Reminder: this week brings the long-awaited return of HBO’s Euphoria. Actually, everything in this week’s watchlist is a returning shows—a great excuse to stay home and catch up with some familiar faves.
This Is Us
For five seasons, NBC’s sentimental family drama has been tugging the heartstrings and jerking the tears of its devoted fans. This week marks the beginning of the end for the Pearson family; the final season of This Is Us is sure to be an emotional journey. Premieres January 4 on NBC.
Black-ish
Kenya Barris’s groundbreaking sitcom begins its final season with the mother of all guest stars: Michelle Obama. Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross) and Dre (Anthony Anderson) meet the former first lady at a When We All Vote fundraiser and are shocked when she accepts an invitation to dinner at their home. Hilarity obviously ensues. Premieres January 4 on ABC.
Search Party
This absolute gem of a quirky comedy has come a long way since its first season on TBS. Back then it was a wry satire of millennial aimlessness in the form of a misguided mystery. In its fifth and final season, Search Party morphs yet again into a tale of narcissistic enlightenment. After her near-death experience at the end of Season 4, Dory (Ali Shawkat) becomes a cult figure with the help of a tech billionaire (Jeff Goldblum) and her trusty Scooby gang of self-involved friends (Meredith Hagner, John Early, John Reynolds). Streaming January 7 on HBO Max
Euphoria
The long-delayed second season of this provocative teen drama finally arrives! Rue (Zendaya) is back on drugs and still obsessed with Jules (Hunter Schafer). The soundtrack is still bangin’, everyone’s eye makeup is still to-die-for, and Euphoria is still every parent’s worst nightmare! Premieres January 9 on HBO and HBO Max.
All Creatures Great and Small
Perhaps the ultimate low-stakes comfort series of the pandemic era is back just in time for another winter wave. Rural veterinarian James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) and co. will still be traipsing around the 1930s Yorkshire countryside tending to sick pups, birthing calves and maybe even falling in love. Premieres January 9 on PBS.
The Righteous Gemstones
Make your souls ready for the second coming of the Gemstone family. After a nearly two-year hiatus, Danny McBride’s comedy about a dysfunctional and corrupt televangelist family is back. While eldest son Jesse (McBride) gets involved in a Christian timeshare scheme with an evangelical entrepreneur (Eric André), patriarch Eli (John Goodman) is busy fending off a reporter (Jason Schwartzman) bent on exposing the family’s dirty laundry. Premieres January 9 on HBO and HBO Max.
