‘The regime’
Will Tracy, writer of “Succession” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” cements his connection with HBO with this miniseries he created about the ruler of a fictional, failed Central European autocracy. Among the bonuses of that partnership: Kate Winslet as your star, Jessica Hobbs (“The Crown”) and Stephen Frears as your directors and Gary Shteyngart as one of your writers. Andrea Riseborough plays the Chancellor’s Prime Minister, Hugh Grant, the leader of the opposition, and Martha Plimpton, the US Secretary of State. (HBO, March 3)
‘Royal Palm’
Kristen Wiig plays a woman campaigning to join 1969 Palm Beach society in a gleefully biting comedy from writer-producer Abe Sylvia (“George & Tammy,” “Dead to Me”) that also stars Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Laura Dern and Carol Burnett. (Apple TV+, March 20)
‘3 body problem’
The producers of the successful American fantasy series “Game of Thrones” adapt the successful Chinese science fiction novel “The Three Body Problem” in a kind of apotheosis of technology’s takeover of our narrative culture nerd. The trailer looks great though. (Netflix, March 21)
Other returning shows: “The Great North,” Fox, January 7; “All Creatures Great and Small,” PBS, January 7; “La Brea,” NBC, January 9; “SkyMed,” Paramount+, January 11; “The Traitors,” Peacock, January 12; “Family Law,” CW, January 17; “It Was Always Me,” Disney+, January 17; “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago PD,” NBC, Jan. 17; “Double Cross,” AllBlk, January 18; “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” “Law & Order: SVU,” NBC, Jan. 18; “Real Time With Bill Maher,” HBO, January 19; “The Way Home,” Hallmark, January 21; “The Bachelor,” ABC, Jan. 22; “Father Brown,” BritBox, January 23; “Abbott Elementary,” “The Conners,” “Not Dead Yet,” ABC, Feb. 7; “Halo,” Paramount+, February 8; “Bob Hearts Abishola,” “NCIS,” “NCIS: Hawaii,” “The Neighborhood,” CBS, Feb. 12; “Ghosts,” “So Help Me Todd,” “Young Sheldon,” CBS, Feb. 15; “Blue Bloods,” “Fire Country,” CBS, February 16; “Life and Beth,” Hulu, February 16; “CSI: Vegas,” “The Equalizer,” CBS, Feb. 18; “The Good Doctor,” “Will Trent,” ABC, Feb. 20; “The Tourist,” Netflix, February 29; “BMF,” Starz, March 1; “Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” “The Cleaning Lady,” Fox, March 5; “Animal Control,” Fox, March 6; “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, March 14; “Girls5Eva,” Netflix, March 14; “Call the Midwife,” PBS, March 17; “Bridgerton,” Netflix, May 16.
