From The X-Files to The People v. O.J. Simpson, and Captain America: Civil War to Rogue One, there are a lot of new film and television offerings to look forward to. In chronological order!
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Bordertown, Jan. 3 (9:30 p.m. on Fox)
First announced in 2013, Bordertown is about two family patriarchs on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, one a white, racist, border patrol agent, the other a successful Mexican-American business man. It was created by Mark Hentemann, a former Family Guy showrunner, and executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane, so the humor is familiar if you have ever watched that show. Despite its long gestation period, Bordertown is certainly topical. Hank Azaria voices Bud Buckwald, who would surely vote for Trump; longtime MacFarlane colleague Alex Borstein voices both Janice and Becky Buckwald; and Nicholas Gonzalez voices Ernesto Gonzalez.
Fox
Zoe Ever After, Jan. 5 (10 p.m. on BET)
Brandy Norwood stars as Zoe, a single mother trying to start a cosmetics empire and get back into dating after splitting from her ex-husband, a famous boxer (Dorian Missick). BET is surely looking to build on the comedy success of its Being Mary Jane, especially with its creator, Mara Brock Akil, leaving that show.
BET
The Shannara Chronicles, Jan. 5 (10 p.m. on MTV)
MTV, meanwhile, would love to find another genre drama that works as well as Teen Wolf — will that be The Shannara Chronicles? The series, based on Terry Brooks' science fiction novels, is about a post-apocalyptic world where peace is about to be shattered by, you know, evil. Like it does. And good-looking young people will have to do something about that. Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, the executive producers of Smallville for years, are in charge.
MTV
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