2024 kicks off with a january full of fantastic television premieres. it will be hard to stop marathoning series and do anything but sit on the couch. we leave you with a number of suggestions for highly anticipated series.
ECHO
native american superhero maya lopez (alaqua cox) faces off against her adoptive uncle, the terrifying wilson fisk (vincent d'onofrio), in this spin-off from 2021's hawkeye. in echo, maya is forced to flee new york city to escape the attentions of fisk. she returns to her hometown in oklahoma, where she tries to reconnect with her family and come to terms with her traumatic past.
Disney+
MASTERS OF THE AIR
based on donald l. miller's acclaimed novel and produced by steven spielberg and tom hanks, masters of the air will tell the incredible true story of the american eight air force. in particular, the series will tell the heroic story of the brave young pilots who put their lives on the line to take the fight to the german army in the sky.
apple tv+
EXPATS
based on the 2016 novel the expatriates by janice y.k. lee, the series is directed by lulu wang and follows the overlapping lives of us citizens in hong kong. nicole kidman is the producer and stars as margaret, the mother of the young children. mercy (ji-young yoo) is a single korean-american whose life becomes intertwined with margaret's through a tragedy fraught with grief and guilt.
amazon prime video
DEATH AND OTHER DETAILS
This 10-episode crime drama stars violett beane, mandy patinkin, lauren patten, rahul kohli, angela zhou, hugo diego garcia, pardis saremi and linda emond.
mandy patinkin stars as the world's greatest detective, who helps to train an amateur sleuth, imogene scott (Violett Beane), whose investigative curiosity inadvertently makes her the only suspect in a murder on a lavish cruise ship.
if you're a fan of the white lotus and knives out, death and other details seems right.
hulu
MONSIEUR SPADE
based on the infamous protagonist of american author dashiell hammett's 1930 classic novel the maltese falcon. the year is 1963, and legendary detective sam spade (clive owen) is enjoying his retirement in the south of france. spade's life in bozouls is peaceful and quiet, a far cry from his days as a private eye in san francisco. but everything is about to change with the rumored return of his old adversary. at the local convent, six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered. as the town mourns the loss, secrets are revealed and new clues are uncovered. spade learns that the murders are somehow connected to a mysterious child who is believed to have great powers.
amc
GRISELDA
this miniseries tells the story of griselda blanco, known as la jefa (the boss), the head of a miami drug cartel in the 1970s and 80s. starring and produced by sofia vergara, the show follows griselda's rise and fall as the so-called godmother of cocaine as she leaves medellin for miami with her three young sons.
netflix
CRIMINAL RECORDS
peter capaldi is london's detective chief inspector daniel hegarty and cush jumbo is the idealistic detective sergeant june lenker in this gripping, fast-paced thriller. when lenker receives an anonymous tip that one of hegarty's old cases resulted in a wrongful conviction and imprisonment, she investigates, and hegarty's resistance reveals he has much to hide.
apple tv+
we have a new season of true detective to celebrate ten years after its premiere: night country - this season stars jodie foster and kali reis as a pair of detectives searching for eight alaskan scientists who've disappeared without a trace.
hbo
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