2020-21 Fall/Winter TV Premiere Calendar

This is the permanent home of our TV premiere calendar. Bookmark this page; we'll update it daily throughout the year. Updated December 8

Premiere dates for new and returning shows and specials

New () and returning shows, TV movies, miniseries, and specials (including streaming exclusives) with announced premiere dates are listed below. All times are both ET/PT unless otherwise indicated. Items available to buy or rent through digital outlets (VOD, Prime Video, iTunes, etc.) are marked with a ($).

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December premieres

TUE / December 8
	40 Years a Prisoner Trailer	Documentary	9p
	Bobbleheads: The Movie Trailer	Animation/Family	($) Rent/Buy
	A Christmas for Mary	Drama	OWN, 9p
	Deep in Vogue Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
	Emicida: AmarElo: It's All for Yesterday (É Tudo Para Ontem)	Foreign/Documentary
▣	The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Trailer	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
Francis Ford Coppola can't stop tinkering with his own films. This time, however, the result could be an improvement—perhaps. The director has taken his maligned 1990 sequel The Godfather: Part III and re-edited it, giving the film a new beginning and ending (and title) among other alterations.
	Guitar Man Trailer	Documentary/Music	($) Rent/Buy
	Lovestruck in the City	Foreign/Comedy/Drama
	The Planters Trailer	Comedy	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Sexual Animals Trailer	Comedy	($) Rent/Buy
	Smiley Face Killers Trailer	Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
	Spirit Riding Free: Ride Along Adventure	Interactive/Animation/Family
	Super Monsters: Santa's Super Monster Helpers	Animation/Family
WED / December 9
	Alabama Snake Trailer	Documentary	9p
	Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love Christmas Special	Family/Comedy
	The Big Show Show Christmas Special	Family/Comedy
	The Challenge: Double Agents	Reality competition	MTV, 8p
	A Dog Called Money Trailer	Documentary/Music	($) Virtual theaters
Documentary follows PJ Harvey during the unconventional recording of her 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project.
▣	Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!	Musical	8p
Matthew Morrison stars as the title character in NBC's latest musical production, which will be recorded in London (rather than performed live as they typically are).
	The Great Christmas Light Fight	Reality competition	8p
	Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2020	Special	8p
	Rose Island Trailer	Foreign/Comedy
	The Surgeon's Cut Trailer	Reality
	The Trial of Christine Keeler	Drama	HBO Max
THU / December 10
	Alice in Borderland Trailer	Foreign/Drama
	Esme & Roy Holiday Special	Animation/Family	HBO Max
▣	Funny Boy Trailer	Foreign/Drama
Set in Sri Lanka in the early 1980s, this coming-of-age drama from director Deepa Mehta (best known for her Fire/Earth/Water trilogy) is Canada's official Oscar entry this year. (It's based on a Canadian novel by Shyam Selvadurai.) It'll also screen in some theaters beginning today.
	Haute Dog Holiday Special	Reality competition	HBO Max
	House of Ho	Reality	HBO Max
▣	Let Them All Talk Trailer	Drama/Comedy	HBO Max
Steven Soderbergh's follow-up to The Laundromat reunites the director with star Meryl Streep. Here, she plays an author who reunites with old friends on a cruise, and she's joined by a cast that includes Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Gemma Chan, and Lucas Hedges.
	Madagascar: A Little Wild	Animation/Family	Hulu/Peacock
	One Night Only: The Best of Broadway	Variety	8p
	Silent Night - A Song for the World	Documentary/Music	8p
	Summer Camp Island Trailer	Animation/Family	HBO Max
	Time Person of the Year	Special	10p
FRI / December 11
▣	Adult Material	Drama	HBO Max
▣	Archenemy Trailer	Action/Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Assassins Trailer	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
The latest doc from Ryan White (The Case Against 8) looks at the airport assassination of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un by two women who are now on death row despite insisting that they thought they were involved in a harmless prank and not a killing.
	Canvas Trailer	Animation/Family/Drama
	The Christmas Caroler Challenge	Reality competition	8p
	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Animation/Family	Prime Video
	Craft in America	Reality	9p
	Curious George	Animation/Family	Peacock
	Disney Channel Holiday House Party	Comedy	Disney, 8p
▣	Farewell Amor Trailer	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
	Finding Yingying	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
	Giving Voice Trailer	Documentary
▣	Gunda Trailer	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
	High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special Trailer	Music	Disney+
▣	I'm Your Woman Trailer	Drama/Thriller	Prime Video
With the next season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel delayed by covid, those in need of their yearly Rachel Brosnahan fix can get it with this thriller from writer-director Julia Hart (Fast Color) in which Brosnahan plays a woman on the run with her infant child after the disappearance of her criminal husband. The film will also get a limited theatrical release beginning on December 4.
	Inn Love by Christmas	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
▣	Ip Man: Kung Fu Master Trailer	Foreign/Drama/Action	($) Rent/Buy
	Madagascar: A Little Wild	Animation/Family	Peacock
	The Mess You Leave Behind Trailer	Foreign/Drama
	Michael Kosta: Detroit. NY. LA. Trailer	Comedy special	11p
	My Lottery Dream Home: Holiday Extravaganza	Reality	HGTV, 8p
	Noise in the Middle	Horror	($) Rent/Buy
▣	The Prom Trailer	Musical/Comedy
Ryan Murphy directs an adaptation of the Broadway musical starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, Keegan-Michael Key, and Kerry Washington.
▣	Queer Japan	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
▣	Safety Trailer	Drama/Sports	Disney+
Reginald Hudlin directs this based-on-a-true-story drama about a Clemson football player (Jay Reeves) who raises his 11-year-old brother on campus.
▣	Small Axe: Alex Wheatle Trailer	Drama/Anthology	Prime Video
The penultimate film in Steve McQueen's Amazon anthology examines the formative years of British novelist Alex Wheatle, including a stint in prison following 1981's Brixton Uprising.
▣	Songbird Trailer	Sci-fi/Thriller	($) Rent
Skipping theaters and arriving today instead as a $20 digital rental, this Michael Bay-produced dystopian thriller was not only filmed during the pandemic, it's set during it, too (albeit three years in the future, when the still-ongoing disease has mutated into covid-23). KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, and Demi Moore star.
▣	The Stand In Trailer	Comedy	($) Rent/Buy
Drew Barrymore plays dual roles as an actress headed to rehab and her on-set stand-in—who winds up stealing her life— in a comedy directed by Jamie Babbit (But I'm a Cheerleader) and scripted by Sam Bain (Peep Show).
▣	To the Ends of the Earth Trailer	Foreign/Drama	($) Virtual theaters
	A Trash Truck Christmas	Animation/Family
	The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee Trailer	Comedy	($) Rent/Buy
Wondering what Crocodile Dundee's Paul Hogan was up to these days? No? Well, we'll tell you anyway: He's playing actor Paul Hogan in this new comedy that somehow also brings together Olivia Newton-John, John Cleese, Chevy Chase, and Reginald VelJohnson.
▣	Wander Darkly Trailer	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
	The Weasel's Tale Trailer	Foreign/Comedy/Thriller	($) Virtual theaters
	Where's Waldo?	Animation/Family	Peacock
