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But once the merriment dies down, the celebration hangover lifts, and we enter that no-man’s land of the New Year, it’s important to have some bright spots on the calendar to get us through the less festive winter months. Sometimes, all you need is some good TV on the horizon for it to feel like spring has sprung, even while it’s still dark outside at 4 p.m. 2026 is replete with great TV to look forward to, from returning prestige faves like [_The Pitt_](https://time.com/7274583/the-pitt-finale-review/)_, Industry_, and the long-awaited follow-up to _The Night Manager_; to addicting reality bites like [_The Traitors_](https://time.com/6564065/the-traitors-season-2-casting-deena-katz-interview/)and [_Queer Eye_’s](https://time.com/collection/reality-tv-most-influential-seasons/6197756/queer-eye-for-the-straight-guy/) final season; and new potential faves like Ryan Murphy’s John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette series, _Love Story_, and the _Scrubs_ revival. With even more on the roster, here are the most anticipated TV shows of 2026. ## New Series ### _His and Hers_ (Netflix), Jan. 8 What happens when the person trying to uncover the news behind a murder ends up getting sucked into the investigation as a suspect? In Netflix’s _His and Hers_, [Tessa Thompson](https://time.com/4866517/tessa-thompson-thor-westworld/) and Jon Bernthal join forces on the small screen in a story about a small-town murder that instantly isn’t as it seems. Thompson plays a news anchor who’s drawn to the murder in her hometown, while Berthnal plays the cop who’s instantly suspicious of her nosy arrival. As clues unfold, fingers start pointing in all directions. ### _Ponies_ (Peacock), Jan. 15 The new year is the perfect time to hunker down with an icy thriller, and there’s nothing colder than a little Cold War espionage. In _Ponies_, [Haley Lu Richardson](https://time.com/6240351/white-lotus-season-2-finale-explained/) and Emilia Clarke star as two PONIES—or ‘persons of no interest’—working as U.S. embassy secretaries in 1977 Moscow (think big fur hats and ‘70s lapels!). However, their lives under the radar are thrown into the limelight when their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR. As frigid Cold War conspiracies start unfolding, they’re roped into becoming CIA operatives to help uncover what exactly happened to their partners. ### _Star Trek: Starfleet Academy_ (Paramount+), Jan. 15 Like _The Boys_ spin-off _Gen V_ and DC’s _Titans_ series, _Star Trek: Starfleet Academy_ finally takes us into the _Star Trek_ training ground. Essentially, it’s _Star Trek: The College Years._ A series bringing us into the boot camp era of _Star Trek_ has been swirling in the ether for more than 30 years. The show will follow a group of cadets as they train at Starfleet Academy, facing all the coming-of-age hurdles of love, friendship, and, you know, saving the Federation from annihilation. Just normal kid stuff! It boasts a stacked lineup, including Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, and Tig Notaro, with newcomer cast members Karim Diané, Zoë Steiner, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Sandro Rosta, and Bella Shepard. ### _A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms_ (HBO Max), Jan. 18 Following the very successful _Game of Thrones_ prequel series [_House of the Dragon_](https://time.com/6992532/ihouse-of-the-dragon-rhaenyra-alicent-song-of-ice-and-fire-prophecy/), the latest Westeros installment issituated somewhere between the timelines of _House of the Dragon_ and _Game of Thrones_ and follows the adventures of Sir Dunk and his squire Egg. (Thankfully, they decided to change up the title from the original George R. R. Martin novellas that led with their names). The logline for the series includes much of what you’d expect: bloody battles, grizzly power struggles, lots of grubby men with swords and armor fighting each other, a whisper of dragons, etc. Look, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! ### _Star Search_ (Netflix), Jan. 20 The show that brought us Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Sandler is relaunching in 2026 in the hopes of finding this generation’s next global icon. Back in the '80s and ‘90s, _Star Search_ scoured the country to find the next big thing, and, honestly, didn’t do a bad job! The new series, hosted by Anthony Anderson, will be Netflix’s next foray into live television. Viewers will be able to watch along and vote in real time on Netflix while they watch. Will we find our next Britney? ### _The Beauty_ (FX), Jan. 