From stories about an elderly man finding a new purpose in life to the machinations of oil barons to a spin-off of the 2021 blockbuster DuneNext week is jam-packed with exciting new TV shows on several major streaming services.

Below, we’ve got a look at some of the biggest and best shows to check out next week (November 17-23), from streamers ranging from HBO And Hulu has Netflix And Paramount+. Long story short, if you’re looking for a new stock to add to your watchlist over the next seven days, there’s no shortage of great candidates.

First up, a series that will likely be catnip for at least some sci-fi fans.

While the successful films of director Denis Villeneuve Dune And Dune: part two were based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, this new HBO TV show is actually inspired by Brotherhood of Dunea 2012 spin-off novel written by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, the son of Frank Herbert.

The six-episode series takes place 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides. According to HBO, Dune: Prophecy “follows two Harkonnen sisters as they battle forces that threaten the future of humanity and create the legendary sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.” I’m particularly excited about this one, because showrunner Alison Schapker was also a producer on two of my favorite TV shows from the 2000s – Lost And Alias.

Landman (November 17, Paramount+)

This next show from Paramount+ hitmaker Taylor Sheridan is a high/low drama about the Texas oil boom, with characters that include thugs and wildcat billionaires.

Landman is set in the boomtowns of West Texas, offering a modern story of the quest for fortune among oil rigs and the ruthless businessmen who oversee them. They run an oil-based economy so massive that it is reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics. In other words, prepare yourself for another testosterone-heavy drama co-created by Sheridan, whose other Paramount shows are built around mobsters, ranchers, the prison industrial complex and the global war on terrorism.

Executives closing billion-dollar deals, startups scrambling for a piece of the pie, pipeline workers risking their safety daily, and exotic dancers following the money – all of this forms the hinge on which Landman oscillations.

the one from Hulu Inner Chinatown is a drama starring Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet, and tells the story of a guy named Willis Wu. He is a background character in a police procedural called Black and whiteand we see him going through the motions of his profession while he is relegated to the background (a metaphor, of course). He is a waiter and dreams of a world beyond Chinatown, of a less ordinary life.

Eventually, he inadvertently becomes a witness to a crime, leading him to uncover a buried family history and learn what it means to be in the spotlight. The series is based on Charles Yu’s 2020 novel of it, which is written in a screenplay-like format and explores themes of identity, race, and representation in America.

Ted Danson brings a cool, sophisticated charm to every project he takes on, including this next standout among next week’s crop of new TV shows.

Make Netflix A man inside What’s even more striking is the fact that it comes from Mike Schur, the creator of The right place. In this new feel-good comedy, Danson plays a retired professor named Charles who feels stuck in a rut — until he responds to an ad from a private detective looking to solve a mysterious theft. This forces Charles to go undercover as a new resident at a senior living facility, where he builds new comforting bonds and bonds with his daughter along the way.

The series is actually an adaptation of the Oscar-nominated documentary. The mole agent. “I knew almost nothing about (The mole agent), and I fell so into the trap,” Schur told Netflix’s Tudum. “The hero, Sergio, is so wonderfully crafted, so real, just a lovely human being. It’s a beautiful meditation on aging, a subject that we find particularly difficult to face, deal with or discuss in this country It showed the reality of aging for people from a very wide range of people – some people who were doing very well and others. who weren’t – and that really grabbed me.

Esoteric: Season 2, Act III (November 23, Netflix)

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Finally, next week we will also see say goodbye to one of the best Netflix series currently available for streaming, the one that still clings to a perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes since its release of season 1 in 2021.

Esotericlocated in the world of League of Legendsdelivers a stunning blend of action, fantasy, and character-driven drama that has been widely acclaimed for its breathtaking world-building and animation. The story takes place in the utopian town of Piltover and its downtrodden, industrial counterpart of Zaun. At the end of Esoteric Season 1, Netflix explains: “Jinx (Ella Purnell) isn’t dead per se, but Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) nonetheless mourns her sister.

“That’s because any hope that the old Powder (Mia Sinclair Jenness) still existed was shattered with Jinx’s brutal attack on the council at the end of the year. Esotericthe first season. After killing her father figure Silco (Jason Spisak), Jinx fires a massive rocket at the Piltover board just as they are finalizing a vote for peace with the sister city of Zaun.

Season 2, the synopsis continues, “finds Vi accepting Jinx’s destructive act, which sends the two cities towards war.”