The Official TV & TV Series Thread

Shantaram

Apple TV+ | 14 October

A heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay; his ties to the crime underworld there lead him to Afghanistan, where he partners with a mob boss locked in a battle with Russian criminals.

Fugitive Lin Ford looks to get lost in chaotic 1980s Bombay; alone in an unfamiliar city, Lin struggles to avoid trouble but falls for an enigmatic woman and must choose between freedom and love and the complications that come with it.

Stars Charlie Hunnam, Antonia Desplat, Shubham Saraf, Elektra Kilbey, Fayssal Bazzi.

Based on the 2003 Gregory David Roberts novel.

Streams on Apple TV+ from Friday, 14 October.



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Quantum Leap

NBC/Peacock | 20 September

It’s been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song, has been assembled to restart the project.

Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it. At Ben’s side throughout his leaps is Addison, a decorated Army veteran who appears in the form of a hologram only Ben can see and hear.

Set 30 years after Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, follows a new team that must restart the project hoping to understand the mysteries behind the machine and its creator.

Stars Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Ernie Hudson, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee.

Streams on Peacock from Tuesday, 20 September.



That’s some serious necro stuff right there. It is being billed as a “revival” as much as a reboot and is listed as “Season 6” of the original series on Wikipedia. IMDB and RT do have new listings for this series. What next? Sons of the A-Team? Hopefully it does as okay as the MacGyver reboot from a few years back.

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Secret Invasion

Disney+ | "Sometime in 2023"

“I’m the last person standing between them and what they really want.” Fury and Talos try to stop the Skrulls who have infiltrated the highest spheres of the Marvel Universe.

Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Emilia Clarke, Cobie Smulders, Olivia Colman, Christopher McDonald, Carmen Ejogo, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Killian Scott, Martin Freeman, Don Cheadle.

Six episode series will stream on Disney+ in 2023.



Another Marvel Studios series. But this one’s got Nick Fury, so that’s different.

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Just realized I didn’t add the Quantum Leap trailer properly. Which is a bit :man_facepalming: considering that this is the trailers topic :grinning: Sorry.

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I have forgotten how emotional Seal Team can be, feck I was in tears most of the episode. Ironically the episode was stolen by Alan Buckley’s performance, holy crap it was well done.

It is that one show that even tho I never could understand American soldiers loyalty to a country who abandons them the moment they return home with traumas, it just shows the real world that those guys live in and their families.

Seconded, I love this show so much. Right up there with older shows like The Unit (TV Series 2006–2009) - IMDb

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I will definitely see if I can find that, I need more shows like this.
I think they managed to get the cast right for seal team, and you can see the guys take it seriously. And the number of ex seals and so on they have working on the show to keep it realistic.

Dahmer (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

Netflix | 21 September

Across more than a decade, 17 teen boys and young men were murdered by convicted killer Jeffrey Dahmer. How did he evade arrest for so long? Story of the Milwaukee Monster told from the perspective of the victims and police incompetency that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.

From the Emmy award winning creator of American Crime Story comes Dahmer - Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story. The series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.

Starring: Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Penelope Ann Miller, Niecy Nash, Shaun J. Brown.

10-episode limited series streams on Netflix from Wednesday, 21 September.



True crime mini-series for you and your mom @Wyvern?

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Sounds perfect!

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National Treasure: Edge of History

Disney+ | 14 December

Jess Morales, a 20-year-old Dreamer, sets off on an exploration to discover the mystery of her family history, and, with the help of her friends, seeks to recover historical lost treasure.

Jess, a brilliant and resourceful dreamer, searches for answers about her family; she embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about the past and save a lost Pan-American treasure.

Based on, and a continuation of, the National Treasure film series.

Stars Lisette Alexis, Lyndon Smith, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Antonio Cipriano, Jordan Rodrigues, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Harvey Keitel.

Streams on Disney+ from 14 December.



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I am liking Andor alot

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I am struggling to see where it goes. I want sci fi magic, the force, etc in my Star Wars.

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this has more or less the same tone as rogue one and i loved that movie, not the usual star wars campyness

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I think it is actually cool that the Star Wars universe can cater for both tastes. In a way the same for Star Trek: Discovery vs Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

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i watch both but strange new worlds is more fun, discovery went down after season 3 imo

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this was quite good. really well done

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Yeah I’m enjoying it as well. Evan Peters is a really good actor, damn. Only at Ep 6, but I’ll finish it this week.

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The Last of Us

HBO Max | 2023

First official teaser for the upcoming HBO Max series based on the award winning game franchise.

Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.

20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

Stars Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Nick Offerman

10-episode series will stream on HBO Max in 2023.



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I am disappointed with Dahlmer, it was ok, not great, they could have made it a 6 episode series just by cutting out so much fluff

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Netflix | 25 October

Unlock Your Fears with Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. Guillermo del Toro - the master of horror - presents a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories that will challenge our traditional notions of horror.

Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is an anthology of sinister stories, told by some of today’s most revered horror creators - including the directors of The Babadook, Splice, Mandy, and many more. Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

Streams on Netflix over 8 episodes from 25 October.



For when you need a little horror on Halloween Night…:smiling_imp: I kakked myself just watching the trailer. In the daylight.

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