The 50 most anticipated TV shows of 2024

polygon.com:

Once upon a time, television was an ephemeral, even disposable form of entertainment, cinema’s scrappy younger cousin. Today, much of Hollywood’s small-screen output is as star-studded and finely-crafted as anything you’ll find in theaters. The streaming prestige miniseries has all but replaced the theatrical mid-budget adult drama, while advances in digital effects (and exorbitant budgets) have made it possible to bring practically any fantastical world into the home. To someone living even a mere decade ago, a TV slate that included two new live-action Star Wars series and an Apple miniseries from Alfonso Cuarón and Cate Blanchett, would sound like a joke.

But on top of the flashy franchise installments and lavish historical epics, there are television shows that are still, essentially, television: Delightful single-camera sitcoms like Abbott Elementary and Girls5Eva, offbeat procedurals like Evil and Elsbeth, and animated comedies like Big Mouth and Hazbin Hotel. Big screen cinema may be clawing its way back to the top, but television — in all its forms — is still scrapping.

Here are the exciting new and returning shows to keep an eye on this year.

Release date: Premieres on Netflix on Jan. 4

“Michelle Yeoh stars as” is probably enough of a sell, but let’s continue. In the new Netflix series Yeoh plays the matriarch of a Los Angeles crime family. When war breaks out between rival gangs, the family must band together to protect their territory. The problem: One of her sons (Justin Chien) is a lethal assassin who’s been estranged from the family for years, and the other (Sam Song Li) has no idea what he was born into. Bloody, tightly choreographed action, complicated family drama, and fish-out-of-water comedy ensue.

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