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In Hollywood, 2023 will forever be known as the year of Hot Strike Summer. With both the writers and actors guilds on the picket lines, film and television production—and publicity—as we know it (mostly) came to a halt. The work stoppage inevitably wreaked havoc on every network, studio, and streamer’s planned release schedules, which is why there won’t be new episodes of Stranger Things, The White Lotus, or The Last of Us until 2025. But there was enough content in the can, or close enough to it, to make a lot of great television to look forward to next year—even if hotly anticipated titles like Daredevil: Born Again and Blade Runner 2099 aren’t on the list. Here are 15 of the shows, both new and returning, that we can’t wait to watch in 2024.
The Penguin
While there was a lot to like about Matt Reeves’ The Batman, it’s hard to deny that Colin Farrell’s villainous Oz Cobblepot, aka Penguin, stole the show. There’s no greater proof of that than the fact that the actor, who is virtually unrecognizable as one of Batman’s most notable nemeses, got his own spinoff. The limited series, which is set to run for eight episodes, takes place over the span of just one week in which Cobblepot violently climbs his way to the top of Gotham City’s underworld.
US release date: 2024, Max
Echo
Much like Star Wars, Marvel’s slate of television series is getting pretty crowded. But this Hawkeye spinoff is daring to be different (OK, you’ve heard that before). Audiences mainly know Maya Lopez—one of Marvel’s only deaf characters—as a ruthless enforcer for the Tracksuit Mafia, so Echo will serve as an origin story laying out what led the character to where she is. It will also see her revisiting the traumas of her past in order to move forward in her present and reconnect the character to her Native American heritage. Alaqua Cox, who made her acting debut in Hawkeye, will reprise her role as Echo, with Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) and Daredevil (Charlie Cox) coming along for the ride.
US release date: January 10, Disney+
True Detective: Night Country
Could True Detective finally be going back to its creepy, weird, Spaghetti Monster roots? If the early footage is any indication, it sure seems that way. In two creative departures, True Detective’s fourth season will be the first to have its own subtitle and the only season (so far) where Nic Pizzolatto didn’t serve as writer/showrunner. For anyone who’s been following the anthology series, which saw a pretty astounding quality drop between its first and second seasons, these changes could be significant. Jodie Foster and Kali Reis lead the cast as two detectives tasked with investigating the mysterious disappearance of a group of men from a research station in Alaska.