5 Most Awaited Series and Seasons: My Watchlist for Winter and 2027
· by Mike
Rings of Power, Blade Runner 2099, Neuromancer, The Last of Us and The White Lotus: dates, platforms and why I am waiting for each one.
Every autumn I start a list. Not of books or trips, but of series I am waiting for. It lives on a scrap of paper on the fridge, and by winter it is covered in crossed-out lines and new dates.
This year the list got long, so I cut it down to five. Two of them arrive within weeks, three in 2027. Here is why each one made it.
1. The Rings of Power, Season 3
I gave this show two seasons of patience, and the third one looks like the payoff. The story jumps several years ahead. Sauron already holds most of Middle-earth, sits in Barad-dûr and thinks of one thing only: the One Ring. The few free peoples left have to come together before it is too late.
New faces include Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn and Eddie Marsan as Thrain, and Simon Pegg voices the Balrog. That last one alone is a reason to watch.
The season comes to Prime Video in three parts: the first four episodes on November 11, two more on November 18 and the last two on November 25.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-season-3-prime-video
2. Blade Runner 2099
I have watched both Blade Runner films more times than I want to admit, so a series in the same world is a risk I am happy to take. It is set fifty years after Blade Runner 2049, in a Los Angeles reborn without humanity.
A fugitive called Cora takes a new identity as a Blade Runner and has to partner with Olwen, a Replicant near the end of her life. Olwen is played by Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer is in the cast too, and Ridley Scott is among the producers. Together they hunt a runaway who holds a secret that could bring the whole city down.
All eight episodes land on Prime Video at once on November 25. A long winter evening is already booked.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/blade-runner-2099-prime-video
3. Neuromancer
This is the one I did not think I would live to see. William Gibson's novel from 1984 basically invented cyberpunk, and for decades it was called unfilmable. Now Apple TV has made it into a ten-episode series, with Gibson himself among the producers.
Callum Turner plays Case, a damaged hacker who once was the best. Briana Middleton plays Molly, a razor-girl assassin. Together they are pulled into a heist against a corporate dynasty with secrets of its own.
The first two episodes come out on January 22, 2027, then one a week every Friday until March 19.
https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2026/07/apple-tvs-highly-anticipated-cyberpunk-series-neuromancer-hacks-into-san-diego-comic-con-with-first-ever-teaser/
4. The Last of Us, Season 3
The second season ended in a way that left me staring at the screen long after the credits. The good news: HBO's chief Casey Bloys has said the third season is definitely planned for 2027. There is no exact date yet.
The story continues the second game, with Kaitlyn Dever's Abby more and more at the centre. One change worries some fans: Neil Druckmann, who created the game, has stepped away from the show to focus on games. HBO says it is not worried. Whether this will be the last season is not decided yet.
https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us
5. The White Lotus, Season 4
Every season of this show is the same trick: rich people on holiday, one week, and someone does not leave alive. I fall for it every time.
This time the hotel guests and staff spend a week on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival. HBO confirmed filming began in April 2026, with the crew working right through the festival. The cast is huge: Helena Bonham Carter, Vincent Cassel, Steve Coogan, Kumail Nanjiani, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina and many more.
HBO has not named a date, but the new season is expected in 2027.
https://press.wbd.com/ca/media-release/hbo-original-white-lotus-season-4-begins-filming-france
How I will watch them
Two of these shows drop all at once or almost all at once, and I already know I will not stop at one episode. The other three come week by week, and I have learned to like that. Waiting a week gives you time to think, to guess, to argue with friends.
So the paper on my fridge now has five lines, and two of them will be crossed out before the year ends. Which one is on your list?