This is the collection of notes about genre TV series and mini-series that came out in 2017. These were originally entered as Upcoming shows, but then moved to Released status as the year went on. Now that 2017 is over, all entries have been released and this page has been retired from updates. It still appears as a historic record.
For shows that have yet to premier, please look for their entries in the page covering the expected year of release. If a show is still in development and doesn't yet have a release date, look in the TV & Online Under Development page.
Released 2017
Emerald City
Premiered: January 6, 2017
Starring: Gerran Howell, Adria Arjona, Vincent D'Onofrio
Developed for NBC
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Premiered: January 13, 2017
Starring:
Neil Patrick Harris - Count Olaf.
Patrick Warburton - Lemony Snicket.
Joan Cusack - Justice Strauss.
Malina Weissman - Violet Baudelaire.
Louis Hynes - Klaus Baudelaire.
K. Todd Freeman - Mr. Arthur Poe.
Aasif Mandvi - Uncle Monty.
Catherine O'Hara - Dr. Georgina Orwell
Developed for Netflix
RIVERDALE
Premiered: January 26, 2017
Starring:
K.J. Apa - Archie Andrews
Cole Sprouse - Jughaed Jones
Camila Mendes - Veronica Lodge
Lili Reinhart - Betty Cooper
Very loosely based on the Archie Comic series
The Expanse Season 2
Premiered: February 1, 2017
Starring: Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper
For SyFy
POWERLESS
Premiered: February 2, 2017
Starring: Vivien Elizabeth Armour, Mark Brandon, Antonio Cayonne, Alan Tudyk
Under development at NBC
Comedy set at an insurance company in the DCU
Legion
Premier date: February 8, 2017
Starring: Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Bill Irwin
On FX
Time After Time
Premiered: March 5, 2017
Starring: Freddie Stroma, Josh Bowman, Genesis Rodriguez
Series under development for CW Seed
Based on the Karl Alexander novel about a young H. G. Wells
IRON FIST
Premiered: March 17, 2017
Starring: Jessica Henwick, Finn Jones, José Báez
13 episode series under development by Netflix
Based on the Marvel Comics character
Into The Badlands SeASON 2
Released: March 19, 2017
Starring: Daniel Wu, Orla Brady, Emily Beecham
On AMC
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The ReturN
Premiered: April 14, 2017
Starring:
Felicia Day - Kinga Forrester
Patton Oswalt - Son of TV's Frank
Jonah Ray - (host)
Hampton Yount - (robot voice)
Baron Vaughn - (robot voice)
Mary Jo Pehl - Pearl Forrester
Bill Corbett - Crow T. Robot
Kevin Murphy
On Netflix
AMERICAN GODS
Premiered: April 30, 2017
Director of pilot: David Slade
Showrunners: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green
Starring:
Ricky Whittle - Shadow Moon
Series under development for Starz
This is from a Neil Gaiman book
Twin Peaks
Premiered: May 21, 2017
Staring: Dana Ashbrook, Balthazar Getty, Sheryl Lee
Series under development by Showtime
PREACHER Season 2
Premiered: June 25, 2017
Starring:
Elizabeth Perkins - Vyla
Dominic Cooper - Jesse Custer
Ruth Negga - Tulip
Ian Colleti - Arseface
Development for AMC
The DEFENDERS
Premiered: August 18, 2017
Starring:
Mike Colter as Luke Cage
Charlie Cox as Daredevil
Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist
Miniseries under development by Netflix
The Tick
Premiered: August 25, 2017
Starring: Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Valorie Curry
The series was picked up by Amazon based on a pilot released in 2016.
DEATH NOTE
Director: Adam Wingard
Released: August 25, 2017
Starring: Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley
Under development by Netflix, live action based on the manga Death Note
This project is separate from the Japanese live action film being released in October 2016
The Orville
Premiered: September 10, 2017
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Chad L. Coleman, Scott Grimes
Developed for Fox
Inhumans
Premiered: September 29, 2017
Starring: Anson Mount, Serinda Swan, Ken Leung
Series under development by ABC
The Punisher
Premiered: November 17, 2017
Starring: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes
For Neflix
Runaways
Premiered: November 21, 2017
Starring: Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner
Series under development by Marvel for Hulu
From the comic book series
Happy!
Premiered: December 6, 2017
Starring: Christopher Meloni, Ritchie Coster, Lili Mirojnick
From a comic by Grant Morrison
On SyFy