The best new TV shows coming your way in 2023 and beyond

There’s never been a better time to get stuck into some new TV shows. While fan-favorite series like The Mandalorian season 3 and Star Trek: Picard season 3 may have now wrapped up, there’s still plenty more to come this year. In the next few months, we can expect a new The Walking Dead spin-off, Marvel’s next small-screen offering Secret Invasion, and the second installment of comedy-drama The Bear.

As the year progresses, keep your eyes peeled for Henry Cavill’s final outing as Geralt in The Witcher season 3, a new installment of True Detective, and plenty more from Star Wars and Marvel on Disney Plus. For all that and more, this is your complete guide to all the best new TV shows coming your way this year.

Love and Death

Elizabeth Olsen in Love and Death

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Love and Death release date: April 27, 2023
Available on: HBO Max, NOW

Based on true events that occurred in 1980, Elizabeth Olsen is playing Candy Montgomery, asmall-townn Texas housewife who murdered her friend Betty Gore – Candy was having an affair with Betty’s husband Allan (Jesse Plemons), and, shortly after they called off the relationship, Betty was found dead. The series will be written by David E. Kelley, the man behind Big Little Lies and The Undoing, and directed by Homeland‘s Lesli Linka Glatter. 

White House Plumbers

Justin Theroux and Woody Harrelson in White House Plumbers

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White House Plumbers release date: May 1, 2023
Available on: HBO, HBO Max, Sky, NOW

Justin Theroux, Domhnall Gleeson, Kiernan Shipka, Lena Headey and Woody Harrelson star in White House Plumbers, a new five-part HBO drama that explores how Nixon’s own political saboteurs, Watergate masterminds E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, inadvertently toppled the presidency.

The Idol

Lily-Rose Depp in The Idol

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The Idol release date: June 4, 2023
Available on: HBO, HBO Max, Sky, NOW

Euphoria showrunner Sam Levinson is back with The Idol, a new HBO Max series starring Lily-Rose Depp as an aspiring pop star recovering from a nervous breakdown. Determined to cement herself as a pop idol, she begins a complicated relationship with a self-help guru and cult leader, played by The Weeknd. Troye Sivan, Dan Levy, and Rachel Sennott also star.

The Walking Dead: Dead City 

Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan Smith in The Walking Dead: Dead City

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The Walking Dead: Dead City release date: June 18, 2023
Available on: AMC, AMC+

Maggie Rhee (Lauren Cohan) and Negan Smith (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the zombie-infested world’s most unlikely duo, are set to take Manhattan in the upcoming spin-off series The Walking Dead: Dead City. Described as a miniseries, the show will consist of six episodes, and see the survivors try to navigate the apocalypse in New York. The Walking Dead writer and producer Eli Jorné is on board as showrunner.

As announced at AMC most recent TCA Panel, Dead City sees Maggie turn to her old nemesis Negan to help find her kidnapped son Hershel. Annie (Medina Senghore), Negan’s wife, is also likely to feature.

Secret Invasion

Nick Fury in Secret Invasion

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Secret Invasion release date: June 21, 2023
Available on: Disney Plus

Secret Invasion follows the Skrulls, shape-shifting aliens who have been infiltrating earth for years. Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders will reprise their roles as Nick Fury and Maria Hill, with Emilia Clarke set to star in an undisclosed role. Find out much more about all the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows.

The Bear season 2

The Bear

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The Bear season 2 release date: June 2023
Available on: Hulu, Disney Plus

After a critically acclaimed run on Hulu in 2022 (and an eventual trip across the pond to Disney Plus), The Bear is returning for season 2 this summer. The comedy drama stars Jeremy Allen White as Carmy, a young chef working in the world of fine dining who comes home to Chicago to run his late brother’s failing Italian beef restaurant after he dies by suicide. Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Lionel Boyce also star.

The Witcher season 3

Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher season 2

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The Witcher season 3 release date: Summer 2023
Available on: Netflix

The Witcher season 3 is based on The Time of Contempt, the second book in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher saga. According to Netflix, the official synopsis is: “As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri of Cintra into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it.”

Ahsoka

Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian

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Ahsoka release date: August 2023
Available on: Disney Plus

Rosario Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano in a new spinoff of The Mandalorian. Though plot details have been kept under wraps, a teaser trailer was released at Star Wars Celebration (but not yet to the public). Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ivanna Sakhno have joined the cast in undisclosed roles, and Hayden Christensen is reportedly reprising his role as Anakin Skywalker.

