This November, be thankful for the TV premieres of Cowboy Bebop, Hawkeye, and The Shrink Next Door

November’s TV premieres include Netflix's Cowboy Bebop adaptation, the return of Showtime's Dexter, and Hawkeye’s Disney Plus debut

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This November, be thankful for the TV premieres of Cowboy Bebop, Hawkeye, and The Shrink Next Door
Left: John Cho in Cowboy Bebop (Kirsty Griffin/Netflix); Top center: Reneé Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Pauline Chalamet, and Amrit Kaur in The Sex Lives Of College Girls (Photo: Jessica Brooks/HBO Max); Center left: Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld in Hawkeye (Photo: Disney+); Center right: Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell in The Shrink Next Door (Photo: Apple TV+); Right: Michael C. Hall in Dexter: New Blood (Photo: Seacia Pavao/Showtime) Graphic: Natalie Peeples

The spookiest night of the year is reserved for October, but this November, TV is resurrecting long-dead shows like Head Of The Class and Dexter, and trying to charm viewers with the hotly anticipated premieres of Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop and Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel Of Time. Paramount Plus reunites the castmates of the first season of The Real World: Los Angeles, who are alive and well, but have since yielded the spotlight to new generations of reality TV stars. And Paul Rudd gets frighteningly close to Will Ferrell in The Shrink Next Door.

November is full of moody programming, like the Lucy Hale-led Ragdoll, Showtime’s Yellowjackets, and the Italian dystopian thriller Anna. But there are plenty of brighter offerings, too, including Disney+’s Hawkeye starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld, new Mindy Kaling comedy The Sex Lives Of College Girls, and Marvel’s Hit-Monkey.

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The latest ’80s sitcom to be rebooted, reimagined, or revived, Head Of The Class originally centered on a group of overachievers whose most daunting lessons were the ones about life. This HBO Max revival from Bill Lawrence and alums Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen uses the same setup, right down to the unconventional teacher who gets all on a group of high schoolers. Robin Givens, who starred in Rich Eustis and Michael Elias’ original series, reprises her role as former Individualized Honors Program member Darlene, now a successful attorney. Darlene is every bit as involved in her teen son’s schooling, which means she’s bound to butt heads with Alicia Gomez (Isabella Gomez, following in the footsteps of Howard Hesseman and Billy Connolly), the new IHP teacher. But it probably won’t be long before they realize they both have the kids’ best interests at heart. [Danette Chavez]

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  • halloweenjack-av says:

    Honestly looking forward to Hawkeye; I loved the Fraction/Aja comic, thought that Steinfeld was solid in the Coen Bros’ True Grit, and who knows, maybe this will improve my feelings toward Renner, as I was one of the folks who thought that the wrong Murder Twin died in Endgame. (Bonus: Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova.) I’m not so sure about Hit-Monkey, as the whole concept seems gimmicky, but I don’t get Hulu anyway so whatever. Also, doesn’t the premise of Anna sound an awful lot like that of the old Star Trek TOS episode “Miri”? 

  • mortyball-av says:

    Is it a red flag that Cowboy Bebop is out in 3 weeks and we haven’t seen an actual trailer for it yet?

  • sublimedyl1-av says:

    As long as Hawkeye doesn’t try to sing the show should be awesome.

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  • reglidan-av says:

    Why is it necessary to drag the Clint Barton character and declare the Kate Bishop character ‘superior’ in every single minor article the sit writes about the Hawkeye series?The Clint Barton character has actually been one of the more rounded characters in the Marvel comics stable for generations.  He’s one of the few characters that legitimately started out as a villain, became a hero, and the only one that I know of, who later in his career, became a mentor to other villains trying to turn that corner.

    • ruefulcountenance-av says:

      I was just about to say that. Barsanti makes a point of mentioning it at every opportunity and it’s just aggravating.I’m absolutely willing to concede that comic Kate Bishop is way better than MCU Clint Barton. But comic book Barton is a brilliant character, never more so than in the Matt Fraction series.

  • jpilla1980-av says:

    I am sad we are losing Hailee Steinfeld as Dickinson. I feel like it’s a show we should be talking about more; I can’t wait to see more classic Emily-Lavinia mess arounds and will miss those crazy Dickinson Girls. Lavinia Dickison and her growth into a Shrewd Yankee Witch has been a complete delight.

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