11 New TV Shows You Need To Watch This November
From new series 'The Altruists' and 'Dig' to returning seasons of 'Black Doves' and 'Yellowjackets', you’re spoiled for choice this month.
As we head into the second last month of the year, it’s time to relax and give ourselves a pat on the back for making it this far. What better way to celebrate another successful stab at survival than with a decadent dose of primo TV.
For crypto sceptics, true-story based drama The Altruists should keep you captivated, while Parks and Recreation fans will devour Dig, created by Amy Poehler and Michael Schur.
For those looking for a returning season of their favourite show, Black Doves, The Gilded Age, The Hunting Wives, and Yellowjackets are all back for more lore and gore. Here’s the full scoop on 11 of the best new shows coming to screens in November.
1. The Altruists
Where can I watch it? On Netflix
A love story turned crypto scam, The Altruists tells the true tale of Sam Bankman-Fried (played by Say Nothing’s Anthony Boyle) and Caroline Ellison (Ozark’s Julia Garner), an idealistic young couple set on reshaping the financial system. Greed muddied their vision, leading to the collapse of their FTX cryptocurrency exchange and prison sentences for misappropriating $12 billion in investor and customer funds. Watch it all unravel over 8-dramatic eps.
2. Blade Runner 2099
Where can I watch it? On Prime Video
Building on both Ridley Scott’s 1982 neo-noir classic, Blade Runner, and Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 sequel, Blade Runner 2049, this third instalment of the sci-fi saga picks up 50 years later. Set in a dystopian 2099 Los Angeles, the 10-episode series stars Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer as Cora, a desperate fugitive forced to team up with Olwen (Everything Everywhere All at Once’s Michelle Yeoh), a Replicant police officer nearing the end of her life, in hopes of securing a stable future.
3. Black Doves
Where can I watch it? On Netflix
Dubbed “Netflix’s answer to Slow Horses”, espionage thriller Black Doves is back for another season of secrets and spy action. Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw return as covert operatives Helen and Sam, joined by new castmates including Neve Campbell, Ambika Mod, Sam Riley, and Babou Ceesay. Will Helen continue to betray the Black Doves, even with her husband prepping to become PM? You have six scandalous episodes to find out.
4. The Body
Where can I watch it? On Netflix
Quinn Shephard, the mastermind behind true-crime drama, Under the Bridge, returns with a new troupe of teenage characters in the 8-ep coming-of-age psychological drama The Body. Set in a Catholic girls’ school, supernatural meets horror when the Lions dance team’s initiation party quickly turns into a dance with the devil. When the girls begin experiencing prophetic visions, mass hysteria takes over the town. Big yikes.
5. Dig
Where can I watch it? On TBC
Finally, something Parks and Recs fans can really dig into. Reuniting Amy Poehler and Michael Schur for their first major collab since co-writing the cult comedy’s series finale together in 2015, Dig brings Kate Myers’ book Excavations to the screen. The 10-ep comedy drama follows a team of experienced archaeologists and some less experienced college students on a trip to Greece over the summer to work on a dig site. Hugh Laurie stars alongside Amy Poehler, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Antonia Thomas.
6. The Gilded Age, Season 4
Where can I watch it? On NOW
On the heels of a record-setting season 3, period drama The Gilded Age is back for a fourth foray, and there’s still plenty of plot to explore in the series that examines industry growth, wealth accumulation, and societal changes in, yep, you guessed it, The Gilded Age of America. From Marian and Larry’s relationship to George and Bertha’s powerhouse union, season 4 promises to bring the drama as the turn between the 19th and 20th centuries draws closer.
7. The Good Daughter
Where can I watch it? On Sky TV and NOW
We’ve met The Good Wife and The Good Doctor, and now it’s time to get acquainted with The Good Daughter. Starring Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy as siblings Samantha and Charlotte Quinn, the 6-ep crime thriller tells the story of estranged sisters forced to reunite to take care of their dying lawyer father and subsequently build a defence for his new client accused of murder. Based on the 2017 novel of the same name, author Karin Slaughter fittingly wrote all six episodes and serves as exec producer.
8. The Greatest
Where can I watch it? On Prime Video
Over eight captivating episodes, learn what it really took to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. Made in close collaboration with the estate of Muhammad Ali, this biographical sports drama delves deep into the talent, fame, fortune, and controversy that followed the most iconic American boxer of all time. Jaalen Best (All American: Homecoming) takes on the role of Ali, AKA Cassius Clay, AKA The Greatest, joined by a stellar cast that includes Omari Hardwick, Dana Gourrier and Amin Joseph.
9. The Hunting Wives Season 2
Where can I watch it? On Netflix
Expect even more melodrama from Maple Brook with the return of Netflix's hit popcorn thriller back for another season of obsession, seduction and gore. Based on May Cobb's 2021 novel of the same name, the eight-ep series follows rich east-coast transplant Sophie (played by Brittany Snow) after she moves to Texas and becomes infatuated with the Hunting Wives clique leader, Margo. After a town-changing crime and a crazy cliffhanger, we’re back for another twisted tale in Texas.
10. Yellowjackets Season 4
Where can I watch it? On Paramount+
After five years of trauma, deprivation, and survival, it’s time to say goodbye to Yellowjackets. Last year’s season 3 finale wrapped up some series-long mysteries, but left several cliffhangers and questions, too. All will be answered as we bid farewell to our fav gory mystery-thriller series about an all-girls soccer team stranded in the wilderness. Over 10 emotional episodes, season 4 finally shows how the survivors were rescued, and what they did to bury their sins before help arrived.
11. 12 12 12
Where can I watch it? On Apple TV
Dubbed “catnip for Hijack and Lupin fans”, 12 12 12 is a heist thriller set amongst the cobblestoned streets of Europe and unfolds across three timelines of the heist: the 12 months planning it, the 12 minutes executing it, and the 12 days it takes to get to safety after the robbery. Starring Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie, this Swiss bank smash-and-grab is best watched hooked up to a heart monitor.
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