It’s January, so that means new seasons and shows coming back from hiatus! This is just a taste as the next few weeks are ripe with new content.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia-  Season 11, can you believe it? There were some dark times (in the not funny way) a few years ago, but Season 10 was thankfully great. I was worried. This year starts with “Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo” and it has everything about the series that makes it so funny. With the gang pitching their own game “Chardee MacDennis” to a Mattel executive, the debauchery of their comradery is in full effect. Frank tries to get a cut of the action right away, Dennis and Dee stay thick as thieves and Mac and Charlie just try to hold on. The whole episode stays in the pub making it a bottle episode. That’s usually the best recipe for this show.

The Expanse- I’m late to this one (SyFy put the first 4 episodes up on their site), but I’m glad I got into it now. A SyFy channel original, The Expanse takes place a few hundred years in the future. Mankind has figured out space travel and has colonized Mars. In between the two planets are “The Belters”, those that live on space stations working to gather resources to send back to Earth. The Belters are the worker bees that allow Earth to thrive in comfort. Things are rather contentious between Earth and Mars and a plot involving a high ranking official’s daughter is the hidden keystone of a growing rebellion movement. Great to have a solid sci-fi show to watch. It’s interesting, I like the cast a lot and SyFy gave these guys the budget they needed to bring this future to life (it’s based on a book), so it often looks really great. Space battles, all sorts of ships and colonies and future tech fully realized. The season is half way over but SyFy recently gave the green light for more so I’m all in. Impressive stuff.

SuperMansion- Available on Crackle.com, from the creators of Robot Chicken. SuperMansion is their take on a super hero team (Avengers, Justice League) with their own original characters. Funny stuff (it’s for “adults”) and the animation is really good. Looks like a crazy amount of work to make. They know how to stick and move around reoccuring jokes to keep things from getting old. Love Bryran Cranston as Titanium Rex, leader of The League of Freedom.

Man Seeking Woman- I absolutely love how creative this show is and am so happy it’s back for another season. I’m a fan of Jay Baruchel, he plays the straight man really well. This show gets so wild and weird he’s perfect as always-looking-for-love Josh. Eric Andre as Mike (Josh’s best friend) is cast perfectly too. This show is all about the trials and tribulations of dating and relationships and lampoons all the best horrific things about them. Blind dates, exes (and exes moving on and being happy), weddings in your late 20’s-early 30’s. This season premiere (“Wings”) is about Josh getting a new girlfriend and leaving Mike behind in the afterglow. The early negotiations of finding time to hang out crumble into a break-up and then the makeup process when Josh’s new relationship go south. Many a chicken wing is consumed. Great show, the amazing special effects push this one over the edge for me.