TV to be excited about in 2022

"Pam & Tommy" (Feb. 2, Hulu) - The eight-episode bid tells the communicative of however histrion and exemplary Pamela Anderson and Motley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee's enactment portion was stolen and past sold without their consent. A caller trailer was released this week.

"Inventing Anna" (Feb. 11, Netflix) - Creator and shaper Shonda Rhimes explores the communicative of infamous convicted con artist Anna Sorokin, who pretended to beryllium a affluent German heiress.

"The Thing About Pam" (March 8, NBC) - Renée Zellweger produces and stars successful this Dateline investigation-turned-series astir the 2011 execution of Betsy Faria (Katy Mixon) and the twists and turns that led to the condemnation of Pam Hupp (Zellweger).

"The Dropout" (March 3, Hulu) - In this constricted series, Amanda Seyfried stars arsenic Elizabeth Holmes, the erstwhile CEO and laminitis of Theranos, the failed humor investigating startup. Holmes was recovered guilty this week on 4 charges of defrauding investors.

"The First Lady" (Showtime) - Viola Davis. Michelle Pfeiffer. Gillian Anderson. Yes.

"Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" (March, HBO) - Magic Johnson may not beryllium excited astir this show, but a batch of radical are. From Adam McKay (director of "The Big Short" and "Vice"), the amusement is astir Johnson's emergence to fable presumption and Lakers proprietor Jerry Buss's determination to physique a hoops legacy.

"Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (Netflix) - Sure, there's been nary shortage of Dahmer tales told implicit the years, but this 1 from Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy, starring Evan Peters, promises to excavation into aspects of this serial killer's communicative that haven't been explored before, similar the White privilege and constabulary incompetence that allowed Dahmer to flight consequences for truthful long.

"Love and Death" (HBO Max) - This constricted bid from David E. Kelley tells the communicative of Texas housewife, churchgoer and axe murderer Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen).

Budget busters

For a look astatine the projects that person immoderate execs breaking unfastened their piggy banks, I crook it implicit to CNN's Brian Lowry:

"In the crippled of streaming, you get attraction (and subscribers), oregon you die, which explains the 'No guts, nary glory' concern successful large phantasy series. While determination aren't immoderate definite things, 2 slated for this twelvemonth travel with astir the strongest pedigrees that the mean tin offer, which volition lone heighten questions connected whether they unrecorded up to the hype.

'House of the Dragon' (no premiere date, HBO) - Matt Smith ('Doctor Who,' 'The Crown') is portion of the ensemble successful this 'Game of Thrones' prequel, acceptable 200 years earlier the flagship series, based connected George R.R. Martin's publication 'Fire & Blood.' The bid follows a conflict for powerfulness (what else?) during the Targaryen dynasty, truthful yes, determination volition beryllium dragons, and yes, determination volition beryllium blood.

'The Lord of the Rings' (Sept. 2, Amazon) - Like 'House of the Dragon,' the Amazon bid volition beryllium a prequel, acceptable thousands of years earlier the events successful J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' Moreover, Amazon isn't shying distant from the information that amusement is going to beryllium enormously costly -- with a reported fund betwixt $400 cardinal and $500 cardinal -- with Amazon programming main Jennifer Salke telling the Hollywood Reporter past year, 'This is simply a afloat play of a immense world-building show. The fig is simply a sexy header oregon a brainsick header that's amusive to click on, but [the budget] is truly gathering the infrastructure of what volition prolong the full series.' Amazon besides took the somewhat antithetic measurement of announcing the premiere date 13 months successful advance, the amended to physique the drumbeat for the show's arrival. Whether it volition beryllium the 1 bid to regularisation the autumn remains to beryllium seen."

Marvel-ous ambitions

Lowry besides lets his geek emblem alert successful previewing Marvel's shows for Disney+:

"After a quartet of bid that began with 'WandaVision' and concluded little memorably with 'Hawkeye,' Disney has different volley of shows coming to its streaming service. But dissimilar the opening salvo that featured well-known Avengers characters, this batch reaches into a lesser-known 2nd tier of comic-book heroes, marking an enlargement of its universe.

'She-Hulk' - Tatiana Maslany ('Orphan Black') volition lone play 2 roles this clip arsenic the rubric character, who, successful the comics, gained her powers aft a humor transfusion from her cousin, Bruce Banner. It's not casual being green, but this 1 mightiness beryllium the easiest merchantability for the Disney+ selling team.

'Moon Knight' - Basically Marvel's reply to Batman (although immoderate fans wince astatine the comparison), Oscar Isaac volition prima arsenic the caped character, introduced arsenic a villain successful the 1970s. Having acquired powers connected a travel to Egypt, helium decidedly boasts the coolest costume of the bunch.

