In the first part of this
feature in the run up to a new load of TV shows hitting networks, I look at Top
10 new series to look out for. I’ll also be covering the Top 10 returning
series to look out for as well, so you might want to stay tuned for that in the
near future. The list below isn’t in any particular order.
The Man in the High Castle
US Premiere
Date: November 20 2015 | Network: Amazon|
Cast: Rufus Sewell, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Arnold Chun | Trailer
This was easily the strongest
offering of Amazon’s pilot series, offering a dark look into a future based on the titular novel, The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick where the Germans had won World War 2 and had
split America in half with the US. The pilot was an impressive look into the
alternate history and what might have been, offering a fascinating vision with
some compelling worldbuilding. This could very much be the show that raises
Amazon’s pedigree to the likes of Netflix’s originals and I’m hoping that’s the
case, as I’m a sucker for stories like this and hopefully, when the entire
season drops at once, it won’t be disappointing.
Ash vs. Evil Dead
US Premiere Date: October 31
2015 | Network: Starz | Cast: Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Jill Maire Jones,
Ray Santiago, Dana Delorenzo | Trailer
I plan to watch Ash v. Evil Dead at the end of the month
but come on, even if you’ve not seen the movie yet, this sounds like an awesome
premise. Featuring Lucy Lawless, who recently guest starred on Agents of SHIELD, this show has all the
potential to be a cult favourite, with 10 episodes of Bruce Campbell’s Ash
battling a new Deadite threat.
The Player
US Premiere Date: September 24
2015 | Network: NBC | Cast: Wesley Snipes, Phillip Winchester and Charity
Wakefield | Trailer
If you
ever wanted to know what Person of
Interest would look like were it in Las Vegas and starring Wesley Snipes,
then look no further, because The Player seems
to be that show, only if you add an additional dose of OTT action. With Phillip
Winchester on board to please Strike Back
fans this should be a very interesting show – again focusing on the ability
to stop crimes before they happen, so hopefully, this can reach the same level
of awesome serialization that Person of
Interest eventually did after a fairly average start.
Quantico
US Premiere Date: September 27
2015 | Network: ABC | Cast: Aunjanue Ellis, Josh Hopkins, Priyanka Chopra, Jake
McLaughlin, Yasmine Al Masri, Johanna Braddy | Trailer
If The Player is Person of
Interest: Las Vegas, then Quantico is
How to Get Away with Murder: The FBI
Edition, and with a use of flashfowards and a fast paced plot, this has all
the ingredients to replicate ABC’s last season breakout hit. A class of wannabe
FBI Agents at Quantico (who also happen to be incredibly attractive), are
unknowingly containing a terrorist who will one day cause the biggest disaster
to hit US soil since 9/11. Whether it’s as good as How to Get Away With Murder remains to be seen, but I’m confident
that ABC will have another hit on their hands.
Blindspot
US Premiere Date: September 21
2015 | Network: NBC | Cast: Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton | Trailer
Jaimie
Alexander stars in this show that’s essentially The Blacklist meets Jason Bourne, both of which I really enjoy, so
it should have the potential to be loads of fun. When the woman who Alexander
is playing wakes up naked in a bag in Times Square, the FBI are on the case and
learn that each of her tattoos have the link to an unsolved crime crime. Hopefully, this NBC
show can be a hit, because I’m really looking forward to seeing how it turns
out and I’m down for more Jaimie Alexander in anything, especially given how good she's been as Sif in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Bastard Executioner
US Premiere Date: September 15
2015 | Network: FX | Cast: Lee Jones, Stephen Moyer, Matthieu Charneau, Katey
Sagal, Kurt Sutter | Trailer
Sons
of Anarchy meets Game
of Thrones. Kurt Sutter is back after finishing six (or is it 7?) seasons
of the biker gang drama and as well as reportedly looking at prequels and other
such series to that drama, this show should be different, set in the medieval
era and following a knight retired from battle who is forced to pick up the
bloodiest sword of all – the executioner’s. Lee Jones, Katey Sagal and Stephen
Moyer are also on board – and Sutter even stars in the show as well, and
hopefully that should be enough to keep fans hooked.
Into The Badlands
US Premiere Date: November 15
2015 | Network: AMC | Cast: Daniel Wu, Emily Beecham, Oliver Stark, Sarah
Bolger, Orla Brady | Trailer
What sort of show do you follow
up Breaking Bad and Mad Men, two of the most critically
acclaimed series ever, with? That’s the dilemma that AMC are facing right now
as aside from their two zombie-verse series, The Walking Dead and Fear The
Walking Dead, they haven’t had that many ‘big’ hits. Sure, I love Hell on Wheels and Halt and Catch Fire, and have started to like Turn: Washington’s Spies a lot more in the second season, but not
everybody else does, and they’re looking for something to replicate the success
of those two aforementioned shows. Into
The Badlands looks postivley exciting as one of the most original offerings
of this year’s batch of TV shows – a Martial Arts drama, this is a six-episode
series that sees a warrior embark into the badlands, a wasteland where only the
toughest survive, in order to undergo a spiritual journey.
Supergirl
US Premiere Date: October 26
2015 | Network: CBS | Cast: Melissa Benoist, Calista Flockhart, Chyler Leigh,
Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood, Jeremy Jordan | Trailer
CBS throw their hat into the
superhero ring with Supergirl – and
explore the adventures of Supergirl’s cousin, Kara Zor-El. Melissa Benoist
stars in bringing the fan favourite DC character to life in what should be a
very interesting series and it’ll be fun to see how the first comic book show
of recent years with a female lead turns out. It looks like this is going to be
big.
Childhood’s End
US Premiere Date: December 14 2015
| Network: SyFy | Cast: Daisy Betts, Charles Dance, Osy
Ikhile, Julian McMahon, Colm Meaney | Trailer
Adapted from Arthur C Clarke’s
acclaimed science fiction novel and starring the legendary Charles Dance, Childhood’s End asks what would happen
if aliens peacefully invaded our planet and presented us with a Utopia and a
new golden age for humankind. However, not everything is as it seems, and this
sounds like an interesting enough premise to get behind. I haven’t yet read the
novel, but it’s something that I fully intend to do so before SyFy’s series
hits because I’ll be reviewing the miniseries for SpoilerTV.
The Expanse
US Premiere Date: December 14
2015 | Network: SyFy | Cast: Thomas Jane, Steven Strait | Trailer
Based off James SA Corey’s
space opera epic that’s one of my favourite novel series, The Expanse is being touted as Battlestar
Galactica meets Firefly and that
sounds like a perfect blend of two of my favourite shows, so hopefully this
sounds like a match made in heaven as SyFy properly return to the world of
Space Opera. 200 years in the future mankind has colonised the entire solar
system, and the story follows a Detective and a Ship’s Captain teaming up to
find a missing girl as they get ever closer to exposing the greatest secret in
human history.
Runners
Up: Minority Report (FOX), Scream Queens (FOX), Flesh and Bone (Starz), Chicago Med (NBC), The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
What new TV series are you
looking forward to in the near future? Anything from the list above? Or is
there anything that I’ve missed? Drop me a line in the comments below.
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