Television to look forward to in 2017

Sherlock. The first release chronologically so first on the list. On New Year's Day, Sherlock returns to our screen for the first time since the 2015 Christmas feature length special, The Abominable Bride. Image: IMDb.

Rick and Morty series 3. Dan Harmon's Adult Swim animation's third series will comprise of 14 episodes rather than the previous ten - testament to how the show has taken over. Image: IMDb.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. We've known about this Netflix series for a long time and good grief are we excited. Neil Patrick Harris will be on form playing the maniacal Count Olaf. Image: IMDb.

Iron Fist. The latest TV series to arrive into the Netflix-Marvel canon. It will follow Finn Jones as Daniel Rand who is bestowed with martial arts powers. Image: IMDb.

House of Cards series 5. It's been the opinion of its fans for a while that House of Cards is somewhat on its way out. This is demonstrated by the lack of nominations at the 2017 Golden Globes and SAG Awards. Despite being ordered by Netflix for two series after 2017, series 5 will be make or break. Image: IMDb.

Orange Is The New Black series 5. Maintaining a seemingly unstoppable popularity, unlike its political Netflix counterpart, House of Cards, the end of series 4 has fans chomping harder at the bit than ever to see what happens next at Litchfield. Image: IMDb.

Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses. The hugely popular YA novel is being adapted into a BBC television series. There are few details about it, in fact zero. But fans of the book series are going to go mad for this one. Image: BBC News.

The Defenders. Very fun, an epic, Netflix, super team comprised of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist merging together to kick criminal butt. Image: IMDb.

Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks was and is a wildly popular TV series back in the 1990s made by David Lynch and had the world ask the question: who killed Laura Palmer? Now, David Lynch and much of the surviving cast is back to revive the show and it has perhaps the biggest shoes to fill of any new television show on the list. Image: IMDb.

Prison Break: Sequel. Another revival. Prison Break is in all of our memories for being watched by pretty much everyone. Now it's back to claim that title again as some burly, tattooed men try to break the burly, tattooed Wentworth Miller out of prison. Image: IMDb.

Big Little Lies. The idyllic suburban lives of three couples, including Adam Scott, Alexander Skarsgard, and Laura Dern, unravel and fall to pieces. Probably to be next year's This Is Us. Image: IMDb.

Star Trek: Discovery. The revival of the Star Trek franchise on television - phenomenal expectations for this one! Image: IMDb.

Powerless. A different side to the superhero world we are now all too famous with. Powerless will be part of the DC hero franchise and signifies a turn towards comedy as a team of insurance brokers deals with superhero damage claims. Community's Danny Pudi and High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens lead. Image: IMDb.

Training Day. The follow up to the Oscar winning 2001 film starring Denzel Washington will see a crime solving duo made up of a crooked cop and a straight laced newbie. Image: IMDb.

Broadchurch. Returning to our screens for the first time since 2015, David Tennant and Olivia Colman are expected to bring the fire to the BAFTA winning ITV drama, which has travelled well across the world. Image: IMDb.

Great British Bake Off on Channel 4. Little to say about this one - will Channel 4 deliver an adequate format and judging panel following a shock buy off the BBC for £75 million? Image: The Drum.

Girls, the final series. Lena Dunham's series, which has become an emblem of feminism has been in steady decline. Programmes like this make a habit of signing off on a great high - see Mad Men for similarities. The final one is worth sticking around for. Image: IMDb.

Taboo. One of the most exciting new series coming next if not only because it brings Tom Hardy to American television as James Keziah Delaney tries to establish his expansive shipping empire by any means necessary on BBC One here and FX in the US. Image: IMDb.

The Son. Pierce Brosnan comes to American television as a rugged silver fox who wishes to keep his juggernaut Texas oil empire. Dallas for modern day adults, if you like. Image: IMDb.

The Voice on ITV. The Voice is the second series lost by the BBC recently - the ailing corpse of The Voice was flogged over to ITV with Jennifer Hudson added to the judging panel. Image: The Mirror.