The 15 Most Promising New TV Shows in 2021

Dopesick

Based on the non-fiction book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy, this dramatic series follows the story of a doctor with great compassion. But that compassion finds him tangling with a corrupt and sinister organization amid the opioid addiction crisis. And he may be in too deep to get out. Directed by Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Wag the Dog), the series stars Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Kaitlyn Dever, Will Poulter, John Hoogenakker, and Rosario Dawson.