Aug 11, 2021 | Disney+ | What If? | Animated twisted tales of Marvel. |
Aug 13, 2021 | Netflix | Brand New Cherry Flavor | A woman goes on a psychedelic supernatural journey in 1990’s LA. |
Aug 22, 2021 | Epix | * * Chapelwaite | Adrian Brody leads this series based on Steven King’s story Jerusalem’s Lot. |
Sep 13, 2021 | Hulu | Y The Last Man | In the future, all men but one die. Science fiction based on the graphic novel. |
Sep 6, 2021 | Peacock | The Lost Symbol | Series based on Dan Brown’s character Langford from the Davinci Code. First couple of episodes are OK. |
Sep 22, 2021 | Disney+ | Star Wars: Visions | Star Wars anthology created by various anime studios. |
Sep 24, 2021 | Apple | Foundation | Science fiction series based on the books by Isaac Asimov. Jared Harris, one of my favourite character actors, has a part. Disappointing. |
Sep 24, 2021 | Netflix | * * Midnight Mass | New horror series focusing on a young priest. |
Sep 28, 2021 | Peacock | La Brea | A massive sinkhole in LA is an opening to a primeval world. |
Sep 29, 2021 | Netflix | * * * The Chestnut Man | Serial killer series (foreign language) |
Oct 6, 2021 | CBS | CSI: Vegas | Reboot of the original CSI series with William Peterson and Jorja Fox returning. First couple of episodes were OK. |
Oct 15, 2021 | SyFy | Day of the Dead | More zambies |
Oct 21, 2021 | The Girl in the Woods | Fantasy/horror for young adults. | |
Oct 22, 2021 | Apple | Invasion | Another alien invasion series based on War of the Worlds. Sam “Grant” Neil stars. |
Oct 25, 2021 | The Long Call | British crime drama. | |
Nov 6, 2021 | Netflix | Arcane: League of Legends | Animated science fiction/fantasy based on the game. |
Nov 7, 2021 | Showtime | Dexter: New Blood | Michael C. Hall returns to his iconic role for a chance to redeem the horrible “Lumberjack Dexter” series ender in season 8. |
Nov 14, 2021 | Peacock | Mayor of Kingston | Jeremy Renner is mayor of a town whose only industry is a prison. |
Nov 14, 2021 | Showcase | Yellowjackets | A girls soccer team survive a plane crash in the wilderness. |
Nov 14, 2021 | Crunchyroll | Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Animated series based on the movies. |
Nov 17, 2021 | Hulu | Hit Monkey | Animated Marvel series |
Nov 19, 2021 | Prime | The Wheel of Time | Series based on the Robert Jordan novels. Rosumund Pike plays Moraine. Hope this is doesn’t make Robert Jordan spin in his grave. |
Nov 24, 2021 | Prime | Hanna – Season 3 | The Bourne like spy thriller returns. |
Nov 24, 2021 | Disney+ | Hawkeye | Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye is joined y Kate Bishop (the new Hawkeye) in this Avenger’s spin off. |
Nov 28, 2021 | Netflix | Elves | Foreign language fantasy series. The “elves” look more like goblins. |
Dec 16, 2021 | HBOmax | Station Eleven | Post pandemic drama. |
Dec 17, 2021 | Netflix | The Witcher – Season 2 | Henry “Supe” Cavill returns as the title character. |
Dec 23, 2021 | Peacock | Vigil | British naval crime drama |
Dec 29, 2021 | Disney+ | The Book of Boba Fett | A spin-off from the Mandalorian where Boba takes over Jabba’s criminal empire. |
Releases Up To End of 2020
Aired | On | Series/Season | Thoughts |
Dec 18, 2020 | Netflix | Sweet Home | An apocalyptic curse turns people into monsters in this Korean horror series. |
Dec 17, 2020 | CBS | The Stand | Steven King’s epic novel, this time as a full series. Whoopie Goldberg as Mother Abagail. First couple of episodes are mediocre. |
Dec 6, 2020 | Showtime | Your Honor | Brian “Heisenberg” Cranston plays a judge in this crime drama. |
Dec 16, 2020 | Prime | The Expanse – Season 5 | Hard science fiction. I’ve only watched the first episode of season 1 so far. |
Dec 10, 2020 | Netflix | Alice in Borderland | People are transported into an alternate universe that is a virtual reality game. English subs. First episode was weird. |
Nov 18, 2020 | Prime | Age of the Living Dead – Season 2 | Humans vs. vampires again. May check this out, but haven’t watched season 1 yet. |
Nov 13, 2020 | IMdB TV | Alex Rider | Teenage Bond. |
