It’s Big Game week, folks – that’s right, we’re talking Halo, and Halothe show based on the hit Xbox game that’s back for season 2. It’s a big one – this is the show where Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) had sex, and that was exactly the First season. WHO know what he could accomplish in a second season!
Oh, there’s also the Super Bowl, which this year will be between two of the NFL’s worthiest teams (or at least the ones who won the right games; I’m not here to debate the Super Bowl worthiness of this year’s NFL NFC and AFC champions).
Here are this week’s best TV premieres and finales.
New shows on Netflix
One day
Genre: Rom com
Date of publication: February 8 with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Nicole Taylor
Form: Ambika Mod, Leo Woodall, Essie Davis and more
Based on the book One day by David Nicholls (who also inspired a 2011 film of the same name starring Anne Hathaway), we follow Emma (Ambika Mod) and Dexter (Leo Woodall) as they meet on the last day of college and fall in love – very, very slowly (or all at once, depending on who you ask). One day follows their story over 14 episodes and 20 years, checking in on the same day each year.
New shows on Hulu
Abbott Elementary Season 3
Genre: Sitcom
Date of publication: February 7 at 9pm EST on ABC; next day on Hulu
Showrunner/creator: Quinta Brunson
Form: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James and more
Abbott Elementary starts the school year (metaphorically) well with an hour-long episode. Creator and star Quinta Brunson told Deadline that the show wouldn’t start off as well as it did last season at the beginning of the school year in September. Rather, it would “explain our absence… in a way that we think resonates with the audience (and) protects the world we’ve built.”
New shows on Paramount Plus
Halo season 2
Genre: Video game action
Date of publication: February 8, with one episode
Showrunner/creator: David Wiener
Form: Pablo Schreiber, Bokeem Woodbine, Natascha McElhone and more
Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) is back! He’s (mostly) deep in his Spartan helmet and his feelings after the events at the end of season 1. But now – in the wake of revelations about Dr. Halsey (Natascha McElhone), the loss of Makee and his changing relationship with Cortana (Jennifer Taylor) – he must figure out how to face the growing threat of the Covenant and their new villain, the referee.
Super Bowl LVIII
Genre: “Live sporting event”
Date of publication: February 7 at 6:30 PM EST
Teams: The AFC winner and the NFC winner
Well folks, we finally made it: the NFL-sponsored Usher concert. And also the football match. It’s Super Bowl 2024! That means: hopefully a nice spread, maybe some kind of boring game, and, yes, a lot of new big-budget commercials.
Follower
Genre: Procedural
Date of publication: February 11, with one episode
Showrunner/creator: Ben H. Winters and Hilary Weisman Graham
Form: Justin Hartley, Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany and more
Justin Hartley is: Tracker. Well, actually he’s Colter Shaw, a tracker, who travels around the country helping law enforcement with mysteries. The series is based on the book The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver. And with the premiere coming after the Super Bowl (whenever that happens), it’s a procedure that CBS is putting an end to.