When we determined the best TV shows of 2019, we learned one big thing: there are just too many good shows for most normal people to adjust to these days, especially with more and more services. TV broadcast. Despite this, however, the number of big shows is much easier to manage. If you're smart with your listening choices and use your time wisely, you don't have to feel left behind when watching TV in 2020. To help you decide what to watch in 2020, below is a list of the best new TV shows releasing this year as well as those that have already been released, and we will constantly update this list with new entries so you never miss a quality TV moment. Now here's a big qualifier: some of these shows may air next year due to the ongoing shutdown of the entertainment industries right now due to the global health pandemic. We have provided the last known release date, if any, and where production stopped.
Loop Tales
Where to watch it: Amazon Prime VideoRelease Date: April 3 Based on the iconic work of Simon Stalenhag, Tales From the Loop follows the exploits of the humans who live above ``The Loop,'' a mysterious machine built to unlock the secrets of the universe. Stalenhag's work has inspired all manner of media, from board games to video games, and this sci-fi cerebral fix is sure to be a joy to win.
Foreign resident
Where to see it: Syfy (United States), TBA (International)Release Date: TBA Alan Tudyk, the voice of the sarky droid K-2SO in Rogue One, brings his playful twist to another sci-fi project. He plays Harry, aka Captain Hah Re, an alien biologist who crash-lands on Earth. Assimilating to a human body, he prepares an escape to the stars as government forces close in and the hilarity of cultural clashes ensues. Based on the Dark Horse comic, Resident Alien promises a sizzle of social commentary alongside alien fantasy.
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Where to watch it: CBS All Access (US), TBA (International)Release Date: TBA Star Trek may have stalled on the big screen, but on TV, it's healthier than a hot Tribble. Here's the latest extension of Final Edge, the first bold cartoon since Star Trek: The Animated Series in the '70s. And this one is played for laughs. Created by Rick And Morty's Mike McMahan, these are the voyages of the USS Ceritos, a Starfleet support ship specializing in Second Contact. Tawny Newsome voices Beckett Mariner, who "just wants to skate and eat pizza in peace, man." Somewhere, Spock raises an all-powerful Vulcan eyebrow...
Wristwatch
Where to watch: BBC America (US), TBA (International)Release Date: TBA 2020 Are you ready for CSI: Ankh-Morpork? From Wyrd Sisters to Going Postal, Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels have been faithfully served up on television over the years. This new BBC America show promises a sharper take. Essentially a magical police procedural, it centers on the City Watch cops, led by Game Of Thrones star Richard Dormer as Captain Sam Vimes. Don't look for the usual outward signs of fantasy - we're promised a darker universe with an intriguing twist of cyberpunk.
Truth seekers
Where to watch it: Amazon Prime VideoRelease Date: TBA Who You Gonna Call? No, update your speed dial - there's a new ghostbuster on the block. Nick Frost is Gus, a broadband engineer and part-time paranormal investigator. Leading a team of frightened fans, he stumbles upon a conspiracy that could lead to Armageddon. Frost created the show with Cornetto enthusiast Simon Pegg, who will also appear in this eight-part horror. Malcolm McDowell, a Clockwork Orange, embodies the fierce Richard.
Si
Where to watch it: FX (US), TBA (UK)Release Date: TBA 2020 The title may be frustrating for Google, but the principle is killer. Based on the Eisner Award-winning comic Y: The Last Man, this is the story of Yorick Brown, and his capuchin monkey Ampersand, as they explore a land where a pandemic has wiped out all others. male mammals Expect explosive gender politics among post-apocalyptic sensations, as the series takes a Handmaid-esque cracked mirror into our own world. Ben Schnetzer from Warcraft: The Beginning plays Yorick. However, the production of the show has been halted due to the current crisis, so we may end up watching it in 2020.
