Screenshot: Fleishman Is in Trouble/Hulu
Hulu has some good, original stuff coming up in November, but you might miss it amid a digital avalanche of seasonal fare. Am I exaggerating? Well, a quick search reveals the word “Christmas” appears in this list of forthcoming content no less than 24 times—and that’s not including related terms like “Santa” (4 times), mistletoe (1 time), and Kissmas (1 time). ‘Tis the season, apparently.
Still, I’d be remiss not to note the premieres of Hulu’s next two would-be streaming sensations. Based on the award-nominated novel of the same name, FX on Hulu’s Fleishman Is in Trouble (Nov. 17) has been likened to a John Updike novel from a feminist perspective (novelist Taffy Brodesser-Akner is also steering the adaptation). It follows a forty-something divorced man who is just getting his dating life rolling again when his ex-wife vanishes, leaving him to raise his children alone. Jesse Eisenberg plays the title character, and here I was pause to contemplate the fact that, like me, Jesse Eisenberg is now a forty-something man. And Claire Danes is the ex. (I had a crush on her when I was in eighth grade; she was 14 at the time.)
Fleishman Is In Trouble Official Teaser | Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes, Lizzy Caplan | FX
Also on the way: Welcome to Chippendales (Nov. 22), a new, lightly fictionalized miniseries from former The Onion writer Robert Siegel, of recent Pam & Tommy fame. Comedian/actor/Eternal Kumail Nanjiani plays Somen Banerjee, who saw a need in the marketplace for male strippers and sought to supply that need, getting involved in no small number of shady activities along the way. Here is where I pause to mention that I saw Kumail at an open mic in a Chicago bowling alley back in 2007; now he’s part of the MCU.
Welcome to Chippendales | Official Trailer | Hulu
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in November 2022.
What’s coming to Hulu in November 2022
Arriving Nov. 1
God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty (2022) (Hulu Original)America’s Next Top Model: Complete Season 23 (CBS)Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Complete Seasons 11 & 12 (Viacom)Girl Code: Complete Seasons 1 & 2 (Viacom)My Super Sweet 16: Complete Season 4 & 6 (Viacom)Naruto Shippuden: Season 1, Episodes 366-377 (DUBBED) (Viz)Punk’d: Complete Seasons 1 & 2 (Viacom)True Life: Complete Seasons 11 & 12 (Viacom)Undercover Boss: Complete Season 7 & 11 (CBS)Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens: Season 1C (Disney XD)12 Dates Of Christmas (2011) 28 Weeks Later (2007) (15th Anniversary)8 Mile (2002) A Merry Friggin’ Christmas (2014) Adaptation. (2002) (20th Anniversary)Along Came Polly (2004) Aquamarine (2006) Baby Boy (2001) Battle of the Year (2013) Black Christmas (2006) The Call (2013) Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) Carpool (1996) Cast Away (2000)Catering Christmas (2022) Christmas on the Farm (2021) City of Angels (1998) Dawn Of The Dead (2004) Deck the Halls (2011) Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Fools Rush In (1997) (25th Anniversary)Goodbye Lover (1999) Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas (2013) Hall Pass (2011) Horses of McBride (2012) The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) I Am Not Your Negro (2016) I Am Number Four (2011) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) (25th Anniversary)I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) It’s Christmas Carol! (2012) The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) (15th Anniversary)Julie & Julia (2009) Kollek (1995) The Last Song (2010) Legends Of The Fall (1994) The Magic Crystal (2011) Mama (2013) Mamma Mia! (2008) Mas Negro Que La Noche (2014) Meet Joe Black (1998) Mom and Dad (2017) Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2010) My Bloody Valentine (2009) My Scientology Movie (2015) Nativity 3: Dude Where’s My Donkey?! (2014) Nativity Rocks! (2018) The Net (1995) Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008) Night Of The Living Dead (1990) Norman (2017) Not Another Teen Movie (2001) Notting Hill (1999) The Nutcracker (1993) Oblivion (2013) Office Space (1999) Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003) Open Season 3 (2011) The Patriot (2000) The Perfect Storm (2000) Perks Of Being A Wall Flower (2012) (10th Anniversary)Poetic Justice (1993) Punch-Drunk Love (2002) (20th Anniversary)The Raven (2012) Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) Santa Who? (2000) Say