21  Bella Hadid in The Beauty Courtesy of FX Is it a year in anticipated TV without at least a few Ryan Murphy shows that we’re guaranteed to either [completely love](https://time.com/6053227/pose-finale/) or [absolutely hate](https://time.com/7331129/alls-fair-review/)? It’s the natural order of the world, at this point. The first—but not the last—on this list from the Ryan Murphy Industrial Complex is _The Beauty_, a show based on a comic book by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley. The comic tells the story of an STI —which may or may not be a governmental bioweapon—that makes whoever is infected extremely beautiful before ultimately killing them. In the cast are some of your usual Murphy cohort, like Evan Peters and Billy Eichner, alongside Ashton Kutcher (in his first substantial TV role since Netflix’s cursed _The Ranch_), Lux Pascal, Bella Hadid, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Pope, and Anthony Ramos. ### _Memory of a Killer_ (Fox), Jan. 25 Patrick Dempsey makes his return to network television with this new crime thriller. The series is inspired by the 2003 Belgian film _De Zaak Alzheimer_, which follows a hitman suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s. Having spent his entire life compartmentalizing his two sides, this new foe that he can’t escape threatens to bring everything down. As he starts to lose his memory, the walls he’s meticulously put up start to come down, and his double life edges closer to being revealed. Also in the cast are Gina Torres and Michael Imperioli. ### _Wonder Man_ (Disney+), Jan. 27 Whether you love it or hate it, you can’t deny that Marvel getting a little meta with its output does something to cut through the superhero fatigue we’re trying to claw our way out (_She-Hulk_, anyone?). With _Wonder Man_, Marvel is trying its hand again at morphing its original IP into something a bit off the wall. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as Simon Williams, an actor who loves Wonder Man—the superhero with superhuman strength, speed and flight—auditioning for the role in a new film adaptation. Except it turns out he just so happens to have the same powers as Wonder Man. Also in the series is Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery, the iconic villain of _Iron Man 3_, who ended up being an actor playing a villain. Yeah, meta. ### _Love Story_ (FX), February TBA The second Ryan Murphy joint in this list is probably already his most contentious, having drawn the ire of the Kennedy clan and fashion experts in equal measure. _Love Story_ is the doomed true story of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. The couple, who courted in a whirlwind romance, became tabloid fixtures in the ‘90s. Their fashion sense was iconic, lending itself to it-girl mood boards for decades to come, and their marriage was paparazzi fuel thanks to publicized bust-ups and make-ups alike. It all ended tragically in 1999 when they died in a plane crash, bolstering the already brutal lore of the Kennedy curse. Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Kelly star as the couple, with supporting roles from Naomi Watts and Grace Gummer. ### _The ‘Burbs_ (Peacock), Feb. 8 As the name suggests, _The ‘Burbs_ is the TV adaptation of the 1989 horror-comedy starring Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, and Bruce Dern, about a man who is convinced his eccentric suburban neighbors are harboring a dark secret. White-picket-fence Americana has always provided a great backdrop for sinister situations (_Desperate Housewives_ executed it perfectly), so it makes sense we’d dip into this archive for another go. On the small screen, the series will star [Keke Palmer](https://time.com/7274659/one-of-them-days-netflix-watch/), Max Carver (yes, a _Desperate Housewives_ alum), British comedian Jack Whitehall, and Paula Pell. When a new neighbor joins the cul-de-sac, old secrets are unearthed and start to chip the paint off the pristine facade of suburban living. ### _Strip Law_ (Netflix), Feb. 20  Strip Law stars Adam Scott, Janelle James, Keith David, and Stephen Root. Courtesy of Netflix It’s been a good time for adult animated comedy on Netflix, following, of course, the reign of _Bojack Horseman_ and Big Mouth as well as newer additions like _Long Story Short_ and _Haunted Hotel_. New in the lineup is _Strip Law_, a series about an uptight Vegas lawyer who teams up with a low-rent magician to add some pizzazz to Sin City’s dumbest cases. The voice cast is stacked with comedy vets, including Adam Scott, Janelle James, Keith David, and Stephen