TV Talk: What’s new on cable, streaming in 2023
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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week.
Although a slowdown in the amount of original content probably will arrive in late 2023 or early 2024, for the foreseeable future viewers can expect a lot of new and returning TV programs across cable and streaming.
Here are the scripted series with announced premiere dates coming in the first quarter of 2023:
“Kaleidoscope” (Jan. 1, Netflix): The first season of a new anthology follows a crew of master thieves over 25 years as they plot breaking into a vault.
“Paul T. Goldman” (Jan. 1, Peacock): Director Jason Woliner (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) filmed a real guy named Paul T. Goldman for a decade in this project that mixes fact and fiction.
“The Lying Life of Adults” (Jan. 4, Netflix): In 1990s Naples, a sheltered teen befriends an estranged aunt.
“Copenhagen Cowboy” (Jan. 5, Netflix): A woman with supernatural abilities seeks revenge on those who have done her wrong.
“Woman of the Dead” (Jan. 5, Netflix): Not a “Walking Dead” spin-off. A suspicious car crash tears a woman’s life apart and reveals a vast conspiracy.
“Kold x Windy” (10 p.m. Jan. 5, WEtv): A rising hip-hop star and a rapper try to improve their lives in Chicago’s South Side.
“The Rig” (Jan. 6, Prime Video): The crew on an oil rig gets cut off from the mainland and supernatural terror ensues.
“Anne Rice’s The Mayfair Witches” (9 p.m. Jan. 8, AMC, AMC+): A neurosurgeon (Alexandra Daddario) discovers she is heir to a family of witches.
“Koala Man” (Jan. 9, Hulu): An adult animated comedy about a suburban Australian man and his not-so-secret identity as a stickler for following rules.
“Cabo” (10 p.m. Jan. 9, Univision): Alejandro (Matias Novoa) returns home after a plane crash, wounded and amnesic, and learns his brother is trying to steal his family’s fortune.
“Last of Us” (9 p.m. Jan. 15, HBO, HBO Max): Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, hardened survivor Joel (Pedro Pascal, “The Mandalorian”) gets hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of a quarantine zone.
“The Way Home” (9 p.m. Jan. 15, Hallmark Channel): Three generations of women — including Andie MacDowell and Chyler Lee — reconnect in a story that also might involve time travel. Yes, on Hallmark.
“Stonehouse” (Jan. 17, BritBox): Matthew MacFadyen and Kelley Hawes star in this story inspired by true events about a British politician with a secret life.
“Extraordinary” (Jan. 25, Hulu): A British series about a world where everyone develops a superpower on their 18th birthday except for one woman.
“That ‘90s Show” (Jan. 19, Netflix): Sequel to the 1998-2006 Fox sitcom “That ’7os Show.” This follow-up is set in 1995 as Donna and Eric’s daughter spends the summer with her grandparents (returning stars Kurtwood Smith, Debra Jo Rupp).
“The Lazarus Project” (9 p.m. Jan. 23, TNT): An import from Europe about a secret organization that can turn back time whenever the world is threatened with extinction.
“Poker Face” (Jan. 26, Peacock): This mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie (Natasha Lyonne), who has an uncanny ability to know when someone is lying, as she travels the country solving crimes.
“Wolf Pack” (Jan. 26, Paramount+): “Teen Wolf” creator Jeff Davis debuts this new show about two teens and a supernatural force awakened by a California wildfire.
“Wild at Heart” (8:30 p.m. Jan. 26, UPtv): A British family moves to South Africa to run a game preserve.
“Lockwood & Co.” (Jan. 27. Netflix): A trio of ghost hunters investigate spirits haunting London.
“Shrinking” (Jan. 27, Apple TV+): A grieving therapist (Jason Segel) starts telling his clients exactly what he thinks. Harrison Ford also stars in this series from writer Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs,” “Ted Lasso”).
“The Snow Girl” (Jan. 27, Netflix): A newspaper journalist tries to find a missing girl.
“You People” (Jan. 27, Netflix): Cultures clash as a new couple and their families try to get along in this comedy from Kenya Barris (“Black-ish”).
“Watchful Eye” (9 p.m. Jan. 30, Freeform): A young woman with a complicated past works as a nanny in a Manhattan apartment building full of tenants with secrets.
“Freeridge” (Feb. 2, Netflix): “On My Block” sequel series about rival siblings and their friends.
“Dear Edward” (Feb. 3, Apple TV+): Writer Jason Katims reteams with his “Friday Night Lights” star, Connie Britton, for this adaptation of the Ann Napolitano novel about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a commercial plane crash.
“Hello Tomorrow!” (Feb. 17, Apple TV+): In the near future, a talented salesman (Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”) hawks lunar timeshares.
“Daisy Jones & The Six” (March 3, Prime Video): A mockumentary musical-drama based on the Taylor Jenkins novel about the rise and fall of a rock band in 1977.
“Mrs. Davis” (April 20, Peacock): A nun battles against an artificial intelligence in this series from writers Damon Lindelof (“The Watchmen”) and Tara Hernandez (“The Big Bang Theory).
Returning
Monday: “Letterkenny” (Hulu).
Jan. 4: “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” (Disney+).
Jan. 5: “Ginny & Georgia” (Netflix).
Jan. 6: “BMF” (8 p.m., Starz).
Jan. 12: “Vikings: Valhalla” (Netflix).
Jan. 13: “Hunters” (Prime Video), “Servant” (Apple TV+).
Jan. 15: “Godfather of Harlem” (9 p.m., MGM+ formerly Epix), “Your Honor” (9 p.m., Showtime).
Jan. 16: “Miracle Workers: End Times” (10 p.m., TBS).
Jan. 18: “grown-ish” (10:30 p.m., Freeform).
Jan. 19: “Mystic” (8 p.m., UPtv).
Jan. 20: “The Legend of Vox Machina” (Prime Video), “Truth Be Told” (Apple TV+).
Jan. 24: “How I Met Your Father” (Hulu).
Feb. 1: “The Loud Family: Louder and Prouder” (Disney+).
Feb. 3: “Harlem” (Prime Video).
Feb. 9: “You” (Netflix).
Feb. 11: “Murdoch Mysteries” (7 p.m., Ovation).
Feb. 15: “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” (Hulu).
Feb. 16: “Star Trek: Picard” (Paramount+), “The Upshaws” (Netflix).
Feb. 17: “Carnival Row” (Prime Video).
Feb. 22: “Snowfall” (10 p.m., FX).
Feb. 23: “Bel-Air” (Peacock).
Feb. 24: “Party Down” (9 p.m., Starz).
March 1: “The Mandalorian” (Disney+).
March 6: “Perry Mason” (9 p.m., HBO).
March 16: “Shadow and Bone” (Netflix).
March 17: “Power Book II: Ghost” (8 p.m., Starz).
March 26: “Yellowjackets” (9 p.m., Showtime).
My midseason preview of broadcast network shows will publish online Dec. 29 and in print Dec. 30.