▣	Wild Mountain Thyme Trailer	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
Jamie Dornan, Emily Blunt, and Jon Hamm star in an Irish romance from writer-director John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), who adapts his own play.
	The Wilds Trailer	Drama	Prime Video
▣	Wolfwalkers Trailer	Animation/Family	Apple TV+
Following Metacritic Must-Sees The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, this tale of a young apprentice hunter who befriends a girl raised by wolves completes director Tom Moore’s Irish folklore trilogy. It’s another critical hit for the animation studio Carton Saloon, thanks to terrific reviews out of its TIFF premiere this fall, and the film comes to Apple's streaming service today following an awards-qualifying theatrical run kicking off November 13.
	Yalda, A Night for Forgiveness Trailer	Foreign/Drama	($) Virtual theaters
SAT / December 12
▣	The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Trailer	Documentary/Music	8p
Frank Marshall directs a look at the 1960s and '70s hitmakers.
	The Christmas Setup	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Cross Country Christmas	Drama	Hallmark, 8p
	A Glenbrooke Christmas	Drama	HMM, 9p
	Pretty Little Dead Girl	Drama	LMN, 8p
	Toys of Terror	Horror	Syfy, 10p
SUN / December 13
	Autopsy: The Last Hours of Tom Petty	Documentary/Music	Reelz, 9p ET
	The Bounce Trumpet Awards: Stand Up	Special	Bounce, 8p
	Christmas Comes Twice	Drama	Hallmark, 8p
	Christmas Homecoming	Drama	HMM, 9p
	A Christmas Princess	Drama	UP, 7p
	Couples Therapy: The COVID Special Trailer	Reality	8p
	Dashing in December Trailer	Drama	Paramount, 7p
	Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview Trailer	Talk	11:05p
	The Jane Doe Murders	Reality	Oxygen, 7p
	Life, Death & Money	Reality	Reelz, 10p ET
▣	Pennyworth Trailer	Drama	Epix, 9p
Four episodes (including a double episode on 12/27) air over the coming weeks, but the remaining six episodes of season 2 won't arrive until later in 2021.
	A Sugar & Spice Holiday	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Tom Petty: Won't Back Down	Documentary/Music	Reelz, 8p ET
	The Walking Dead Holiday Special	Talk	AMC+
	White House Christmas 2020	Reality	HGTV, 6p
MON / December 14
	A California Christmas	Rom-com
	Celebrity IOU	Reality	HGTV, 9p
	Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir	Music	9p
	Deliciousness Trailer	Comedy/Reality	MTV, 7p
	Haul This House	Reality	FYI, 8p
	Hilda	Animation/Family
	iHeartRadio Jingle Ball	Music	8p
	Lonestar Christmas	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Réunions	Foreign/Drama	Acorn TV
	The Shot: Race for the Vaccine	News	10p
▣	Tiny Pretty Things Trailer	Drama
Billed as "Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars," this 10-episode adaptation of the book by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton follows the students of an elite ballet academy in Chicago.
TUE / December 15
	30 for 30: The Infinite Race Trailer	Documentary/Sports	ESPN, 8p
▣	Breaking Surface Trailer	Foreign/Drama/Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
	Cooking Up Christmas	Drama	OWN, 9p
	The Last Blockbuster Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
Adam Brody, Doub Benson, Kevin Smith, and Paul Scheer are among the talking heads in this Lauren Lapkus-narrated documentary about the history of Blockbuster Video and the chain's sole surviving outlet in Bend, Oregon.
	The Last Sermon Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Lupin III: The First	Anime	($) Buy
	Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change	Music	8p
	Scene in Black and White Trailer	Foreign/Talk/Music	Prime Video
	Song Exploder Trailer	Music
Four new episodes feature Nine Inch Nails, Dua Lipa, The Killers, and Natalia Lafourcade.
▣	Tenet Trailer	Sci-fi/Action/Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
Speaking of "the last blockbuster," what will likely be 2020's final tentpole film—Christopher Nolan's time-twisting thriller—heads to home video today (both at digital outlets and on disc), finally giving people in cities without open theaters a chance to see it.
	Walking With Elephants Trailer	Documentary/Nature	Animal Planet, 8p
▣	The War With Grandpa Trailer	Comedy/Drama	($) Rent/Buy
WED / December 16
	Anitta: Made In Honorio	Reality/Music
	The Art of Political Murder Trailer	Documentary	9p
	Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America	Documentary/Music
▣	The Expanse Trailer	Sci-fi/Drama	Prime Video
	Holiday Heartbreak	Drama	BET, 6p
	How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding Trailer	Comedy/Drama
	The Ripper Trailer	Documentary
	Run On	Foreign/Drama
	Vir Das: Outside In - The Lockdown Special	Comedy special
THU / December 17
	The Available Wife Trailer	Drama	UMC
	Beyond the Pole: Living Under Lockdown Trailer	Reality	WE, 10p
	Dogs of the Year	Reality	8p
	Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020	Music	HBO Max
	Sesame Street: Holiday at Hooper's	Family	HBO Max
▣	The Stand Trailer	Drama/Horror/Fantasy	CBS All Access
Streaming weekly, this nine-episode adaptation of Stephen King's epic apocalyptic novel about life in America after a devastating global pandemic (no relation) stars Alexander Skarsgård, Whoopi Goldberg, James Marsden, Amber Heard, Heather Graham, Greg Kinnear, Odessa Young, and Nat Wolff. The series, which wrapped up two years of production just before covid-19 hit, features an all-new ending written by King.
	Total Control Trailer	Drama	Sundance Now
FRI / December 18
▣	Another Round Trailer	Foreign/Drama	($) Rent/Buy
Director Thomas Vinterberg rebounds from a pair of lackluster films by reuniting with Mads Mikkelsen (who starred in Vinterberg's acclaimed 2013 feature The Hunt) for this story of four high school teachers who conspire to drink throughout the day to maintain the theoretically ideal blood alcohol level of 0.05%. (We don't recommend trying that at home, but then again it is 2020.) The film is Denmark's official Oscar entry this year.
▣	Breach Trailer	Sci-fi/Action	($) Rent/Buy
	Christmas on the Menu	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	A Creepshow Holiday Special	Horror	Shudder
Anna Camp and Adam Pally star in an hour-long holiday episode.
	El Cid Trailer	Foreign/Drama	Prime Video
	The Grand Tour Presents: A Massive Hunt Trailer	Reality	Prime Video
▣	Greenland Trailer	Thriller	($) Rent
	Home for Christmas Trailer	Foreign/Drama/Comedy
▣	Hunter Hunter Trailer	Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Trailer	Drama
Viola Davis (starring as real-life blues singer Ma Rainey) and the late Chadwick Boseman (in what will stand as his final film) head the cast for an adaptation of August Wilson's play set in 1927 Chicago from director George C. Wolfe.
▣	Max Cloud Trailer	Action/Comedy/Sci-fi	($) Rent/Buy
▣	On Pointe Trailer	Reality	Disney+
Six-part series follows the young students (ages 8-18) at New York's School of American Ballet as they rehearse for a production of Balanchine's The Nutcracker.
	Sister of the Groom Trailer	Rom-com	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Skylines Trailer	Sci-fi/Action	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Small Axe: Education Trailer	Drama/Anthology	Prime Video
Steve McQueen's Amazon anthology series concludes with a coming-of-age story about a 12-year-old boy whose wrongful transfer to a "special needs" school tips parents off to systemic racial discrimination in their school system.
	Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day Trailer	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
	Sweet Home Trailer	Foreign/Drama
	Tiger Within Trailer	Drama	($) Virtual theaters
	You'll Be Home for Christmas	Reality	HGTV, 10p
SAT / December 19
	Christmas at Rosemont	Drama	UP, 7p
	Christmas Carousel	Drama	Hallmark, 8p
