JMdB: Older Released Series

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