After one other 12 months the place streaming dominated the trade dialog, particularly as each Netflix and Disney+ lastly created their very own ad-supported tiers, it’s hardly shocking that these platforms are effectively represented on this 12 months’s TV Scorching Checklist. However right here’s extra of an surprising twist: Linear networks proved there’s nonetheless loads of combat in them but. In any case, this can be a 12 months the place one of many greatest hits was not simply on community TV however fundamental cable (Paramount Community’s Yellowstone, from TV Creator of the Yr Taylor Sheridan) and the breakout collection everybody was speaking final spring was on broadcast, not streaming (ABC’s Abbott Elementary, created by and starring Quinta Brunson, our Recreation Changer of the Yr). And because the vacation season approaches, all eyes will as soon as once more be on the unique vacation motion pictures (40 new ones this 12 months!) overseen by Hallmark Media president and CEO Wonya Lucas, our TV Govt of the Yr. From Stranger Issues to Home of the Dragon to Trevor Noah, this 12 months’s TV Scorching Checklist honors 2022’s most talked about exhibits, networks and other people. —Jason Lynch