	A Christmas Exchange	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Letters to Satan Claus	Horror	Syfy, 8p
	Stolen in Plain Sight	Drama	LMN, 8p
	Swept Up by Christmas	Drama	HMM, 9p
SUN / December 20
	22nd Annual A Home for the Holidays	Special	9:30p ET/9p PT
	A Christmas Break	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	Diana Ross: Story of Her Songs	Documentary/Music	Reelz, 10p ET
	Garth & Trisha Live!	Music	8:30p ET / 8p PT
	Love, Lights, Hanukkah!	Drama	Hallmark, 8p
	March of the Polar Bears	Reality	Nat Geo WILD, 8p
	Project Christmas Wish	Drama	HMM, 9p
	Unexpected	Reality	TLC, 10p
	Whitney Houston: Story of Her Songs	Documentary/Music	Reelz, 9p ET
MON / December 21
	Dr. Pimple Popper	Reality	TLC, 9p
	Let's Make a Deal Primetime	Game show	8p
	Spotlight on Christmas	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
TUE / December 22
	Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
	The Christmas High Note	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
▣	City Hall	Documentary	8p
One of this year's most acclaimed films (it technically opened in theaters in October), the latest extra-long doc from Frederick Wiseman takes a deep dive into the administrative functions performed by Boston's city government.
	First Christmas	Drama	OWN, 9p
	London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck	Comedy special
	Rhyme Time Town Singalongs	Family
	Shortcut	Horror	($) Rent/Buy
	Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story	Documentary/Sports	9p
	Yellow Rose Trailer	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
WED / December 23
	tbd Buddy Valastro special	Reality	Food, 9p
	Christmas at the Castle	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
▣	The Midnight Sky Trailer	Sci-fi/Drama/Thriller
Billed as Gravity meets The Revenant (and even shares a screenwriter, Mark L. Smith, with the latter), this George Clooney-directed adaptation of the novel Good Morning, Midnight centers on a dying scientist (Clooney) who must find a way to send a message to the crew of a long-term space mission and warn them not to return to Earth, which is in the midst of a global catastrophe. To do so, he must trek across the Arctic, which has become toxic. Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, and Tiffany Boone also star.
▣	Sylvie's Love Trailer	Drama	Prime Video
Tessa Thompson stars as a woman seeking to become a TV producer in 1950s New York in this now-Amazon-exclusive drama that was previously headed to a theatrical release (and will likely still make a brief appearance in theaters to qualify for awards).
	Your Name Engraved Herein	Foreign/Drama
THU / December 24
	A Music Lover's Guide to Murdoch Mysteries	Special	Acorn TV
	Shadow Lines Trailer	Foreign/Drama	Sundance Now
FRI / December 25
▣	Bridgerton Trailer	Drama
Is this the next Downton Abbey? Producer Shonda Rhimes' first Netflix series is created by Scandal's Chris Van Dusen, who adapts Julia Quinn's popular novel series. The costume drama is set in London in the 1810s, where it focuses on the large and powerful Bridgerton family and other members of the city's aristocracy. Julie Andrews, Polly Walker, Rege-Jean Page, Ruby Barker, Jonathan Bailey, Claudia Jessie, Ruth Gemmell, Luke Thompson, and Luke Newton are among the stars.
	Call the Midwife Holiday Special	Drama	9p
	Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian	Documentary	Disney+
	My Sweet Holiday	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
▣	Soul Trailer	Animation/Family	Disney+
Originally slated to reach theaters in June (and then November), the newest Pixar original is now a Disney+ exclusive instead. The recipient of stellar reviews when it debuted at the London Film Festival in October, the latest from director Pete Docter (Inside Out, Up) is an ambitious, original story following a middle-school music teacher whose quest to perform at a top jazz club takes him on a journey through a fantastical land populated by unborn souls. Jamie Foxx leads a voice cast that also features Tina Fey and Angela Bassett, while music comes from Jon Batiste and the team of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Burrow, the Pixar short that would have screened alongside Soul in theaters, is also available to stream today.
	Surprising Santa Claus	Reality	HGTV, 9p
We don't recommend doing this; he's old and overweight and probably has heart issues.
▣	Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer	Action-adventure	HBO Max
So much for those "Only in Theaters" posters. After seeing its release date pushed back three times during the pandemic, the sequel to the 2017 hit Wonder Woman will no longer rely on theaters in the United States (though it should still reach any that remain open). Instead, Warner Bros. will use its $200 million film as a tax write-off to juice subscriptions to its new-ish HBO Max streaming service. (Already a subscriber? Consider it a Christmas present.) Director Patty Jenkins and stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine return from the previous film—easily the best entry in the DC Extended Universe—but action this time will be set many decades later in the heart of the Cold War. New stars include Kristen Wiig (as Dr. Minerva/Cheetah) and Pedro Pascal (as Maxwell Lord).
SAT / December 26
	Asphalt Burning (aka Børning 3)	Foreign/Action/Comedy
	DNA	Foreign/Drama
The latest feature from actor/director Maïwenn (Polisse) was a Cannes selection this year (but, obviously, did not get a chance to actually screen there).
	Fast & Furious Spy Racers	Animation/Family
	Go! Go! Cory Carson	Animation/Family
▣	Letterkenny Trailer First scene	Comedy
	The Magic School Bus Rides Again In the Zone	Animation/Family
SUN / December 27
▣	The Masked Dancer Trailer	Reality competition	8p
This Masked Singer sister show, in which elaborately costumed celebrities perform choreographed routines and audiences must determine their identities, actually has its origins in a segment on Ellen DeGeneres‘ daytime series. Craig Robinson hosts, while the judging panel includes Paula Abdul, Ashley Tisdale, Brian Austin Green, and the obligatory Ken Jeong. Note that the series will move to Wednesday nights at 8p starting 1/6.
	Restaurant Hustle 2020: All on the Line	Documentary	Food, 9p
MON / December 28
	Atlanta Justice	Reality	ID, 9p
	Cops and Robbers	Animated short
	Kids Baking Championship	Reality competition	Food, 9p
TUE / December 29
	7 Little Johnstons	Reality	TLC, 8p
	The One You Feed Trailer	Drama/Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
	Popstar's Best of 2020	Special	8p
This countdown of the greatest moments of 2020 could be the shortest program ever to air on The CW.
	Streets of Dreams with Marcus Lemonis	Reality	CNBC, 10p
	Supermarket Stakeout	Reality competition	Food, 10p
▣	Two Ways Home Trailer	Drama	($) Rent
WED / December 30
	Best Leftovers Ever!	Reality competition
	Equinox	Foreign/Drama
	Heroes on the Front Line	Reality	8p
	Transformers: War for Cybertron - Earthrise Trailer	Anime
The second installment in the animated trilogy follows Siege released earlier this year.
	Vikings Trailer	Drama	Prime Video
The former History Channel series moves to Amazon's streaming service for its final 10 episodes (though History is also expected to air these episodes in the spring).
▣	Yearly Departed	Comedy	Prime Video
Phoebe Robinson, Rachel Brosnahan, Tiffany Haddish, Sarah Silverman, and Natasha Leggero are among the comedians and celebrities delivering "eulogies" for the year 2020, which could finally come to an end as soon as tomorrow.
THU / December 31
	Best of Stand-Up 2020	Comedy
▣	Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Trailer	Drama
	Cleaning Up Trailer	Foreign/Drama	Sundance Now
	Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2021	Live event/Variety	8p
	New Year's Eve Toast & Roast 2021	Live event/Variety	8p

