Amongst the TV programs premiering in the US in November 2022 are these 25 from Columbia, the Dominican Republic, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, and the US.
Welcome to our first curated list of programs from countries in Africa, Asia, North America, and South America that are premiering in the US. With so much new television fare coming all the time, we’re handpicking 25 brand-spanking new titles and letting you know about them in our just-launched monthly “premieres” articles. Below are the ones for November 2022. Additional programs are listed on our “viewing guide” page.
(For details about the premieres of programs from the UK, Ireland, English-speaking Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and subtitled original-language programs from countries in Europe, visit The British TV Place, The Down Under TV Place, and The Euro TV Place.)
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Blockbuster (US)
This ten-episode comedy stars Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat) as Timmy Yoon, an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. After learning that he is operating the last Blockbuster Video store in America, Timmy and his employees, including his longtime crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Blockbuster, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, November 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Hip Hop Homicides (US)
Executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Mona Scott-Young, and presented by TV personality and producer Van Lathan, this true-crime docuseries aims to provide an added layer to consider by taking a big-picture look at the epidemic of violence in the hip hop community. From Pop Smoke to XXXTentacion, the series takes a closer look at these shocking crimes — dissecting the facts, exploring leads, and featuring exclusive one-on-one interviews with those closest to the fallen — with the hope of providing loved ones and fans with the closure they seek.
Hip Hop Homicides premieres in the US on Thursday, November 3, at 9 PM ET/PT, on WE tv. New episodes will be available to stream on Mondays on ALLBLK and its digital channels, including ALLBLK on Amazon, including following their premiere on WE tv.
The Fabulous (South Korea)
In this romantic comedy-drama, four best friends chase their dreams alongside fashion’s elite while juggling demanding jobs, romantic dilemmas, and wild nights on the town.
Starring Chae Soo-bin (Strongest Deliveryman) and Choi Min-ho (Sex First Love Second), The Fabulous, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, November 4, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (US)
Daniel Radcliffe (“Harry Potter” franchise) stars in this biopic as Grammy®-winning musician and pop cultural icon “Weird Al” Yankovic. The film explores every facet of Yankovic’s life — from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like “Eat It” and “Like a Surgeon,” to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a Roku Original, premieres in the US on Friday, November 4, exclusively on The Roku Channel.
Behind Every Star (South Korea)
In this Korean remake of the hit French comedy-drama series Call My Agent! (Dix pour cent), agents at a talent management firm tackle strong personalities and office politics while keeping their celebrity clients happy and helping them shine.
Starring:Lee Seo-jin (Times), Kwak Sun-young (A Wonderful Sight), and Seo Hyun-woo (Flower of Evil), Behind Every Star, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Monday, November 7, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Waterfront (South Africa)
Set against the backdrop of the V&A Waterfront, a beautiful tourist mecca in Cape Town, this thirteen-episode family drama centers on three sisters from an affluent family who discover family secrets and more after they are forced to return home. With the death of their father, shipbuilding magnate Ben Myburgh (Dawid Minnaar, Madiba), the fate of the family’s catamaran business is in jeopardy. Only one of his daughters inherits the business, prompting the other two to rage with jealousy, as they feel they should be the ones taking over the family empire. The situation gets more complicated when the autopsy reveals that Ben was murdered, making each of his daughters a suspect.
Waterfront premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, November 8, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Amazon.
The Big Brunch (US)
Created and hosted by Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek), and celebrating inspiring and undiscovered culinary voices from every corner of the country, this eight-episode cooking competition series gives ten talented chefs the opportunity to share their stories and business dreams while vying for a life-altering $300,000 cash prize. With Dan Levy, chef Sohla El-Waylly, and restaurateur Will Guidara serving as judges, the show serves up the next generation of success stories in American cuisine.
The Big Brunch, a Max Original, premieres in the US on Thursday, November 10, exclusively on HBO Max.
The Calling (US)
Inspired by The Missing File, the first title in D.A. Mishani’s series of “Avraham Avraham” crime novels, this eight-episode crime drama tells the story of NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch, Unorthodox), whose belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.
Showrun by double-digit Emmy® Awards winner David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and directed by Academy Awards® winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man), The Calling, a Peacock Original, premieres in the US on Thursday, November 10, exclusively on Peacock.
