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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Extraordinary

Comedy series debuts January 25 on Hulu

Flipping the script on the usual superhero series, Extraordinary is set in a world where every single person on the planet develops superpowers on their 18th birthday—except for the show's protagonist, Jen (Belfast's Máiréad Tyers), who is 25 and still powerless. The British comedy series comes from the producers of Killing Eve and first-time creator Emma Moran and follows Jen, who shares an East London flat with Carrie (superpower: channeling the dead) and Carrie's boyfriend Kash (power: turning back time) as she navigates 20-something life, a dead-end job at a party store, and a flying on-again, off-again boyfriend.

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