January premieres

FRI / January 1, 2021
	Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks Trailer	Sci-fi/Drama	BBC America, 8p
	The Minimalists: Less Is Now Trailer	Documentary
	Sing Me a Song	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
▣	We Can Be Heroes Trailer	Action/Fantasy/Sci-fi/Family
What happens when aliens kidnap all of Earth's superheroes? Their children must save the day. The latest kid-friendly action film from director Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids) is a sequel to 2005's The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl and stars Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, and Christian Slater.
	What Happened to Mr. Cha?	Foreign/Comedy
	The Wrong Real Estate Agent	Drama	LMN, 8p
SAT / January 2
	Kindred Spirits	Reality	Travel, 10p
	Taking a Shot at Love	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
SUN / January 3
▣	Call Me Kat Trailer	Comedy	8p
Mayim Bialik stars in a remake of the British sitcom Miranda. Produced by Bialik with her Big Bang Theory co-star Jim Parsons, the multi-camera comedy centers on a 39-year-old single woman who takes the money her parents had saved for her wedding and uses it to open a cat cafe in Louisville. Swoosie Kurtz, Cheyenne Jackson, Kyla Pratt, and Leslie Jordan also star. After tonight's special premiere, the series moves to Thursdays at 9p starting 1/7.
▣	Elizabeth Is Missing Trailer	Drama	9p
Masterpiece miniseries stars Glenda Jackson as a woman who must overcome her own dementia to solve the mysterious disappearance of her friend. British critics raved about the series when it aired in the UK in 2020.
	Expedition Bigfoot	Reality	Travel, 8p
	Home Town	Reality	HGTV, 8p
	Last Man Standing	Comedy	8:30p
The final season of the Tim Allen comedy will move to Thursdays at 9:30p beginning 1/7.
	The Rookie	Drama	10p
▣	The Watch Trailer	Comedy/Drama/Fantasy	BBC America, 8p
Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld novels come to the small screen in a BBC-produced eight-episode series from Simon Allen (Das Boot). The series will be a comedic fantasy crime procedural centering on the misfit police force (aka The City Watch) of the DIscworld city of Ankh-Morpork. Richard Dormer, Lara Rossi, Wendell Pierce, and Matt Berry are among the stars. Various versions of the series have been in and out of production for most of the past decade, and fans of the books have been discouraged by the BBC's early marketing attempts (which suggested to some that the series will deviate in both tone and content from Pratchett's work).
	Worst Cooks in America	Reality	Food, 9p
MON / January 4
	90 Day Diaries	Reality	discovery+
	90 Days Bares All	Reality	discovery+
	American Detective With Lt. Joe Kenda	Reality	discovery+
	Amityville Horror House	Reality	discovery+
	The Bachelor	Reality competition	8p
	BattleBots: The Bounty Hunters	Robot sports	discovery+
	Beyond Borders	Documentary	discovery+
	Bobby and Giada in Italy	Reality	discovery+
	Cakealikes	Reality competition	discovery+
	Chopped Challenge	Reality competition	discovery+
	Christina: Stronger by Design	Reality	discovery+
	Dr. Pimple Popper: This Is Zit	Reality	discovery+
	Elephant Hospital	Reality	discovery+
	Ellen's Game of Games	Game show	8p
	Extreme Everest	Documentary	discovery+
	Frozen in Time	Reality	discovery+
	Gold Rush: Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue	Reality	discovery+
	HGTV's House Party	Talk	discovery+
	Home Town: Ben's Workshop	Reality	discovery+
	House Hunters: Comedians on Couches Unfiltered	Reality	discovery+
	The Impossible Row	Documentary	discovery+
	JonBenet Ramsey: What Really Happened?	Documentary	discovery+
	Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure	Documentary	discovery+
	Lovely Bites With Chef Lovely	Reality	discovery+
	Mysterious Planet	Documentary/Nature	discovery+
	Onision: In Real Life	Reality	discovery+
	The Other Way Strikes Back	Reality	discovery+
	P.S., Burn This Letter Please	Documentary	discovery+
	Race Across the World	Reality competition	discovery+
	Say Yes to the Dress: In Sickness and in Health	Reality	discovery+
	Six Degrees With Mike Rowe	Reality	discovery+
	Tarek's Flip Side	Reality	discovery+
	Tregaye's Way in the Kitchen	Reality	discovery+
	The Wall	Game show	10p
TUE / January 5
▣	American Dream Trailer	Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
Academy Award-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (best known for his work with Steven Spielberg) directs a crime thriller starring Duncan Brantley, Mark Wheaton, and Nick Stahl.
	Gabby's Dollhouse Trailer	Family
	Gordon Ramsay's American Road Trip Trailer	Reality	8p
	Gun and a Hotel Bible	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
	Nurses	Drama	10p
Moves to a new time.
	PBS American Portrait	Documentary	9p
	The Real Housewives of Dallas	Reality	Bravo, 9p
	This Is Us	Drama	9p
▣	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Comedy/Drama/Musical	8p
THU / January 6
	Chicago Fire	Drama	9p
	Chicago Med	Drama	8p
	Chicago P.D.	Drama	10p
	Name That Tune	Game show	9p
Jane Krakowski hosts a revival of the classic music game show. Randy Jackson leads the band.
	Undercover Billionaire	Reality	Discovery, 8p
	Undercover Billionaire: Comeback City	Reality	Discovery, 10p
THU / January 7
▣	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Game show	8p
To clarify: It is the contestants who have been replaced by celebrities, not the wheel itself.
	The Chase	Game show	9p
A new adaptation of an 11-year-old UK game show (it was previously adapted for the Game Show Network in 2013), ABC's version of The Chase is notable for featuring top Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and James Holzhauer alternating in the role of "The Chaser," who competes against a team of contestants. Sara Haines hosts.
▣	Coyote Trailer	Drama	CBS All Access
