1. "The Brothers Sun"
Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh leads this new darkly
funny action-crime series about a mother and her two sons facing the underworld
of both L.A. and Taiwan.
January 4 Netflix
2. "Society of the Snow"
The same true story covered in 1993’s “Alive,” this movie follows a team of
rugby players stranded in the Andes after their plane crashes. They must
turn to the unthinkable to survive.
January 4, Netflix
3. "Echo"
Marvel’s latest MCU series is darker in tone than its previous
Disney+ series, akin to the Netflix series “Daredevil” (who incidentally will
appear). Spunoff from “Hawkeye,” “Echo” follows Maya Lopez as a deaf, indigenous
woman taken from her home and raised by crime lord Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio).
Her powers — photographic reflexes and superhuman physicality — make her a force
to be reckoned with.
January 9, Disney+/Hulu
4. "Criminal Record"
A detective in London (Cush Jumbo) receives new evidence in a closed murder case, putting a confession obtained by Chief Inspector Hegarty
(Peter Capaldi) into question.
January 10, Apple TV+
5. "Ted"
If you were missing the teddy bear with an R-rated mouth, here’s
your chance to go back to his teen years as he and John survive high school.
Seth MacFarlane is back as the voice of Ted.
January 11, Peacock
6. "Lift"
In this Kevin Hart-led heist film, he plays a thief who assembles a team to steal
a whole dang plane. Sam Worthington, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jean Reno and Paul
Anderson also star.
January 12, Netflix
7. "Role Play"
A couple (Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo) try to spice
things up on their anniversary, which accidentally reveals the wife’s secret
career as an assassin in this comedy-thriller.
January 12, Prime Video
8. "Self Reliance"
Jake Johnson ("New Girl") directs and stars in this comedy
movie about a man who will win a million dollars as part of a dark web series if
he survives the next month. He teams up with another contestant (Anna Kendrick) to help his odds.
January 12, Hulu
9. "Monsieur Spade"
You might remember detective Sam Spade as Bogart's character
in 1941's "The Maltese Falcon." In this miniseries, he’s played by Clive Owen. Spade is
now in retirement in southern France, but a series of murders at a convent brings
him out.
January 14, AMC/AMC+/Acorn TV
10. "True Detective: Night Country"
The early reviews on the fourth season of this crime drama are in and they’re fantastic. Jodie Foster is a detective in Alaska investigating
the disappearance of a group of scientists. To solve the case, she must open
old wounds with a former co-worker.
January 14, Max
11. "Death and Other Details"
Taking a page from the murder-mystery-while-on-vacation
genre, this series stars Mandy Patinkin as a detective solving a crime on a luxury cruise ship. He teams up with another passenger to solve the crime before Interpol
arrives.
January 16, Hulu
12. "Wild Cards"
A cop and a con collaborate to solve crimes in this rom-com series. It's
Canadian, so Jason Priestly shows up, too.
January 17, The CW
13. "The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard"
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a victim of Munchausen syndrome by
proxy, went to prison for killing her mother and was released last month. The
headline-maker finally tells her side of the story in this docuseries.
January 5, Lifetime
14. "The Woman in the Wall"
Ruth Wilson ("The Affair") plays Lorna, a woman prone to
sleepwalking, who discovers a dead body in her house. A detective hot on the
trail of a murdered priest intersects with her and soon, they are looking for
answers together.
January 19, Paramount+ with Showtime
January 21, Showtime
15. "Chrissy & Dave Dine Out"
Chrissy Teigen, chef David Chang and comedian
Joel Kim Booster hang out and dish with their celebrity friends, which frankly
sounds like the perfect winter distraction.
January 24, Freeform and Hulu
16. "A Real Bug's Life"
If you can get past how gross bugs are, this very up-close
look at the world of insects is fascinating. It might make you feel a
little itchy, though.
January 24, Disney+
17. "Griselda"
Sofia Vergara is at her grittiest in this role as a Colombian
drug queenpin in Miami. The series is based on a true story.
January 25, Netflix
18. "Expats"
The lives of a group of foreigners intertwine in Hong Kong
after a tragedy in this Nicole Kidman-starring series, based on a novel by Janice
Y.K. Lee.
January 25, Prime Video
19. "FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans"
"FEUD" is back for a new season, this time focusing on the
fallout from author Truman Capote’s book about a group of New York socialites.
The cast is amazing: Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore,
Molly Ringwald and Diane Lane.
January 31, FX