DOA TV: TV Guide's The Most Anticipated Shows of Winter 2025-2026

 

Remember when the holiday season was full of boring re-runs and cheesy holiday specials (if you were lucky)?   Those bad old days are gone.  If you have a few choice streaming services, you can doze your way through a ton of great shows.  New, exciting shows!

Here's a list of upcoming shows from the ever reliable TV Guide.  These will get you through November, December, and into the new year.

 

TheMost Anticipated TV Shows of Winter 2025-2026 - TV Guide

 

From this list I have some I'll be certain to watch:

I've watched season one eight times, and am likely to watch it one more time before season two airs on December 17th.  

 

 

Coming out beginning tomorrow (November 26), the fifth and final season looks great.  I'm sorry to see the series go, but have enjoyed seeing the kids on other shows, and will be rooting for them.  Quality has been consistent in this series, its major flaw has been it takes too long between seasons.

 

 Coming January 15, the long awaited Starfleet Academy is looking to be a bit more Beverly Hills 90210 in Space than the training ground for a lifetime of adventure I was hoping for.  I hope I'm wrong!  I love my Star Trek.

 

 

 A psychological thriller with Jon Bernthal as a detective, and Tessa Thompson as a news anchor sounds good. I didn't realize that this is based on Alice Feeney's novel, though, yikes!  I've read several of her books but not this one.  So do I buy the book now, and ruin the show for myself or get it after I've seen the show so I can do the gloating thing about how much better the book is?  Hmmm.

 

 

Season four features Benedict Bridgerton, probably my least favorite of the Bridgerton siblings.  The series has been entertaining every time, though, so I'll keep the faith.

 

Intriguing But Unlikely To Watch

There are a couple I'd like to try, but I may not have the streaming service they're on (don't have Apple or Peacock), or I'm not so sure its for me.  I can always do my “watch an episode and decide” thing on the Netflix show.

 

 I'd really like to see these two actresses go head to head.  I worry the show might be too gritty, and dare I say, mean for me.

 

 I like the premise of a spy whose brain is hacked, but don't have Peacock.