The Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2019

From 'Deadly Class' to 'The Central Park Five,' these are the television shows we're the most excited for in 2019.

Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2019
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Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2019

True DetectiveAtlantaGame of ThronesThe Punisher. It's easy to talk about all of the shows everyone knows will be back in 2019, but how many of you are up on the series debuting this year?

HBO, Netflix, Showtime, Amazon, and other platforms and channels are set to bring a number of shows to your screens in the months to come. Some might feel like stuff you've seen—dramas about teens doing drugs, superhero-driven stories, modern takes on TV classics—but it's dope to see these services and channels expanding on familiar ideas with shows that will challenge, excite, and educate viewers.

With that in mind, we've sorted out our picks for the most anticipated brand-new television series of 2019. We imagine that there are a number of upcoming streaming titles that haven't been announced but based on what's been hinted at, these should provide the most bang for your buck this year. Here are the most anticipated new TV shows dropping in 2019.

'Deadly Class'

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Network: SyFy

Stars: Benjamin Wadsworth, Lana Condor, Benedict Wong

Premiere Date: January 16

Based on the acclaimed Image Comics series, Deadly Class takes place in the '80s and is all about a school (King's Dominion) for kids who are destined to become assassins. Think of it as a regular prep school, but the kids are the offspring of Yakuza members and crime lords. We follow Marcus, who is the latest addition to King's Dominion. He has a dark past and immediately rubs his classmates the wrong way. Think Heathers, but everyone is a murderer.

'Black Monday'

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Network: Showtime

Stars: Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, Paul Scheer

Premiere Date: January 20

The story of Black Monday—aka October 19, 1987, the day of the worst stock market crash to hit Wall Street—has been a mystery to many...until now. From the minds of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Preacher), Black Monday takes us back to a year prior to Black Monday, with Don Cheadle starring as a coked-out Wall Street maven who knows how to wheel and deal his way to excess. With a cast that also features Regina Hall and Paul Scheer, this one is dripped head to toe in '80s references, but based on the pilot (which you can watch for free up above), it looks like there are some layers to this comedy.

'American Soul'

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Network: BET

Stars: Sinqua Walls, Jason Dirden, Iantha Richardson

Premiere Date: February 5

The story of Don Cornelius hits BET in this new series. Cornelius' journey to bring Soul Train to masses that weren't understanding African-American culture in the 1970s is broken down. Sinqua Walls, who you may remember from The Breaks, plays Cornelius, alongside a number of special guests, including Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams (as Gladys Knight and Diana Ross, respectively), Bobby Brown, K. Michelle, and many more.

'Boomerang'

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Network: BET

Stars: Tequan Richmond, Tetona Jackson, Leland Martin, Lala Milan

Premiere Date: February 12

In 1992, Eddie Murphy starred among a massive cast in Boomerang, one of the greatest hip-hop romantic comedies of all time. It found a player and executive at an ad agency (Murphy) meeting his match when an equally able woman (Robin Givens) joins his firm and plays him at his own game. He ends up finding love with another woman (Halle Berry), and lives happily ever after. For this BET series, their children show that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, updating the iconic film for 2019. With Berry and Lena Waithe on as executive producers, Boomerang the series should be hilarious and necessary.

'The Umbrella Academy'

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Network: Netflix

Stars: Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Mary J. Blige

Premiere Date: February 15

Netflix picked up on this intriguing comic book series, which follows a world in which 43 children were born on the same day to women who prior to that day hadn't shown any signs of pregnancy. The remaining children band together to save the world. The Dark Horse comic series won the Eisner Award for Limited Series in 2008, and with the likes of Ellen Page, Mary J. Blige, and others in the cast, this feels like it'll be one of the wilder series to hit Netflix this year.

'Doom Patrol'

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Network: DC Universe

Stars: April Bowlby, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, Brendan Fraser, Alan Tudyk, Timothy Dalton, Matt Bomer

Premiere Date: February 15

DC kicked off their DC Universe streaming service with one new series, Titans, in the fall of 2018. The show followed the formation of Robin's super squad. Introduced in the first season, the Doom Patrol, in its spin-off series, picks up where Titans left off. Cyborg (not the one you saw in the Justice League film) calls the Doom Patrol together for a mission they can't avoid. Among the cast are names like Brendan Fraser, Alan Tudyk, and Timothy Dalton, which makes it look like DC is making sure their original series aren't to be slept on.

