The return of "The Real Detective", the Netflix comedy on sex education and the second season "Punishment" based on the comic book Marvel

"The real detective", season 3 – 13 January

After a three-year hibernation, HBO publishes season 3 of the series "True Detective". Nick Pizzolatto was and remains the author of the idea and the executive producer of the three parties. The action of the third season takes place in the north of Arkansas, where from elsewhere has been studied itself Pizzolatto. In the new season, he became not only executive producer and screenwriter, but also director. First, aim for Jeremy Solnier ("Green Room", "Catastrophe") throughout the season. But during the shooting, which began in February 2018, Pizzolatto was disputed with him. According to one version, there were creative differences between them. Later, it became clear that the filming was delayed and was taking longer than expected, and that was not part of Solnier's plans. Nick Pizzolatto was eventually replaced by Daniel Saccheme, who has been filming for almost 30 years. His works include "Secret Materials", "Dr. House", "Theory of Lie" and "The Game of the Thrones". Solnier managed to take only two episodes before leaving the series, the other six being divided between Saccheme and Pizzolatto.

The first season of the series is considered one of the most successful in the history of American television. It has a 87% rating on the Metacritic website, and the audience is 9.2 out of 10. Curie Fukunaga (first season) won the award for best director of the drama series, Emmy. According to the audience, the second season was slightly weaker: the number of critics dropped to 61 points and the audience to 6.5 out of 10.

In the new season, as in the past, The plot takes place immediately in three time measurements. In 1980, 1990 and 2015. In 1980, in Arkansas, in mysterious circumstances, children disappear – Will Parsel, 12, and his sister Julie, 10 years old. The investigation is led by a veteran of the Vietnam War, and now by police Wayne Hayes (Oscar winner Ali Makhershala) and his partner, Roland West (Stephen Dorff). They do not look like diligent American policemen and, as a result of a change, can quietly drink beer or shoot rats for fun. Then the events are projected by the viewer in 1990, when Hayes and his partner, after a ten-year break, are summoned to court in this case. Then the action takes place in 2015, while the protagonist is already suffering from Alzheimer's disease, but with the help of his son, Henry does not lose hope of solving the mystery of the disappearance of children, which torments him. 35.

"Star Trek: Discovery", Season 2 – January 17

The series was released in 2017 on the CBS channel and the world premiere took place on September 24 on the Netflix platform . The fictional universe of Star Trek is at the heart of history and the new season has become a precedent of the original version, the first series of director Gina Roddenbury in 1966. All events take place in 2256, ten years before the period indicated in the original version.

The plot is based on the confrontation between the Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. The Klingons are representatives of a militant race that is about to regain its past greatness.

Discovery Shuttle NCC-1031 explores the space in search of new civilizations. The last episode of the first season ends with a battle between the space fleet of the Federation of Planets and the Klingons

. Brian Fuller became the scriptwriter and senior executive producer of the first season. CBS has several times broadcast the first of the series; they would be on the chain, because of the guilt of Fuller, who simultaneously shot the series "The American Gods". CBS has even abandoned many of the intrigues proposed by Fuller. During the second season, a new team led by Alex Kurttsman (Star Trek screenwriter and film producer, Star Trek: Payback and Transformers) was working.

The second season is devoted to the conflict between science and faith. According to the series's executive producer, Alex Kurtsman, during the second season, they decided to pay less attention to the animosity between the Federation and the Klingons, but they could not completely abandon this plot. . Heroes receive strange signals and still see the visions of the mysterious red angel

The main characters of the first season also remained in a news: the scientist Michael Bernem played to Sonikua Martin Green ("Walking Dead"), the Starfleet Navy Officer in Sarah's Navy – Doug Jones ("Water Form"), the wagon warrior – Shazad Latif ("The Black Mirror"). But there were new heroes – for example, Captain Christopher Pike, who will take control of a spaceship in crisis.

"Punishment", Season 2 – January 18

The premiere of the first season of the series took place on December 17, 2017 on the Netflix platform. The punishment is the character of the comedy Marvel, which first appeared in the comics of Spider-Man in 1974. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the first season of "Punishment" accounted for 93% of the public. The protagonist named Frank Castle was avenged by the mafia for the death of his family. The castle faces both the killers and the police, who consider him involved in the deaths of their loved ones. In the new season, which includes 13 episodes, the rescuer Frank Villas Villain, Billy Russo, or Jigso, has come to life and understands that he must kill his attacker at all costs. The actor John Burntal ("Walking Dead", "The Wolf of Wall Street") plays the role of the father. Originally, he was one of the episodic characters in another Netflix superhero series – "Shibaygolova", but he loved the audience so much that the producers got the spin back. The role of the evil Jigso returns to Ben Barnes ("The Wild West World").

The executive producer of the series is Stephen Lightfoot, who has previously worked on "Narco" and "Hannibal". Netflix has decided to continue the series for the second season one month after the first and all series of the second season will go to Netflix on January 18.

"Black Monday", Season 1 – January 20

"Black Monday" – The showtime production series, which began shooting in 2013. Originally, the series was called Street Ball, similar to the Wall Street site. Subsequently, the project was frozen until 2016.

First plot of the first series – October 19, 1987, black day for the US stock market and the biggest collapse of stock markets in its history. Then, the action is postponed a year ago and little by little, the viewer understands that events and actions have triggered the "black Monday", after which US companies have lost a trillion dollars in total.

The protagonist Maurice Monroe, who's called Mo, is a wealthy trader riding on a curious red limousine Lamborghini. He only bought it because it is a status problem, although impractical. Mom gave birth to him in the toilet and on the stairs, which did not prevent him from becoming a rich and prosperous person in New York. Negotiating for him is not a way to make money, but to prove his dominance. Moe and several of his companions decide to take Wall Street into their hands and change the alignment of forces, but their attempts and their uncontrollable actions will result in the collapse of the stock market over the course of the year. I am used to acting and making decisions quickly. For example, he first destroys his MBA career and promising trader Blair Pfaffa in minutes, then takes him to work and makes his partner a mercantile reason.

Don Chidl and Andrew Rennes (Elijah in the "Girls" series). The first episode of the Showtime series was released on December 28 and the rest of the series on January 20. The atmosphere of the 80s reigns in the setting: sharp jokes about politicians, gays, blacks, underground cars of overly painted graffiti, costumes and wild hairstyles.