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Zoe Saldana holds a gun in Lioness.
Paramount+

Thanks to some late-arriving shows in October, November is off to a healthy start in terms of original series. The Paramount+’ action thriller Lioness is back for season 2, while the Disney+ show Wizards Beyond Waverly Place resurrects one of Disney Channel’s most beloved live-action fantasy shows. Netflix also has some thrills of its own with The Diplomat season 2.

If you’re in the mood for weekly shows like an old-school TV fan, then Hulu and FX’s What We Do in the Shadows, Star Trek: Lower Decks on Paramount+, and the Apple TV+ dramedy Shrinking should keep you satisfied in the early weeks of November before even more new shows arrive.

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You can find all of the rest of the best new shows to stream below. Remember to check back next week, as we update this list every Friday to give you the top choices for your next TV night.

When you’re done here, check out the best new movies to stream this week, as well as the best shows on Netflix, the best shows on Hulu, the best new shows on Max, the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, and the best shows on Disney+.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Max, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple TV+ all have one thing in common: They’re more expensive than they used to be. We can live with higher rates as long as new shows keep coming, but it’s always a good idea to consider signing up for the ad-supported tiers, which are worth it if you can sit through a few commercials. 

New TV shows to watch at a glance

Paramount+

Lioness (2023)

Lioness
56%
7.7/10
tv-ma
2 Seasons
Genre
Drama, War & Politics
Stars
Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable
Created by
Taylor Sheridan
Watch on Paramount+

Lioness is back for its second season on Paramount+, and Zoe Saldaña’s Joe is once again at the forefront as the leader of the CIA’s Lioness program, which sends female operatives in undercover where no male colleague could follow. This season, the primary new recruit for Lioness is Captain Josephina Carrillo (Genesis Rodriguez), a woman whose family connection to a Mexican cartel may help her locate a kidnapped American congresswoman south of the border.

Series creator Taylor Sheridan is actually joining the cast as former Delta Force operative Cody Spears. However, Joe remains the heart and soul of the show. Her responsibilities to her family and her women in the field weigh heavily on Joe, especially when her boss, CIA officer Kaitlyn Meade (Nicole Kidman), warns her that their latest mission has more unwanted government attention than usual.

Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)

Star Trek: Lower Decks
64%
7.7/10
tv-14
5 Seasons
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Comedy
Stars
Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells
Created by
Mike McMahan
Watch on Paramount+

Star Trek’s one and only animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, is back for its fifth and final season. Although this show is intentionally ridiculous, it does tend to have story arcs for the season. As a result of last season’s story, Tendi (Noël Wells) had to go back to her people, the Orions, and become a pirate queen. But don’t bet against her rejoining her former crew at some point in the season.

The remaining Lower Decks cast — Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), and Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) — are still on the U.S.S. Cerritos and getting into wild misadventures as usual. But they may all end up on the command staff by the time this show is over.

Disney+

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (2024)

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
78%
6.7/10
tv-g
1 Season
Genre
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family
Stars
Janice LeAnn Brown, Alkaio Thiele, Max Matenko
Created by
Todd J. Greenwald
Watch on Disney+

Disney Channel fans had their own Harry Potter with Wizards of Waverly Place, the fantasy sitcom that propelled Selena Gomez to stardom. Gomez briefly reprises her role as Alex Russo in the sequel series, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, when she tries to convince her brother, Justin (David Henrie), to take up magic again and train a young wizard named Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown) how to control her powers.

While Justin accepts Billie into his life, it exposes his magical side to his wife and two sons, changing their relationships forever. Billie is also being stalked by dark forces that want to ensure that she’ll never live up to the prophecy that says she’ll be the one who saves the world from an evil threat.

Netflix

The Diplomat (2023)

The Diplomat
76%
8.0/10
tv-ma
2 Seasons
Genre
Drama, War & Politics
Stars
Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi
Created by
Debora Cahn
Watch on Netflix

The Americans‘ Keri Russell stars in Netflix’s thriller series, The Diplomat, as Kate Wyler, the U.S. ambassador to the U.K. and potentially the next vice president of the United States. Kate may have felt like celebrating if she wasn’t in such a desperate situation. Kate has discovered that a terrorist attack against the U,K, may have been orchestrated to set off a war. Kate’s rocky marriage with Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) was already in trouble before he was the target of a car bomb last season.

Season 2 finds Kate trying to salvage her personal life while continuing to find the proof she needs that the U.K. prime minister, or someone in his government, is the real culprit behind the terrorist attacks. And if Kate fails, it means all-out war with the Middle East.

The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)

The Lincoln Lawyer
60%
7.7/10
tv-ma
3 Seasons
Genre
Drama, Crime
Stars
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Becki Newton, Yaya DaCosta
Created by
David E. Kelley
Watch on Netflix

Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), the title character of The Lincoln Lawyer, is no stranger to legal quagmires. But things are really hitting home for him in the third season of the Netflix legal drama. Mickey is defending Julian La Cosse (Devon Graye) against charges that he murdered their mutual friend, Glory Days (Fiona Rene).

Things really don’t look good for Julian, as he’s the only viable suspect that the police have and all roads seem to go back to him. This forces Mickey to wonder if he’s defending an innocent man or the killer who murdered one of his best friends.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (2024)

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
65%
6.3/10
tv-14
1 Season
Genre
Action & Adventure, Animation
Stars
Hayley Atwell, Allen Maldonado, Earl Baylon
Watch on Netflix

Can any medium outside of video games give Lara Croft the depth of character that she deserves? Netflix’s animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft gets off to a good start by casting Hayley Atwell in the title role. Normally, Lara is the one who goes around stealing objects from tombs. This time, someone has dared to break into Lara’s home and steal from her.