Damned
Where to watch it: NetflixRelease Date: TBA 2020 The myth of Arthur gets an NOW twist in this new Netflix series. Co-created by comic book god Frank Miller, the talent behind groundbreaking graphic novels like Sin City and The Dark Knight Returns, stars Katherine Langford as Nimue, a forbidden teen destined to be the sword-wielding Lady of the Lake. Teaming up with the rogue mercenary Arthur, she embarks on a quest for Merlin on an adventure that aims to shake the certainties of legend.
Fargo
Where to watch: FX (US), Channel 4 (UK)Release Date: TBA The bizarre crime story and spiritual follow-up to the hit Coen Brothers film returns for Season 4. Following the boss of an African-American crime syndicate, we see an uneasy truce between Loy Cannon's gang and a italian team. rival cemented by the two groups exchanged their eldest sons. Expect more jet black humor, occasional violence, and embezzlement. Originally scheduled for April, the current health crisis has put production on hold, so we might wait a bit.
Lovecraft Country
Where to watch: HBO (US), Sky / Now TV (UK)Release Date: TBA There's plenty of creative firepower behind this new HBO series: Executive producers are geeky overlords Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) and JJ Abrams (Star Wars, Lost). This is the story of Korean War veteran Atticus Black as he travels across America in the 1950s, encountering cosmic monstrosities ripped from the cracked imagination of horror writer HP Lovecraft, as well as the real-life terrors of racism. . This promises to be a great road trip.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Where to see it: Disney PlusRelease Date: August 2020 Marvel is once again trying to take TV by storm with this direct link to its big-screen universe, the first in a string of powerful shows to hit Disney Plus in the next two years. Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) meet in a post-Blip world, facing the threat of civil war from Zemo and John Walker, aka US Agent, a brutal government-sanctioned replacement for the super-patriot. However, production on the show has halted, and it's unclear if this will push back its announced August release date. Read More: Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
Where to watch: AMC (US), Amazon Prime Video (UK)Release Date: April 12 The mileage is amazing in a post zombie world. On the ruined and decaying heels of Fear The Walking Dead comes another spin-off based on Robert Kirkman's graphic novels. This takes place a decade after the original apocalypse and focuses on the next generation of survivors, the first to have reached the majority on this nightmarish new Earth. The key to the story is the ruthless CRM paramilitary organization, which brought Rick Grimes to season 9 of The Walking Dead.
WandaVision
Where to see it: Disney PlusRelease Date: December 2020 The WandaVision MCU series will combine a classic sitcom style with the large-scale action that is now a trademark of Marvel movies, which is an ingenious combination. Elizabeth Olsen reprises her role as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany returns as The Vision, despite her dramatic death at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. This is perhaps the most intriguing of the upcoming Marvel shows on Disney Plus, bringing back characters from movie pasts like Darcy from the Thor movies (Kat Dennings) and Agent Jimmy Woo from Ant-Man and the Wasp (Randall Park). How is Vision still alive in this show? This is the main mystery to unlock here. However, the series has been put on hiatus due to the current health crisis, so it's unclear if this will affect this release date this year.
Ratched
Where to watch it: NetflixRelease Date: TBA Any good villain deserves an explanation. Here's one for nurse Mildred Ratched, sadistic antagonist of One Flyw Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Created by American Horror Story's Ryan Murphy, this new Netflix show begins in 1947, tracing her career path that has made her the authority figure in your nightmares. Louise Fletcher played Ratched in the 1975 film, now Sarah Paulson follows up on this Oscar-winning twist, in a series she told THR is "complicated and dark...and utterly terrifying."
The third day
Where to watch: HBO (US), Sky / NowTV (UK)Release Date: May 11 There's a whiff of The Wicker Man about this mysterious new drama from Dennis Kelly, creator of the thriller Utopia. Set on an isolated island off the coast of Great Britain, it is divided into two parts in six episodes, summer and winter, as Jude Law and Naomie Harris encounter a local population determined to preserve the old ways... This contribution useless to the UK agritourism industry courtesy of HBO and Sky.
The legacy of Jupiter.