Previously expected to air on the Paramount Network, this six-episode drama stars Michael Chiklis as a former American border patrol agent who now finds work on the other side of the border. Michelle MacLaren directs the opener and serves as a producer for the series, which comes from David Graziano (Southland).
	Dateline NBC	Newsmagazine	10p
▣	Go-Big Show Trailer	Reality competition	TBS, 9p
	Hell's Kitchen	Reality	8p
▣	The Hustler	Game show	10p
In this Craig Ferguson-hosted game show, a team of contestants must work together to answer questions worth $10,000 each. But one member of the group has been given the answers in advance, and that person—"The Hustler"—will win the entire pool of the money if they are able to keep their identity a secret.
	Law & Order: SVU	Drama	9p
▣	Mr. Mayor Trailer	Comedy	8p
The latest NBC comedy series from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock (30 Rock) stars Ted Danson as a wealthy businessman who runs for mayor of Los Angeles—and, to his surprise, wins. (In fact, the series was once set to be a 30 Rock spinoff centering on Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy as the mayoral candidate, though it morphed over time.) Holly Hunter and Bobby Moynihan also star. Two episodes air back-to-back tonight.
▣	Pieces of a Woman Trailer	Drama
Arriving today on Netflix following a brief theatrical appearance last week, Woman marks the English-language debut for Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó (White God). Vanessa Kirby (who won top acting honors after a festival screening at Venice this fall) and Shia LaBeouf star as a Boston couple who spend a year dealing with the emotional and legal aftermath of a home birth that ends in tragedy. Molly Parker, Ellen Burstyn, and Sarah Snook also star.
FRI / January 8
▣	Cobra Kai	Drama
The Karate Kid follow-up series moves from YouTube to Netflix for its third season. (And it has already been renewed for a fourth.)
▣	Dickinson	Comedy	Apple TV+
Season 2 guests include Nick Kroll and Timothy Simons. Three episodes stream today, followed by one additional new episode per week on Fridays.
▣	Herself	Drama	Prime Video
Theater and opera director Phyllida Lloyd’s third feature film (following Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady) lacks her usual star Meryl Streep, but it nevertheless earned solid reviews at Sundance a year ago. Co-writer (with Malcolm Campbell) Clare Dunne stars as Sandra, a young single mother of two who must find a new home after another attack from her abusive ex-husband. With a housing crisis in Dublin, Sandra decides to build her own house.
	If Not Now, When? Trailer	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
	Lupin Trailer	Foreign/Drama
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	Reality	9p
	The Reason I Jump Trailer	Documentary	($) Virtual theaters
	Self-Made Mansions	Reality	HGTV, 8p
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Comedy	8p
	The Wrong Fiancé	Drama	LMN, 8p
SAT / January 9
▣	A Discovery of Witches	Drama/Fantasy	Shudder/Sundance Now
	Florida Man Murders	Reality	Oxygen, 7p
	A New Year's Resolution	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
SUN / January 10
▣	All Creatures Great and Small Trailer	Drama/Family	9p
The beloved books by James Herriot about his life as a country veterinary surgeon in England's Yorkshire Dales in the mid-20th century are adapted to the small screen for a second time, following a successful run on the BBC in the 1970s and '80s. A co-production with Britain's Channel 5 (where the series already aired, to a mostly positive reception), the new Great and Small stars Nicolas Ralph, Samuel West, and Callum Woodhouse, and also features the late Diana Rigg in one of her final roles. A second season has already been ordered.
▣	American Gods Trailer	Drama/Fantasy	Starz, 8p
	Critics Choice Super Awards	Special	8p
MON / January 11
	The Good Doctor	Drama	10p
	Weakest Link	Game show	10p
TUE / January 12
▣	The Empty Man Trailer	Horror/THriller	($) Rent/Buy
	Prodigal Son	Drama	9p
	The Resident	Drama	8p
▣	Trickster	Drama/Fantasy	9p
The Canadian series adaptation of Eden Robinson's supernatural novel Son of a Trickster makes its American debut.
	Two Sentence Horror Stories	Drama/Horror	8p
WED / January 13
	American Housewife	Comedy	8:30p
	Call Your Mother	Comedy	9:30p
ABC's sole scripted newcomer in early 2021 is this multi-camera sitcom starring Kyra Sedgwick as an empty-nester mother who seeks to reinsert herself into her kids' lives. The series comes from Kari Lizer (The New Adventures of Old Christine).
	The Conners	Comedy	9p
	The Goldbergs	Comedy	8p
	Married at First Sight	Reality	Lifetime, 8p
THU / January 14
	Bloody Hell Trailer	Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
	Superstore	Comedy	8:30p
Moves to a new time.
	UFO Witness	Reality	discovery+
FRI / January 15
	Belle Collective Trailer	Reality	OWN, 10p
	Don't Tell a Soul	Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
	Doulbe Dad Trailer	Foreign/Family/Comedy
	Endlings	Family/Sci-fi
	Framed by the Killer	Reality	Oxygen, 9p
▣	One Night in Miami Trailer	Drama	Prime Video
Well received at its fall festival debut, Regina King's feature directorial debut is based on a play by Kemp Powers (who wrote the screenplay for the film). Both play and film fill in the details of what happend the night of February 25, 1964, when Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Malcolm X (Kinglsey Ben-Adir), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) met up after Clay’s victory over Sonny Liston. (The meet-up really happened, but the dialogue is imagined.) After beginning a brief awards-qualifying run in a few theaters on Christmas Day, the film comes to its exclusive streaming home of Prime Video today.
▣	Servant Trailer	Drama/Horror	Apple TV+
	Some Kind of Heaven Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
	The Ultimate Playlist of Noise	Drama
	An Unexpected Killer	Reality	Oxygen, 8p
▣	WandaVision Trailer	Drama/Comedy	Disney+
