Television’s holiday dreck machine doesn’t even wait till Halloween is over anymore; now the whole of Q4 is fair game for snowy, small-town romance porn. Happily, in November 2025, a handful of promising premieres managed to sneak in before Thanksgiving closed the door on substantive TV for the year. Below, you’ll find a thriller starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys; a wry take on American history featuring Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen; a steamy, French, female-gaze Dangerous Liaisons ; the small-screen debut of Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai; and a big sci-fi swing that reunites Better Call Saul ’s Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn.

The Beast in Me (Netflix)

Claire Danes gets a lot of attention for her “ cry face .” It is, indeed, a sight to behold. Engulfed by wa

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