Nov 8, 2020 | HBO | His Dark Materials – Season 2 | Return of the series based on the books by Philip Pullman. First season was pretty good, so I’ll probably check this one out. |
Nov 12, 2020 | HBO | Valley of Tears | Israeli drama about the war with Syria. |
Nov 11, 2020 | Netflix | The Liberator | Rotoscope animated world war II war series. |
Nov 11, 2020 | SyFy | Resident Alien | Science fiction comedy about an alien hiding on Earth. |
Nov 6, 2020 | Prime | Wayne | The story of two teenage misfits. |
Nov 5, 2020 | Peacock | Save Me Too – Season 2 | English drama about a father looking for his missing daughter. Haven’t seen season 1. |
Oct 30, 2020 | Disney+ | Mandalorian – Season 2 | Gina Carano returns as Cara Dune, and Boba Fett is in this season too. |
Oct 30, 2020 | Prime | Truth Seekers | Ghost busting comedy with Simon Pegg. |
Oct 27, 2020 | Netflix | Blood of Zeus | Animated fantasy based on Greek mythology. |
Oct 25, 2020 | HBO | The Undoing | Nicole Kidman/Hugh Grant drama series. Delayed due to CV from May 10, 2020. |
Oct 23, 2020 | Netflix | Barbarians | German historical drama about the clash between Rome and the Germanic tribes. English subtitles. |
Oct 18, 2020 | PBS | Roadkill | Hugh “House” Laurie is an unscrupulous British politician. Looks a bit like House of Cards. |
Oct 16, 2020 | Hulu | Helstrom | A new horror series based on the Marvel comic books. Satan’s children become monster hunters. |
Oct 9, 2020 | Netflix | The Haunting of Bly Manore | From the creator of The Haunting of Hill House, but based on The Turn of the Screw. Hopefully better than The Turning. |
Oct 7, 2020 | CW | Devils | Sky series about a financial conspiracy, with Patrick Dempsey. |
Oct 6, 2020 | Fox | Next | A rogue AI is on the loose, and it doesn’t want to be shut down. Looks fun. |
Oct 5, 2020 | Quibi | The Expecting | Horror involving a pregnant woman. |
Oct 2, 2020 | Hulu | Monsterland | 8 part horror anthology |
Oct 2, 2020 | Cinemax | Warrior – Season 2 | Martial arts series based on Bruce Lee’s writing. Haven’t watched season 1 yet. |
Oct 5, 2020 | AMC | Soulmates | Science fiction about computer match making gone wrong. |
Oct 1, 2020 | Peacock | Code 404 | British comedy Robocop. Looks pretty silly. |
Oct 1, 2020 | AMC | Gangs of London | UK based mobster series with Colm “O’Brian” Meaney. Aired on Apr 23, 2020 on Sky |
Oct 1, 2020 | AMC | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | Haven’t watched any Walking Dead past the first episode. Delayed due to CV from Apr 4, 2020. |
Sep 25, 2020 | Prime | Utopia | Science fiction series involving a virus, maybe with comedic elements. John Cusack has a role. |
Sep 25, 2020 | Apple | Tehran | An Israeli agent is trapped in Tehran. |
Sep 17, 2020 | Prime | Spides | Freaky science fiction series about a new drug, Bliss that’s part of an alien plot. A good watch so far. |
Sep 17, 2020 | Peacock | Departure | A mystery about a plane that disappears over the Atlantic; a sole survivor is found. Stars Christopher “Von Trapp” Plummer. |
Sep 14, 2020 | HBO | The Third Day | Jude Law psychological thriller series. Could be good. Delayed due to CV from May 11, 2020. |
Sep 4, 2020 | Prime | The Boys – Season 2 | Karl Urban and company return. First episode was slow. Can it be as good as the previous season? |
Sep 3, 2020 | HBO | Raised By Wolves | Ridley Scott post apocalyptic science fiction about children raised by a robot. The first few episodes are good. |
Sep 2, 2020 | HBO | Two Weeks To Live | Maisie “Aria” Williams stars as a sheltered girl out for revenge on her father’s killers. |
Aug 17, 2020 | Prime | * * * Absentia – Season 3 | Really good mystery/crime drama about an FBI agent who is returned after being abducted for 6 years. |
Aug 16, 2020 | HBO | Lovecraft Country | Jordan Peale’s pre-civil rights black life drama that masquerades as horror series based on the works of HP Lovecraft. |
Aug 3, 2020 | Quibi | Fugitive | A remake of the classic with Keifer Sutherland as the cop hunting the fugitive. In this iteration, the fugitive is framed as a terrorist. |
Jul 17, 2020 | Netflix | Cursed | Based on Arthurian legend. Nimue the fay is the hero. Arthur is race bent, and the baddies are “the holy Roman empire” (white man bad). The first few episodes are watchable, but not great. |