Disney+'s first (of many) series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the massively budgeted WandaVision is also the most unusual Marvel series to date. Centering on the characters of Wanda/Scarlet Witch and Vision (played by Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, reprising their big-screen roles), the six-episode series takes a self-aware approach by cycling the pair through different decades of the recent past, forcing them to adapt to a variety of classic TV tropes along the way. (Today's 1950s-set opener, for example, was filmed in black-and-white with vintage equipment and utilizes a live studio audience to emulate the feel of an early sitcom, while a future episode will embrace the mockumentary style of The Office.) Matt Shakman directs a cast that also includes Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris, Randall Park, and Kat Dennings.
	The Wrong Mr. Right	Drama	LMN, 8p
SAT / January 16
	Monster Preacher	Reality	Oxygen, 7p
	One Deadly Mistake	Reality	Oxygen, 9p
	Two for the Win	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
SUN / January 17
▣	Batwoman	Drama	8p
	Exhumed	Reality	Oxygen, 7p
▣	Miss Scarlet & The Duke	Drama	8p
Six-part Masterpiece mystery series stars Kate Phillips as Victorian London's first female detective.
MON / January 18
	9-1-1	Drama	8p
	9-1-1 Lone Star Trailer	Drama	9p
	All American	Drama	8p
TUE / January 19
	The Friendliest Town	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
	Stallone: Frank, That Is Trailer	Documentary	($) Rent/Buy
WED / January 20
	For Life	Drama	10p
	Nancy Drew	Drama	9p
	Riverdale	Drama	8p
THU / January 21
	grown-ish Trailer	Comedy	Freeform, 8p
▣	Legacies	Drama	9p
	Toddlers & Tiaras: Where Are They Now?	Reality	discovery+
▣	Walker	Drama	8p
Jared Padalecki plays the title character, a widowed Texas Ranger and father of two teenagers, in a reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger, the Chuck Norris-starring crime drama that for eight seasons on CBS in the 1990s. Padalecki's real-life wife Genevieve Padalecki will play his on-screen wife as well (presumably through flashbacks), while fellow Supernatural vet Mitch Pileggi will also co-star. Lindsey Morgan, Coby Bell, Molly Hagan, and Keegan Allen fill out the cast.
FRI / January 22
	3 Caminos Trailer	Foreign/Drama	Prime Video
	The Blacklist	Drama	8p
	Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself	Documentary
▣	Identifying Features Trailer	Foreign/Drama	($) Virtual theaters
	Little Women: Atlanta	Reality	Lifetime, 9p
	Losing Alice	Foreign/Drama	Apple TV+
▣	No Man's Land	Western	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Our Friend	Drama/Comedy	($) Rent/Buy
Based on a true story detailed in an Esquire article by Matthew Teague, Gabriela Cowperthwaite's dramedy stars Casey Affleck as Teague, a journalist and father who learns that his wife (Dakota Johnson) has terminal cancer. Jason Segel plays their college friend who moves in with the couple during their time of need. The film received a lukewarm (at best) response when it screened (under the title "The Friend") at TIFF way back in 2019.
	PG: Psycho Goreman	Horror/Comedy	($) Rent/Buy
▣	The Sister	Drama
Luther creator Neil Cross adapts his own novel Burial into a four-episode thriller (produced by the UK's ITV) starring Russell Tovey as a man hiding a terrible secret from his past who receives an unwelcome visitor. All episodes stream today.
▣	The White Tiger Trailer	Drama
Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes) directs an adaptation of Aravind Adiga's Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Adarsh Gourav, and Rajkummar Rao. Both book and film take a darkly humorous look at class issues in India by tracing one man's quest to elevate his station from poor villager to successful entrepreneur despite hailing from a servant caste.
	The Wrong Prince Charming	Drama	LMN, 8p
SAT / January 23
	Love in the Alps	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
	Salt-N-Pepa	Drama/Music	Lifetime, 8p
	Salt-N-Pepa Interview Special	Talk	Lifetime, 11p
SUN / January 24
▣	Bridge and Tunnel	Drama/Comedy	Epix, tbd
Created by Edward Burns, this six-episode, half-hour dramedy follows a group of recent college graduates in Manhattan in 1980.
	Charmed	Drama	9p
	Euphoria	Drama	9p
The second of two special holiday episodes.
MON / January 25
▣	Snowpiercer Trailer	Drama/Sci-fi	TNT, 9p
Sean Bean and Rowan Blanchard join the cast for season 2.
TUE / January 26
	Big Sky	Drama	10p
	black-ish	Comedy	9p
Moves to a new day and time.
	The Misery Index	Game show	TBS, 10:30p
	mixed-ish	Comedy	9:30p
	To Tell the Truth	Game show	8p
TUE / January 27
	I Survived a Crime Trailer	Reality	A&E, 10p
▣	Resident Alien First 7 minutes	Comedy/Drama	Syfy, 10p
Alan Tudyk stars in an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic about an alien (the space kind) who crash lands on Earth and passes himself off as a country doctor. Will he choose to fit in with his neighbors, or will he pursue his original mission: killing all humans. Allice Wetterlund, Corey Reynolds, Sara Tomko, and Levi Fiehler also star.
FRI / January 29
▣	The Dig Trailer	Drama
In this WWII-era drama, a wealthy British widow (Carey Mulligan) hires an archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) to excavate burial mounds on her estate—leading to an important discovery. Lily James and Johnny Flynn also star.
▣	The Little Things	Drama	HBO Max
John Lee Hancock (The Founder) writes and directs a crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and Rami Malek. The film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its possibly hypothetical theatrical release.
SAT / January 30
	Snowkissed	Drama	Hallmark, 9p
	Wendy Williams: The Movie Trailer	Drama	Lifetime, 8p
	The Wendy Williams Story ... What a Mess!	Documentary	Lifetime, 10p
SUN / January 31
	63rd Annual Grammy Awards	Music/Live event	8p ET
Trevor Noah hosts.
▣	The Long Song Trailer	Drama	10p
Three-part adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel set during the final days of slavery in Jamaica stars Tamara Lawrance, Hayley Atwell, and Jack Lowden.

