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Period pieces galore are in store for us this November, as Netflix bows an adaptation of a Pulitzer-winning WWII novel and the final season The Crown, Apple TV+ does the time warp again (and again), and Hulu rolls out a puckish retelling of a Charles Dickens classic (not that one, its too soon). Elsewhere, the lush costuming of The Buccaneers gives The Gilded Age a run for its new and old money, while FX heads all the way back to 2019, with some help from Juno Temple and Jon Hamm.

But rest assured that theres plenty of contemporary storytelling on the way next month few things will ground viewers in the now like the arrivals of a grueling reality competition series based on a scripted drama about a grueling reality competition series and an irreverent new show that marries murder-mystery mania with some eat the rich sentiment.

The Primetimer staff shares our most anticipated TV shows for November 2023 below. And if that's not enough, scroll to the end fora list of even more notable premieres.

Premieres November 2

Anthony Doerr's 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for its story about a teenage girl who's being hidden from the Nazis in occupied Paris while sending out messages of resistance, and the young German radio expert tasked with finding her. This much-anticipated adaptation comes from a pair of unlikely sources: writer Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and Shawn Levy, director of movies like Night at the Museum, This Is Where I Leave You, and the upcoming Deadpool 3 (and part of Taylor Swift's recent Sunday Night Football entourage). Joe Reid

Premieres November 8

What do you get when you mix The Gilded Age's old-versus-new-money conflict with Bridgerton's steamy romance? The Buccaneers, a series adaptation of Edith Wharton's unfinished novel. When a group of American girls arrive in London in search of husbands (at the urging of socialite Mrs. St. George, played by Christina Hendicks), they upend the social scene with their unconventional sensibilities and disregard for the time-honored traditions of polite society.

Despite the frosty reception, the girls set their sights on the town's available bachelors, but they quickly realize that they aspire to more than just walking down the aisle to a nobleman. In true Edith Wharton fashion, their journey through the 1870s English aristocracy is filled with all the lavish balls and love triangles viewers could want, but creator Katherine Jakeways has added a few modern touches, including a soundtrack packed with top female artists, from Taylor Swift to Boygenius. Claire Spellberg Lustig

Premieres November 11

The latest chapter of For All Mankind starts off on Mars, something that would have seemed inconceivable when Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, and Matt Wolpert first began to unspool their sci-fi epic on Apple TV+ four years ago. NASAs more than caught up in the space race, generating billions in revenue, producing a president (Jodi Balfours Ellen Wilson), and now, looking to establish the first self-sustaining colony on Mars. But, as FAMs proven time and again, progress doesnt move on a straight path. Private interests rear their heads again, and theyre not the only threats on the horizon. The future is still uncertain, but we do know we can count on the same awe-inspiring visuals and top-notch performances of previous installments. Danette Chavez

Premieres November 12

Home renovations have been cited as a reason for filing for divorce at least, according to a 10-year-old survey by a site called Houzz, in which 12% of respondents claimed that major home improvement projects put considerable strain on their marriages. Sure, that figures apocryphal, but we cant help but think about it while watching Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdies dark new comedy for Showtime, or any of the real-life HGTV shows with husband-and-wife teams that inspired it. When Asher (Fielder) and Whitney Siegel (Emma Stone) set out to make a socially conscious home renovation show in Espaola, New Mexico, it takes a toll on their marriage and their psyches. The Curse is discomfiting, like much of Fielders and Safdies respective oeuvres, and its often hilarious, much like Fielders and Safdies other work. DC

Premieres November 14

If Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery didn't convince viewers to stay away from the isolated compounds of the ultra-wealthy, FX's A Murder at the End of the World (formerly titled Retreat) is here to seal the deal. Emma Corrin gets their Benoit Blanc on as Gen Z sleuth Darby Hart, a tech-savvy hacker who's invited to a retreat by a reclusive billionaire (Clive Owen). When one of the guests turns up dead, Darby puts her skills to the test to identify the killer before they strike again.

