Inside Must-Watch New, Returning Shows

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Winter TV Preview 2023: Inside the Must-Watch New and Returning Shows

Settle in! The winter season is upon us — and it will not be lengthy earlier than new and returning exhibits are again on our screens.

Fans of That ’70s Show will see the solid reunite in its upcoming spinoff, That ‘90s Show. Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Wilmer Valderrama might be reuniting with Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp after starring within the authentic present from 1999 to 2006.

The comedy collection which might be launched in January, follows Red and Kitty Forman as they watch over their granddaughter, Leia Forman, whereas she’s on the town for the summer time.

Ahead of the Netflix present’s premiere, Prepon opened up about her response to being again on set. “It’s so fun. It’s all the same sets,” the actress teased to Us Weekly in June 2022. “When I first went there, I cried. I’m just like, ‘The nostalgia is so strong and it was such an incredible time in my life.’ I can’t wait for people to see it. I think they’re really, really gonna get a kick out of it.”

According to the Orange Is The New Black alum, it was “oddly” not “weird” returning to her roots as Donna.

“It just was like the nostalgia of it,” she continued. “You don’t realize like, it’s still, like, if I hear Todd Rundgren’s [song] ‘Hello, It’s Me,’ I burst into tears ‘cause that’s the pilot song, you know, that was like the Eric and Donna [theme song and] it was a really pinnacle song for that relationship, but yeah, it’s great [to return].”

In February 2022, viewers get to sit up for Outer Banks making a splash on Netflix with its third season. The subsequent chapter within the teen drama picks up after John B (Chase Stokes), Sarah (Madelyn Cline), Kiara (Madison Bailey), Pope (Jonathan Daviss), JJ (Rudy Pankow) and newcomer Cleo (Carlacia Grant) find yourself on a abandoned island which they title Poguelandia.

Showrunners Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke beforehand teased what the group of youngsters can anticipate to cope with following their abroad escape.

“Romance! That was one thing we really loved about season 1 that’s less of an element of season 2 that we really want to get back to,” Pate shared with Entertainment Weekly in July 2021. “That was the plan, kind of architecting the characters towards opening up some romances in season 3.”

Burke added: “In general, we were basically shot out of a canon in season 2. And we want to have a little more room for like our teen drama and teen romances in season 3, just as a general principle.”

As for the story strains, the viewers can anticipate Big John to play a giant function within the subsequent chapter of Outer Banks. “We always knew it was a possibility and we have this card we can play,” Pate famous. “In the evolution of the season, it just became more apparent that we wanted to play it at the end of the season. It was always an idea lingering around and thematically, it sets up some stuff we want to explore in the third season.”

Scroll on for extra new and returning exhibits this winter:

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Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (AMC+)

The drama stars Alexandra Daddario as Rowan, a neurosurgeon geared up with distinctive abilities she will’t clarify till she learns she hails from a line of New Orleans witches — and inherited a threatening power hell-bent on searching her ancestors (January 8)

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The Last of Us (HBO)

Fans of The Last of Us online game might be tuning into the HBO collection that follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) on his journey to escort Ellie (Bella Ramsey) throughout a post-apocalyptic world. Gabriel Luna additionally stars as Joel’s youthful brother. (January 15)

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That ’90s Show (Netflix)

Back to the basement! Smith and Rupp reprise their roles as Red and Kitty Forman in That ’70s Show sequel following their granddaughter Leia and her group of associates in the summertime of 1995. (January 19)

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Shrinking (Apple TV+)

Bill Lawrence‘s latest comedy introduces Jason Segel as a therapist who treats his sufferers whereas coping with his personal extreme grief. The collection additionally stars Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Christa Miller and Michael Urie. (January 27)

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Fire Country (CBS)

Following the surprising cliffhanger, Fire Country returns to complete out its premiere season. Viewers will lastly discover out what occurred to Bode (Max Thieriot) after he went in opposition to chief Vince Leone’s (Billy Burke) orders. (January 29)

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The Watchful Eye (Freeform)

The Freeform authentic collection focuses on a girl (Amy Acker) who accepts a nanny place from a good-looking widower solely to get caught up in some lethal secrets and techniques. (January 30)

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Freeridge (Netflix)

The On My Block spinoff is a coming of age comedy following sibling rivals Gloria (Keyla Monterroso Mejia) and Ines (Bryana Salaz) who unleash a darkish curse on themselves and their associates Demi (Ciara Riley Wilson) and Cameron (Tenzing Norgay Trainor). Fans of the OG collection can anticipate a number of cameos all through the season. (February 2)

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Dear Edward (Apple TV+)

Connie Britton, Colin O’Brien and Taylor Schilling star within the Apple TV+ collection based mostly on the novel of the identical title by Ann Napolitano. The present focuses on the lone survivor of a aircraft crash that should cope with the aftermath of the tragedy — which took the lives of his household. (February 3)

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Not Dead Yet (ABC)

Based on Alexandra Potter‘s 2020 novel, Confessions of a Dirty-Something F**ok Up, the comedy stars Gina Rodriguez as Nell, who accepts a job writing obituaries — and will get a brand new perspective on life. (February 8)

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Animal Control (Fox)

The office comedy stars Joel McHale as a former cop pressured to take a brand new gig as an animal management officer. Under his steering, his fellow staff — together with Ravi Patel and Vella Lovell — hilariously navigate creatures of all types. (February 16)

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The Company You Keep (ABC)

After wrapping up his time on This Is Us, Milo Ventimiglia will star within the ABC collection based mostly on the South Korean tv collection My Fellow Citizens!

At the middle of the story is con man Charlie (Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma (Catherine Haena Kim) whose paths proceed to cross in sudden methods. (February 19)

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Found (NBC)

Shanola Hampton leads this new drama as Gabby, a former lacking one who now oversees disaster administration for a workforce of individuals looking out for many who have gone AWOL. Mark-Paul Gosselaar additionally stars. (February 19)

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Outer Banks (Netflix)

The Pogues are again with one other treasure hunt — solely this time the stakes are larger than ever earlier than. While on one other run for his or her lives, John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, JJ welcome newcomer Cleo to the develop. (February 23)