Winter TV Watch List: 'The Last of Us' Is HBO's Next Big Swing, 'Night Court' Gets Rebooted

Plus the debut of Netflix's That '90s Show and a new season of Jeremy Renner's Mayor of Kingstown No images? [Click here]( ID=167008;size=700x180;setID=556351;uid={EMAIL}7200672;click=winter_tv_watchlist_top; [TheWrap - SUMMER TV WATCH LIST] Week of January 14 – 20 With another weekend full of punishing rains in the west and a holiday on Monday (happy MLK Day everyone!), it seems like the perfect time to hunker down and catch up on everything that is coming out and all the stuff you might have missed. In terms of new shows and movies this week, there are plenty, from HBO’s buzzy new series [“The Last of Us”]( to a COVID-set slasher movie from the writer of “Scream” to an adorable stop-motion series set on an island full of shapes, no matter what you’re looking for, there’s something to fill that need. On with the television! [Premiere of the week] “The Last of Us”Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m., HBO [the-last-of-us-pedro-pascal] Photo: HBO Ready to be wrecked? “The Last of Us,” based on the best-selling video game and adapted by the game’s creator Neil Druckmann and “Chernobyl” writer Craig Mazin, is grim stuff. But it’s also [one of the best](, most compelling, most thoroughly haunting shows in recent memory. Pedro Pascal stars as a man who has lost his child during the outbreak of a fungal infection that basically turns people into ravenous zombies. (They’re not really zombies but you get the idea.) The feature-length premiere this week is thrilling, for sure, but the series has bigger emotional stakes and much more on its mind, particularly when Pascal, years after the initial outbreak, is charged with ferrying a young girl to a mysterious medical outpost. This is the new HBO show that everyone will be talking about. Get in on the conversation on the ground floor. Just watch out for those fungal-infected zombies. [[INTERVIEW](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}7200672;click=watch-list; [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “The Resident”Tuesday, January 17 at 8 p.m., Fox [The Resident] Photo: Fox The popular Fox medical drama, starring Matt Czuchry, Manish Dayal, Bruce Greenwood and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, explores the drama of the doctors as much as the bureaucratic forces that often are conspiring against them. Incredibly, this show has been on the air for six seasons and for more than 100 episodes. Make that syndication money! [[TRAILER](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Sick”Peacock [Sick] Photo: Peacock This was announced moments after the last TV Watch List went up and dropped today (Friday the 13th) on the Universal-owned direct-to-consumer streaming platform. But we had to include it. This is the movie of the week for sure. It’s somewhat hard to talk about “Sick,” both because of the ruthless efficiency of its simple premise and because it’s best to know as little as possible going in. How’s this? Gideon Adlon and Bethlehem Million star as two college girls who decide to quarantine at a lakehouse, away from their college and the city. While there, they are terrorized by a masked man. The movie was co-written by Kevin Williamson, who created “Scream” with Wes Craven, and was directed by John Hyams, who has a sterling filmography of low-budget cheapies that also function as high art. (Yes, this includes his two direct-to-video “Universal Soldier” sequels.) “Sick” played the fall festivals to rapturous response. Now it’s time to get rowdy in your living room. [[WATCH](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Icons Unearthed: Fast & Furious”Monday, January 16 at 9 p.m., VICE [Fast and Furious] Photo: Universal Listen, there’s not an abundance of documentary options this week. I don’t make the rules. But the “Icons Unearthed” series on Vice is surprisingly in depth and probably just as snappy and fun as you’d expect. A recent series on the making of “Star Wars” was an absolute joy and, since they aren’t inhibited by corporate concerns, was wonderfully warts-and-all. Hopefully the same mixture of rigorous history and off-the-wall antics will apply to the documentary series about the “Fast and Furious” series, perhaps Hollywood’s unlikeliest blockbuster franchise ever. [[TRAILER](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}7200672;click=watch-list; [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “The Leftovers”HBO Max [Leftovers] Photo: HBO Before “The Last of Us” (or even “Station Eleven”), “The Leftovers” was HBO’s premiere post-apocalyptic opus. The story of what would happen if 2% of the world’s population was suddenly zapped away (referred to as the “Sudden Departure”), “The Leftovers” shares with “The Last of Us” a potential combination of existential dread and deep emotional catharsis. Justin Theroux plays the chief of police in a sleepy New England town whose wife has joined a potentially dangerous cult called the Guilty Remnant and whose rebellious teenage daughter he doesn’t know what to do with. But what started off as a small-scale domestic drama takes some wild swings during its three seasons (season 2 is set in Texas in a town where only one person disappeared; season 3 takes place in Australia for reasons best left discovered), finding new and exciting ways to explore its central premise. It’s one of the greatest shows of the modern era and a worthwhile watch if you’ve never made the leap. [[WATCH](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Mayor of Kingstown”Sunday, January 15, Paramount+The sun never sets on the Taylor Sheridan empire. Jeremy Renner (get well soon!) stars as Mike McLusky, the titular “mayor” of a for-profit prison, in this drama from the creator of “Yellowstone.” Season 2 should bring more of the high-stakes drama and insightful social commentary that made the first season such a hit. Let’s hope this mayor gets re-elected. [[TRAILER](] “Miracle Workers: End Times”Monday, January 16 at 10 p.m., TBSHow’s this for a harrowing fact? “Miracle Workers” is the last scripted show currently airing on TBS. Anyway, this comedic anthology show from Simon Rich turns to a post-apocalyptic future for this, its fourth season. Daniel Radcliffe and Geraldine Viswanathan) return alongside “Miracle Workers” regulars Steve Buscemi, Jon Bass, and Karan Soni, this time joined by Paul F. Tompkins, Ego Nwodim, Quinta Brunson, and Lolly Adefope. Should be fun! [[TRAILER](] “Night Court”Tuesday, January 17 at 8 p.m., NBCWith “Night Court” back alongside a new version of “Quantum Leap,” is NBC singlehandedly recreating its prime-time programming line-up from 1989? 2023 “Night Court” follows the familiar reboot/sequel format of other revivals, with original star John Larroquette returning as his original character and Melissa Rauch leading the new cast. (It’s sad to think how many of the stars of the original show, including Markie Post and Charles Robinson, are no longer with us. But Richard Moll is still around! Bring him back!) The original show was kind of underrated and often took chances on darker themes and material. This new version looks much lighter but still good hit that nostalgia button we all crave. [[TRAILER](] “That ‘90s Show”Thursday, January 19, NetflixAnd speaking of nostalgia, yes, we’re going back to the “That ‘70s Show” well once again. This time the action takes place in the 1990s, a mostly boring decade that somehow current kids find very appealing, and follows Leia Forman (Callie Haverda), the daughter of Topher Grace and Lauren Prepon’s characters from the original series. Since the original cast members only return as cameos, the heavy lifting is instead handled by Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith as Leia’s grandparents. To use some ‘90s jargon, this new show should be pretty extreme. [[TRAILER](] “Shape Town”Friday, January 20, Apple TV+Based on the internationally bestselling picture books from Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, this new stop-motion animation series starring Yvette Nicole Brown, Harvey Guillen, Scott Adsit and Gideon Adlon looks charming as hell. It’s set on an island inhabited by shapes. What do we have to spell it out for you? [[TRAILER](] [- - -] That does it for this week’s edition of The Wrap’s Winter TV Watch List. If you aren’t a subscriber, you can fix that by [signing up here](. 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