Where to watch it: NetflixRelease Date: TBA Netflix has established a street-level Marvel universe with shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones. Now that this deal has expired, did Thanos snap his fingers in a Hollywood conference room? - The streaming giant turned to comic book king Mark Millar for a fresh dose of imagination. This is the first Netflix/Millarworld collaboration, a dynastic superhero story that sees a new generation of capes fighting to escape the shadow of their legendary predecessors.
The Bly Manor Obsession
Where to watch it: NetflixRelease Date: TBA How do you follow up on a really edgy viewing experience like The Haunting of Hill House? With other paranormal terrain, of course. Evolving into an anthology show on the theme of property, the second season takes the gothic horror of Henry James's classic novel, The Turn Of The Screw, the story of a housekeeper, two deeply frightening children. A house filled with unspeakable terror. The cast of Hill House returns, now playing new characters. Read More: The Haunting of Hill House Season 2
The Mandalorian Season 2
Where to see it: Disney PlusRelease date: October 2020 The first live-action Star Wars TV series returns for a second season in fall 2020. Spoilers if you haven't seen the season one finale, but chances are this new season will focus on Find Baby Yoda's home planet, as they say abundantly. in the closing moments of Chapter 8. Maybe we'll finally learn the names of Yoda's species this year. Or maybe it's just a fun setting for the most sophisticated and stylish Star Wars directorially talented television adventures, which suits us perfectly. Read More: The Mandalorian Season 2
The Boys season 2
Where to watch it: Amazon Prime VideoRelease Date: Summer 2020 Once again pushing the sick belly of superheroes, Amazon promises a second helping of blood, F-bombs, and ultraviolence. Karl Urban returns as Billy Butcher, leading a team of vigilantes determined to keep the wonders of spandex in check. Aya Cash joins the cast as Stormfront, regardless of gender in the comics but retaining the power of electrokinesis, and Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito promises more as Vought conglomerate CEO M. Edgar Read More: The Boys season 2
Star Trek Discovery season 3
Where to watch: CBS All Access (US), Netflix (International)Release Date: TBA This prequel show is about to do a warp speed course fix. As the final season wallows in some Trekkie-friendly continuity porn, hello Captain Pike! - the nightclub crew was projected 900 years later, the furthest last frontier the franchise had ever explored. We're promised a new narrative energy and a whole new universe, with exciting reimaginings of everything from the Federation to the native world of Trill. Adjust phasers to anticipate. Read more: Star Trek Discovery season 3
Killing Eve season 3
Where to watch: BBC America (US), BBC (UK)Release date: April 26 (US), TBA (UK) The cliffhanger that closed out the second season finally threatened to get it right in the show's title, but Killing Eve has always turned her fate around. Inheriting television's biggest game of consequences, new host Suzanne Heathcote continues the deadly dance between Sandra Oh's Eve Polastri and Judie Comer as Villanelle, history's most incredibly watchable psychopath. Prepare for another heady collision of couture, sapphic tension and dirty murder. Read More: Killing Eve Season 3 Release Date
Westworld season 3
Where to watch: HBO (US), Sky / NowTV (UK)Release date: Now HBO has kept plot details for the third season of the Android sci-fi series under wraps, only revealing that this set of episodes will tell (spoiler alert!) the lives of Dolores and Bernard away from the park. It also has an added shot of star power, with Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul and Black Swan's Vincent Cassel joining the ensemble. Episodes have started in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Star Trek: Picard
Where to watch: CBS All Access (US), Amazon Prime Video (elsewhere)Release Date: Now 18 years after his last Starfleet commission on Star Trek: Nemesis, Patrick Stewart reprises the role that made him an icon. A famed protector of the character, Stewart was courted by a plot that sees an older, guilt-ridden Picard come out of retirement from him during a galaxy-spanning mission of mercy. He looks for familiar faces from the 24th century, including Brent Spiner and Jeri Ryan's android data as Seven of Nine. Picard isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the level of spin in this show is off the charts.