A large supporting cast will be joining Corrin and Owen in this remote locale: In addition to co-creating the series with The OA collaborator Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling stars opposite Harris Dickinson, though FX has been careful to preserve the mystery of their roles. Jermaine Fowler, Alice Braga, and Joan Chen also feature in A Murder at the End of the World, but the question remains: Will they be suspects or victims? And will Darby determine the answer before it's too late? CSL

Premieres November 16

It all comes down to this. In its final season which Netflix has divided into two parts The Crown brings Queen Elizabeth II's (Imelda Staunton) reign into the modern era with the sudden death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla's (Olivia Williams) controversial marriage, and Prince William (Ed McVey) and Kate Middleton's (Meg Bellamy) courtship.

As befits her status in British history (but not necessarily within the royal family), Diana's death serves as the season's inflection point, with the first four episodes dramatizing the months leading up to the August 1997 car crash, and the final six emphasizing the impact of her death on her family and the Queen's relationship with the public. The storyline has already stirred up strong feelings in the U.K., but creator Peter Morgan promises it was handled with the utmost respect and if anyone can do Diana's story justice, it's Debicki, whose exceptional performance proved to be a bright spot in the lackluster fifth season. CSL

Premieres November 17

Apple TV+ tries to muscle in on the cinematic universe action with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which jumps back and forth between two timelines the 1950s and the 2010s to tell the story of how the eponymous, Godzilla-monitoring agency came to be. This is the second TV series (the first being Skull Island) and the sixth overall installment in Legendarys Monsterverse, with Godzilla x Kong: The New Empires theatrical release just around the corner (officially, April 12, 2024). If you love seeing kaiju fight, Monarch is probably already on your radar. But the series also offers compelling stand-ins for viewers not as well versed in primordial titan lore: two siblings who are really just trying to understand their family history. And if that doesnt sell you on it, Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell will tag-team the role of Lee Shaw, an Army officer with a mysterious role in the creation of this powerful organization. DC

Premieres November 21

A trip to Fargo is always welcome, even after that detour to Kansas City in Season 4 (but we realize were in the minority here). The latest installment of Noah Hawleys anthology, which is based on the Coen brothers black comedy of the same name, sees Juno Temple alternately kicking ass and politely enduring interrogations by cops from both Minnesota and North Dakota, including Jon Hamm as Sheriff Tillman. Though its set in 2019, Season 5 has the look and feel of the phenomenal second season, which took place in 1979 and also had a young married couple at the center of all the passive-aggressive action. Whether this marks an overall return to form remains to be seen, but the cast, which also includes Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lamorne Morris, and Dave Foley, is as stacked as ever. DC

Premieres November 22

There's been a lot of light on Netflix's upcoming reality competition, based on its hit Korean drama. Beyond the obvious questions ("how do you create a reality show out of a fictional scenario where people fight to their deaths?"), there were numerous reports during filming of everything from contestant injuries to unsafe working conditions to the game being rigged for social-media influencers to advance. And yet, the idea of a 456-person reality competition does sound mind-boggling enough to be intriguing. How can they make this work?? JR

Premieres November 29

Disney produced this cheeky Australian adaptation of the character from Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. The Artful Dodger (Thomas Brodie-Sangster), once a peerless thief, has grown up to be a respectable surgeon under the name Jack Dawkins. But when his old cohort Fagin (David Thewlis) comes back into his life, he's drawn back to his life of crime. The series also stars Maia Mitchell (Good Trouble) as an ambitious would-be surgeon, and Damon Herriman (Justified) as a man who might expose Dodger and take him down. JR

