November TV Preview

Returning Comedy Series
Premieres November 2 on NBC and November 3 on Peacock

Looking for a show with definite 30 Rock vibes? NBC's well-reviewed comedy, which stars Tracy Morgan as a disgraced former football star who is attempting to rehabilitate his image with a documentary (being filmed by a director played by Daniel Radcliffe), features a similar comedic sensibility and comes from 30 Rock veterans Robert Carlock and Sam Means (and includes Tina Fey among its producers). And the 30 Rock connection will be reinforced during this second season as Jane Krakowski and Scott Adsit make guest appearances. Other S2 guests include Edi Patterson, Jason Mantzoukas, and Boris Kodjoe.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres November 4 on Prime Video

Jaalen Best stars as boxing legend Muhammad Ali in this authorized biographical drama retelling the story of his life in and out of the ring. Developed and run by Cross creator Ben Watkins and counting Michael B. Jordan and Muhammad's widow Lonnie Ali among its producers, The Greatest also stars Giovanni Ribisi, Omari Hardwick, Michael Ealy, Amin Joseph, and Reno Wilson. All eight episodes stream at launch.

Returning Drama Series
Premieres November 5 on Netflix

Praised by critics—despite some uneven plotting—as a simultaneously funny, festive, stylish, and violent holiday action/spy thriller during its debut season in 2024, Black Doves now gets a crack at a second season (though it's yet another example of Netflix's ongoing too-long-between-seasons problem). The British series comes from Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton and stars Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, and Sarah Lancashire, with a story revolving around a shadowy spies-for-hire organization called the Black Doves. This second season ditches the first season's Christmas setting but adds Neve Campbell and Sam Riley to the cast.

Returning Comedy Series
Premieres November 5 on Netflix

Netflix's first Canadian original series (co-produced with the CBC and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) is set in a small Arctic town in Nunavut, where a young Inuk mother (Anna Lambe) seeks to rebuild her life after a messy, very public divorce, while also connecting with family members she never knew she had and working at the local community center (where her boss is played by 24's Mary Lynn Rajskub). Filmed on location in Iqaluit and featuring many local actors, the comedy charmed critics with its low-key humor and authenticity when its first season streamed in early 2025. Now it returns for a very wintry second season, with all eight episodes available to stream on day one.

New Comedy Series
Premieres November 6 on Paramount+

How do you do fellow kids? Here's one for us zoomers. Produced by A24 (with the UK's Channel 4) and labeled a "Showtime Original" in the States despite the lack of any compelling evidence that Showtime still exists, this six-episode British comedy about three college friends navigating their negligible love lives and demeaning jobs as 20-somethings comes from comedian Leo Reich, who also stars alongside Emily Fairn and Olive Gray. Early reviews out of the UK—where the show has drawn comparisons to titles ranging from Fresh Meat (that's a good thing) to HBO's I Love LA and Girls —were very positive.

Streaming Movie
Premieres November 6 on Netflix

The first film in eight years from acclaimed Korean director Lee Chang-dong (Burning) collected the second-place Grand Jury Prize at Venice a few months ago. There, critics also raved about this tale of socioeconomic differences and hidden desires between two married couples—a documentary filmmaker and her well-off husband, and an unemployed worker and his wife—making it one of 2026's best-reviewed films. It'll be South Korea's official Best International Feature submission for the upcoming Academy Awards, where it could contend against fellow Netflix film La bola negra.

Returning Drama/Fantasy Series
Premieres November 11 on Prime Video

It's finally time to return to Middle-earth's Second Age as Amazon's Tolkien-inspired hit returns for a third season that finds Sauron (Charlie Vickers) continuing to amass power in Mordor, five years after S2 left off. You can also expect the Orcs—including the unexpected new character Marnûkh (Adam Young)—to play a bigger part in the proceedings this season. Simon Pegg joins the cast as the voice of The Balrog, while fellow newcomer Jamie Campbell Bower takes on the role of Celeborn, Galadriel's husband. Four episodes stream at launch, with two more arriving on each of the following two Wednesdays.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres November 12 on Peacock

Adapted from Karin Slaughter's 2017 best-seller of the same name, this six-episode limited series (streaming all episodes at launch) stars Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne as sisters Charlotte and Samantha, who must confront long-buried memories of a tragic event in their past when a similar violent attack hits their small town. Veteran TV director Steph Green (Watchmen, Ahsoka) directs the entirety of the series, which also stars Brendan Gleeson, Harper Steele, Michael Dorman, and Olivia Williams.