Doctor Who season 12
Where to watch: BBC (UK), BBC America (US)Release date: Now Jodie Whittaker returns as a time-traveling TV hero. It's a bigger, safer adventure series, which kicked off on New Year's Day with the Bond-inspired two-part Spyfall, pitting the Time Lord and his friends against a planet-threatening conspiracy, and found room for guest stars like Lenny Henry. and Stephen Fry too. Returning adversaries included judicial space rhinos, the Judoon, and terribly rusty cybermen.
5 Avenue
Where to watch: HBO (US), Sky / NowTV (UK)Release date: January 19 "If I look at the present, I lose my sense of humor," writer Armando Iannucci told NME of his new creation. Iannucci has connected modern politics with shows like Veep and The Thick Of It. Now, he's fled contemporary Earth into the near future, taking Hugh Laurie with him as Ryan Clark, the captain of the Avenue 5 tour boat. a man who is one step away from the crisis. It's not as fun as it should be, but Iannucci fans should give it a try.
Specters
Where to watch it: NetflixRelease Date: Now Netflix continues to champion the global drama. Here's a Brazilian thriller-thriller that aims to marry authentic South American folklore with a dash of Japanese ghost story. A cocktail of multicultural terror. Set in São Paulo, it finds a group of modern teenagers confronted with vengeful spirits spawned by events in the city a century ago. Spectros showrunner is Doug Petrie, he's no stranger to teens and the supernatural given his time on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
Hunters
Where to watch it: Amazon Prime VideoRelease Date: Now "This is not murder. It's a mitzvah..." The mighty Al Pacino gets his first TV star in this ten-part Amazon original. Against the dark backdrop of the atmospheric 1970s New York, the series follows a group of Nazi hunters who fight a genocidal conspiracy to create a Fourth Reich in America. It's a bloody mix of 70s cinematic touchstones Marathon Man and The Odessa File with a distinct 2st century news crunch. This first year is imperfect, but expensive. We are still waiting for news of hunters season XNUMX.
Locke and Key
Where to watch it: NetflixRelease date: Now Hulu and Fox tried to adapt Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's magic-soaked comics, but Netflix was slow to finally bring it to the screen. The third time is clearly the charm, or perhaps the curse, as it involves three brothers who discover that their ancestral home in Massachusetts is a demon-haunted portal to extradimensional strangeness. . It's already available on Netflix, but will there be a Locke and Key season 2?
The stranger
Where to watch: HBO (US), Sky / NowTV (UK)Release Date: Now Stephen King's work continues to fuel our screen nightmares. Here's an adaptation of his 2018 novel, a terrifying paranormal twist on standard police procedural. Rogue One's Ben Mendelsohn stars as Oklahoma cop Ralph Anderson, teaming up with Cynthia Erivo as private investigator Holly Gibney. Faith and reason collide, as Mulder and Scully pursue the truth behind the gruesome murder of a local boy.
2021 and beyond
We know that some shows should be released in 2021, instead of this year. Joss Whedon's first original show in over a decade, the Victorian horror series The Nevers, arrives on HBO in 2021. Similarly, HBO's Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is unlikely to be released in 2020 and has a long way to go. There's no release date for The Prime Minister's Rings TV series, but it does have a target date of 2021. On the fantasy front, The Witcher season 2 starring Henry Cavill. It will start in 2021. We also anticipate Stranger Things Season 4 to start in 2021. Disney Plus has announced many live shows based on their Marvel and Star Wars properties. On the superhero side, expect Loki with Tom Hiddleston and Hawkeye with Jeremy Renner in spring 2021 and fall 2021, respectively. It is not known when Marvel's Moon Knight, Ms Marvel, and She-Hulk will air, but it will be in 2020 or 2021. Marvel also has an animated series What If? in the works, which features MCU actors assuming their roles in alternate universe settings. Expect 2021 or 2022 to bring the Obi-Wan spinoff to Disney Plus as well, featuring Ewan McGregor. And who knows, maybe Lucasfilm has other projects in the works for Disney Plus that we don't know about yet.- Best 4K TVs: Watch These Shows To Their Full Potential