Netflix has set a March release date for its new original series Marvel’s Iron Fist, the OTT service announced Tuesday.

The series, the fourth Marvel-inspired series to premiere on Netflix, will debut March 17. The series stars Finn Jones as Danny Rand, a billionaire who returns to New York City in an effort to connect with his family legacy while using his mastery of kung-fu and other special powers to fight against the city’s criminal element.

Marvel’s Iron Fist follows the series premieres of Marvel’s Daredevil, Marvel’s Jessica Jones, and Marvel’s Luke Cage on the streaming service. A fifth series, Marvel’s The Defenders, will combine the main characters of all four series, said Netflix.  

Netflix will bring back its Marvel’s Daredevil original series for a second season three weeks after the launch of its freshman campaign, the OTT service announced Tuesday.

The series, starring Charlie Cox as a blind vigilante superhero, launched April 10 with 10 episodes. Season one show runner Seven DeKnight will not return for the second season, which will be helmed by Doug Petrie (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Marco Ramirez (Sons Of Anarchy), according to Netflix.

Ramirez, Petrie, Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) and Jeph Loeb (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will serve as executive producers for the series, which also stars Rosario Dawson,  Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Scott Glenn, Bob Gunton, Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis Hall and Ayelet Zurer. 

As we welcome in all the promise of the New Year, some viewers are preparing to bid farewell to their favorite series and stars.

A number of marquee shows have already announced they will end their successful runs over the next 12 months. Arguably the most celebrated series departing, after a stellar seven-season run, is AMC’s Mad Men. The Matthew Weiner-produced drama chronicling a 1960s advertising agency has received nearly universal critical acclaim for its storytelling, historical authenticity and style — not to mention terrific acting led by series star John Hamm.

The series has also brought home a ton of hardware — 15 Emmy awards and four Golden Globe Awards since its launch in 2007. The final seven episodes of the series will air this spring.

Other shows also saying goodbye in 2015 include TBS’ Courteney Cox starrer Cougar Town, which debuts its sixth and final season Tuesday (Jan. 5); Showtime’s Nurse Jackie — led by multi Emmy winner Eddie Falco’s portrayal of conflicted emergency room nurse Jackie Peyton — which ends its seventh season later this year; and FX’s critically-acclaimed drama Justified, starring Timothy Olyphant as no-nonsense lawman Raylan Givens. That series will begin its sixth and final season on Jan. 20.

Certainly the loss of these and other quality scripted shows will somewhat diminish what many observers believe is a “golden age” of scripted programming on cable television. Fortunately for the industry and viewers, a number of new series are coming that hope to reach the same lofty heights as those shows leaving the air.

E! and Pivot will both jump into the scripted ring in 2015 with dramas The Royals and Fortitude, respectively; newly branded Pop will roll out comedy Schitt’s Creek; A&E will tap the supernatural genre with Returned; Netflix will ride the superhero wave with Marvel's Daredevil; and AMC will debut the much anticipated Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul in the new year, just to name a few.

Some of these shows, along with a slew of other new and returning scripted, reality and limited series, will be showcased over the next few weeks during the upcoming Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.; the cable portion of the tour begins Wednesday (Jan. 7).

While viewers will be sad to see a number of cable series mainstays leave their TV schedules, they should be encouraged to know that more than enough new series are launching to keep them entertained throughout the New Year.