Root. ### _The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins_ (NBC), Feb. 23  Daniel Radcliffe, Erika Alexander, and Tracy Morgan as Reggie Dinkins Scott Gries/NBCUniversal If you have seen an influx of _30 Rock_ glazing over the last year from people desperate for the return of its particular brand of joke-a-minute humor, you might jump for joy at the news that the team behind the iconic comedy are reuniting for _The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins_. The series—with Robert Carlock and Sam Means as co-creators and co-showrunners and Tracy Morgan and [Tina Fey](https://time.com/7281530/the-four-seasons-netflix-tina-fey/) as executive producers—stars Morgan as a fallen football star looking for a chance to save his tarnished reputation. Daniel Radcliffe also stars, which is never a bad sentence to read, alongside Erika Alexander and _SNL_ alum Bobby Moynihan. ### _Scrubs_ (ABC, next day on Hulu), Feb. 25  Zach Braff and Donald Faison in the revival of Scrubs Courtesy of Disney No, you didn’t just wake up in the halls of Sacred Heart Hospital from a coma you fell into in 2008\. Yes, _Scrubs_ is back, and the whole gang is together again. The iconic Bill Lawrence medical comedy, which ran for 10 seasons and birthed the IRL bromance of Zach Braff and Donald Faison, followed medical interns JD, Turk, and Elliot, played by Braff, Faison, and Sarah Chalke, and the ludicrous endeavors they got up to on the ward. This series will bring them back after a 15-year break, alongside fan faves Judy Reyes, who played Carla, and John C. McGinley, who played Dr Cox. Medicine may have changed, but the bromances, romances, and love-hate-mances have stayed the same. ### _DTF St. Louis_ (HBO Max), March TBA  Bateman and Harbour in DTF Tina Rowden/HBO David Harbour and Jason Bateman star in this new series about a love triangle between three adults in a midlife crisis that ends up being less sexy and more murdery when one of them ends up dead. While the original conceit was based around the _New Yorker_ article _My Dentist’s Murder Trial: Adultery, False Identities, and a Lethal Sedation,_ it’s been reported that the show ended up spinning out into a completely original story, albeit probably one with similar themes. This might be a good one to know less about before going in. ### _Scarpetta_ (Prime Video), March 11 You didn’t think you’d make it through a list of glossy TV series and not see Nicole Kidman pop up, did you? The most employed woman in prestige-esque television isn’t slowing her roll for 2026, as she’s starring in this new series adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s crime books. Kidman will star as Kay Scarpetta, a forensic medical examiner who is determined to uncover the serial killer behind a series of gruesome murders. The cast list is bursting at the seams, with Jamie Lee Curtis starring alongside Simon Baker and Bobby Cannavale. ### _Imperfect Women_ (Apple TV), March 18  Moss, Washington, and Mara Courtesy of Apple Following the [wrap-up of the behemoth _Handmaid's Tale_](https://time.com/7288786/the-handmaids-tale-finale-explained/), Elizabeth Moss’ next small-screen outing is _Imperfect Women_, based on Araminta Hall’s book of the same name. The series follows three long-term female friends whose relationship is thrown into turmoil when a crime, and the subsequent investigation, start to shatter their lives. The series also stars Kerry Washington and Kate Mara as the other friends in the equation. ### _The Testaments_ (Hulu), April TBA  Chase Infiniti in The Testaments Courtesy of Disney _The Handmaid’s Tale_ might have wrapped up, but the [Margaret Atwood](https://time.com/collection/finding-hope-coronavirus-pandemic/5820595/margaret-atwood-coronavirus-uncertainty/) canon isn’t over. _The Testaments_ is the direct follow-up to the series, set five years after the finale takes place. While _The Handmaid’s Tale_ followed the women whose lives were upended by the enshrinement of totalitarian fascism, forcing them to become baby-making slaves, _The Testaments_ is a coming-of-age story of girls whose only understanding of life is the grim reality of Gilead. Dreading the life set out before them, these young women seek allies in each other as they figure out how to navigate a future destined for subservience. The series will bring together 2025 breakout star Chase Infiniti (seen in Paul Thomas Anderson’s _One Battle After Another)_, Rowan Blanchard, and Ann Dowd, who reprises her role from the original series. ### _Margo’s Got Money Trouble_s (Apple TV+), April 15  Pfeiffer and Fanning Courtesy of Apple A Fanning sister, a David E. Kelley