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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71 The House: Season 1

Animated anthology series debuts January 14 on Netflix

This unique, stop-motion animated anthology for adults (from award-winning animation house Nexus Studios) offers three dark, comedic, and surreal tales set in the past, present, and future centering on three families who have all lived in the same house. (The characters are a mix of animals and humans.) Voices come from an eclectic group including Miranda Richardson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Will Sharpe, Matthew Goode, Mia Goth, Mark Heap, rapper Dizzee Rascal, and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.

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