Winter TV Preview: New and Returning Shows to Watch TV for Grownups
Winter TV Preview The Best Shows Miniseries and Specials Coming Your Way
Something for everyone from comedies to thrillers
Liam Daniel/Netflix; Robert Falconer/CBS Golda Rosheuvel (left) as Queen Charlotte in "Bridgerton" and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abigail in "The Stand." Let it snow, let it snow, and leave the TV on, because this winter includes a sleighful of great new TV shows, miniseries and specials. From a brand-new Nutcracker from and a reboot of To Tell the Truth to a Stephen King thriller and a new adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, the viewing inside's delightful in the months to come. Mark your calendar and get the hot chocolate warming! The Flight Attendant Nov 26
A flight attendant (Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco) wakes up after a Bangkok bender in bed with a corpse and wonders if she's the killer. Costarring Rosie Perez as her friend and boss. Coming to: Dance Dreams Hot Chocolate Nutcracker Nov 27
A documentary about Debbie Allen's production of the Christmas classic, with a real rat pack of wisecracking New York mice and excursions to Egypt, Bollywood, Russia, Jazzland and the Land of the Kimono Dolls. Coming to: Eric McCandless/ABC Anthony Anderson To Tell the Truth Nov 17
Black-ish star Anthony Anderson hosts a reboot of the TV classic game show, bantering with his mama, Doris, and challenging panelists Mike Tyson, Patti LaBelle and to guess who are the two impostors among three people who claim to be the same person. Coming to: RELATED: Join today and save 25% off the standard annual rate. Get instant access to discounts, programs, services, and the information you need to benefit every area of your life. Between the World and Me Nov 21
Superstar author presents a documentary-with-a-stage show adapted from his best-selling memoir about growing up Black and in peril in Baltimore, featuring Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Angela Davis and Oprah Winfrey. Coming to: The Prom Dec 4
Out-of-luck Broadway stars (Meryl Streep, James Corden, ) invade an Indiana high school to help a student take her girlfriend to the prom. Coming to: The Stand Dec 17
Whoopi Goldberg plays a 108-year-old prophet trying to save humanity after a world-smashing pandemic in Stephen King's blockbuster miniseries. Coming to: Bridgerton Dec 25
Shonda Rhimes (Scandal, Grey's Anatomy) presents her scandalous drama series about cutthroat courtship maneuvers in London's glittering elite in Jane Austen's day, with a Hamilton-like multiracial cast and as the wicked, gossipy narrator. Coming to: RELATED: Last Man Standing Season 9 Jan 3
The ninth and last season of Tim Allen's conservative-friendly family comedy debuts. Coming to: Elizabeth Is Missing Jan 3
Glenda Jackson returns to TV after 27 years in a whodunit about a woman with early-stage Alzheimer's searching for her lost friend before she loses her ability to solve the mystery. Coming to: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Craig Ferguson The Hustler Jan 7
The gently subversive former Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson turns game show host in a competition wherein one contestant — the Hustler — knows the answers but wins only if the others don't guess his or her identity. Coming to: Finding Your Roots Season 7 Jan 19
Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals the ancestors of Glenn Close, , , Audra MacDonald, Christopher Meloni, Tony Shalhoub, Rosanne Cash, Pharrell Williams, John Waters, Erin Burnett, Nina Totenberg, Lewis Black and . Coming to: Cobra Kai Season 3 Jan 8
Netflix's unexpected smash-hit TV series sequel to The Karate Kid, set 34 years after the original movie, returns. Coming to: All Creatures Great and Small Jan 10
A new adaptation of James Herriot's tales of a country veterinarian in 1930s Yorkshire. Want to escape our cold, grim world to a place of warmth and humor? So do we. Coming to: The Long Song Jan 31
An epic three-part miniseries about the end of slavery in Jamaica. Coming to: More on TV for Grownups
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