Top new TV series to watch this December

Toni Collette shows her personalities in 'United States of Tara', lawbreaking abounds in season 2 of 'Crime' and swords are out in 'Knightfall'. And that's just the beginning.

L-R: United States of Tara, The Count of Monte Cristo, Crime and Hidden Assets.

Looking for fresh entertainment this month? From gripping dramas to must-watch comedies, here are the top new TV series and shows premiering in November 2025. Discover what’s coming to your screen and find your next binge-worthy favourite right here.

Are you ready to pledge allegiance to the United States of Tara? Or maybe you're after some of the best crime thrillers TV has to offer. Either way, we've got you covered in December.

Series coming to SBS On Demand in December:

• United States of Tara, seasons 1-3
• Raised by Refugees, seasons 1-2
• Ken Burns’ The American Revolution
• Crime, season 2
• Escort Boys
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Knightfall, seasons 1-2
• Other People’s Money
• Hidden Assets, season 3

United States of Tara - seasons 1-3

Suburban wife and mother Tara Gregson (Toni Collette) juggles her family and career while suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. It’s never a dull moment in the Gregson household, as the various identities may appear on any given day – and range from “T” – a flirtatious and spunky teenager, to “Buck,” a gun-loving male alter – all while her supportive husband, Max (John Corbett), and their two teenage children, Kate (Brie Larson) and Marshall (Keir Gilchrist), try to lead as much of a “normal” life as possible.

United States of Tara premieres Monday 1 December on SBS On Demand.

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Raised by Refugees - seasons 1-2

Kenus Binu (Pax) in 'Raised by Refugees'. Credit: Matt Klitscher

It’s the new millennium in Auckland City, and Pax Assadi is your typical 12-year-old who’s obsessed with hip hop, basketball, girls, and Eddie Murphy. His parents came to NZ in the late ’80s as refugees and all they want him to do is study hard and eventually become a doctor. All Pax wants to do is fit in and feel accepted, but with 9/11 a very fresh memory, that’s easier said than done for a part-Pakistani part-Iranian kid.

This show revolves around Pax juggling two separate lives and the comedy that ensues when those two lives collide. He’s constantly making sure he's pleasing his parents, while at the same time doing the things that gain him social capital with the kids at school. Will his parents find out about his first crush? What will happen when he invites white kids from school to his house? Can he tell his parents that he would much rather be the next Allen Iverson than a world-renowned brain surgeon?

Raised by Refugees premieres Monday 1 December on SBS On Demand.

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Ken Burns' The American Revolution

Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton; By: William T. Ranney; 1848. Credit: 1848/jpg internet image

Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations and forever change the world.

Ken Burns' The American Revolution premieres Sunday 7 December on SBS and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS starting Sunday 7 December at 8.30pm.

Crime - season 2

Dougray Scott (DI Ray Lennox) in Crime season 2.

DI Ray Lennox is back, and he’s determined to prove he can put the Confectioner case behind him and be a normal cop. At work, it’s all change — Drummond has been promoted to DI, Bob Toal has lost his mojo, and there are new faces on the team. At home, Lennox is grieving his father and is still estranged from his mother over her 30-year affair.

When a former colleague is assaulted by a mysterious assailant and comes to him for help, Lennox quickly becomes embroiled in a new case and starts to suspect this incident is linked to a recent gruesome hotel attack on a high-ranking Establishment figure. But the hotel denies any such attack took place, and Lennox and his team are warned off the case by a senior Whitehall Official. Lennox is frustrated as he starts to suspect an Establishment cover-up is at play.

Crime season 2 premieres Wednesday 10 December on SBS and SBS On Demand. Episodes air weekly at SBS starting Wednesday 10 December at 9.30pm.

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Escort Boys

The cast of Escort Boys. Credit: François Lefebvre

In Camargue, France, four boys in dire straits find themselves selling their bodies for money. Unexperienced but helped by their mischievous little sister Charly, they start an Escort Boys business, a unique business in the area. Every encounter they have becomes a life lesson for them and for their female clients. Through family, lies and surprising demands, they’ll have to learn how to navigate to get their family business back. Will they make it?

Escort Boys premieres Thursday 11 December on SBS On Demand.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Sam Claflin as Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo. Credit: paolo modugno

Having just been promoted to captain on the eve of his wedding to the love of his life, Edmond Dantes’ future is suddenly snatched away by three selfish men, each intent on furthering his own cause. Edmond is wrongly accused of being a Bonapartist and is incarcerated in the island prison of the Castle d’If.

Fifteen despairing years pass by before Edmond encounters the Abbe Faria, a fellow inmate and learned man who imparts his vast knowledge to the young man, including the whereabouts of a hidden treasure. Edmond finally escapes, finds the treasure and transforms into the extremely wealthy and mysterious Count of Monte Cristo. Still mourning the loss of his one true love, Monte Cristo embarks on his mission to wreak sublime revenge on the three men who, with little thought, mercilessly betrayed him twenty years earlier.

The Count of Monte Cristo premieres Thursday 11 December on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand. Episodes air daily at SBS VICELAND starting Thursday 11 December at 8.30pm with a double episode premiere followed by single episode drops.

Knightfall - seasons 1-2

Tom Cullen as Landry in Knightfall.

1306. The Knights Templar are winding down their run as one of the most powerful organisations in the Christian world. Acre, the Templars' last stronghold, has fallen,, and years later a rumour is heard that the lost Grail is still in that area. The Templars, led by the courageous, headstrong, but noble Templar Knight Landry, have shifted their attention to regaining a foothold in the Holy Land. They take their battle back to the Holy Land, and their battles become the Crusades.

The Templars are now losing allies and gaining new and powerful enemies, including the King of France. The legendary, wealthy and secretive military order of warrior monks are entrusted with protecting the Holy Grail and any secrets that capable of destroying the Church.

Knightfall season 1-2 premieres Thursday 18 December on SBS On Demand.

Other People's Money

Nils Strunk as Sven Lebert in 'Other People's Money'. Credit: Frédéric Batier

Pay a tax, get it refunded twice, and claim it's legal: that’s a Cum-Ex deal. A young lawyer and his boss expand this scheme to private investors in Germany, developing a global network of banks, lawyers, and investors that steal billions from European citizens.

In Denmark, tax officials watch helplessly as state funds vanish, with little support from bankers or politicians. When one of them faces financial struggles and personal pressures, he loses his moral compass and joins the scheme. In Germany, a District Attorney uncovers the massive fraud and faces fierce resistance from banks and politicians. Determined to prevent the usual outcome — where minor players are caught while the masterminds walk free — she fights tirelessly to bring those truly responsible to justice.

Other People's Money premieres Thursday 18 December on SBS On Demand.

Hidden Assets - season 3

Nora-Jane Noone as Detective Sergeant Claire Wallace in Hidden Assets season 3. Credit: Michel Vertongen

When an investigative reporter and her family are brutally murdered in Bilbao, Spain, DS Claire Wallace is drawn into a case that links their killings to a CAB raid in Ireland that ended in tragedy. On the trail of €27 million embezzled by portfolio manager Nick Heaslip, Claire follows the money to the Basque Country. There, another body is found. As Wallace and her allies uncover ties to migrant-smuggling, a charity, and an Irish ex-con, they race to expose the truth before more lives are lost.

Hidden Assets premieres Friday 26 December on SBS On Demand.

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