The Best New TV Shows Coming In 2021

Book fans like us have obsessed over Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha and Six of Crows series for years. Now, we’re absolutely stoked to check out this TV adaptation, starring Ben Barnes, in April that’ll bring the Grishaverse to life. Now if this show means my fictional crush on Kaz Brekker exists outside of my imagination, then I’m cool with that.

After The Good Place sadly ended last year, our TV screens have been Ted Danson-less. Luckily, he’s back on in a new NBC comedy, starting this week. Helmed by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, Danson plays a retired businessman who runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove “he’s still got it.”

This upcoming Netflix coming-of-age series is slated to premiere on Feb. 24 and is already being hailed as a modern, dramatic take on Gilmore Girls. We’ll follow awkward 15-year-old Ginny and her young and vivacious mother Georgia as they attempt to put down roots after a move to a small New England town.

For any Fixer Upper fans, Chip and Joanna Gaines are gearing up to launch their Magnolia Network on the Discovery platform. This first offering hits the site this month, and it’s a cooking show that demonstrates off Jo’s best recipes. Follow along to see how she crafts Lebanese dishes, a Friendsgiving dinner, and all sorts of comfort food.

With Supernaturalover, Jared Padalecki will continue to grace our TV screens with a brand-new show. Debuting this January, he’s taking over the mantle of the famous Texas Ranger in a reimagining of Walker, Texas Ranger. He’ll play a widowed Cordell Walker, who returns home to Austin after an undercover gig for the past two years to raise his kids.

While, unfortunately, we’ve yet to get a release date for the HBO Max reboot, we do know the cast and crew have returned to work on the Met steps after lockdown lifted. This time around, we’ll follow a new crop of Constance and St. Jude’s students, who are living in a new socially savvy GG era.

Acclaimed director Barry Jenkins is teaming up with Amazon for his first foray into television, though we’ve yet to hear about an official premiere date. This anticipated limited series is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2017 novel of the same name. The alternative history show chronicles Cora’s journey to leave the South along the rumored Underground Railroad.