What to Watch in January: 19 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 29, 2022

The month ahead will bring new TV shows from noted film directors Rian Johnson, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Hirokazu Kore-eda, plus the first TV adaptation of hit video game The Last of Us, a new comedy from the creators of Ted Lasso, 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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60 Kaleidoscope: Season 1

Drama series debuts January 1 on Netflix

You could read the words in this paragraph in any order you choose, but that would be madness. You can also watch the episodes in Netflix's new drama series Kaleidoscope in any order you choose, and that would be ... exactly what Netflix wants you to do. This eight-part series about a team of thieves who plan a major heist over the course of 24 years is designed to be viewed in any order, with the exception of the final episode depicting the actual heist in progress (watch that one last, naturally). In fact, Netflix will randomly rearrange the order of the episodes (which get color names like "Green" instead of conventional episode numbers, and which each take place in a different time period) for each viewer automatically. Stars include Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Jai Courtney, and Rufus Sewell.

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