The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will be live-streamed, and “Julia,” “Fargo” and more return. “The Buccaneers” is among the new series out this month.
Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for some of November’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to stream, sign up for our Watching newsletter here.)
New to Amazon Prime Video
‘Invincible’ Season 2, Part 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 3
Season 1 of this ultraviolent superhero cartoon (based on a comic book series by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman) introduced the title character: a teenager still developing and honing the superpowers he inherited from his space-alien father. Steven Yeun voices Invincible, a.k.a. Mark Grayson, who at the end of last season learned that his dad, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons), had been serving as one of the Earth’s protectors while secretly paving the way for a future invasion by his own planet’s people. Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of that revelation, as Mark and his fellow heroes face a series of new supervillains while also strategizing for Omni-Man’s possible return. Though “Invincible” has dark moments, the show’s overall vibe is bright and entertaining, with enough nods to classic superhero tropes to please devoted comics readers.
Also arriving:
Nov. 10
“007: Road to a Million” Season 1
“Dina Hashem: Dark Little Whispers”
Nov. 14
“Trevor Wallace: Pterodactyl”
Nov. 17
“Ex-mas”
“Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story”
“Twin Love” Season 1
Nov. 21
“Bye Bye Barry”
Nov. 29
“Pretty Hard Cases”
New to Apple TV+
‘The Buccaneers’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 8
Based on Edith Wharton’s final novel — left unfinished when she died in 1937 — “The Buccaneers” explores the flowering of the late-19th-century American aristocracy. Like the book, the series is about a group of wealthy young women who go to London to take part in the debutante season, invited by some established British families who want to lure these ladies (and their money) into marriages with cash-poor dukes and lords. Kristine Froseth takes the series’ lead as Nan St. George, the brightest of the Americans, who is supposed to be waiting in line for a husband behind her sister, Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse), but who instead finds herself courted by two men — Guy (Matthew Broome) and Theo (Guy Remmers) — who find her independence refreshing.
‘For All Mankind’ Season 4
Starts streaming: Nov. 10
This terrific alternate-history science-fiction TV series had an uncharacteristically shaky third season, with its thrilling outer-space action — set mostly on Mars — butting up against some much drearier relationship melodrama. Season 4 resets “For All Mankind” a bit, introducing new characters and kicking off a new story, set in the 2000s. These episodes see multiple private and government space agencies working together on ambitious areas of exploration, including tapping asteroids for their mineral resources. At the same time, issues with the existing infrastructures on the Moon and Mars create a fresh set of practical problems for our heroes to solve. Newcomers to the cast include Toby Kebbel as a former oil-rigger looking for work away from Earth and Daniel Stern as a former corporate chief executive trying to bring efficiency to NASA.
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 1
Starts streaming: Nov. 17
This first live-action TV series set in the recent “Godzilla” and “King Kong” movies’ “MonsterVerse” divides its action between two eras: the 1950s, when the existence of giant creatures is still a closely guarded secret, and the present, where some cities have built underground shelters to withstand Godzilla attacks. Anna Sawai plays Cate, who goes looking for the truth about her father’s connection to the mysterious monster-studying Monarch agency. Wyatt Russell and Kurt Russell both play Lee Shaw, who became involved with Monarch as a U.S. soldier in the 1950s — and who a half-century later may be the only one who can help Cate. The creator Chris Black, who developed the show with the writer Matt Fraction, uses footage from the MonsterVerse films to add a sense of scope and awe to a series that is as much about the humans than it is about the big beasts looking to stomp them.
Also arriving:
Nov. 3
“Fingernails”
Nov. 22
“The Velveteen Rabbit”
New to Disney+
‘The 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony’
Starts streaming: Nov. 3
After years of HBO airing a recorded and edited version of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony, this year Disney+ has the rights to the event, and will be broadcasting it live and uncut. The 2023 inductees, some of whom will be performing, include Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Chaka Khan, Willie Nelson and Rage Against the Machine. Presenters include Carrie Underwood, Common, Ice-T, Queen Latifah and Sia. These ceremonies do last a while, but they also tend to be full of emotional moments and genuine surprises, so for pop music buffs who can’t see the show in person, this is a rare chance to watch the action unfold as it happens — and then to watch it again later, in the Disney+ catalog.
Also arriving:
Nov. 1
“Behind the Attraction” Season 2
“The Three Detectives”
Nov. 8
“Daddies on Request” Season 2
“The Santa Clauses” Season 2
Nov. 17
“Dashing Through the Snow”
Nov. 23
“The Naughty Nine”
New to Hulu
‘A Murder at the End of the World’
Starts streaming: Nov. 14
The writer-director-producer team of Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling are best-known for their Netflix supernatural mystery series “The OA,” which was canceled before Batmanglij and Marling could finish the story. They are staying in the same genre for this mini-series, which puts the duo’s usual spacey spin on the “country house murder mystery” plot. Clive Owen plays an eccentric tech billionaire who invites a group of influential thought leaders to his magnificent resort hotel in an icy wasteland. The one guest who does not seem to fit in with the rest is Darby Hart (Emma Corrin), a skilled hacker and amateur detective who wrote a popular true crime book. When someone on the property turns up dead, Darby has to find the killer and also convince her fellow partygoers that something strange is going on — all while she reckons with some secrets from her own past.
