2016 in TV debuts
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- StarsRobert DurstCharles BagliAndrew JareckiFilmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.TV Miniseries (8 stars)
- CreatorTom Rob SmithStarsBen WhishawEdward HolcroftJim BroadbentA romance between an MI6 code genius and an ordinary man promises happiness, but tragedy strikes.TV Miniseries (6 stars)
- StarsPaul DanoJames NortonLily JamesAs the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.TV Miniseries (7 stars)
- CreatorsIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsEmma RobertsLea MicheleAbigail BreslinA semi-anthology series that centers on characters being terrorized by a serial killer in different locations, including a university and a hospital.Season 1 (6 stars)
- CreatorJoshua SafranStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasJake McLaughlinJohanna BraddyA look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist.Season 1 (4 stars)
- CreatorJustin SpitzerStarsBen FeldmanLauren AshColton DunnA look at the lives of employees at a big box store.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorsJudd ApatowLesley ArfinPaul RustStarsGillian JacobsPaul RustClaudia O'DohertyA program that follows a couple who must navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorSimon RichStarsJay BaruchelEric AndréBritt LowerA naive romantic goes on a desperate quest for love when his longtime girlfriend dumps him.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorBridget CarpenterStarsJames FrancoSarah GadonGeorge MacKayJake Epping, a teacher, gets a chance to travel back in time to avert the death of John F. Kennedy. However, history's aversion to alteration and his love for the era and a woman endanger him.TV Miniseries (6 stars)
- CreatorsBrian KoppelmanDavid LevienAndrew Ross SorkinStarsPaul GiamattiDamian LewisMaggie SiffNew money means no mercy as Mike Prince takes the Axe Capital throne. Chuck Rhoades is convinced no one should have that much wealth - or power. As all the players seek out new alliances, only one thing's for certain - wealth means war.Season 1 (7 stars)
- StarsSamantha BeeAllana HarkinMike RubensComedian Samantha Bee gives her own wry commentary to the contemporary issues of the day.Season 1 (6 stars)
- CreatorsRachel BloomAline Brosh McKennaStarsRachel BloomDonna Lynne ChamplinVincent Rodriguez IIIA young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find happiness in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.Season 1 (8 stars)
- CreatorThe KatydidsStarsCaitlin BarlowKaty CollotonKate LambertTeachers show their hilariously warped perspective as six elementary school educators try to mold young minds although their own lives aren't really together.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorDavid FarrStarsTom HiddlestonOlivia ColmanAlistair PetrieThe night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.TV Miniseries (7 stars)
- CreatorsPam BradyMitchell HurwitzStarsMaria BamfordFred MelamedMary Kay PlaceSeries is based on what Maria has accepted to be "her life." The occasionally surreal episodes, refracted across multiple periods of the actor/comedian's life, tell the story of a woman who loses - and then finds - herself.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorsMichelle KingRobert KingStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadDanny PinoAaron TveitA government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorsMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsMillie Bobby BrownFinn WolfhardWinona RyderIn 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorCharlie BrookerStarsAnjana VasanCristin MiliotiJimmi SimpsonFeaturing stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.Season 1 (9 stars)
- CreatorsRichard PriceSteven ZaillianStarsRiz AhmedJohn TurturroBill CampAfter a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.TV Miniseries (9 stars)
- CreatorsJody HillDanny McBrideStarsDanny McBrideWalton GogginsSheaun McKinneyAn overprotective father is obsessed with becoming a principal and competes against the popular vice principal. However, something happens that makes them work together to save the day.Season 1 (8 stars)
- CreatorsBlake AndersonAdam DevineAnders HolmStarsBlake AndersonAdam DevineAnders HolmA single-camera comedy featuring three friends who work together as telemarketers from 9 to 5, and live together from 5 to 9.Season 1 (8 stars)
- CreatorsLisa JoyJonathan NolanStarsEvan Rachel WoodJeffrey WrightEd HarrisAt the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.Season 1 (7 stars)
- CreatorsSarah-Violet BlissCharles RogersMichael ShowalterStarsAlia ShawkatJohn ReynoldsJohn EarlySearch Party is a dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.Season 1 (8 stars)
- CreatorsPamela AdlonLouis C.K.StarsPamela AdlonMikey MadisonHannah RileyAn actress raises her three daughters while juggling the pressures of working in Hollywood and being a single parent.Season 1 (8 stars)
- CreatorsBlake CrouchChad HodgeStarsMichelle DockeryJuan Diego BottoTerry KinneyLetty Raines is a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision, from implosion. Which is just how she likes it.Season 1 (4 stars)