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00:02November is stacked. Two huge sci-fi and fantasy worlds return, a much-loved horror series

00:09reaches its final season, and there's a wave of new dramas built on true stories. So here

00:15are 14 new series and returning seasons premiering this month, with everything you need to know

00:21before they land. Blade Runner 2099 arrives on Prime Video on November 25th, with all eight

00:34episodes at once, and it's one of the biggest swings of the year. It's a new series set in the

00:39world of Ridley Scott's classic film, 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, and Scott is on board as

00:47an executive producer, with Silke Louisa as showrunner. Michelle Yeoh plays Olwen, a veteran

00:54Blade Runner who is only days from the end of her life. Hunter Schaefer from Euphoria plays

01:00Cora, a fugitive who in one last attempt to stop running, takes on a new identity, as a

01:06Blade Runner herself. That pairing is the heart of the show, an old hunter running out of time,

01:12and a young one who isn't who she claims to be. Early descriptions disagree on whether

01:17Cora is human or a replicant, and knowing this franchise, that question is probably the point.

01:24The supporting cast includes Tom Burke, Sheila Adam, and Johnny Harris. If the first teaser

01:30is anything to go by, the look is everything you'd want from Blade Runner, with rain-soaked

01:35neon, giant ads, and lonely apartments high above the city. The big question is whether a series

01:42can capture the slow, melancholy mood of the films, but with this cast and a full eight-episode

01:48drop, it's an easy pick for your Thanksgiving weekend.

01:53Vengeance shall be mine. Shouldn't we leave vengeance to the Lord?

01:56Not if we want it done properly. The Gilded Age returns to HBO and HBO Max on November

02:021st for an eight-episode fourth season, and it picks up right after the biggest shakeup in

02:08the show's history. Julian Fellow's drama about old money and new money in 1880s New York ended last

02:16season with George and Bertha Russell apparently splitting up, and this season is about the fallout.

02:22The official synopsis says Bertha changed society at a cost, and now her family has to reckon with the

02:28consequences. Meanwhile, Christine Baranski's Agnes Van Rijn sees a chance to win back her position.

02:35Marion is forging a new path for herself, and Peggy is trying to win over her future in-laws.

02:41Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Beranski, and Cynthia Nixon all return, and the new cast includes Elizabeth

02:48Marvel, Andrew Burnap, and Tony winner Adrian Warren, plus, a fun surprise, Jim Gaffigan as

02:55President Grover Cleveland, who turns up at the Russell's dinner table in the teaser.

03:00That teaser also shows George with a gun in his hand, and Agnes promising that vengeance will be

03:07hers, so this may be the most dramatic season yet. Spector has said the season is about George and

03:14Bertha trying to find their way back to each other. Episodes air weekly on Sundays. If you love lavish

03:20costume drama with sharp tongues and very high stakes at dinner parties, this is your November.

03:26There's no such thing as criminals. It's just people who get caught.

03:29The Altruist lands on Netflix on November 19th, with all eight episodes at once, and it's the story

03:36of one of the biggest financial collapses of the decade. It's a limited series about the rise and

03:41fall of the crypto exchange FTX and the two people at the center of it. Anthony Boyle from Masters of

03:47the Air plays Sam Bankman Fried and Julia Garner from Ozark and Inventing Anna plays Caroline Ellison,

03:55who ran the trading firm Tide to FTX. The show is based on New York Magazine reporting,

04:01and it was created by Graham Moore, who won an Oscar for writing The Imitation Game,

04:06with James Ponsult directing the first episode. Barack and Michelle Obama's company Higher Ground

04:12is producing. The supporting cast is huge, including Paul Reiser and Robin Weigert as Sam's parents,

04:18Karen Soni, Alex Lawther, comedian Matt Reif, and Jennifer Grey. What makes this one interesting

04:25is the title. The people at FTX describe themselves as effective altruists, young idealists making money

04:33in order to give it away, and the series looks set to explore how that idea turned into one of

04:39the

04:39largest frauds in recent memory. Garner has already played one famous scammer in Inventing Anna,

04:46so this is familiar ground for her. If you like true story dramas like The Dropout or Super Pumped,

04:51put this one on your list. This is the biggest banking heist in the history of Europe.