Monica, O My Darling (India)
In this humorous mystery-crime thriller, a slick robotics expert joins a murderous plot after a passionate affair takes a sudden turn, but nothing — not even death — is what it seems to be.
Starring Rajkummar Rao (The White Tiger), Huma Qureshi (Leila), and Radhika Apte (Sacred Games), Monica, O My Darling, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, November 11, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Out Loud (A Grito Herido) (Colombia)
This musical drama follows five women who must overcome the problems in their lives if they are to truly enjoy life. Daniela (María Elisa Camargo, MalaYerba), Rocio (Yolanda Rayo, La Ley del Corazón), Ana (Diana Ángel, Always a Witch), Paloma (Jeirmarie Osorio, Betty en NY), and Karla (Verónica Orozco, Verdad Oculta) are a very promising romantic music cover band until a big fight breaks them up. Seven years later, the wedding of one of them reunites them. When the bride-to-be gets stood up at the altar, the problems they all have come to light. Then an improvised and emotional bar performance opens up the possibility for them to re-form their cover band — but first they will have to solve their complicated and chaotic lives and the marked differences that led them to separate.
Out Loud, an Amazon Original, premieres globally on Friday, November 11, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Run for the Money (Japan)
This new reality-competition series sees 29 celebrity contestants desperately trying to outmaneuver the black-clad Hunters who are pursuing them, because the longer they stay on the run, the more the prize money will be. Get caught by a Hunter and you’re out, and the prize money falls to zero. What none of the competitors know is that there’s a trap…
Featuring Jirô Satô (Missing) as the Game Master, Run for the Money, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, November 15, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Mind Your Manners (US)
This reality series follows world-renowned etiquette teacher Sara Jane Ho as she helps her students become their best selves and put others at ease by using the language of manners and etiquette. Get ready to laugh, cry, and learn a thing or two as Sara transforms her students’ lives and helps them to acquire the confidence to shine in any situation, starting with a sensible spot of afternoon tea.
Mind Your Manners, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, November 16, exclusively on Netflix.
Fleishman Is in Trouble (US)
Based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s New York Times best-selling novel Fleishman Is in Trouble, this drama stars Oscar® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) as Toby Fleishman, a recently-divorced, 41-year-old father who dives into app-based dating with the kind of success he never had before he got married. But then his ex-wife, Rachel (Claire Danes, Homeland), disappears, leaving him with their two children and zero idea of where she is or whether she’s coming back. As Toby balances parenting, the return of old friends Libby (Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex) and Seth (Adam Brody, StartUp), a potential work promotion, and all the eligible women that Manhattan has to offer, he realizes that he’ll never be able to figure out what happened to Rachel until he can finally face what happened to their marriage in the first place.
Fleishman Is in Trouble, an FX Original, premieres in the US on Thursday, November 17, exclusively on Hulu.
Leopard Skin (Dominican Republic-US)
In this English-language, half-hour crime thriller series, a criminal gang fleeing a botched diamond heist seeks shelter in the remote paradise of Playa Perdida, Mexico, at the beach-side estate of two women, Alba and Batty. Dark and humorous complications arise when they are joined by two dinner guests, TV producer Max and his flighty girlfriend Maru, and Alba’s former housekeeper, as they are taken hostage. Murderous secrets, cold-hearted betrayals, and shocking desires bubble up to the surface as everyone awaits their fate…
The cast includes Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill House), Amelia Eve (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Gentry White (The Shannara Chronicles), Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Gaite Jansen (Peaky Blinders), Nora Arnezeder (Riviera), and Ana de la Reguera (Goliath).
Leopard Skin, a Peacock Original by Tplus, premieres in the US in its eight-episode entirety on Thursday, November 17, exclusively on Peacock.
Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? (US)
This docuseries tells the legendary tale of the kid who sued Pepsi for a fighter jet, and became the hero of a new generation. It revolves around the infamous 1996 Pepsi commercial that implied that if you bought enough of their products, you could use “Pepsi Points” to purchase things like sunglasses and leather jackets… and even a Harrier jet. Pepsi execs assumed the astronomical “price” of the military plane was set high enough to indicate it was a joke, but college student John Leonard saw it as a challenge and decided to call their bluff. Enlisting the help (and funding) of mountaineering buddy Todd Hoffman, Leonard hashed out a plan to score the grandest prize of all, even if it never existed in the first place. What followed was a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.
