Forget 'New Year, New Me'. Digital Spy's current mantra is 'New Year, New TV' - with the next 12 months set to offer up a tantalising gourmet menu of great television.
From superheroes to sitcoms to actual Tom Hiddleston on your telly - if this little lot doesn't take the sting out of going back to work, then nothing will.
1. LUCKY MAN - Sky1
Now that his iconic characters have conquered Hollywood, Marvel Comics genius Stan Lee - the creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers and more - is turning his attention to British television.
James Nesbitt will star in this light-hearted drama, devised by Lee, playing a London detective imbued with fantastic luck.
Launching in January, Lucky Man also has a top supporting cast - including Heroes actor Sendhil Ramamurthy and Nurse Jackie's Eve Best - on hand as sidekicks.
2. THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY - FX (US)
Launching February 2 in the States - and hopefully not long afterwards in the UK - is Ryan Murphy's latest venture into the outrageous, a docu-drama chronicling OJ Simpson's murder trial in 1995.
As a bonus, American Crime Story comes equipped with a bonkers cast, including Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, John Travolta as his lawyer Robert Shapiro and David Freakin' Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian (with Selma Blair as wife Kris).
It could be amazing. It could be terrible. In all likelihood, it'll be both.
3. VINYL - Sky Atlantic
HBO's latest high-profile drama will land in the UK just a day after US transmission, with Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale fronting this vivid recreation of New York City's wild 1970s music scene.
Reuniting Boardwalk Empire's Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese, Vinyl also has the stamp of authenticity - with Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger on board as an executive producer.
An eclectic cast - from Olivia Wilde to Ray Romano to Mick's son James Jagger - will join Cannavale for this hotly-anticipated rock 'n' roller.
4. DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW - Sky1
The latest (and, we're promised, last) entry in DC Comics' television universe rounds up a motley crew of heroes and anti-heroes - including Brandon Routh's Atom and Wentworth Miller's Captain Cold - to save all of time and space from a terrible threat.
Helpfully, Doctor Who's Arthur Darvill - who knows a bit about this time-travelling lark - is also on board as Rip Hunter, the team's roguish mentor.
Legends of Tomorrow promises spectacular action, crossovers with Arrow and The Flash and plenty of scenery-chewing from the ever-reliable Miller - don't miss.
5. OUTCAST - FOX UK
From the brilliant, deranged mind of Robert Kirkman, Cinemax series Outcast promises to do for demons and possession what his last show The Walking Dead did for zombies.
Patrick Fugit - yes, the wide-eyed lead from Almost Famous - will be delving into his dark side to play Kyle Barnes, a young man haunted by demons - and not just the metaphysical kind.
Philip Glenister will provide solid, gruff support as Reverend Anderson, a self-appointed soldier in God's holy war against the forces of evil.
6. CLASS - BBC Three
There's hopefully some new Doctor Who on the way this year - at some point. But filling the gap nicely will be BBC Three's new spinoff show - the first since The Sarah Jane Adventures wrapped in late 2011.
Class will follow the school kids of Coal Hill - a school introduced in Doctor Who's very first episode from 1963. It springs from the mind of Patrick Ness, acclaimed author of Young Adult fiction.
Who head honcho Steven Moffat has described the writer's pitch for the show as "superb", while Peter Capaldi has also told DS that he's open to joining the family Ness - we can't wait.
7. MARVEL'S LUKE CAGE - Netflix
The comic giant's third Netflix series has a lot to live up to - with both April 2015's Daredevil and November's Jessica Jones bowling over fans and critics.
Happily though, Mike Colter's reluctant hero Luke - with skin of steel and a heart of gold - was one of the standout elements in the latter series, as charming as he was formidable.
Luke Cage also has a strong creative team on board, with Cheo Hodari Coker - who won a NAACP Image Award for his work on the acclaimed Southland - running the show. It'll be a sweet Christmas if this show lands before the end of 2016.
8. WESTWORLD - Sky Atlantic
HBO is giving Michael Crichton's classic '70s sci-fi flick a glossy overhaul, while retaining the key setting and the core threat: futuristic theme park Westworld, and the rise of artificial intelligence.
Better still, the cast for this re-imagining is disgustingly good - with Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright and more all signed up.
And if that weren't enough, pulling Westworld's strings is Jonathan Nolan - creator of Person of Interest, and co-writer of many of his brother Christopher's acclaimed movies. And he'll oversee the whole affair with a hotly-tipped newcomer named... JJ Abrams.