04:5812-12-12 comes to Apple TV on November 13th with the first two episodes, then one every Friday

05:07through Christmas Day, and it's the heist thriller of the month. Jamie Dornan from The Fall plays a

05:13career criminal planning to break into a bank vault deep beneath Zurich, and Anthony Mackie plays a

05:19disgraced FBI agent chasing him across Europe. That's a great pairing on its own, but the clever part is the

05:26structure. Every episode moves between three timelines, the planning of the heist, the heist itself,

05:33and the aftermath. So you know from the start that something happens and the fun is in piecing

05:38together what went wrong, and who's lying to whom. The series was created by Jim Keeble and Doody Appleton,

05:45and it's directed by Carrie Scogland, who directed The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,

05:50Mackie's Marvel series, so the two of them know each other well. The supporting cast includes Olafur

05:57Dari Olofsson from Trapped, Agata Roussel from Titane, Kali Race, and Jack Casey. It's eight episodes in

06:06total. Apple has had a great run with stylish thrillers lately, and this looks like it's going

06:10for something sleek and international, more money heist or Ocean's Eleven than gritty crime drama.

06:17If you love a twisty heist story that rewards close attention, this is your weekly Friday appointment.

06:25We are all of us on the path to ruin now. The Lord of the Rings. The Rings of Power

06:32returns to

06:32Prime Video on November 11th for its third season, and this is the one the whole series has been building

06:38toward. For the first time, the show moves away from its usual late summer slot, and the story jumps

06:44forward several years after season two. We're now at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron,

06:50and Sauron is finally working toward the thing that gives this world its name,

06:55Forging the One Ring. That means the season is set to be the darkest and most war-heavy so far,

07:01with the elves of Middle-earth fighting for survival against an enemy who is getting stronger with every

07:08move. The first two seasons split fans. They were praised for their huge scale and gorgeous visuals,

07:14and criticized for slow pacing and too many storylines at once. Season three has a natural

07:20advantage here, because the war gives everything a clear focus. Amazon hasn't confirmed how many

07:26episodes drop on premiere day, but previous seasons opened with several at once followed by weekly

07:32episodes. It's eight episodes in total. If you've stayed with the show this far, this is the payoff.

07:38And if you gave up after season one, a big-time jump and a full-scale war might be the

07:43right moment

07:43to come back. The Empress returns to Netflix on November 12th for its third and final season,

07:50and Netflix has confirmed that these six episodes will close out the story. If you haven't seen it,

07:56it's the German period drama about Elizabeth of Austria, better known as Cece, the young duchess who

08:03married Emperor Franz Joseph and found herself trapped inside one of the most rigid royal courts in

08:09Europe. Devarim Lingnau plays Elizabeth, and Philippe Froissant plays Franz. The show became one of

08:16Netflix's biggest non-English hits, with hundreds of millions of hours watched across its first two

08:23seasons, thanks to its lush costumes, palace intrigue, and a love story that never runs smoothly. This

08:30final season is the darkest yet. Franz comes home from war, badly damaged, and the marriage starts

08:36to fall apart. Then Elizabeth's health forces her to leave Vienna for an island, far from the court,

08:42where she meets someone new. Anyone who knows the real history knows that Elizabeth's life was not a

08:48fairy tale, and the series looks ready to lean into that. The trailer and first look images are already

08:54out, and they show a quieter, more melancholy side of the story. If you like The Crown or Bridgerton,

09:00and you want a period drama with a real ending, this is a good one to start now and finish

09:05in November.

09:06Six episodes is an easy weekend binge, and you can watch it dubbed in English or in the original German.

09:20And the tagline says it all, The Final Reckoning. If you haven't seen it, Yellowjackets follows a high

09:27school girls' soccer team whose plane crashes in the remote Canadian wilderness in the 90s,

09:33and what they did to survive out there. The story jumps between the girls in the woods and the adult

09:38survivors decades later still haunted and still hiding what really happened. The adult cast,

09:44led by Melanie Linsky and Christina Ricci, became one of the most talked about ensembles on TV.

09:50The last season ended with Rescue finally in sight, and the new teaser picks up there. The survivors

09:56are trying to bury their secrets before they're found, and an old acquaintance comes back to town.

10:01The official description puts it simply, Not every homecoming is a joyous one.

10:07The show has always been a mix of survival horror, psychological drama, and a very dark sense

10:12of humor. And it's built a huge fan following around one big question, whether something supernatural

10:18really was out there in the woods. This is the season that's meant to answer it. If you've been

10:24with the show from the start, this is appointment television. And if you never started, you've got

10:28exactly one month to catch up. I'm the prime minister's wife now. But he's finding it hard to

10:36trust me. Black Doves returns to Netflix on November 5th with all six episodes of season two at once.