Featuring John Leonard, Todd Hoffman and the commercial’s creative team, as well as appearances by supermodel Cindy Crawford, boxer-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao and former attorney Michael Avenatti, Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, November 17, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The People We Hate at the Wedding (US)
Based on the eponymous novel by Grant Ginder, this comedy film follows struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell, The Good Place) and Paul (Ben Platt, The Politician), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister (Cynthia Addai-Robinson, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney, Mom). Over the course of the wedding week, the family’s many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, and the unlikely reunion gives everyone the motivation to move their own lives forward.
The People We Hate at the Wedding, an Amazon Original, premieres globally on Friday, November 18, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Somebody (South Korea)
This crime thriller follows a developer who builds a dating app, hoping for connection. However, she soon gets caught in the web of a serial killer who uses the app to lure in his victims.
Starring Kim Young-kwang (Hello, Me!), Kang Hae-lim (Live On), and Kim Yong-ji (The King: Eternal Monarch), Somebody, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, November 18, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Welcome to Chippendales (US)
This eight-episode true-crime biopic drama tells the outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani, Silicon Valley), an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire — and let nothing stand in his way in the process.
Series regulars include Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), and Annaleigh Ashford (B Positive), with recurring guest stars Quentin Plair (Roswell, New Mexico), Robin de Jesús (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), and Andrew Rannells (Girls5eva), and guest stars Nicola Peltz Beckham (Bates Motel) and Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey).
Welcome to Chippendales, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Tuesday, November 22, exclusively on Hulu.
Echo 3 (US)
In this action thriller, when brilliant scientist Amber Chesborough (Jessica Ann Collins, Clickbait) vanishes along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother and her husband — both elite US Army commandos — struggle to find her amid a guerilla war, and discover that Amber might have a secret…
Starring Luke Evans (The Fate of the Furious) and Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones), Echo 3, an Apple TV+ Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, November 23, exclusively on Apple TV+.
Taco Chronicles: Cross the Border (Mexico)
This follow-up to 2019’s Taco Chronicles takes viewers across the border into the US, where Mexican cooks keep the taco tradition alive and experiment with new flavors. The taco might leave Mexico, but Mexico doesn’t leave the taco.
Taco Chronicles: Cross the Border, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, November 23, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Unbroken Voice (Colombia)
Inspired by the early life of Colombian icon Arelys Henao (Mariana Gómez, The Queen of Flow), this music-filled biopic drama follows young Arelys Henao, who, against all odds, pursues her singing dream.
Arelys Henao — Photo by Walter Gomez Urrego / Netflix © 2022
Costarring José Ramón Barreto (Bolivar) and Yuri Vargas (All for Love), The Unbroken Voice, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, November 23, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Wednesday (US)
This supernaturally-infused mystery series charts Wednesday Addams’s (Jenna Ortega, Jane the Virgin) years as a student at Nevermore Academy. While here, Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore..
Costarring Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) and Jamie McShane (SEAL Team), and featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones (The Legend of Zorro) as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán (Code Black) as Gomez Addams and Isaac Ordonez (A Wrinkle in Time) as Pugsley Addams, Wednesday, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, November 23, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
First Love (Japan)
This romantic drama follows a couple — played by Hikari Mitsushima (Princess in Prison) and Takeru Satoh (An Incurable Case of Love) — as they retrace their memories of their unforgettable first love, which spans more than 20 years over three decades. As teenagers, they were young, free and madly in love, and the world was their oyster. But as adults, their lives seem dimmer, like a very important piece is missing…
First Love, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, November 24, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Snack VS. Chef (US)
Presented by comedians Megan Stalter and Hari Kondabolu, this food-themed competition series sees twelve chefs channel their inner food scientists to recreate classic snacks and invent their own original treats for a shot at the $50,000 prize.
Snack VS. Chef, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, November 30, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Willow (US)
The adventure that began in George Lucas’s 1988 fantasy-adventure film Willow continues in this highly-anticipate sequel series. In a magical world where brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, an unlikely group of heroes, led by the Nelwyn sorcerer Willow (Warwick Davis, reprising his signature role), sets off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world.
Willow, a Disney+ Original, premieres globally on Wednesday, November 30, exclusively on Disney+.
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For details about the premieres of programs from the UK, Ireland, English-speaking Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and original-language programs from countries in Europe, please visit The British TV Place, The Down Under TV Place, and The Euro TV Place.
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