'Desus & Mero'

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Network: Showtime

Stars: Desus Nice, the Kid Mero

Premiere Date: February 21

Following a memorable run on Complex and a long-standing podcast, Desus Nice and the Kid Mero took their talents to Viceland, owning late-night television for two seasons with their hilarious series. After leaving the channel in the summer of 2018, they make their grand return to TV via their new Showtime series, which appears to expand on their skill sets, adding a room of writers and (hopefully) sketches to the equation.

'Turn Up Charlie'

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'Harley Quinn'

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Network: DC Universe

Stars: Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Diedrich Bader, Alan Tudyk

Premiere Date: October

With Harley being close to Deadpool in the DC Comics Universe, it'd make sense that they'd angle for more from the madcap madam. This animated series is part of the DC Universe's slate of new material for 2019 and features Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) playing the titular character. Aside from Alan Tudyk, actors in this show include Giancarlo Esposito, Wanda Sykes, and JB Smoove.

'The Central Park Five'

Ava DuVernay attends 2018 Black Girls Rock!

'City on a Hill'

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'Euphoria'

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Network: HBO

Stars: Zendaya, Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Algee Smith

Premiere Date: TBA

When it comes to HBO's new series Euphoria, we know more about who's behind it than what it's actually about. Everyone from indie film powerhouse A24 to October's Very Own's Drake is attached to this show, which stars Zendaya (alongside Storm Reid, Algee Smith, and others) and follows a batch of high schoolers who are living their lives chock-full of drugs and drama.

'First Wives Club'

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'Good Omens'

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Network: Amazon

Stars: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jon Hamm

Premiere Date: TBA

David Tennant fans have been anxiously awaiting this series—based on the 1990 novel Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch—since trailers dropped around New York Comic Con last fall. Tennant plays the demon Crowley opposite Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale, as the two squad up in an effort to halt the final battle between heaven and hell. Also on board are Jon Hamm (as archangel Gabriel) and Frances McDormand (as the voice of God).

'Hanna'

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Network: Amazon

Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos

Premiere Date: TBA

In 2011, a young Saoirse Ronan starred in Hanna, a film in which Eric Bana trained her to be an assassin. At some point, Cate Blanchett decided that she was a problem and set out to eliminate the girl. Amazon's bringing this story back for 2019 with this new series, which features Esme Creed-Miles as Hanna, who is on the run.

'Raising Dion'

Michael B. Jordan attends the 19th Annual AFI Awards

'Swamp Thing'

Swamp Thing

'The Boys'

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Network: Amazon

Stars: Karl Urban, Elisabeth Shue, Erin Moriarty, Antony Starr, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher

Premiere Date: TBA

The Boys, a comic series from the mind of Garth Ennis (Preacher), is getting the television series treatment from Amazon. You ever wonder who polices superpowered beings? The Boys, of course. Developed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, this show appears to lean in on the funny, although it'll be interesting to see if it can do what Ennis set out to do with the comic book series and "out-Preacher Preacher."

'The Mandalorian'

The Mandalorian

'The Twilight Zone'

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Network: CBS All Access

Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Adam Scott, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho, Allison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, Erica Tremblay, Steven Yeun, Greg Kinnear

Premiere Date: TBA

Jordan Peele bringing back The Twilight Zone? That's enough to make us want to cop a CBS All Access subscription. Similar to Rod Serling's series (including having its creator, in this case, Peele, host each episode), it will deliver standalone, creepy tales featuring familiar Hollywood faces (including Steven Yeun, Jacob Tremblay, Sanaa Lathan, and Adam Scott). It's a tall order, but if anyone is bound to ascend to what Serling crafted back in 1959, it has to be Peele, right?

'Watchmen'

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Network: HBO

Stars: Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr.

Premiere Date: TBA

The late-'80s Watchmen comic book series is seen as a landmark in the graphic novel medium. Taking place in an alternate history in which costumed heroes helped change the course of humanity, it told a tale about what happens after heroes save the day and have to deal with their actions. Zack Snyder brought the story to the cinema in a polarizing 2009 film, and now Damon Lindelof (the brain behind Lost and The Leftovers) is bringing it to HBO. Little is known about this new series, aside from the fact that it appears to be nodding to the graphic novel while also charting its own path. With a cast featuring Regina King, Don Johnson, Jeremy Irons, and many more? It's appointment television off those working parts alone.

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