Jul 15, 2020 | Peacock | Brave New World | Alden “Soylo” Erenriech stars in this adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian science fiction novel. |
Jul 3, 2020 | Prime | * * * Hanna – Season 2 | Bornesque superspy thriller. I liked the first season. Season 2 is good, but not quite as good as season 1 with Joel Kinnaman. |
Jun 21, 2020 | AMC | NOS4A2 – Season 2 | Zachary “Siler” Quinto returns as the evil Charlie Manx. First season was awesome. Go watch it! |
Jun 14, 2020 | Netflix | * * * Marcella – Season 3 | Decent third season of the crime drama. Marcella remains deeply disturbed, and moves from her job as a police detective to working undercover. |
May 31, 2020 | Netflix | Snowpiercer | Based on the shitty science fiction movie. Not for me. |
Apr 22, 2020 | HBO | The Murders at White House | Crime drama based on a true story. |
Apr 13, 2020 | Quibi | 50 States of Fright | Horror anthology about urban legends. |
Apr 3, 2020 | Prime | Tales From the Loop | Jonathan “Sparrow” Price stars in this bizarre science fiction series. A bit too weird even for me. |
Mar 18, 2020 | Hulu | Motherland Fort Salem | Army of witches. Maybe good. |
Mar 15, 2020 | HBO | Westworld – Season 3 | I liked season 1 but haven’t finished it. |
Mar 13, 2020 | Netflix | Kingdom – Season 2 | Korean series about zombies in feudal times. Subbed. Watched the first episode of the previous season. Really weird hats, a little too much bizarre politics. |
Mar 6, 2020 | Apple | Amazing Stories | New episodes in Spielberg’s Twighlight Zone knock off. |
Mar 5, 2020 | Hulu | Devs | Mystery in a high tech company. |
Feb 27, 2020 | Netflix | Altered Carbon – Season 2 | Loved season 1. This season, Joel Kinnaman is replaced by Anthony “Falcon” Mackie. Finding it hard to get into. |
Feb 21, 2020 | Prime | Hunters | Jordan Peale and Al Pacino are Nazi hunters. May be good. |
Feb 21, 2020 | Disney+ | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Season 7 | Haven’t watched this animated series. |
Feb 18, 2020 | HBO | Beforeigners | Norwegian (subtitled) sci-fi where people from the past appear in modern day. |
Jan 23, 2020 | CBS | Star Trek: Picard | Star Trek hasn’t been great since The Next Generation. Could be good, but I’ve heard mixed reviews. |
Jan 23, 2020 | Netflix | * October Faction | Adaptation of the IDW supernatural graphic novel is full of unwatchably terrible teen drama briefly interspersed with mediocre demon hunting action sequences. I made it through only 2 episodes. |
Jan 19, 2020 | HBO | Avenue 5 | Hugh Laurie comedy sci-fi. I like Laurie but my expectations are low. |
Jan 12, 2020 | HBO | The Outsider | Supernatural crime/mystery based on the novel by Steven King. Stars Ben Mendelson. Really good. |
Jan 4, 2020 | Netflix | * Dracula | Mediocre remake of the classic. I watched 2 of the 3 episodes. I don’t recommend it. |
Jan 1, 2020 | Netflix | * * * * Messiah | Excellent drama about a man who comes out of the desert claiming to be the messiah. Walks the edge between him being the messiah or a clever con man. |
Nov 4, 2019 | Epix | War of the Worlds | Based on the classic H.G.Wells novel. Could be good. |
Oct 11, 2019 | Nickelodeon | Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows | Junior horror series |
Oct 4, 2019 | Hulu | Into the Dark | Episodic horror series released monthly. Each episode is inspired by a holiday. |
Sep 23, 2019 | Fox | * * * Prodigal Son | Malcolm Bright, the son of the serial killer “The Surgeon”, trained by the FBI as a profiler, consults with the NYPD major crimes division. Michael Sheen is brilliant as Dr. Martin Whitley, AKA The Surgeon. |
Sep 13, 2019 | Sky | Temple | Mark Strong plays a doctor who, to save his wife, opens an underground clinic for criminals. The first few episodes are a bit slow. |
Apr 15, 2019 | Warrior | Martial arts series based on Bruce Lee’s writing. Season 2 set for Oct 2, 2020. | |
Dec 7, 2018 | Prime | Age of the Living Dead – Season 1 | Humans vs. vampires again. May check this out, but haven’t watched it yet. |
Mar 9, 2018 | Netflix | * Collateral | Very mediocre BBC police procedural |