What to Watch in January: 16 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 31, 2021

The month ahead will bring a series spinoff from The Suicide Squad, a new Apple TV+ comedic murder mystery, a successor to Downton Abbey, the return of Resident Alien, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.

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86 Somebody Somewhere: Season 1

New series debuts January 16 on HBO

Comedian Bridget Everett stars in a semi-autobiographical comedy about a singer who struggles to fit in in her Kansas home but finds a group of like-minded outsiders. The seven-episode series was created by High Maintenance writers Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen and is produced by the Duplass brothers (with Jay Duplass directing the opener).

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