Black Cake (Hulu): Series premiere, November 1 Invincible (Prime Video): Season 2 premiere, November 3 Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Paramount): Series premiere, November 5 Escaping Twin Flames (Netflix): Docuseries premiere, November 7 Culprits (Hulu): Series premiere, November 8 Rap Sh!t (Max): Season 2 premiere, November 9 Colin From Accounts (Paramount+): Series premiere, November 9 Blackberry (AMC): Series premiere, November 13 Love Has Won (HBO): Docuseries premiere, November 13 Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story (Hulu): Docuseries premiere, November 15 Julia (Max): Season 2 premiere, November 16 Ghosts: U.K. series premiere on CBS, November 16 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix): Series premiere, November 17 Twin Love (Prime Video): Reality series premiere, November 17 A Nearly Normal Thriller (Netflix): Series premiere, November 24 Faraway Downs (Hulu): Series premiere, November 26 Love Like a K-Drama (Netflix): Series premiere, November 28 Slow Horses (Apple TV+): Season 3 premiere, November 29 (moved up from December 1) Obliterated (Netflix): Series premiere, November 30 Virgin River (Netflix): Holiday specials premiere, November 30

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Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door or "The Movie" outside Japan is an underrated work of art only marred by a few narrative blemishes. The fact it doesn't appear in conversations about the series shouldn't be taken as a sign that the film was a disaster. While it doesn't hit the same emotional highs as the TV show's best episodes, the movie does deliver some of the best action scenes in animated history.

While it's easy to disregard the movie as a quick tie-in to bring in a few extra dollars out of the Cowboy Bebop anime, thinking it's sloppy or uninspired would be a disservice to both. The movie, created by staff from Sunrise, Bones, and Bandai Visual, is bursting with quality visuals. Its only weakness is a plot that lacks the same charisma and imagination that the original TV series had in spades.

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From beginning to end, the movie is focused on capturing Bebop's Martian colony at its most sumptuous, starting with a photo-realistic opening credits capturing daily life. The creators knew that the viewers couldn't get enough of the anime's fight scenes, and cram in even more intricately choreographed sequences. The hand-to-hand sequences are easily some of the best ever committed to film, and the aerial chase in the last third of the movie, completely hand-drawn, remains unique in the anime industry. Even celebrated aircraft-focused shows like The Sky Crawlers or Yukikaze would sooner rely on CGI vehicles to perform airborne stunts.

Sadly, the plot of the film, while serviceable, doesn't leave much of an impression. The original anime's episodes possessed some truly outrageous sci-fi ideas; from monkey-creating viruses, clown-clad assassins, and a high stakes battle for a hyper-intelligent corgi. The movie's terrorist plot, by comparison, lacks any sort of eccentricities, and even feels out of place for how rote its killer gas is, simply dropping bodies without any usual Bebop fanfare. Vincent Volaju, meanwhile, is a lackluster villain: a brooding, rambling madman who mostly provides conflict for conflict's sake. While the anime's Vicious is similar, his seething hatred of Spike was still palpable enough to be memorable.

As a result, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is an understated show of style over substance, with hundreds of frames of slick animation dedicated to a few jaw-dropping minutes of fights and long tours of Mars that isn't able to really sell its high-stakes plot as something signature to its world, or as something worth remembering. While the TV series could sell its low-key crime adventures, the movie's conspiracy-thriller feels generic. Nonetheless, as the last ride for Cowboy Bebop, its movie is well worth the experience of seeing; better still, its Halloween sequence makes watching it this October especially timely.

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SALT LAKE CITY Because Liliana Bolanos' parents brought her from Mexico to America at age 2, people often tell her that her parents are criminals. But she sees it differently.

"My parents are not the villains of my story they are the heroes of my story," Bolanos, of Salt Lake City, said Saturday during a rally promoting immigration reform at the Utah Capitol.

Now an immigration paralegal, and one of the organizers of local group Utah With All Immigrants, Bolanos said the Beehive State is only receptive to some kinds of immigrants. As a DACA recipient, Bolanos has a work permit and protection from deportation rights that are not afforded to her parents, who live in Utah County.

"It's very divisive, and it separates families to say that this member of your family deserves citizenship, and you do not," Bolanos said. "Our group emphasizes the importance that all immigrants are deserving of being advocated for, and respect, because at the end of the day, we are all impacted if one of us doesn't have the rights that the others have."

