Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in January Jennifer Gannon
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Here’s to forgoing reality for another month, with Nicolas Cage s History of Swear Words, the Irish-made Fate: The Winx Saga, Naomi Watts in Penguin Bloom and Carey Mulligan with Ralph Fiennes in The Dig among the highlights
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January 1st January is the perfect time for reality TV. Watching strangers or past their sell by date celebs struggle not to have a breakdown on screen is the soothing Schadenfreude that viewers, stuffed to the gills with empty resolutions and pointless new year promises need.
In the new docuseries
History of Swear Words (premiering Jan. 5 on Netflix), the Oscar-winning actor explores the curses we love to use, with the help of etymology experts and comedians providing commentary.
The latter camp includes Nick Offerman and Jim Jefferies who discuss the F‑word as a famous last utterance in the exclusive clip below and London Hughes, who tells EW she was shocked to learn that Cage was hosting the show. Obviously he s a legend, but my brain just didn t even compute that that was even a real thing, Hughes says.
On top of giving her an opportunity to work with someone of Cage s stature,
Winter TV 2021: Premiere dates for new and returning midseason shows
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Ted Danson and Bobby Moynihan in the new comedy, Mr. Mayor. (Photo: Mitchell Haddad/NBC)Mitchell Haddad/NBC
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Back in the foggy mists of early 2020, looking ahead to upcoming winter TV shows was a pleasant exercise in predicting which series might be good. Within a few short months, as we all now know, everything changed. Just as normal routines and rituals were transformed, so was TV, which makes the 2021 winter TV premiere schedule look a bit different than usual.
During the past year, series that we expected to return were put on pause, as the coronavirus pandemic forced productions to shut down. Shows that kept on going eventually adapted as best they could, turning to “bubbles,” frequent testing and other expensive, time-consuming measures intended to create a safe working environment.
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