New Drama Series
Premieres November 13 on Apple TV

Twelve months planning a heist, 12 hours to pull it off, and 12 days attempting to elude capture following its conclusion. Those are the three timelines represented by the title of Apple's new heist thriller, which stars Anthony Mackie as a disgraced FBI agent seeking redemption and Jamie Dornan as the thief, with the former trailing the latter across multiple locations in Europe following the infiltration of an underground Swiss bank vault. Two episodes stream at launch, and six more arrive weekly through December 25.

Streaming Movie
Premieres November 13 on Apple TV

The last time Sian Heder directed a movie for Apple, it went on to win best picture. Her follow-up may not repeat that feat, but it does have solid reviews out of its festival screenings earlier this fall—and it again puts the spotlight on Americans with disabilities. Being Heumann finds Heder adapting Judith Heumann's memoir about her life as a disability rights activist into a drama starring Ruth Madeley as Heumann and Mark Ruffalo as the cabinet official who opposed her movement. Their clash led to a historic multi-week sit-in at the federal building in San Francisco in 1977. Apple is also giving the film a limited, awards-qualifying theatrical release beginning November 6.

Streaming Movie
Premieres November 13 on Netflix

As the song goes, it's a little bit country and a little bit ... film noir? Well, that's the concept for this straight-to-streaming thriller set in Nashville's country music scene. The film, directed by Shana Feste (Country Strong), stars Jessica Chastain as a retired country music star who is on a search to locate her missing niece (Carter Faith). But what she discovers first is her city's seedy underbelly. Garrett Hedlund and John Hawkes also star.

Streaming Movie
Premieres November 18 on Netflix

Austrian writer-director Marie Kreutzer (The Ground Beneath My Feet) attempts to find a fresh angle on a very difficult subject with this story of concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux), whose life is irrevocably changed when her husband is arrested. Isolated in a new town and unsure of what to believe, Lucy is brought to vivid life by Seydoux in a performance widely praised by reviewers at the film's Cannes premiere in May.

Streaming Movie
Premieres November 18 on Prime Video

Launching on Prime Video the same day it begins a limited theatrical release, the first film in four years from controversial filmmaker David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle) stars Nicolas Cage as legendary NFL coach, TV commentator, airplane avoider, and turducken enthusiast John Madden (whom you may know best as the man who lent his name to a wildly successful series of video games, a topic that is another one of the film's major focuses). Also starring in the biopic are Christian Bale (playing former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis), Kathryn Hahn, John Mulaney, Sienna Miller, and Shane Gillis.

Limited Drama Series
Premieres November 19 on Netflix

The latest miniseries to depict a real-life tech scandal stars Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison, who teamed up to lead the much-hyped cryptocurrency exchange FTX and sister company Alameda Research to fame and fortune—and just a wee bit of bankruptcy and fraud that may have made some news in 2022 (when it turned out that at least $8 billion of that fortune didn't really exist). Produced by the Obamas (among many others, though those others never lived in the White House), the eight-episode drama is based on a series of New York Magazine articles and also stars Karan Soni, Alex Lawther, Matt Rife, Paul Reiser, Madison Hu, Eugene Young, Naomi Okada, and Robin Weigert, while directors include James Ponsoldt.

Want more SBF content? Prime Video will debut a three-part nonfiction series, The Boy Who Stole Billions?, on November 30th.

New Comedy Series
Premieres November 23 on Peacock

The last time star Amy Poehler and producer Michael Schur teamed up, the result was one of TV's all-time great comedies (and Schur's follow-up was another terrific series). Now they are back with a new series the pair adapted from the Kate Myers best-seller Excavations that follows a team of professional archaeologists (and their college student interns) working at a dig site in Greece. Hugh Laurie (who gets to keep his British accent for this one) and Geraldine Viswanathan also star, while guests include Jason Mantzoukas, Max Greenfield, Kayvan Novak, and Dan Bucatinsky. All 10 episodes stream at launch.

Limited Drama/Sci-Fi Series
Premieres November 25 on Prime Video

This live-action miniseries sequel to the film franchise is set 50 years after the events of the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049 (a fact that we're guessing you already picked up on) and tells a new, original conspiracy thriller story set in a (slightly) sunnier Los Angeles that's controlled by replicants. Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh head the cast for the big-budget series, which comes from Silka Luisa (Shining Girls) and was first ordered four years ago but was then delayed by the writers' strike (among other issues). All eight episodes, including a pair directed by Jonathan van Tulleken (Shogun), stream on day one.

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