The best shows coming soon to TV and streaming services

With networks and streaming services competing for your hard-earned subscription fee, there’s no shortage of TV shows to gorge on over the coming months.

Our emotions have already been put through the wringer by The Last of Us and we’ve witnessed the end of Happy Valley, and we’re only partly through 2023. There’s the technotopia of Black Mirror and the return of True Detective to look forward to. So, from Netflix binges to weekly viewing, here are some of the TV shows we can’t wait to tune into this year.

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Warrior – Season 3 (Max)

If there’s a John Wick sized hole in your heart, then the third series of the beat ’em up belter Warrior might fill it. Following the life of hired hard man Ah Sahm, a martial arts master, the show is taken from the writings of a one Bruce Lee. With that in mind, expect plenty of frantic fight scenes and some absolutely mindboggling stunts set during the Tong Wars of late 1870s San Francisco, where rival families fought for power.

Release date: 29 June 2023

Gen V (Prime Video)

Fans of Prime Video’s runaway gorefest that is The Boys will be happy to hear that we’re getting a superhero origin story with Gen V, which is pretty much a version of American Pie if Quentin Tarentino was the director. Gen V takes place at America’s only college for teenage superheroes. With that comes all the coming of age drama, awkwardness and ‘finding yourself’ one would expect, but with the added risk of accidentally getting blown to pieces in freshers week.

Release date: 7 July 2023 (rumoured)

The Afterparty – Season 2 (Apple TV+)

Without any Knives Out news to go on, we’re having to look elsewhere for our dose of murder mystery. That’s where The Afterparty comes in, a crime caper told from the perspective of a different party-goer each episode. Starring Elizabeth Perkins, Zach Woods, Paul Walter Hauser, Poppy Liu, Jack Whitehall, Vivian Wu and more, The Afterparty is a genre-hopping comedy with a unique premise.

Good Omens – Season 2 (Prime Video)

Opposites attract when a minion from hell and another from heaven come together to…track down a sheet wearing Jon Hamm? That seems to be the general plot to Good Omens – Season 2. The first season followed the angel (Michael Sheen) and demon (David Tennant) team up to to stop Armageddon. The forthcoming is a sort of missing person caper, with a little added inter-dimensional war sprinkled in for good effect.

Release date: 28 July

True Detective – Season 4 (Max)

True Detective may be a little hit and miss, but there’s something about this sinister series that keeps us coming back. And given how the fourth series of this crime thriller stars Jodie Foster as a cop on the beat in the barren Alaskan plains, we’re ready to dive in and potentially be disappointed once again. Joined by her partner played by Kali Reis, Foster is tasked with investigating the disappearance of eight men who simply vanished into the cold, dark night. Will we see a Silence of the Lambs-esque performance from Foster? Here’s hoping.

Release date: 2023

M. Son of the Century (Now TV, Sky)

There’s no shortage of wartime epics out there from the American and British perspective. Band of Brothers, Catch-22, The Man in the High Castle, The Pacific, we could go on. The eight-part M. Son of the Century, though, will show Italy’s wartime role in a TV drama format. Based on the novel by Antonio Scurati, directed by BAFTA-winner Joe Wright (Darkest Hour, Atonement, Cyrano) and written by Stefano Bises (Gomorrah), M. Son of the Century charts the rise of fascism in Italy, and with it Mussolini’s grasp on power.

Release date: TBA, 2023

Mr and Mrs Smith (Prime Video)

Harking back to the origin story of Brangenlina, Mr and Mrs Smith (the forthcoming TV series) is based on the same storyline as Pitt and Jolie’s 2005 spy caper. But this time, Donald Glover (AKA Childish Gambino) and Maya Erskine, star of the hilariously absurd PEN15, star as the titular couple. Throw the I May Destroy You writer and actress Michaela Coel into the mix, and we have a very exciting show to look forward to.

Release date: TBA, 2023

Bodies (Netflix)

Stephen Graham. This Is England actor. National treasure. Master of the gritty drama and now, star of the crime epic Bodies. Based on the 2015 graphic novel of the same name, Bodies follows four detectives in four different eras who all find themselves investigating a murder committed under very similar circumstances. The catch is that, whether in the 1890s, 1940s, 2010s or a post-apocalyptic 2050, the victim is always the same person.

Release date: TBA, 2023