Lara tracks the thief all over the globe, and what she finds is something bigger in scope than she expected. But this is Lara Croft we’re talking about. The unexpected is something she’s had a lot of experience with.

Amazon Prime Video

Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)

Like a Dragon: Yakuza
48%
6.5/10
tv-14
1 Season
Genre
Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Stars
Ryoma Takeuchi, Kento Kaku, Yuumi Kawai
Watch on Amazon

You don’t need to have played any of Sega’s Like a Dragon video games to follow the story of Like a Dragon: Yakuza. That’s because this is a crime and action series, first and foremost. The series unfolds in two timeframes. In the past, Kazuma Kiryu (Ryoma Takeuchi) pulled off a heist against a Yakuza-controlled arcade with potentially deadly consequences.

In the present, Kiryu has been released from prison after a 10-year sentence, and he’s left the life of a Yakuza member behind him. Or so he thinks. In his absence, his best friend, Akira Nishikiyama (Kento Kaku), has risen to crime boss, and Kiryu will soon be drawn back to his old life, whether he wants it or not.

Hulu

What We Do in the Shadows (2019)

What We Do in the Shadows
79%
8.6/10
tv-ma
6 Seasons
Genre
Comedy
Stars
Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou
Created by
Jemaine Clement
Watch on Hulu

Ten years after the movie that inspired the show, What We Do in the Shadows is coming to an end after the current sixth season. This is a comedy mockumentary series about four vampires — Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) — who live together in Staten Island with Nandor’s familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén).

This season, the “fifth” vampire roommate returns, and the other vampires clash over a newly empty room, among other conflicts. The real question is whether the series will end with the vamps still together or if they’re destined to go their separate ways.

Grotesquerie (2024)

Grotesquerie
50%
6.5/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Stars
Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, Nicholas Alexander Chavez
Created by
Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, Joe Baken
Watch on Hulu

Grotesquerie is Ryan Murphy’s True Detective meets Cagney and Lacey … if Lacey was a nun with an eye toward religious and occult symbolism. Niecy Nash stars as Detective Lois Tryon, who works in a small town while fruitlessly trying to hold on to her comatose husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance), and their daughter, Merritt (Raven Goodwin).

Lois’ world is shaken by a disturbing murder scene that’s unlike anything she’s ever seen before. But Sister Megan (Micaela Diamond) is more than familiar with the symbols utilized by the killer, and she offers her help to Lois to find whoever is responsible. Things are only getting stranger for her, and the killer is far from finished leaving bodies in their wake.

Apple TV+

Shrinking (2023)

Shrinking
75%
8.0/10
tv-ma
2 Seasons
Genre
Comedy
Stars
Jason Segel, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie
Created by
Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence
Watch on Apple TV+

Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence is back on Apple TV+ for the second season of Shrinking, which features Jason Segel as Jimmy Laird, a therapist who is far from over the death of his wife. Harrison Ford plays his mentor, Paul Rhoades (Harrison Ford).

Jimmy’s idea for dealing with his grief was to become more involved with his patients’ lives and more freewheeling with his advice. That came back to bite him when his friend and colleague, Gaby (Jessica Williams), kind of tried to kill her abusive husband in the first season finale. The repercussions for that action come back to haunt Gaby and Jimmy in season 2, but the show quickly gets back on course for more laughs and pathos. It’s a surprisingly poignant combination.

Peacock

Teacup (2024)

Teacup
53%
7.1/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Stars
Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Chaske Spencer
Created by
Ian McCulloch
Watch on Peacock

What’s going on with the new James Wan-produced horror series Teacup? Peacock has been very protective about the particular plot details so far. What we do know is that Maggie Chenoweth (Yvonne Strahovski), her husband, James Chenoweth (Scott Speedman), their children, and a few of their neighbors find themselves trapped on their rural property. Strange things are happening with their livestock even before a killer in a gas mask shows up. Now, there’s no place to run, and there may be more than one murderer walking around under that mask.

Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)

The Franchise (2024)

The Franchise
66%
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Comedy
Stars
Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes
Created by
Sam Mendes, Armando Iannucci
Watch on max

There are so many superhero movies that it was inevitable that someone would use that as a premise for a comedy TV series. The Franchise is exactly that. It’s a biting critique of Marvel and DC superhero flicks, but more so the former than the latter. The show invents its own superhero, Tecto, as played by Adam (Billy Magnussen), an actor who has put all of his hopes and dreams into the idea that this flick will make his career.

Daniel (Himesh Patel), the film’s assistant director, has the unenviable job of trying to placate Adam and the other stars, as well as his director, Eric (as played by the MCU’s Daniel Brühl). The Boys‘ Aya Cash also stars as Anita, Daniel’s ex-girlfriend who suddenly finds herself overseeing the Tecto film. But there may be no stopping this disaster-in-the-making from lurching its way into theaters in an unwatchable state.

The Penguin (2024)

The Penguin
72%
8.8/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Crime, Drama
Stars
Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz
Created by
Lauren LeFranc
Watch on max

If you’ve seen The Batman, then the world of The Penguin should be very familiar. The city’s top crime boss, Carmine Falcone (Mark Strong), is gone. The title character, Oswald “Oz” Cobb (Colin Farrell), has grand designs about taking his place and becoming Gotham City’s new kingpin.

Oz doesn’t have a lot of friends among the criminal underworld, besides his new driver/enforcer, Victor “Vic” Aguilar (Rhenzy Feliz). But the biggest threat to the Penguin’s potential reign is Carmine’s daughter, Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti). Sofia wants her father’s empire for herself, and she’s just crazy enough that she might be able to steal it out from under Oz.

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