Here’s what’s coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services in January.
Highlights
Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin star in “American Primeval” (Netflix, Jan. 9), a frontier drama about the collision of American settlers and native inhabitants in the American West of the 1850s. It’s from filmmaker Peter Berg and writer/creator Mark L. Smith.
The limited series drama “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth” (Peacock, Jan. 2) stars Colin Firth as the spokesperson for the families demanding answers and justice after the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 that killed more than 250 people.
Noah Wyle returns to the emergency room in “The Pitt” (Max, Jan. 9), a medical drama set in a Pittsburgh trauma hospital from veteran “ER” producers and writers John Wells and R. Scott Gemmill. Each episode chronicles an hour of a single 15-hour shift.
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz play former spies who are dragged back into danger 10 years after quitting to raise a family in the feature-length action thriller “Back in Action” (Netflix, Jan. 17).
Michelle Yeoh reprises her role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou in “Star Trek: Section 31” (Paramount+, Jan. 24), which follows the former villain as she joins a secret division of Starfleet to protect the Federation.
“Paradise” (Hulu, Jan. 28), a murder mystery that brings a high-stakes investigation into an upscale community populated by powerful figures, stars Sterling K. Brown. James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson.
Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon go to war when a wedding venue is double booked and the families battle for the space in the feature comedy “You’re Cordially Invited” (Prime Video, Jan. 30).
Oscar-hopeful “Nightbitch” (Hulu, Dec. 27), a suburban horror thriller starring Amy Adams as a stay-at-home mom whose life takes a surreal turn, arrives weeks after its big-screen debut. Also arriving from theaters is the thriller “The Front Room” (Max, Jan. 3), with Brandy Norwood, and the drama “A Different Man” (Max, Jan. 17), with Sebastian Stan.
Netflix
The limited series crime drama “Missing You” (Jan. 1) is adapted from the Harlan Coben novel.
A new invention goes rogue in “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Jan. 3), the second feature in the beloved animated series from Aardman.
True stories: “Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action” (Jan. 7) goes behind the scenes of the daytime reality show.
“The Night Agent” (Jan. 23) and “Mo” (Jan. 30) return with new seasons.
Max
Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger are back as private detectives in the limited series sequel “C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart” (Jan. 23).
From Poland comes the espionage thriller series “The Eastern Gate” (Jan. 31).
True stories: The documentary “Sons of Ecstasy” (Jan. 9) chronicles the battle for the 1990s ecstasy drug trade in Arizona, and the docuseries “An Update on Our Family” (Jan. 15) explores the unregulated world of family vlogging.
“Mermicorno: Starfall” (Jan. 30) is an animated underwater fantasy adventure for kids.
Hulu
Molly Parker is an esteemed doctor who loses the last eight years of her memory in the medical drama “Doc” (1/8). New sitcoms include “Going Dutch” (Jan. 3), with Denis Leary as a U.S. Army colonel reassigned to the Netherlands, and “Shifting Gears” (Jan. 9), with Tim Allen as a classic car restorer reconnecting with his daughter (Kat Dennings).
Prime Video
The half-hour drama “On Call” (Jan. 9) stars Troian Bellisario and Brandon Larracuente as cops in Long Beach, Calif.
“Harlem” (Jan. 23) returns for a third season, with newcomers Kofi Siriboe, Logan Browning, Robin Givens and Gail Bean joining the cast in recurring roles.
Disney+
David Schwimmer headlines the family horror series “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” (Jan. 10, also on Hulu), while the animated “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” (Jan. 29) looks at Peter Parker’s journey to becoming a superhero.
Apple TV+
“The Secret Lives of Animals,” now streaming, is a natural history docuseries narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
Paramount+
“Henry Danger: The Movie” (Jan. 17) gives the Nickelodeon kids series its own feature.
Morris Chestnut stars in the new medical mystery drama “Watson” (Jan. 26), and a new season of “NCIS: Sydney” (Jan. 31) begins.
Peacock
Emmy-winner Morgan Neville directs the four-part documentary series “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” (Jan. 16).
The award-winning reality competition series “The Traitors” (Jan. 9) returns for a third season.
Other services
Brenda Blethyn returns for the final season of the acclaimed British crime drama “Vera” (BritBox, Jan. 2).
In “Conspirators” (ALLBLK and WE TV, Jan. 2), a group of friends uncovers dark secrets about a mayoral candidate.
“Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale” (AMC+, Jan. 5) is set in a modern England where witchcraft is real.
An Irish detective teams up with a New Zealand cop to find a vacationing couple in the Kiwi crime drama “The Gone” (Acorn TV, Jan. 20).
Esteemed naturalist Sir David Attenborough presents the BBC natural history series “Planet Earth: Asia” (AMC+, Jan. 25).
News
Max is expanding its collection of classic movies with new titles that can be browsed on the TCM hub.
