25 Most Hotly Anticipated New TV Shows Of 2017

20. The Son

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AMC

Who: Pierce Brosnan

What: A Western based on Philipp Meyer's eponymous book, the series will be a multi-generational tale charting America becoming a world superpower, told through the rise and fall of a Texan oil family.

Why: Brosnan leading a TV series is interesting enough, since it's not somewhere he tends to tread. And he should be able to bring weight and charisma to his character, Eli, a relic of the Wild West. Westworld was more sci-fi than Western, but the latter elements show there is scope for such a show on TV, and The Son could be the big scale Western drama that's been missing since Deadwood.

Where & When: AMC, TBA

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