February 2025 TV preview: The White Lotus, a Suits spin-off, and television star Robert De Niro
Plus, Yellowjackets returns, Kate Hudson leads a sports comedy, and Steven Knight heads to Hulu.
By Saloni Gajjar and Tim Lowery. Clean Slate (Photo: Prime Video), Zero Day (Photo: Jojo Whilden/Netflix), The White Lotus (Photo: Fabio Lovino/HBO)
Now that we’re well into 2025, TV is seriously beefing up its premieres in February, with Robert De Niro and Kate Hudson making their Netflix debuts, NBC cooking up some newbies, and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight presenting another bloody period piece. The month also promises a few highly anticipated returns, most notably the Thailand-set next chapter of The White Lotus. Here is The A.V. Club’s guide to what to watch in February.
Apple Cider Vinegar (Netflix, February 6)
Apple Cider Vinegar is coming for the wellness and social-media industrial complex. In the show, Kaitlyn Dever plays an influencer who builds an online empire by lying about having a life-threatening disease, which puts her on the warpath with another social media personality (portrayed by Alycia Debnam-Carey) who actually suffers from cancer. [Saloni Gajjar]
Clean Slate (Prime Video, February 6)
It’s all about second chances in the family comedy Clean Slate, which boasts the late Norman Lear as a producer. In the series, George Wallace tackles an Alabama car-wash owner who has to reckon with his old-school thinking when his estranged daughter, the trans woman Desiree (Laverne Cox), comes back home to live with him. [Saloni Gajjar]
Yellowjackets season 3 (Showtime with Paramount+, February 14)
Yellowjackets presents a healthy dose of cannibalism to celebrate Valentine’s Day. In season three of the phenomenon, the teen girls stranded in the wilderness embrace their dark fates (hopefully adding to the Antler Queen lore). Meanwhile, in the present day, the adult survivors are grieving a dead friend and trying to figure out who’s after them. The show also welcomes Hilary Swank and Joel McHale to the cast this year. [Saloni Gajjar]
The White Lotus season 3 (HBO, February 16)
Mike White’s fantastic satire is back—and so, indeed, are those classic Sunday-night HBO-drama vibes that we know and love. This time around, the anthology moves to the titular luxury hotel chain’s Thailand resort, as season-one heartbreaker Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) mingles with fellow guests played by the likes of the great Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Jason Isaacs, and Michelle Monaghan, among others. [Tim Lowery]