script, and another Nicole Kidman small-screen slay. This show has it all! _Margo’s Got Money Troubles_ is based on the Rufi Thorpe book of the same name, and follows Elle Fanning as Margo, a messed-up college student who, after getting pregnant by her English professor, turns to OnlyFans for some cash. Her predicament reconnects her with her professional wrestler father (Nick Offerman) and former Hooters waitress mom, played by Michelle Pfeiffer. The series will mark the first time Kelley has worked professionally with his wife, Pfeiffer, who also exec-produces. ### _Widow’s Bay_ (Apple TV), April 29  Matthew Rhys Courtesy of Apple We always have time for a horror comedy, especially one from Katie Dippold, whose comedy chops behind the pen on _Parks and Recreation_ and the Sandra Bullock-starring _The Heat_ have always proven their punch. The Apple TV series _Widow’s Bay_ will land us in a small and mysteriously cursed New England town and the superstitious residents that inhabit it. The series will star Matthew Rhys as the town’s stubborn mayor who refuses to believe in the townspeople’s warnings. ### _The Audacity_ (AMC), TBA A lot has changed in the world of Silicon Valley since the last series dedicated to its weird cast of characters, so it makes sense to dive back into it in the bleak light of 2026\. _The Audacity_ will star Billy Magnussen and Zach Galifianakis, and revolve around everyone in the orbit of tech’s Disneyland, from the makers and dreamers to the billionaires and bosses. ### _Half Man_ (HBO), TBA  Jamie Bell and Richard Gadd in Half Man Courtesy of HBO After his searingly vulnerable autobiographical series _Baby Reindeer_ became a global phenomenon, focus turned to what Richard Gadd would possibly do next. The answer is _Half Man_, a series about the tumultuous relationship between two “brothers” played by Gadd and Jamie Bell. After a period of estrangement, Gadd’s Ruben shows up unexpectedly at Niall’s (Bell) wedding, and we’re thrust into a saga spanning almost 40 years, from when they met as teenagers to their falling out as adults. Not much else is known about the series, which is probably for the best, considering how we all experienced _Baby Reindeer_. ### _Rooster_ (HBO Max), TBA  Steve Carell and Charly Clive in Rooster Courtesy of HBO Another one joining the Bill Lawrence canon next year is _Rooster_, which stars Steve Carell alongside _Scrubs_ alum McGinley and _Ted Lasso_’s Jamie Tart, Phil Dunster. Carell, who was last on the small screen in Netflix’s _The Four Seasons_ and HBO’s [_Mountainhead_](https://time.com/7287859/mountainhead-review-hbo/), stars as a middle-aged author who winds up on a college campus while trying to navigate a tricky relationship with his daughter. Not much else is known, but with Lawrence at the helm, it’s probably a good one to bet on. ### _Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey_ (Paramount+), TBA While several documentaries have explored what really happened to JonBenet Ramsey, the 6-year-old beauty pageant winner who was murdered in her home in Colorado in 1996, there have only been a few dramatizations of her story. _Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey_ will mark the fourth time the story has been brought to the small screen, with Melissa McCarthy starring as JonBenet’s mother, Patsy Ramsey, and Clive Owen as her father, John. ## Returning Series ### _The Pitt_ Season 2 (HBO Max), Jan. 8 That’s right, barely a year since its debut, 2025’s most beloved show is back for Season 2\. Everyone say it: We love da Pitt! The high-pressure series starring Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, and Katherine LaNasa, about doctors, nurses, and residents at a Pittsburgh trauma medical unit set over one single shift, will pick up 10 months after the finale of Season 1 and take place over the Fourth of July weekend. ### _The Traitors_ (Peacock) Season 4, Jan. 8 Everyone’s favorite camp reality series, where celebrities take part in an intricate game of Mafia in a picturesque Scottish castle, is back for its fourth season. Stars looking to convince each other that they’re actually faithful and not duplicitous this time will include _Dancing with the Stars_’ Mark Ballas, _Laguna Beach_’s Stephen Colletti, Kelce matriarch Donna Kelce, _Real Housewives_’ icon Lisa Rinna, and _Ru Paul’s Drag Race_ queen Monet X Change. Alan Cumming will, of course, return as host. ### _A Thousand Blows_ Season 2 (Hulu), Jan. 9  A Thousand Blows Season 2 Courtesy of Hulu New Bond-scribe Stephen Knight’s second season of _A Thousand Blows_, the gritty tale of East London boxers in the 1880s, takes