9. PREACHER - AMC (US)
It's taken 20 years, but an adaptation of DC's cult comic series - don't listen to the snobs, it ain't a 'graphic novel' - is finally reaching our screens this year.
Dominic Cooper, already part of the MCU as Howard Stark, will be pulling double duty as Jesse Custer - you guessed it, a preacher from Texas who's possessed by an all-powerful supernatural being.
Joining Jesse on his mission to literally find God are old girlfriend Tulip (Ruth Negga) and vampire Cassidy (the magnetic Joe Gilgun), with Seth Rogen and his cohort Evan Goldberg (Superbad, This Is The End) on scripting duties.
10. DAMIEN - A&E (US)
...or, what Merlin's Bradley James did next. He'll be putting those razor-sharp cheekbones to nefarious use later this year, playing the son of Satan in a new television sequel to classic horror movie The Omen.
Glen Mazzara - formerly of The Walking Dead - is in charge of crafting new misadventures for Damien Thorn, with this show ignoring the divisive Omen sequels and recasting its lead as a 30-year-old spawn of the devil who's forgotten his dark past.
Launching on A&E in the States, Damien is yet to land a UK home. Here's hoping a broadcaster steps up to give all us Merlin obsessives our next Bradders fix.
11. THE NIGHT MANAGER - BBC One
Tom Hiddleston. Hugh Laurie.
Oh, you want more? Fine. The Night Manager is a six-part version of John le Carré's espionage novel about an ex-soldier (Hiddleston) recruited by an intelligence operative (Olivia Colman) to take down arms dealer Richard Roper (Laurie).
Spy thrills, A-grade acting talent all the way round - what's not to be excited about?
12. THE CROWN - Netflix
Forget yer House of Cards and yer Sense8 - The Crown looks set to be the most ambitious Netflix original series to date.
Created by The Queen's Peter Morgan and directed by Billy Elliot's Stephen Daldry, this biopic will chronicle Elizabeth II's reign across a potential six seasons - with Netflix sinking a rumoured $100m into the project.
Claire Foy will play the young Elizabeth, with Doctor Who's Matt Smith as Prince Philip and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill - yes, really.
13. MAIGRET - ITV
A rare opportunity to see Rowan Atkinson play it straight. The Bean and Blackadder funnyman will leave his comic personas behind to star in a new adaptation of George Simenon's Maigret stories.
Pipe-smoking French detective Jules Maigret will return to our screens in a pair of two-hour films later this year, with Maigret Sets a Trap and Maigret's Dead Man both set in 1950s Paris.
And with 75 novels and 28 short stories to draw on, it's entirely possible that Maigret could becoming a long-runner for ITV if these two films are a success.
14. DOCTOR THORNE - ITV
Dry those tears, Downton Abbey fans. The Crawley clan may be gone for good - but Julian Fellowes is going nowhere, penning a new period drama for ITV to launch later this year.
Doctor Thorne will star Rev's Tom Hollander as the title character in this screen version of Anthony Trollope's 1858 novel.
But perhaps the standout name in an impressive cast list (Rebecca Front, Ian McShane) is Mad Men and Community star Alison Brie - cast as a wealthy American heiress. Yes please.
15. MORNING HAS BROKEN - Channel 4
It's been over a decade since Friends wrapped, but David Schwimmer is finally returning to sitcom. Even better, it's a Brit-com, with the one-time Ross Geller cast as a US producer hired to save a struggling breakfast TV show in this Channel 4 satire.
Co-created by Julia Davis, Morning Has Broken will also star the Nighty Night legend as the show's frazzled host Gail Sinclair.
Davis and Schwimmer - it's a dynamite combination we never could've predicted. But now we're desperate to see how their team-up plays out.
16. SS-GB - BBC One
Look out later this year for a show set in an alternate world where Germany won World War II… no, not that one.
Yes, the synopsis for SS-GB does make it sound rather like Amazon's original The Man in the High Castle, but it's actually based on a 1978 novel by Len Deighton, chronicling a copper's investigation into a web of intrigue concerning Britain's atomic secrets.
Neil Purvis and Robert Wade, who wrote or co-wrote the last six Bond films, seem like the perfect talent to bring spymaster Deighton's tome to the screen. While the knockout cast - Sam Riley, Kate Bosworth, Jason Flemyng, Aneurin Barnard and And Then There Were None's Maeve Dermody - ensures this is worth a look.
