The best new shows premiering this week you don’t want to miss
By Sandy C.
It’s finally that time! Our favorite shows (and plenty of new ones) begin to premiere this week, bringing back TV time to our weekly routines.
For starters, TGIT is back. Thursday sees the mid-season return of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder. Hulu is releasing new episodes for The Path season three. And CW’s favorite heroes, The Flash and Arrow, are back on The CW.
But what about new shows? Here are three new series premiering this week you don’t want to miss…
Black Lightning
Network: The CW
Premieres: Tuesday, January 16
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Cast: Cress Williams, Nafessa Williams, China Anne McClain, James Remar, Damon Gupton, Christine Adams, and Marvin Jones III.
Series Synopsis from The CW: “Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe-haven for young people in the neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero in his community. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left the superhero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn (Christine Adams), suffered. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred, Black Lightning returns – to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.”
Next: 5 Reasons to be excited about Black Lightning
Corporate
Network: Comedy Central
Premieres: Wednesday, January 17
Cast: Matt Igebretson, Jake Weisman, Lance Reddick, Anne Dudek, Adam Lustick, and Aparna Nancherla.
Series Synopsis from Comedy Central: “From Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman comes a dark, edgy look at life as a Junior-Executive-in-Training at your average, soulless multi-national corporation. Matt and Jake (Ingebretson and Weisman) are at the mercy of a tyrannical CEO Christian DeVille (Lance Reddick) and his top lieutenants, sycophants John and Kate (Adam Lustick and Anne Dudek). As Matt and Jake navigate an ever-revolving series of disasters their only ally is Hampton Deville Human Resources rep Grace (Aparna Nancherla), who is beleaguered by both her job and her exhausting relationship with the very needy Matt and Jake.”
The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story
Network: FX
Premieres: Wednesday, January 17
Cast: Darren Criss, Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz, Ricky Martin, Cody Fern, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield.
Next: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story episode 1 advanced preview
Series Synopsis from FX: “Inspired by actual events, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story profiles spree-killer Andrew Cunanan, whose cross-country path of destruction earns him a spot on FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List, before his murder of international fashion icon Gianni Versace on the steps of Versace’s South Beach residence in 1997. Based on the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth, the series examines how cultural homophobia and prejudice delayed law enforcement’s search for Cunanan, as well as Versace’s relationship with his sister and muse Donatella. The Assassination of Gianni Versace is a story of failed ambition, about how the pursuit of an “American Dream” ended in murder and suicide.”
Which of the above new shows are you most excited to watch this week? Let us know in the comments!