‘Fargo’ Season 5
Starts streaming: Nov. 22
After a long layoff, Noah Hawley’s offbeat crime series “Fargo” is back, with 10 more episodes set (very loosely) in the same blood-spattered “Minnesota nice” reality as Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-winning 1996 movie. Previous seasons took place in 1950, 1979, 2006 and 2010. The fifth season takes place in 2019, and stars Juno Temple as Dot, a seemingly ordinary housewife who gets in trouble with the law and sees her shady past catching up to her, in the form of an authoritarian right-wing sheriff (Jon Hamm) determined to catch her. Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Dot’s mother-in-law, an icy collection agency magnate who usually leans on her lawyer (Dave Foley) to get her family members out of trouble — but who has no idea what she is dealing with in the sweet but deadly Dot.
Also arriving:
Nov. 1
“Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun”
“Black Cake”
“A Christmas Frequency”
“Reporting for Christmas”
Nov. 2
“Pam’s Garden of Eden” Season 2
“Magic Mike’s Last Dance”
Nov. 3
“L.A. Law” Seasons 1-8
“Quiz Lady”
Nov. 6
“JFK: One Day in America”
Nov. 8
“Vigilante” Season 1
Nov. 9
“The Croods: Family Tree” Season 8
“The League”
Nov. 13
“The Lady Bird Diaries”
Nov. 15
“Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story”
Nov. 16
“Black Ice”
“Drive with Swiss Beatz”
“The Secret Life of Dancing Dogs”
Nov. 20
“Incredible Animal Journeys”
“The Last Rider”
“My Hero Academia” Season 6, Part 2
Nov. 21
“Obituary” Season 1
Nov. 26
“Faraway Downs”
Nov. 29
“The Artful Dodger” Season 1
Nov. 30
“A Compassionate Spy”
“Wild Crime” Season 3
New to Max
‘Julia’ Season 2
Starts streaming: Nov. 16
Season 1 of this delightful biographical dramedy was one of last year’s unexpected TV gems, thanks in large part to Sarah Lancashire’s luminous performance as the boisterous, can-do cooking instructor Julia Child, coupled with David Hyde Pierce’s warm, wry take on her supportive husband, Paul. The first season was all about how the Childs committed their time, energy and money toward realizing their dream of creating a public television show that could demystify and popularize French food. In Season 2, Julia has become an unlikely celebrity, and she and Paul have to fight to maintain the quality of their show while all the people who doubted them before come running to cash in on their success.
Also arriving:
Nov. 3
“Scent of Time”
Nov. 7
“Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School”
Nov. 8
“You Were My First Boyfriend”
Nov. 11
“Albert Brooks: Defending My Life”
Nov. 13
“Love Has Won”
Nov. 14
“How We Get Free”
Nov. 28
“South to Black Power”
Nov. 30
“Bookie” Season 1
New to Paramount+ with Showtime
‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’
Starts streaming: Nov. 5
The first installment of a new true crime anthology series — with each season telling the story of some famous cop or crook — “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” stars David Oyelowo as Reeves, the western hero who in his life went from being enslaved on a Texas plantation to serving with distinction as a U.S. Marshal. Oyelowo is also an executive producer (as is the “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan) on this historical drama that stretches across decades, covering an eventful life that overlapped with some of the biggest social changes in America: from the end of the Civil War to the expansion of the frontier. Created by the writer-producer Chad Feehan, this first season of “Lawmen” looks at classic Western mythology through different eyes, considering what ideals like freedom and justice mean to someone born in chains.
‘The Curse’
Starts streaming: Nov. 10
The comedian Nathan Fielder has spoofed reality TV throughout his career, and especially in his series “Nathan for You” and “The Rehearsal.” His latest project — cocreated with the filmmaker Benny Safdie — takes a different approach to the genre, via a fictional story with a serrated satirical edge. Fielder plays Asher Siegel, who alongside his wife, Whitney (Emma Stone), is shooting an HGTV show called “Flipanthropy,” in which the couple helps the struggling residents of a small New Mexico town move into cutting-edge eco-friendly houses. When a young street peddler puts a curse on the stingy Asher, the Siegels’ marriage and television collaboration both begin to suffer. A commentary on the contrived rosiness of home improvement shows, “The Curse” also touches on gentrification, xenophobia, and the deep need of some do-gooder types to be lauded for their largess, even when their efforts hurt more than help.
Also arriving:
Nov. 1
“Ink Master” Season 15
Nov. 7
“De La Calle”
Nov. 9
“Colin from Accounts”
Nov. 22
“Good Burger 2”
Source: Television - nytimes.com
