10 Upcoming TV Shows That Will Break The Internet

Sex tapes, superheroes, spooky shenanigans, and spectacular budgets.

by Andrew Pollard
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Without any sense of hyperbole, it's fair to say we're currently living in a golden age of television. This past decade or more has seen stunning TV show after stunning TV show arrive for our viewing pleasure, with the small screen these days offering a vastly larger budget and lifespan for projects than in years gone by.

Like its preceding years, 2021 delivered some genuinely phenomenal slices of television, with Squid Game, The Wonder Years, Mare of Easttown, WandaVision, Only Murders in the Building, Yellowjackets, Time, It's a Sin, Invincible, Heels, Lupin and, dare your scribe say it, even I Know What You Did Last Summer just some of the many great shows to debut last year.

With no drop in quality in sight, taking a look ahead at 2022 and beyond throws up a slew of (hopefully!) great TV shows that will likely have us all eagerly tuning in week-to-week. And these days, such series have a tendency to completely blow up - with one great episode enough to instantly turn a show into a white-hot online talking point.

Following that school of thought, then, here are ten such upcoming TV shows that have an extremely high chance, for better or worse, of causing the internet to explode.

10. Moon Knight

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Comic book-based shows are all the rage right now, and few upcoming such series have the attention as much as the Oscar Isaac-fronted Moon Knight.

Set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this six-episode show will land on Disney+ at a to-be-confirmed date at some point in 2022 and will exist as part of the MCU's Phase 4 of projects.

From the images and brief footage made available so far, long-time Marvel Comics fans are hugely intrigued by how Moon Knight will play out. The look of Isaac's dark hero immediately impresses, and the colour palette of what's been seen bodes extremely well to fit in with the tone of the comic book character.

As for that character, Marc Spector is a former Marine suffering from dissociative identity disorder. Unwittingly becoming a conduit for the Egyptian moon god, Spector sees all of his identities come to the fore as their own unique personas. In Moon Knight, Golden Globe winner Isaac will be joined by Ramy's May Calamawy and Training Day's Ethan Hawke - with Hawke rumoured to be playing the 'big bad' of the show.

In addition to Moon Knight, Disney+ also has the hotly anticipated She-Hulk, Secret Invasion, Ms. Marvel, Ironheart, Armor Wars, and a Wakanda-based series all on the way as part of the upcoming small screen output of Phase 4.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.