With the advent of winter premieres, the start of the premium cable network shows, and with February sweeps around the corner, it’s time to revisit my thoughts from the beginning of the season and look ahead at what’s to come for Sunday nights.
7:00
Batwoman – The Arrowverse expands once again, with this entry coming out of last year’s crossover event. Ruby Rose puts on the cowl to protect the streets of Gotham.
Outside of the Crisis On Infinite Earths crossover episode, I haven’t actually gotten around to watching this yet, though the episodes are piling up on the DVR.
7:30
God Friended Me – The latest “do-gooder has a direct line from God” returns for a second season after being surprisingly entertaining.
I’m still enjoying this, but I am a little concerned that they’ve already leaned hard into the “keep the obvious couple apart for dubious reasons” trope.
8:00
Supergirl – The fifth season sees the return of Jeremy Jordan and the exit of Mehcad Brooks.
We’ll see how the outcome of the Crisis crossover impacts the show moving forward, as it looks to have a completely new status quo.
9:00
Silicon Valley – The Pied Piper gang returns for their final season.
The show got an honorable wrap up, with the crew finally succeeding, but forced to kill their own creation for the good of the world.
Shameless – Season 10, the first without Emmy Rossum, may be a bit of a stretch. But, I guess if I’ve watched this long, why stop now?
I am slowly working through the season, which is turning out to be a bit of a slog without Emmy Rossum. It’s been renewed for an eleventh, and final, season, so I may as well keep going with the finish line in sight.
New entries hitting the screen this winter include:
Doctor Who – Jodie Whitaker returns for her second go-around as the Doctor.
Homeland – The Showtime drama returns for its final season.
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist – Jane Levy returns as a coder who starts to hear people’s inner musical dialogue.
The Outsider – Based on a Stephen King book, the new HBO drama stars Jason Bateman.
Avenue 5 – A sci-fi comedy from the creators of Veep.
In January 2011, Showtime debuted a show focusing on a poor family on Chicago’s south side, headed by a deadbeat father and an older sister who holds everything together. 10 years and 11 seasons later, Shameless wrapped up its run this past April as Showtime’s longest running original scripted series.