10:45And it's the return a lot of people have been waiting for. Keira Knightley is back as Helen Webb,

10:51a spy who has spent years living a double life, married to a rising politician while secretly

10:57passing his secrets to a shadowy organization called the Black Doves. Ben Whishaw also returns

11:03as Sam, the hitman friend who became the show's breakout character, and their odd affectionate

11:08partnership was the best thing about the first season. This time, the stakes are much higher,

11:13because Helen's husband Wallace is about to become prime minister. That means the woman feeding secrets

11:19to a spy network is suddenly married to the most powerful man in the country. And keeping her cover

11:24gets a lot harder. The first season was set over Christmas in London, and it mixed brutal action

11:30with dark jokes and surprisingly warm friendships. So it's no surprise that the new season also lands

11:37just before the holidays. The production was delayed for months, which is why the weight has been

11:42so long, but the trailer is out, and it looks just as sharp and stylish as before. If you liked

11:49shows

11:49like Slow Horses or Killing Eve, and you haven't seen season one yet, now is the perfect time to catch

11:54up. There are only six episodes, so it's an easy weekend binge. The greatest arrives on Prime Video on

12:07November 4th with all eight episodes at once, and it's a new drama about the life of Muhammad Ali.

12:14Jolin Best plays Cassius Clay, the young boxer from Louisville who became Muhammad Ali,

12:19and the series follows him across his life, in and out of the ring. It was created by Ben Watkins,

12:26and Michael B. Jordan is an executive producer, along with Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali's widow,

12:32which gives the project a lot of weight. The supporting cast is excellent. Michael Ealy plays

12:38Malcolm X, Aimeen Joseph from Snowfall plays Sonny Liston, the champion Ali famously beat to win his

12:46first title, and Giovanni Ribisi plays Ali's longtime trainer Angelo Dundee. Omari Hardwick and Dana Gurrier

12:54play his parents. With eight full episodes, the series has room to go well beyond the famous fights,

13:01into his conversion to Islam, his friendship with Malcolm X, and his refusal to be drafted for the

13:08Vietnam War, which cost him his title and years of his career at his peak. That's a lot of history

13:14to

13:15cover, and a limited series is a good format for it. There have been films about Ali before, most famously

13:21with Will Smith, but a full series gives his story far more room than a two-hour film. If you

13:27like

13:28sports dramas or great true stories, this is one of the most promising new shows of the month.

13:34Can a person really contact the devil? The Body comes to Netflix on November 11th with all eight episodes,

13:41and it might be the strangest new show of the month. It was created by Quinn Shepard, who also made

13:48Under the Bridge for Hulu, and she wrote it and directed the premiere herself. The story is set

13:53at a Catholic girls' school where a dance team initiation goes badly wrong, and afterwards,

13:59a group of students start having what look like prophetic visions. Soon the visions spread,

14:04and the whole town is gripped by something close to mass hysteria. Shepard has described the tone as

14:11gritty camp, and named Carrie and Jennifer's body as inspirations, so expect something dark,

14:17funny, and more than a little unhinged. The young leads are Christina Bogic, Sarah Bustany,

14:24and Gina Mezaros, and the adult cast includes Namdi Asamuga as a local priest, Louisa Kraus,

14:31and Sophia Wiley. There's also a fun bit of stunt casting with Gabby Windy, winner of the Traders,

14:38as the dance coach. Shows about teenage girls, religion, and the line between miracles and

14:43madness have a long history, from the craft to yellow jackets, and this looks like it's aiming

14:49for that same mix of horror and dark humor. If you liked Carrie, or you want something weird to fill

14:55the gap after Halloween, this one is worth a look. Something bad is coming. Percy Jackson and the

15:03Olympians returns to Disney Plus on November 20th for its third season, and for the first time,

15:09it adapts the third book, The Titan's Curse. Walker Scobble is back as Percy, the teenage son of

15:16Poseidon, with Arian Simhaedri as Grover and Lea Sava Jeffries as Annabeth. This season, Annabeth

15:24disappears, and Percy has to face a prophecy that will decide the fate of Olympus itself. For fans of the

15:31books, The Titan's Curse is where the series starts to get darker, with new allies, bigger monsters,

15:37and the threat of the Titans rising for real. It also introduces some of the most popular characters

15:43in the whole series, which fans have been waiting years to see on screen. One change worth knowing,

15:49new episodes now arrive on Fridays instead of Wednesdays, with eight episodes released weekly.

