The 18 TV shows we’re most excited to watch in 2022
As the backlog brought on by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic clears — even if the pandemic itself does not — 2022 promises a bumper crop of prominent TV titles. “The Walking Dead” comes to an end, “Game of Thrones” becomes a franchise and “The Lord of the Rings” moves to the small screen. The original “Law & Order” is back for Season 21, the ‘80s Lakers are back for “Winning Time” and Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s tempestuous relationship is back in the spotlight with “Pam & Tommy.”
And that’s just for starters. Find 18 more new and returning TV series, selected by L.A. Times staff, to mark on your calendars for 2022. That way, if you’re stuck inside as often in the new year as you have been the last two, you can’t say we didn’t leave you prepared.
"Abbott Elementary" (ABC, Jan. 4)
You drop your child off in the car line, you read the news and you think you know what’s going on in education. But forget policy decisions: Who’s watching the watchmen? Using a mockumentary format, creator Quinta Brunson shows that school really is not just a building, it’s the people inside. She plays an upbeat new teacher who quickly learns that there are other things to deal with besides the students, including colleagues who’ve seen it all, administrators who haven’t seen enough and inner workings that spill out. Maybe I have more skin in the game because of my family of educators — and I would watch a sock commercial on a loop if the great Sheryl Lee Ralph were in it — but I laughed out loud more during one