February premieres

WED / February 3
	Firefly Lane Trailer	Drama
Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke star as (the adult versions of) lifelong friends in a 10-episode adaptation of Kristin Hannah's decades-spanning novel.
THU / February 4
	Fast Foodies	Reality competition	truTV, 10:30p
Contestants from prior food competition shows compete to reimagine fast food dishes at the request of celebrities. It really doesn't get any more American than that.
	Impractical Jokers	Comedy	truTV, 10p
	Impractical Jokers: After Party	Talk	truTV, 11p
FRI / February 5
	Deadly Therapy	Drama	LMN, 8p
▣	Malcolm & Marie	Drama
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson enlists that show's star, Zendaya, for an ode to classic Hollywood romances. The two-hander focuses on one evening in the relationship between a filmmaker on the brink of success (John David Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya), and was filmed this summer with a minimal crew. After winning a bidding war to secure rights to the film (for a hefty $30 million), Netflix has signaled that it will push Malcolm for awards consideration.
▣	Little Fish Trailer	Drama/Sci-fi	($) Rent/Buy
▣	Minamata	Drama	($) Rent/Buy
Also playing in some theaters today, this based-on-a-true-story drama stars Johnny Depp as a Life Magazine photojournalist who investigates a factory's pollution of a small Japanese coastal village that resulted in numerous cases of mercury poisoning. The film first screened at the 2020 Berlinale a year ago, where critics weren't all that impressed by the result.
▣	The Snoopy Show Trailer	Animation/Family	Apple TV+
SAT / February 6
	Whitney & Bobbi	Documentary	Lifetime, 8p
SUN / February 7
	The Equalizer	Drama	10p ET / 7p ET
Following the Super Bowl postgame show nationwide, the latest iteration of The Equalizer (following a 1980s CBS drama series led by Edward Woodward and a pair of films starring Denzel Washington) shakes up the formula by casting Queen Latifah as the titular vigilante. Chris Noth, Adam Goldberg, Lorraine Toussaint, and Tory Kittles also star.
	Super Bowl LV	Sports/Live event	6p ET / 3p PT
It's the first Super Bowl to be scheduled in the era of Covid XIX.
MON / February 8
	Black Lightning	Drama	9p
WED / February 10
	Tough as Nails	Reality competition	8p
THU / February 11
	Clarice Trailer	Drama	10p
The second TV series based on Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter novels (following Bryan Fuller's acclaimed Hannibal), this CBS newcomer centers on the character of FBI agent Clarice Starling, originated on screen by Jodie Foster in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs (and played in the 2001 sequel also called Hannibal by Julianne Moore). Here, Rebecca Breeds (Pretty Little Liars) takes on the role in a story that takes place in Washington, D.C. in 1993, shortly after the events of Lambs. Kal Penn, Nick Sandow, and Michael Cudlitz also star in the series, which comes from Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet and is run by The Resident's Elizabeth Klaviter. Despite being on CBS, the series will take a more serialized (rather than procedural) approach to its story.
	Red Dot Trailer	Foreign/Thriller
	The Wrong Valentine	Drama	LMN, 8p
FRI / February 12
	Galentine's Day Nightmare	Drama	LMN, 8p
SUN / February 14
	American Idol	Reality competition	8p
TUE / February 16
	The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song	Documentary	9p
FRI / February 19
▣	For All Mankind	Drama	Apple TV+
Apple's alternate-history Cold War space program drama jumps ahead into the 1980s for its second season. New episodes stream weekly.
	His Killer Fan	Drama	LMN, 8p
	Silk Road	Drama/Thriller	($) Rent/Buy
TUE / February 23
	The Flash	Drama	8p
▣	Superman & Lois	Drama	9p
Filling the void in the Arrowverse left by the recently departed Arrow, the CW's latest DC Comics spinoff finds Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch reprising their roles of Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane. The action is set in Smallville (home of the Kents) rather than Metropolis, and picks up after last year's crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths." (You can expect Superman and Batwoman to have a crossover this year, by the way.) Dylan Walsh takes over as Samuel Lane (Lois's father), while Emmanuelle Chriqui stars as Lana Lang.
WED / February 24
	The Baroness von Sketch Show	Comedy	IFC, tbd
Five new bonus episodes (airing weekly) conclude the sketch series.
FRI / February 26
	Brutal Bridesmaids	Drama	LMN, 8p
SUN / February 28
	93rd Annual Golden Globe Awards	Live event	tbd
Rescheduled from January.
	The Walking Dead	Drama/Horror	9p
The final six episodes of season 10 finally air, finally. (But one more season is coming, eventually.)

