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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79 The Lying Life of Adults: Season 1

Drama series debuts January 4 on Netflix

Have you been a fan of recent TV and film projects like The Lost Daughter and My Brilliant Friend? This month, the golden age of Elena Ferrante adaptations continues with this six-epidoe Netflix series based on the author's recent novel set in 1990s Naples. Like My Brilliant Friend, it's an Italian-language coming-of-age story, though this one centers on girl named Giovanna (newcomer Giordana Marengo) who must navigate two sides of Naples as she enters adolescence: the upper crust familiar to her childhood, and the vulgar lower class where she reunites with an estranged aunt after falling out with her father.

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