COUNTDOWN
Prime Video
Jensen Ackles is still hunting bad guys in his newest TV series, but unlike in Supernatural this time it’s a real killer (not a supernatural demon) and he’s playing an LAPD detective. As the plot thickens, he joins a secret team of federal agents, as they band together to stop the murderer from committing an even bigger crime against humanity. Eric Dane, Jessica Camacho and Merrick McCartha co-star in this dark thriller.
REVIVAL
SyFy/Peacock
Melanie Scrofano fought demons too, in her last series Wynonna Earp; now she’s playing a small-town Wisconsin cop who is facing down “revivers.” Those are a crowd of dead people who woke up all at once one day, not exactly zombies but definitely very, very weird people. Meanwhile, her sister seems to have been transformed that day, too, as murders and mysteries begin to terrorize the town. Based on the Image Comics series, the show also stars Lara Jean Chorostecki and David James Elliott
SMOKE
Apple TV+
Taron Edgerton and Jurnee Smollett take the leads in this tense new crime drama from the fertile mind of Dennis Lehane. He’s the novelist turned film and TV producer and screenwriter, best known for Mystic River, Shutter Island and Gone Baby Gone, as well as The Wire and Boardwalk Empire. This latest is a tale of deadly arsonists being tracked by Edgerton and Smollett and also stars Greg Kinnear, Anna Chlumsky and John Leguizamo.
NAUTILUS
AMC
Dive into the origin story of Captain Nemo, novelist Jules Verne’s character from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, created in 1859. The Nautilus submarine commander has always been a legendary underwater adventurer; now Shazad Latif of Star Trek: Discovery fame takes on the role in this action-packed look at how Nemo became the commander of the Nautilus. Georgia Flood and Thierry Fremont co-star, and watch for cameos by Richard E. Grant, Anna Torv and Noah Taylor, too.
STICK
Apple TV+
In this new sports comedy, Owen Wilson’s a golfer whose life has gone on the skids since he once played on the pro circuit. But he’s ready to grab it all back, with the help of a super-talented 17-year-old player with great potential (Peter Dager) that he takes under his wing. Judy Greer and Marc Maron add to the talented comedic cast, and don’t be surprised to see some real golf pros taking a few swings as the series covers the course.