Anything (1989) Second Best (1994) Secret Window (2004) The Sessions (2012) Shanghai Knights (2003) Shaun Of The Dead (2004) Silent Hill (2006) Snakes On A Plane (2006) Snowglobe (2007) Sommersby (1993) Spanglish (2004) Still Alice (2015) Stir Crazy (1980) The Sweetest Thing (2002) (20th Anniversary)Talk To Her (2002) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Terminator Salvation (2009) This Means War (2010) The Three Stooges (2011) Tootsie (1982) Ultraviolet (2006) Underworld (2003) Underworld Evolution (2006) Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (2009) Underworld Awakening (2012) You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (2008)Arriving Nov. 2
Saw (2004)Saw 2 (2005)Saw 3 (2006)Saw 4 (2007)Saw 5 (2008)Saw 6 (2009)Saw 3D (2010)Arriving Nov. 3
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel (2022)Arriving Nov. 4
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War: Series Premiere (DUBBED) (Viz)All I Want For Christmas (2022) Christmas Child (2004) Christmas on Repeat (2022) Funny Thing About Love (2021) Good Neighbor (2022) Menorah In The Middle (2022) My Christmas Fiancé (2022) Noelle (2007) Passion of the Christ (2004) Santa Games (2022) Saving Christmas (2014)Arriving Nov. 7
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Arriving Nov. 9
All Rise: Season 3A (OWN)Arriving Nov. 10
Arriving Nov. 11
Code Name Banshee (2022)First Love (2022)Fruitvale Station (2013)Pil’s Adventure (2021)Arriving Nov. 13
A Merry Christmas Wish (2022)Catch the Fair One (2021)Arriving Nov. 15
10.0 Earthquake (2014) 12 Pups of Christmas (2018) 2:22 (2017) A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019) Christmas Crush (2019) Christmas Perfection (2018) Every Other Holiday (2018) Georgia Rule (2007) (15th Anniversary)Ghost Team: Unrated (2016) Mistletoe & Menorahs (2021) The Dinner (2017)Arriving Nov. 16
Where is Private Dulaney?: Complete Limited Series (ABC News/Hulu Original)Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)Arriving Nov. 17
Dragons: The Nine Realms: Complete Season 4 (Hulu Original)FX’s Fleishman is in Trouble: Series Premiere (Only on Hulu)Country Chrstmas Album (2018) My Old School (2022) The Spruces and the Pines (2017)Arriving Nov. 18
An En Vogue Christmas (2014)The Forgiven (2022)Merry Kissmas (2015)Arriving Nov. 20
Arriving Nov. 21
Death in the Dorms: Complete Limited Series (ABC News/Hulu Original)Arriving Nov. 22
Welcome to Chippendales: Two-Episode Series Premiere (Hulu Original)Arriving Nov. 24
A Christmas Winter Song (2021)A Unicorn for Christmas (2021)Merry Kiss Cam (2022)Arriving Nov. 25
The Croods: Family Tree: Complete Season 5 (Hulu Original)A Snow White Christmas (2018) Four Cousins and a Christmas (2021) The Immaculate Room (2022) Wrong Place (2022)Arriving Nov. 26
A Banquet (2021)Alone Together (2022)How to Please a Woman (2022)Arriving Nov. 29
Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original)Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)What’s leaving Hulu in November 2022
Leaving Nov. 14
District B13 (2004)Hammer Of The Gods (2013)The Mountain Between Us (2017)Leaving Nov. 30
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)Aliens In The Attic (2009)All About My Mother (1999)The American (2010)As Above, So Below (2014)Bad Girls (1994)Big (1988)Breaking Up (1997)Broken Embraces (2009)Children Of Men (2006)The Darjeeling Limited (2007)Dawn Of The Dead (2004)Deliver Us From Eva (2003)Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009)Drinking Buddies (2013)Fight Club (1999)Heist (2001)The Hitcher (1986)Hope Floats (1998)I Do…Until I Don’t (2017)It Might Get Loud (2008)Jessabelle (2014)Kazaam (1996)Kung Fu Hustle (2005)Mary And The Witch’s Flower (2018)Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)Masterminds (2016)Miles Ahead (2016)Monster House (2006)Multiplicity (1996)Muppets from Space (1999)The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)Nell (1994)Nine Months (1995)Notting Hill (1999)Oblivion (2013)Piranha 3-D (2010)Planet of the Apes (2001)The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)Red Tails (2012)Robin Hood (2010)Robots (2005)Roll Bounce (2005)Salt (2010)See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)The Skin I Live In (2011)So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)The Square (2017)Straw Dogs (2011)Talk To Her (2002)Tigerland (2000)True Lies (1994)Winchester (2018)Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (2006)Won’t Back Down (2012)Young Guns (1988)Young Guns II (1990)