7 of the Most Exciting Streaming TV Shows Still to Come This Year

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to be super busy between now and the end of the year. That means I’m going to be glued to my TV and obsessed with more than half a dozen new shows dropping on various streamers through the end of December. We’re talking everything from super-addictive new prestige dramas from Apple TV+ and Netflix to promising shows from hitmakers for the likes of Paramount+, and more.

Below, check out seven of my picks for some of the most exciting and absolutely can’t-miss TV shows coming soon, including their release dates and the streaming services you can watch them on.

La Maison (September 20, Apple TV+)

To start off, I want to highlight the upcoming release of Apple TV+ The House.

You can see this 10-episode drama as a mix of high fashion andSuccession-meets-French elegance and luxury. The story takes place in and around an iconic Parisian high-fashion atelier that is thrown into disarray by a viral video featuring a star designer. His video throws the family’s iconic haute couture house into disarray, while the designer’s former muse teams up with a next-generation talent to save and evolve the house.

The show is a TOA — The Originals of America production, in association with the multi-award winning studio TOP — The Originals Productions. That’s the same studio behind The Officewhich will forever and ever be the best spy drama ever. Really, the name of this production company attached to something is an automatic guarantee of quality.

Black Doves (tbc, Netflix)

We don’t yet have a specific release date for this next series, a spy thriller starring Keira Knightley, on Netflix, but it’s expected to be sometime before the end of the year.

Black pigeonsCreated and written by Joe Barton, Knightley stars as a down-to-earth mother, wife, and professional spy named Helen Webb. Her husband is a politician, and for ten years Helen has been spilling his secrets to the shadowy group she works for, the Black Doves.

When Helen’s secret lover Jason is murdered, Helen’s spymaster enlists her old friend (Whishaw) to protect her. According to Netflix, he’s a “suave, champagne-swilling assassin. But after being out of the game since a botched job with disastrous consequences, he’s returned to a London that has moved on without him. As his past threatens to catch up with him, it’s his job to protect Helen as she investigates who killed Jason and why.

“Together, they embark on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy, one that links London’s dark underworld to a looming geopolitical crisis — and forces them to question the costs of the moral choices they’ve made.”

Citadel: Diana (October 10, Prime Video)

The first season of Prime Video Citadel wasn’t exactly on anyone’s list of best TV shows of 2023, but I’d recommend everyone give this Italian spinoff starring Matilda de Angelis the benefit of the doubt.

According to Prime Video, the series is set in Milan in 2030, years after the independent global spy agency Citadel has been destroyed by the enemy syndicate Manticore.

“Since then, Diana Cavalieri (Matilda De Angelis), an undercover Citadel agent, has been alone, trapped behind enemy lines as a mole in Manticore. When she finally sees a way out and the chance to disappear forever, the only way to do it is to rely on the most unexpected ally, Edo Zani (Lorenzo Cervasio), the heir to Manticore Italy and son of the head of the Italian organization, Ettore Zani (Maurizio Lombardi), who is vying for leadership against the other European families.”

Citadel: Diana was produced by Cattleya, the Italian film and TV production company behind not only one of the best mafia dramas of all time, but also one of the best TV dramas of all time (Gomorrah). Given that Citadel: Diana Set in Italy, there’s also a futuristic-meets-Old World vibe to the production, which is to say it adds the kind of visuals that I really think will make you feel like you’re watching a whole new TV show. And did I mention Matilda de Angelis is in it? I did? Good, because she’s a seriously great lead actress.

The Agency (TBA, Paramount+ with Showtime)

I have already alluded to this above The Officeor The Office of Legends as it is called in France. I am not alone in claiming that it is one of the best spy programs of all time; several former intelligence professionals told me they agree, in an article I wrote a few years ago.

To say I’m excited about the American remake of The Office that is coming to Paramount+ later this year. With Showtime, that would be the understatement of the decade. It’s called The Agencyand while the original was set in the French DGSE (the equivalent of the CIA), the remake is a CIA story.

Michael Fassbender, who plays the role of Martian, is described as “a covert CIA operative who is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind resurfaces, romance is rekindled. His career, his true identity, and his mission are pitted against his will; they are both thrown into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.” This is essentially a modified version of the character Malotru from the original series.

Fans of the best spy series should definitely not miss this one.

The Diplomat: Season 2 (Oct. 31, Netflix)

I know I wasn’t the only one screaming at the screen when the credits rolled at the end of the first season of The Diplomatone of the best new Netflix TV shows in years. That was quite a cliffhanger to confront us with, but the uncertainty it also left us with about the fates of a few characters guarantees that we’ll all be back on October 31st for the new batch of episodes.

In season 2 of The DiplomatWe pick up with the aftermath of the bombshell that exploded during the Season 1 finale, where we saw Kate’s soon-to-be-ex-husband Hal Wyler finally get some important things straight, but unfortunately get too close (literally) to the conspiracy he uncovered.

Another exciting thing about Season 2: We also get our first look at the show’s vice president, Grace Penn, played by Allison Janney. A vice president, by the way, who thinks Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler is after her job (and isn’t entirely wrong).

Landman (Nov. 17, Paramount+)

Taylor Sheridan is one of the most prolific TV hitmakers working today. In fact, Paramount+ is so dependent on Sheridan’s shows that Yellowstone, Yellowstone spin-offs 1883 And 1923, Tulsa King, Mayor of KingstownAnd Lionessthat the streamer should simply call itself Sheridan+ at this point.

All joking aside, the Sheridan shows keep coming, with his latest for Paramount+ titled Farmer and starring Billy Bob Thornton, due out in November.

Described as an upstairs/downstairs drama about the Texas oil boom, featuring characters ranging from roughnecks to wild billionaires, Farmer is based on the podcast Tree city from Imperative Entertainment and Texas MonthlyThe show delves deep into the modern-day gold rush that’s changing nearly every aspect of life in the state, from executives signing billion-dollar contracts to startups fighting for a piece of the pie. The story also includes pipeline workers risking their safety every day, exotic dancers following the money, and Big Oil changing our climate, economy, and geopolitics.

Squid Game: Season 2 (December 26, Netflix)

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Considering that this latest series is still the biggest Netflix series of all time, it’s unlikely that the long-awaited second season will be able to live up to everyone’s expectations.

That’s a necessary consequence, I think, of the unprecedented global success of Squid game‘s first season, which debuted on Netflix in 2021. Here’s the logline Netflix gave us about the new season of the show: “Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up on going to the United States and returns with a new resolve in his mind. Gi-hun dives back into the mysterious survival game and starts a new life-or-death game with new participants who come together to win the prize of 456 billion won.”

We don’t know much more about the storyline yet, but let’s hope the three-year wait was worth it. For now, in yet another testament to just how big the show is, fans in New York City will have the chance to experience the world of the show in real life, with Netflix’s interactive Squid Game: The Experience coming to NYC’s Manhattan Mall in Midtown this October.