January 10

‘AJ and the Queen’

The “Sex and the City” writer-producer Michael Patrick King and the groundbreaking drag performer RuPaul cocreated “AJ and the Queen,” a road trip dramedy series that features RuPaul in a substantive acting role. He plays a successful cabaret act named Ruby Red, who loses his life savings and is forced to embark on a national tour while taking care of a streetwise teenage orphan named AJ (Izzy Gaspersz). As the two deal with the culture of Middle America, they ponder what it really means to “be yourself.”

‘Giri/Haji’

A different kind of British cop show, “Giri/Haji” (which translates to “Duty/Shame”) is about a Tokyo detective who attempts to defuse a Yakuza gang war by tracking down his long-missing criminal brother in the U.K. He’s assisted by a struggling London Metropolitan Police detective (played by Kelly Macdonald), who gets a crash course in Japanese culture as she ventures into the underworld alongside a man who’s not inclined to tell her much about himself, or about the case.

‘Medical Police’

The creators of the hilariously absurd doctor show parody “Childrens Hospital” have produced a surreptitious sequel in “Medical Police,” a 10-episode mini-series that features a lot of the same characters and actors from the original series. Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel play American physicians in a Brazilian pediatric facility, who get drafted to help investigate a potentially devastating bioterrorist attack. “Childrens Hospital” staples Rob Corddry, Malin Akerman, Lake Bell, and Ken Marino also appear in what’s sure to be a nutty, knowing riff on over-the-top international thrillers.