Bolanos joined other Utahns Saturday in celebrating National Stand With Immigrants Day through their second annual rally calling for immigration reform, along with better education and community awareness of issues faced by immigrants.

The group's mission, according to Bolanos, is "to empower all immigrants in Utah by fostering community, providing representation, promoting awareness, connecting with resources and sharing untold stories."

She said after 22 years, she and her mother were finally given the chance to apply for U.S. citizenship the same year her mother was diagnosed with stage three cancer.

"There are days where I wonder if she will live to see the day she gets a green card," Bolanos said through tears. "So we have to raise our voice for those who can't."

Another local family affected by immigration policies is that of Taylor Heiner, who also participated in the rally. He and his wife, Maleny, went to Mexico in August to apply for her green card. But the immigration officer denied her access, meaning she is stuck indefinitely in Mexico.

"She grew up in the United States this is her home. We've filed multiple expedites, and the only thing we can do is wait," Heiner said.

During the rally, Heiner called for policy reform, and encouraged locals to vote for politicians actively working to improve immigration.

He said, "We need to humanize these laws and policies. We need to understand that this impacts individuals and families. Because my wife was impacted by this, my family is separated, and I'm working every day to get her back home."

Saane Siale, another organizer of Utah for All Immigrants, also called for humanizing immigration laws, and pointed out that Maleny is just one of many impacted by U.S. policies.

"There are real families behind these laws and policies, and people forget that. We have to humanize it," Siale said. "I want to challenge people's perception of the immigration system, and to think about what can work better."

She said she wishes more people would put in the work to become educated and aware of the immigration system, which she called "outdated, convoluted and confusing."

"How are they supposed to navigate a system that's not actually meant to help them come here legally?" Siale asked.

"I will fight every day until Melany is home, and every other immigrant who deserves to call this place home," she added. "They did not choose the reality that they have to face."

Alexander Bybee, who works in Utah immigration services, also encouraged listeners to become more educated.

"We all need to be radically curious about other people, we need to analyze our assumptions about groups of people," he said.

He said even implicit acts of racism, such as promoting American exceptionalism, can harm people and contribute to a culture of anti-immigration sentiment.

"Let's recognize that all immigrants are people, that they are more than their status. Let's recognize that the immigration system often creates hardship for these immigrants, and excludes them from the resources they need," Bybee said. "Immigration is a complex systembut there is a simple and clear goal: all immigrants are welcome to the U.S., no matter what country they come from."

Gabrielle Shiozawa is a reporter for KSL.com.

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Tuesday's annual hearing on "Threats to the Homeland" took on a new importance with the war raging between Israel and Hamas.

"As the last few weeks have shown, the threat environment our department is charged with confronting has evolved and expanded constantly," said Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas.

Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of theNational Counterterrorism CenterChristine Abizaid all told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that they are worried Hamas' attack will embolden other bad actors, both in the U.S and abroad.

"Homegrown violent extremists inspired by foreign terrorist organizations are in many ways the biggest threat we face here in the homeland, and those lone actors will draw inspiration from all sorts of things," said Wray.

"Iran has a significant escalatory capability that if it intended to be escalatory in this current conflict, we should be very concerned," Abizaid said.

Wray testified the threat facing Jews is reaching historic levels. He said the FBI is bringing its hate crimes investigators and its domestic terrorism teams together to combat the growing threat.

Beyond Israel, both Democrats and Republicans pressed the trio on immigration and the southern border.

Director Wray testified that the FBI is targeting fentanyl at every level from the "pill mills" who produce the drugs to the organizations who smuggle it across the border and the gangs who distribute it on the streets.

"We well know that the trafficking of fentanyl is not specific to a nationality. Tragically, we have individuals from various countries of origin. We have American citizens trafficking in fentanyl. Fentanyl is a scourge that we must all work together to overcome," said Mayorkas.

Secretary Mayorkas testified that his agency is surging staff and technology to the border, but he also stressed the need for comprehensive immigration reform.

A vast majority of the hearing focused on those two issues border security and Israel and those issues will likely figure prominently on the campaign trail for 2024.

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