10 New Shows We’re Already Excited to See in the 2023–2024 TV Season
Even as studios and networks contend with thousands of striking television writers, they’re already hyping up the 2023–2024 broadcast TV schedule.
The new contenders include two shows based on international hits, an epic nature documentary, a Wayans family project, and new spinoffs of The Good Wife and The Bachelor.
Here are the network TV shows we’re looking forward to checking out next season.
The Americas (NBC)
Billed as an “epic 10-part tentpole event series” and hailing from the team behind Planet Earth and Blue Planet, this docuseries features narration by Tom Hanks and a score by Hans Zimmer. “This incomparable project will employ revolutionary filmmaking technology that will showcase the wonders, secrets, and fragilities of the Americas — Earth’s largest landmass and the only one to stretch between both poles — and reveal extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that deeply connect with millions around the world,” NBC says.
Doc (Fox)
This medical drama — based on the Italian series Doc – Nelle tue mani, pictured here — centers on Dr. Amy Elias, a brilliant physician bouncing back from a medical crisis of her own, as Fox teases: “After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves, and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away.” Amy also doesn’t remember what she did to alienate her 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, but that daughter is one of her only lifelines in her unfamiliar new existence.
Elsbeth (CBS)
A fan-favorite character from The Good Wife and The Good Fight gets a spinoff all to herself. In Elsbeth, Carrie Preston’s “astute but unconventional attorney” Elsbeth Tascioni relocates from Chicago to New York City to join forces with the NYPD, where she “utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals,” CBS says. The series comes from Robert and Michelle King, the married TV writers who made Good, so to speak, with those two prior shows.
Found (NBC)
From Nkechi Okoro Carroll, showrunner of All American and creator of All American: Homecoming, comes this procedural about the hundreds of thousands of people of color reported missing every year in the United States. “A public relations specialist [Shanola Hampton], who was once herself one of those forgotten ones, and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people,” NBC says. “But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.”
The Golden Bachelor (ABC)
The Golden Bachelor is just like The Bachelor… if the stars and contestants of The Bachelor were about 30 years older. “On this all-new unscripted series, one hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life,” ABC explains. “The women arriving at the mansion have a lifetime of experience, living through love, loss, and laughter, hoping for a spark that ignites a future full of endless possibilities. In the end, will our Golden man turn the page to start a new chapter with the woman of his dreams?”
High Potential (ABC)
Based on the French series Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI), High Potential features It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Kaitlin Olson taking a turn for the dramatic. Olsen plays “a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata),” according to ABC. Drew Goddard (The Martian) wrote the pilot, and Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas — who knows a thing or two about unconventional crime-solvers — serves as showrunner.
Krapopolis (Fox)
In the works for more than a year and a half at this point, this animated series created by Dan Harmonfollows “a flawed family of humans, gods, and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.” Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) voices Deliria, goddess of self-destruction and questionable choices. Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows) voices Shlub, an oversexed and underemployed mantituar, a cross between a manticore and a centaur. And Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) voices Tyrannis, “the self-involved, narcissistic King of Krapopolis trying to make do in a city that lives up to its name.”
Poppa’s House (CBS)
This new sitcom is a father-son venture from Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. The elder Wayans, known for In Living Color and Lethal Weapon, plays a legendary talk show host challenged by a new co-host on his radio program (Essence Atkins). Meanwhile, the younger Wayans, known for Happy Endings and New Girl, plays the radio host’s son, a “brilliant dreamer” balancing his ambitions with his family life.
Snake Oil (Fox)
Think of this reality competition as Shark Tank meets FBoy Island. Hosted by David Spade, the show will challenge contestants to judge the merits of business ventures, drawing upon visuals, informercials, and interrogations of the entrepreneurs themselves. The catch is that some of the entrepreneurs are fakes. “With the help of guest celebrity advisors, contestants must determine which products are real and which are a sham, for a chance to win life-changing money,” Fox says.
Tracker (CBS)
Previously called The Never Game and based on the Jeffery Deaver novel of that name, Tracker marks Justin Hartley’s return to TV after the end of This Is Us. He plays Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist who uses his tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement. The show’s supporting cast, meanwhile, boasts Deadwoodfan-fave Robin Weigert and former Work in Progress lead Abby McEnany.