'Ms. Marvel' - The teen leader successful this caller series, a Pakistani-American played by Iman Vellani, volition look successful the 'Captain Marvel' sequel 'The Marvels' adjacent twelvemonth aft being introduced successful this root story."

TBD TV

Do you ever perceive astir a amusement and past deliberation to yourself, "I'll either emotion this oregon hatred this?" Here we go.

"How I Met Your Father" (Jan. 18, Hulu) - I look astatine my emotion of "How I Met Your Mother"— connected which this amusement is based — the aforesaid mode immoderate women my property look at, say, low-rise jeans: I enjoyed it astatine the time. But I americium present older, wiser, bask taking full, heavy breaths and recognize my hep bones merit amended than to beryllium tattooed with an incredibly awkward tan line. All this to say, I'm not definite this look has adjacent aged arsenic good arsenic jeans with a half-inch zipper.

"Bel-Air" (Feb. 13, Peacock) - Based connected the trailer, determination whitethorn beryllium thing caller successful this reboot of the '90s Will Smith show, but successful the discourse of "what successful the caller hell." But I haven't seen a screener, truthful I'm firmly successful Camp Skeptical until much accusation is available.

"Halo" (Paramount Plus) - The trailer for this video crippled adaptation starring Pablo Schreiber arsenic Master Chief looks immense and expensive. So overmuch so, that I wondered if this amusement is serving caviar for its archetypal people and Pop-Tarts for dinner, if you cognize what I'm saying. But it was capable to support maine funny astir this long-awaited project.

"A League of Their Own" (Amazon) - This bid based connected the beloved movie has had a agelong roadworthy and inactive has nary premiere date, but I'd beryllium lying if I said my bosom isn't counting connected its success. I emotion this movie truthful overmuch that my canine is named Dottie. Our household dressed arsenic Peaches for Halloween. Please don't messiness this up, Amazon.

These could beryllium docu-seriously good

From "Framing Britney Spears" to "Cheer," docuseries person been connected a rotation successful caller years, with galore managing to interruption done a crowded contented tract and seizure people's attention. Here are 4 that I expect doing precisely that.

"We Need to Talk About Cosby" (Jan. 30, Showtime) - W. Kamau Bell's four-part docuseries explores the galore layers of the emergence and autumn of Bill Cosby.

"Janet Jackson" (Jan. 28, Lifetime/A&E) - The two-night documentary is being billed arsenic "the definitive communicative connected Janet Jackson" and it's definite to origin speech arsenic the prima opens up astir her backstage beingness successful a mode we've ne'er seen before.

"The Kardashians" (Hulu) - A vague teaser trailer for this caller Kardashians task was released connected New Years Day and portion it revealed precise little, you tin number that this caller amusement from the household that redefined celeb-reality volition not spell unnoticed.

"The Secrets of Playboy" (Jan. 24, A&E) - This 10-hour doc goes wrong the walls of the Playboy empire due to the fact that adjacent the institution made celebrated for baring it each inactive has immoderate secrets.

More picks of note

So galore shows, truthful small clip to deliberation of clever sub-categories. Here's the remainder of the imaginable best:

"Somebody Somewhere" (Jan. 16, HBO Max) — Bridget Everett stars successful this heartstring-plucking drama that looks afloat of feel-good messages and self-reflection -- my favourite combo, aft orangish foodstuff and Prosecco.

"The Old Man" (FX) - Production connected this bid was halted arsenic Jeff Bridges battled cancer, but accumulation resumed, arsenic did the anticipation for the play astir a erstwhile CIA cause who finds retired helium has unfinished business. Bridges is joined by John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman and Alia Shawkat.

"The White House Plumbers" (HBO) - "Veep" enforcement shaper David Mandel directs this five-part governmental miniseries successful which Justin Theroux and Woody Harrelson play Watergate masterminds G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, who, arsenic HBO puts it, "accidentally toppled the presidency they were trying to protect."

"The Afterparty" (Jan. 28, Apple TV+) - Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the duo down "The Lego Movie," bring their keen comedic consciousness to this drama astir a precocious schoolhouse reunion turned deadly.

"The Gilded Age" (Jan. 24, HBO) - This Julian Fellowes bid has been successful the works for astir a decennary truthful it appropriately has been saved for past notation successful our preview. Cynthia Nixon erstwhile again finds herself successful a amusement astir women successful New York City, lone this clip it's acceptable successful the precocious 1800s and volition apt not diagnostic Cosmos oregon a arguable Peloton scene. Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski and Denée Benton besides star.