place a year on from the show’s first season. Malachi Kirby’s Hezekiah Moscow, once riding high, is now a shadow of his former self, while his coach, Sugar Goodson, played by Stephen Graham, is slowly drinking himself to death. Still, there’s more fight left in them! ### _Industry_ Season 4 (HBO Max), Jan. 11 Did you want your 2026 to be stress-free and chill? Well, maybe don’t lock in for Season 4 of _Industry_, the tensest show on TV, which follows investment bankers in London. Back for round four are Myha’la, Marisa Abela, and Kit Harrington, while Max Minghella, Kiernan Shipka, Kal Penn, _Stranger Things_’ Charlie Heaton, and _Ted Lasso_’s Toheeb Jimoh join the cast. ### _The Night Manager_ Season 2, Jan. 11 Ten years after the first season aired and launched Tom Hiddleston straight into the Bond conversation, _The Night Manager_ is back for a second installment. Hiddleston remains Jonathan Pine, who, after lying low as a low-stress MI6 agent, is thrust back into the world of action when a figure from his past encounter with Hugh Laurie’s Roper gang reappears. Olivia Colman returns as Angela Burr, while Diego Calva and Camila Morrone join. ### _Hijack_ Season 2(Apple TV), Jan. 14 First, you end up on a hijacked plane, now you find yourself on a hijacked _train_? What are the odds! Idris Elba’s business negotiator, Sam Nelson, just can’t get himself out of sticky situations. After saving the day from the sky in Season 1, Season 2 of _Hijack_ will see him use the same tactics on a commandeered London underground train. Boat next time? ### _Shrinking_ Season 3 (Apple TV), Jan. 28  Segel and Ford in Season 3 Courtesy of Apple The beloved Apple TV series about a grieving therapist, played by Jason Segel, which lured Harrison Ford to the small screen (and honestly seems to be the most fun he’s had making anything in literal decades), is back for an 11-episode third season. All the regular cast, like Michael Urie and Jessica Williams, will return, while Jeff Daniels and Michael J. Fox will also be joining for this go-round. ### _Bridgerton_ Season 4 Part 1 and Part 2 (Netflix), Jan. 29 and Feb. 26  Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha) Courtesy of Netflix Beloved readers, the ‘ton is ready to welcome us back for a new season of balls and bodice rips. The regency romp returns for its fourth season, this time focusing on the eldest Bridgerton boy, Benedict (Luke Thompson), who, last season, had an iconic bisexual awakening, and now seems ready to settle down with a new lady on the scene, Sophie Baek, played by Yerin Ha. ### _Dark Winds_ Season 4 (AMC), Feb. 15 The fourth season of AMC’s _Dark Winds_ will launch us back into the 1970s as we pick up with the Navajo Tribal Police and the crimes they need to solve on their reservation. The new episodes will focus on the search for a missing Navajo girl, taking us from the reservation into the gritty underbelly of ‘70s Los Angeles. Zahn McClarnon will return as Lt. Joe Leaphorn, alongside Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, and Deanna Allison. ### _The Night Agent_ Season 3 (Netflix), Feb. 19  Amanda Warren as Catherine Weaver, Gabriel Basso as Peter Sutherland, Albert Jones as Deputy Director Aiden Mosley in episode 302 of The Night Agent. Courtesy of Netflix New year, new espionage case to sink your teeth into. _The Night Agent_ is back for a third season, with Gabriel Basso’s Peter Sutherland on another mission. Much is being kept under wraps still, but that’s the best way to go into a spy caper. What we do know is that _True Blood_’s Stephen Moyer is joining the cast this time around. ### _The Last Thing He Told Me_ Season 2 (Apple TV), Feb. 20  Jennifer Garner in the new season of The Last Thing He Told Me Courtesy of Apple Season 1 of Apple TV’s _The Last Thing He Told Me_, based on the Laura Dave novel of the same name, followed Jennifer Garner’s Hannah Hall after her husband, played by Nicholas Coster-Waldau, went missing. The season was such a hit that Dave had to quickly write a follow-up, which will also be released next year, to make it into a sequel. For season 2, Garner will return alongside Coster-Waldau, Angourie Rice, and David Morse. ### _Paradise_ Season 2 (Hulu), Feb. 23 _Paradise_ is coming back, and this time, we’re heading out of the bunker instead of getting in it. After the shock twist of Season 1, which (spoiler) told us that the entire world we’d come to know actually existed underground after a climate-related disaster, Sterling K. Brown’s Xavier Collins now wants to venture out into the fiery open to try and find his missing wife. ### _Monarch: Legacy of Monsters_ Season 2 (Apple TV), Feb. 27  Courtesy of Apple We’ve got monsters on monsters on monsters! _Monarch: Legacy of Monsters_’ second season will land us on Skull Island with everyone’s favorite enormous ape and all the other Titans (big monsters!) that Monarch, the secret agency, are trying to monitor. Kurt and Wyatt Russell will utilize their identical bone structure once again by playing the older and younger versions of one another, and newly minted Emmy/SAG/Golden Globe winner Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, and Ren Watabe will also return. ### _One Piece_ Season 2(Netflix), March 10  Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Jacob Romero as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji in Season 2 of One Piece. Courtesy of Netflix Netflix’s foray into the expansive live-action world of _One Piece_ (there are over 1,000 episodes of the animated series) will next set sail to even more distant lands as our core group of heroes, made up of Luffy and the Straw Hats, continues in their quest to find the mysterious treasure, known as the One Piece, and finally reach the long-awaited “Grand Line.” ### _Euphoria_ Season 3 (HBO Max), April TBA Somehow, against all odds, this is actually happening. There were months of speculation that Sam Levinson’s debauched series—about teenagers getting up to stuff no parent ever wants to know about—wouldn’t be able to get off the ground for a third run thanks to the new star power and busy schedules of its cast (Zendaya! Jacob Elordi! Sydney Sweeney!). But somehow, he made it happen. Season 3 will take place after graduation, picking up with our cast five years later in their young adult lives. Yes, things are still really messy; no, we don’t know what the glitter budget was this time around. ### _Your Friends & Neighbors_ Season 2 (Apple TV), April 3  Hamm and Munn in Season 2 Courtesy of Apple Jon Hamm will return as hedge fund manager-turned neighborhood thief in Apple TV’s _Your Friends & Neighbors_. In this next batch of episodes, Hamm’s Andrew Cooper continues his con of robbing his wealthy community, but a new neighbor on the scene threatens to expose him, and introduces far more danger than he was expecting. Olivia Munn and Amanda Peet return, while James Marsden joins the cast. ### _The Boys_ Season 5 (Prime Video), April 8 For the final time, Earth’s most egomaniacal superheroes will grace our screens next year. _The Boys_, which imagines a world where superheroes are not only real but likely would wield such enormous and unchecked power that they’d be some of the worst people alive, will be back for its fifth season in 2026, potentially bringing down Homelander’s seemingly unbeatable reign. _The Boys_ has never shied away from big moments that make you balk, so with one final push, be prepared to wince harder, scream louder, and cringe more than ever. ### _Beef_ Season 2 (Netflix), TBA Now officially an anthology series, the new season of _Beef_ will introduce a whole new set of characters in turmoil. Last season, what started as a bout of road rage between Steven Yeun and Ali Wong’s characters turned into a bloody, psycho-sexual affair. This time, the drama will revolve around Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny. Not many specifics have been revealed, but the official logline says: “A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.” ### _For All Mankind_ Season 5 (Apple TV), TBA The expansive Apple TV series, which reimagined the global space race from the point of view of the Soviet Union landing on the moon before the U.S., will continue its venture into the great beyond in a fifth season. Not much is known about where this next installment will take us, though it's likely to expand on Season 4’s new martian colony and the enduring political fallout of space’s alternative victors. ### _Queer Eye_ Season 10 (Netflix), TBA  The Fab Five return one last time Courtesy of Netflix After a big old shake-up in the cast last season that saw interior designer Bobby Berk replaced by Jeremiah Brent as one fifth of the Fab Five, the show will slam on the brakes once and for all following its tenth season. After almost a decade, the revamped show from the early aughts that sought to give people exterior and interior makeovers with the help of Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, and Tan France, is saying goodbye, but not before one last batch of heroes in Washington, DC, get a spritz of their magic. **Correction, Dec. 29** The original version of this story misstated the network airing the _Scrubs_ reboot. 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