Later 2021 premieres

THU / March 4
	Grey's Anatomy	Drama	9p
	A Million Little Things	Drama	10p
	Station 19	Drama	8p
FRI / March 5
▣	Coming 2 America	Comedy	Prime Video
Eddie Murphy returns for a belated sequel to his 1988 hit comedy Coming to America. Originally slated for a nationwide theatrical release this month (Amazon may still release it in some theaters, though nothing has been confirmed), the film was purchased by Amazon from Paramount in October for a reported $125 million (though that figure did include free shipping). Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Shari Headley, and James Earl Jones return from the first film—joined by new-to-the-series Wesley Snipes, Jermaine Fowler, and Leslie Jones— while the director this time is Craig Brewer, who previously teamed with Murphy on Dolemite Is My Name.
	Dangerous Medicine	Drama	LMN, 8p
▣	Tom & Jerry Trailer	Animation/Family/Comedy	HBO Max
Blending live action and CGI, the family-friendly film based on the classic Hanna-Barbera characters begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
SUN / March 7
	2021 Critics Choice Awards	Live event	tbd
Rescheduled from January.
FRI / March 12
▣	Cherry	Drama	Apple TV+
The Russo brothers follow Avengers: Endgame with a very different movie: an adaptation of Nico Walker's semi-autobiographical novel centering on a college dropout turned Iraq War hero (Tom Holland) who suffers from PTSD and an opioid addiction after his return home. To sustain his drug habit, he begins robbing banks. The film heads to its exclusive home on Apple TV+ today following a brief awards-qualifying theatrical run.
▣	The Many Saints of Newark	Drama	HBO Max
David Chase returns to the world of his hit HBO series The Sopranos with this feature film prequel set in the late 1960s and '70s. Michael Gandolfini inherits the role of (a much younger) Tony Soprano from his late father, while Alessandro Nivola, Jon Bernthal, Very Farmiga, Leslie Odom Jr., and Corey Stoll also star. Written by Chase and directed by fellow Sopranos vet Alan Taylor, the film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
	An Organized Killer	Drama	LMN, 8p
SUN / March 14
	27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Live event	tbd
Rescheduled from January.
THU / March 18
	Deep Blue Nightmare	Drama	LMN, 8p
FRI / March 19
	Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped From the Beach	Drama	LMN, 8p
MON / April 5
▣	Hemingway Trailer	Documentary	8p
Airing across three consecutive nights, this six-hour documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick traces the life of author and daiquiri lover Ernest Hemingway.
FRI / April 16
▣	Reminiscence	Sci-fi/Thriller	HBO Max
The debut feature from Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy is set in the near future—specifically, in a Miami that has been flooded by the effects of climate change—and stars Hugh Jackman as a scientist who helps clients re-live any memories they choose. (What could possibly go wrong?) Thandie Newton and Rebecca Ferguson also star. The film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
SUN / April 18
	56th Academy of Country Music Awards	Live event/Music	8p
THU / April 22
	Secrets of the Whales	Documentary/Nature	Nat Geo, tbd
SAT / April 24
	Film Independent Spirit Awards	Live event	IFC, tbd
Rescheduled from February.
SUN / April 25
	93rd Annual Academy Awards	Live event	tbd
Rescheduled from February.
FRI / May 21
▣	Godzilla vs. Kong	Action/Sci-fi	HBO Max
Adam Wingard (The Guest) directs the latest big-budget monster movie from Legendary Pictures (and cinema's 36th Godzilla movie overall, for those of you keeping score at home). Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Brian Tyree Henry, Kyle Chandler, and Rebecca Hall head the cast. The film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
FRI / June 4
▣	The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It	Horror/Thriller	HBO Max
Stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return for the delayed third Conjuring film (and eighth in the shared universe), directed by Michael Chaves (The Curse of La Llorona). The film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
FRI / June 18
▣	In the Heights Trailer	Musica/Drama	HBO Max
Before Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda created another Tony-winning musical: In the Heights, a drama set in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood. Now, it too gets a feature film adaptation, courtesy of Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu. The film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
FRI / July 16
▣	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Comedy/Sports/Animation/Sci-fi	HBO Max
This sequel to the 1996 cult classic (that may not be quite the right term) finds LeBron James stepping into the Air Jordans of, well, Michael Jordan, as he teams up with Bugs Bunny and other Warner Bros. animated characters to play a very important game of basketball. Don Cheadle and Sonequa Martin-Green—as well as (W)NBA stars Klay Thompson, Anthony Davis, Diana Taurasi, Chris Paul, and Damian Lillard, among others—also star. Co-written by Ryan Coogler and directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip), the film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
FRI / July 23
	2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony	Live event	tbd
Rescheduled from 2020.
FRI / August 6
▣	The Suicide Squad Trailer	Action-adventure	HBO Max
Both a sequel to 2016's Suicide Squad as well as a reboot of the superhero franchise, the new film finds James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) taking over from director David Ayer. Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, and Viola Davis return from the previous film, while new faces include John Cena (as Peacemaker), Idris Elba (Bloodsport), Peter Capaldi (The Thinker), and Sylvester Stallone. The film begins a one-month run on HBO Max today concurrent with its theatrical release.
FRI / October 1
▣	Dune Trailer	Sci-fi/Adventure	HBO Max
Can director Denis Villeneuve succeed where David Lynch could not? The director of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival returns with his big-budget, highly-anticipated, and long-delayed (by covid) adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic, which Lynch previously tried to wrestle into a feature film in 1984 to less than spactular (though not uninteresting) results. Timothée Chalamet takes over the role of Paul Atreides originated by Kyle MacLachlan, while Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa and Stellan Skarsgård also star. The film will stream on HBO Max for one month beginning today (when it also opens in theaters), and a spinoff TV series called Dune: The Sisterhood will arrive on the same streaming service in the near future.
FRI / December 22
▣	The Matrix 4	Sci-fi/Thriller/Action	HBO Max
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss return for the first Matrix film since 2003. The film will stream for one month on HBO Max beginning today, when it is also released in theaters.

2022 premieres

SUN / February 27, 2022
	94th Annual Academy Awards	Live event	tbd

 

 

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