Loki season 2

Loki

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Loki season 2 release date: TBC 2023
Available on: Disney Plus

Loki is Marvel’s first Disney Plus limited series to be granted a second season. The first season ended in chaos, as Sylvie’s slaying of He Who Remains has set off a multiverse war. Loki is left stranded in another dimension, where a statue of Kang the Conqueror is present. Though nothing has been confirmed, it’s likely that Loki season 2 will take place in a world where Kang has taken over as leader of the TVA and all other timelines.

Echo

Echo in Hawkeye episode 2

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Echo release date: TBC 2023
Available on: Disney Plus

As revealed during Marvel’s SDCC showcase, Hawkeye spin-off Echo is dropping next summer. While story details are thin on the ground, we know it will revolve around Alaqua Cox’s Echo. Kingpin actor Vincent D’Onofrio and Daredevil’s Charlie Cox are reportedly set to return in Echo.

Ironheart

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Ironheart release date: TBC 2023
Available on: Disney Plus

2023 is set to be dominated by Marvel’s television output on Disney Plus. Rounding out the year is Ironheart, featuring Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams following in the footsteps of her idol, Tony Stark. The character is first set to appear in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead season 11

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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon release date: TBC 2023
Available on: AMC, AMC+

While Maggie and Negan are getting up to all sorts on the East Coast, Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon is set to travel much further afield. In his spin-off series, the former lone wolf will travel to Paris, and encounter a whole bunch of the “smart” zombies that were introduced in the spin-off The Walking Dead: World Beyond and reappeared in The Walking Dead season 11.

“Daryl is a fish out of water to start with. If Daryl finds himself with new people, he’s a fish out of water. In France, in a country that’s going through the apocalypse, [it’s] an entirely different thing,” Gimple said of the upcoming series, which will likely premiere in late 2023. 

Like The Walking Dead: Dead City, Daryl Dixon (the series) will run for six episodes and be overseen by ER’s David Zabel. Filming began in Paris in October 2022.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Jude Law

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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew release date: TBC 2023
Available on: Disney Plus

Skeleton Crew, starring Jude Law, takes place in the same part of the Star Wars timeline as The Mandalorian, and Dave Filoni said at Star Wars Celebration that the shows will all intertwine in “weird ways.” Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts is also involved with the show, which is reportedly in pre-production.

True Detective: Night Country

Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in True Detective: Night Country

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True Detective: Night Country release date: TBC 2023
Available on: HBO, HBO Max, Sky, NOW

The fourth season of True Detective follows Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis)  who are tasked with solving the mystery of six men who, while operating the Tsalal Artice Research Station in Ennis, Alaska, simply vanish without a trace. Danvers and Navarro will be forced to confront their own darkness, and dig into the haunting truths that lie underneath the ice.

Bridgerton season 3

Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey in Bridgerton

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Bridgerton season 3 release date: TBC 2023/2024
Available on: Netflix

Bridgerton is based on Julia Quinn’s book series consisting of eight novels that follow each of the eight siblings as they find love. Season 1 and 2 have, appropriately, covered books one and two, which tell Daphne and Anthony’s stories. Though it seems likely Bridgerton’s third season will be based on the third book in the series, which focuses on Penelope and Colin, producer Shonda Rhimes says that they “may not be going in order” necessarily. 

Daredevil: Born Again

Charlie Cox in Daredevil

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Daredevil: Born Again release date: Spring 2024
Available on: Disney Plus

Charlie Cox’s Daredevil is getting another series, having returned in Spider-Man: No Way Home and going on to appear in She-Hulk and Echo, though this will be his first ever starring role as part of the MCU. Plot details are scarce, though we do know that Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin returns and that the series will be 18 episodes long. It’s set to begin filming in 2023.

The Walking Dead’s untitled Rick and Michonne spin-off

Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead

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Untitled Rick and Michonne spin-off release date: TBC 2024
Available on: AMC, AMC+

Andrew Lincoln is set to return to the franchise in Rick’s own spin-off series – and he won’t be alone. Danai Gurira will also return as Michonne, who left her loved ones behind in Alexandria to go search for Rick back in season 10, in the upcoming limited series.

The Walking Dead season 11 finale teased a little of what’s to come with Rick finding himself on a muddy shore, discarding his boots, journal, and the phone Michonne discovered in The Walking Dead’s 10th season. A helicopter later descends on Rick, asking him to surrender.

In a different place (and different time, too), Michonne is on the hunt for Rick on horseback. The pair, then, appear to be on a collision course ahead of their six-episode series, which is set to air sometime next year.

For more on new releases, check out our lists of the most exciting upcoming movies and movie release dates to look out for.