Midseason Streaming Guide: 13 Shows to Carry You Through the Holidays

TheWrap compiles a list of all the best shows currently available online you’ve been waiting to watch

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Tis the season for all of your favorite shows to go on winter hiatus, but that doesn’t mean you have to abandon that groove you have worn in your couch just yet.

Now that winter is coming, it’s the perfect time to catch up on all the streaming shows that have been burning a hole in your queues for all this time.

TheWrap has compiled a list of all the original series from Netflix, Amazon and Hulu that can keep you warm on a cold night.

Netflix

“Jessica Jones” – Streaming now

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Marvel’s latest Netflix hero is a hard-fighting, hard-drinking super heroine. Krysten Ritter brings the comic character to life in excellent fashion and battles with the villainous Kilgrave (David Tennant), who has the ability to control minds.

“F Is for Family” – Premieres Dec. 18

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Bill Burr takes us back to the 1970’s in this animated comedy. Burr voices everyman dad Frank Murphy, who does everything he can to stay sane while raising his kids and trying to get ahead at work.

“Master of None”- Streaming now

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Aziz Ansari stars as a fictionalized version of himself, an actor living in New York. The series explores the problems he encounters on a daily basis, and features Ansari’s real life parents in a guest role.

“W/ Bob & David”- Streaming now

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This one’s for all of the “Mr. Show” fans out there. David Cross and Bob Odenkirk return to bring  more sketchy goodness to the small screen.

“Narcos”- Streaming now

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Nothing says the holiday season like mountains of cash and cocaine. This series, which looks at the rise to power of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, was greenlit for a second season shortly after it debuted.

“Grace and Frankie”- Streaming now

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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin prove that age is just a number in this comedy series. The iconic actresses play lifelong “frienemies” who are shocked to learn their husbands have secretly been in love with each other for years.

Amazon

“Transparent”- Season 2 debuts Dec. 11

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This series recently won five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor Jeffrey Tambor. Tambor stars as a man who admits to his family that he is transgender.

“Man in the High Castle”- Streaming now

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This ambitious series is based on the Phillip K. Dick novel of the same name. It explores an alternate reality in which the Axis powers won World War II and America is now part of the Third Reich.

“Red Oaks”- Streaming now

Amazon

This series takes you back to the 1980’s as told through the eyes of college student David (Craig Roberts). David decides to take a summer job as a tennis pro at a country club before real life starts.

Hulu

“Casual” – Streaming now

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“Casual” follows the story of a dysfunctional family with a bachelor brother and his newly divorced sister. Together, they coach each other through the crazy world of dating (on-line and off), while living under one roof again and raising a teenager.

“The Awesomes” – Streaming now

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Seth Meyers executive produces and lends his voice to this superhero comedy. Meyers stars as Prock, the son of a legendary superhero who must assemble a new team of crimefighters when his dad retires.

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“Oh My Venus”-Streaming now

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In this Korean series, childhood friends meet again in their adulthood and find themselves making a bet on a “diet challenge.” It stars one of Korea’s hottest male actors, So Ji Sub, and the popular Shin Min Ah as the female lead.

“Wu Xin: The Monster Hunter”-Streaming now

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In this Chinese series, Wu Xin is an immortal who doesn’t know where he was from, how long he lived, or what he is. During one of his destitute spells, he meets Yue Ya who gives him her last morsel of food. To repay her kindness and get more food in their stomach, he decides to capitalize his only skill set: Killing monsters.

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