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With the doldrums of winter upon us, the television landscape can get a bit bare. Now can be a great time to revisit some old favorites but it can also be a fantastic opportunity to watch something new and fresh.

Without further ado, here are my Tiff-tested and (usually) approved, shows to fill your holiday hiatuses:

Mindhunter (Netflix, 2 seasons)-FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) work a new, psychologically-driven branch of the FBI: that of multiple murderers. Season one focused on the agents interviewing some of the most notorious serial killers impressed, while season two was a tour de force of case study on the Atlanta murders of the early 80s.

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Why Women Kill (CBS, 1 season)-This campy, vampy salacious take on love and marriage spans three different decades and three different couples (and a throuple). From Ginnifer Goodwin’s 1960’s housewife, to Lucy Liu’s 1980’s socialite, to Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s 2010’s attorney, the series focuses on the ways women are pushed to the brink…and the men who cause them to do so.

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Castle Rock (Hulu, 2 seasons)-an anthology in the truest sense, the series is the brainchild of author Stephen King’s sprawling, New England-based novellas. Focusing on a family and their adopted son in season one, the second season pulls on the threads of all of King’s easter eggs and gives one heckuva reveal in the final episode.

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The Boys (Amazon Prime, 1 season)-think of the movie Hancock but on steroids, and you’ve got The Boys. In a universe where supes are managed by a corporation (and farmed out at astronomical prices), a few brave citizenry see them for the sham they are. As evidence of the superheroes’ depravity comes to the surface, the anti-supe faction goes to great lengths to stop them.

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Workin’ Moms (Netflix, 3 seasons)-following the lives of mommy and me group and bffs, this gem of a Canadian comedy gets real about the issues working mothers face. From a high-powered exec being pressured into part-time work, to a newer mother craving her independence and tiring of motherhood and marriage. The show is an honest and refreshing take on the pitfalls and successes of mommydom.

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And with that, we wish you the happiest of holidays and a blessed season. Happy watching!