Gallery: January Midseason Shows Are Here—Here's What You Should Be Watching
Comedy Central01The-Nightly-Show
*The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore*, starting Monday, is one of 10 new shows starting in January that you need to know about. Expand the gallery to see the full rundown.
HBO02Togetherness
Duplass brothers fans know not to expect *Togetherness* to be revolutionary, or visually stunning, or particularly profound. However, *do* expect the mumblecore vets' first television foray to perfect their signature steez.
ABC03Agent-Carter
You already know the story on this one: part period drama, part Marvel spy show, *Agent Carter* takes all the good stuff from the lackluster *Agents of SHIELD* and sticks it in the 1940s, with Hayley Atwell clearly having the time of her life playing the underrated, hyper-capable hero.
VH104Hindsight
According to the 20 Years Is Long Enough to Wait to Get Nostalgic Theory, we as a people can now get sentimental about the 1990s. Enter *Hindsight*, a VH1's present-day music-filled dramedy about a young woman who wakes up in 1995.
Fox05Empire
Lee Daniels' love of extra-ness is being put to extra good use on Fox's family drama *Empire*, his first television project. There’s dysfunction aplenty, and twice as much soap, but it’s the kind of self-aware soap that primetime sorely needs.
Sundance TV06Babylon
Director Danny Boyle is an executive producer on *Babylon*, but that might be the least interesting thing about it. Set inside modern day Scotland Yard, the show focuses on the experience of a PR maven who’s gone across the pond to resuscitate British law enforcement’s moribund reputation.
Syfy0712-Monkeys
There are a lot of moving parts in Syfy's miniseries version of *12 Monkeys*—including a narrative that doesn’t necessarily flow in chronological order—that makes this a show that you might want to wait until the end of the first season and watch it in a one-r.
FXX08Man-Seeking-Woman
Jay Baruchel, long one of the quieter members of the Judd Apatow Youth Choir, forced to navigate the minefield of dating on FXX's newest dark comedy, *Man Seeking Woman*. As *Undeclared* remember well, Baruchel excels at schlemiel, and with help from the underappreciated Eric Andre, could help this thing become a dark surprise along the lines of FX’s *You’re the Worst*.
Comedy Central09This-Is-Not-Happening
Hosted by comedian Ari Shaffer, who has [the craziest salvia-trip story imaginable](”http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1b4f6r/i_am_comedian_ari_shaffir_ask_me_anything/c93ibv9”), Comedy Central's *This is Not Happening* is half standup, half The Moth-style raconteurfest: comics deviating from their usual material to go deep with longform storytelling.
Amazon Studios10Man-In-the-High-Castle
*The Man in The High Castle* is one of the Amazon pilots, and not a full series just yet. Nonetheless, this adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel is worth checking out for the way it manages to make a world in which the Allies lost World War II (and America was split between German and Japanese forces) seem all too real, and all too chilling.