15:55The show has done well by staying close to Rick Riordan's books, which he's been closely involved

16:01in adapting, and season two kept that up. The young cast has also grown into their roles,

16:06and the effects and creature work keep getting more ambitious. If you have kids who love the books,

16:12or you grew up with them yourself, this is a great family pick for the holiday season,

16:16and it fits right into those long weekends at the end of the month.

16:23The US Open is the hardest golf tournament on the planet.

16:26Stick returns to Apple TV on November 4th, with two episodes followed by one every Wednesday through

16:34the end of December. Owen Wilson is back as Price Cahill, a former golf pro whose career fell apart,

16:40and who found new purpose in coaching a talented teenage golfer named Santee. Season one was a gentle,

16:47funny underdog story, and a lot of people found it a perfect comfort watch. This time, Santee is chasing

16:53the professional game, and Price is attempting a comeback of his own, with the dream of becoming

16:58the oldest golfer to ever win a major, pushed on by his old rival, Clark Ross. The big addition is

17:05Rhea Sehorne from Better Call Saul and Pluribus, who joins as Amanda, Price's new coach, and that's a

17:12fun twist, the coach being coached. Billy Zane, Missy Pyle, and Sasha Alexander also join, and the

17:20returning cast includes Peter Dager as Santee, Mark Moran, Mariana Trevino, Lily Kaye, Judy Greer,

17:29and Timothy Oliphant. You don't need to care about golf to enjoy it. Like Ted Lasso,

17:34it's really a show about second chances and the strange little families that form around a sport.

17:40If you need something warm and easy to watch on a weeknight, Stick is a good choice,

17:44and the weekly schedule will carry you right through the holidays.

17:49Criminal cases are like an etch-a-sketch. You gotta keep shaking them until you get the full picture.

17:54The Good Daughter premieres on Peacock on November 12th with all six episodes at once,

18:00and it's a tense, limited thriller with a great cast. It's based on the best-selling 2017 novel by

18:06Karen Slaughter, who adapted it for TV herself, and every episode was directed by Steph Green.

18:13Rose Byrne and Megan Fay play sisters Charlie and Sam Quinn, whose lives were torn apart by a brutal

18:20attack on their family when they were girls. Two decades later, a new act of violence in their small

18:26Georgia hometown brings them back together and forces them to face what really happened all those years

18:32ago. Byrne has been on a roll lately after her acclaimed film work, and Fay became a breakout star

18:38with The White Lotus and The Perfect Couple, so seeing them as sisters is a big draw. The supporting cast

18:44includes Brendan Gleeson and Olivia Williams. Karen Slaughter's books are known for being dark and often

18:51violent, but also for strong, complicated women at the center. And that's what this story is built

18:57around. Two sisters who survived the same night and grew up in completely different ways. With only

19:04six episodes, it's an easy binge. If you liked shows like Sharp Objects or Big Little Lies, this one is

19:10well worth your time. But if you'd rather be enemies, I can do that all day.

19:18The Hunting Wives returns to Netflix on Thanksgiving Day, November 26th, with all eight episodes of

19:24season two, and it's the guilty pleasure of the month. The first season was a surprise hit.

19:29Brittany Snow plays Sophie, who moves to a small town in East Texas and gets pulled into a clique of

19:34glamorous, gun-loving housewives led by Malin Ackerman's Margot, with a dangerous mix of affairs,

19:41secrets, and eventually murder. It was soapy, steamy, and completely over the top, and it became

19:47one of Netflix's most-watched shows of the summer. Snow and Ackerman are both back for season two,

19:53and the new cast includes John Stamos, Dale Dickey, and Cam Gigandette, while basketball star Angel

20:00Reese has a recurring role. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but given how the first season

20:06ended, Sophie is now in deeper than ever, and the wives have even more to hide.

20:12Netflix is releasing it everywhere, except Australia, where it streams on Stan. This isn't prestige TV,

20:20and it doesn't pretend to be. It's a juicy, twist-heavy thriller that's built to be binged in a day

20:25or two,

20:26which makes a long holiday weekend the perfect time to drop it. If you need a break from heavy

20:31dramas and just want pure entertainment, save this one for after Thanksgiving dinner.

20:37That's 14 series coming this November, and a lot of them drop all at once, so plan your weekends.

20:43Which one are you watching first? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe to Series Compass

20:48so you don't miss the November verdict at the end of the month.

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