Bridgerton season four is now less than a month away, and while reviews are still under embargo, let’s just say that it will be well worth the wait. The first four episodes drop at the end of the month, and the show wastes no time getting straight to the highly anticipated masquerade ball that’s filled with romance, drama, and plenty of intrigue.
In case you need a refresher, the identity of Lady Whistledown is now out in the open, as Penelope Bridgerton has nothing to hide. That doesn’t mean the town gossip will fade away—let’s just say it evolves. With Colin and Penelope now happily hitched and raising their son, the new season focuses on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and his love story with Sophie (Yerin Ha), which unfolds at his mother’s soiree of the year.
Yerin Ha as Sophie in season four of Bridgerton
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Ha plays Sophie, and just like Simone Ashley as Kate, she’s mühlet to be a fan favorite in the series, which returns with the first four episodes on January 29; the remaining four episodes will air on February 26. We’ll be all over this season, with showrunner Jess Brownell answering the biggest questions and going deep on the most talked-about moments after you’ve binged.
The other big premiere this January is the Emmy-winning drama The Pitt, which is back for season two on Thursday, January 8. The 15-episode season (which, evvel again, will roll out weekly on HBO Max) sets up that Dr. Robby is about to take a sabbatical and is not so müddet that his interim replacement is up to the job. For more, check out our season two guide here, and see the full trailer below. But first, did you know that HBO Max released the first minute-and-a-half of the new season already? In case you didn’t, check this out:
The returning favorites keep coming this month, as Shrinking is also back. The third season drops an hour-long episode on Wednesday, January 28 (the day before Bridgerton), and if Harrison Ford wrecked you with his Emmy-worthy performance in the season two finale, then just wait until you see what’s in store for season three. (Honestly, it better be an Emmy for the prolific thespian.)
The most dynamic duo in all of TV is back.
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Of course, if you’re looking for a new series to discover in January, there are plenty of those as well, starting with Best Medicine on Fox (Josh Charles and Annie Potts; need I say more?). It’s a quirky remake of the hit British TV series, Doc Martin, and takes place in a sleepy coastal town.
Then there’s His & Hers on Netflix, which has plenty of star power as well in Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal. The twisty psychological thriller is already being primed as an awards contender for Netflix, so don’t sleep on this one.
Meanwhile, Peacock hopes it can capitalize on the success of All Her Fault with their new series Ponies, starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson as “persons of no interest” in this espionage thriller set in 1970s Russia.
Of course, I’d be remiss not to mention Netflix’s People We Meet on Vacation, which also premieres this month. The sinema is based on the best-selling book by Emily Henry and features a terrific cast in sublime beachy settings.
There’s so much more this month to look forward to, from the premiere of the newest season of The Traitors to the start of awards season, so check out the full list below, and I’ll see you back here next month to preview the Winter Olympics in Italy and the second half of Bridgerton season four. Happy 2026!
People We Meet on Vacation is the escape we need this January.
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Thursday, January 1
Second Chance Love (Hallmark+): Five pairs of first loves reunite for a two-week journey filled with nostalgia, emotional reflection, and intimate dates. Real-life couple Matthew Lawrence (Boy Meets World) and Chilli (TLC) not only host the series but revisit their pasts, confront unfinished business, and rediscover what evvel brought them together. Streaming
Saturday, January 3
Stolen Girl (Lifetime): Kate Beckinsale and Scott Eastwood star in this all-new movie based on extraordinary real-life events. It follows the journey of Maureen Danning (Beckinsale), whose life is shattered when her ex-husband, Karim, abducts their young daughter, Amina, and flees to the Middle East. Determined to get her child back, Maureen partners with Robeson (Eastwood), an ex-marine and child abduction specialist who promises to find Amina. Together, they embark on a dangerous mission in Beirut that leads them into the murky underworld of international espionage. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT
Sunday, January 4
The 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards (E!/USA): Chelsea Handler returns to host the first major awards show of the year, featuring the best of television and sinema. Nominees include The Pitt, The Studio, Nobody Wants This, and much more, and the presenter lineup is equally as star-studded. (Disclaimer: I am a voting member of the Critics Choice Association.) 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT
Monday, January 5
Wild Cards (Prime Video): The CW show (which has been renewed for seasons three and four) is already airing season one on Prime Görüntü, and on January 5, season two premieres on the streaming service as well. Catch up now, because season three premieres on the CW on January 26. (It will most likely be available on Prime Görüntü at a later date in 2026). In case you’re unfamiliar with the show, here’s the logline: A demoted by-the-book detective who lives on a boat with his cat and a charismatic con woman on probation who lives with her butler are offered the chance to redeem themselves. The catch? They have to find a way to work together each using their unique skills to solve crimes. Streaming
Tuesday, January 6
Best Medicine (Fox): This new series centers on Dr. Martin Best (Emmy Award-nominee Josh Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, and he quickly alienates the town, even though he’s all they’ve got. In addition to Charles, the dramedy stars Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts, Josh Segarra, and Cree. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT
Will Trent (ABC): Actor and executive producer Ramón Rodríguez directs the season four premiere, followed by the midseason return of High Potential. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and streaming the next day on Hulu
Wednesday, January 7
His & Hers (Netflix): The six-episode limited series is a twisty psychological thriller adapted from Alice Feeney’s novel of the same name and stars Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal. The supporting cast includes Pablo Schreiber, Crystal Fox, Sunita Mani, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Marin Ireland, and Poppy Liu. Streaming all episodes at evvel on Netflix
The Masked Singer (Fox): The Emmy-nominated singing competition returns for its 14th season, with themed nights inspired by the legendary sci-fi universe of Star Trek, the iconic ’90s teen comedy Clueless, and the beloved animated heroes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT
Thursday, January 8
The Pitt (HBO Max): The Emmy-winning drama is back! In case you’re just now catching up, The Pitt follows a group of doctors at a Pittsburgh teaching hospital as they experience the daily surprises of an emergency department. Season one took place over Labor Day, and season two will occur over 15 hours on the Fourth of July. Streaming weekly on Thursdays on HBO Max
The Traitors (Peacock): Season four’s cast includes Donna Kelce, Olympic figure skaters and NBC commentators Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, Dancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas, The Bachelor’s Colton Underwood, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Lisa Rinna, and many more. The first three episodes drop at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Peacock on Thursday, January 8, followed by two episodes on Thursday, January 15, and one new episode weekly through the finale and reunion event on February 26
Golden Meskene (CBS): This one-hour special will go behind the scenes of the upcoming Golden Globe Awards. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT
The Hunting Party (NBC): Season two of the procedural about a small team of investigators led by former FBI profiler Rebecca “Bex” Henderson (Melissa Roxburgh) premieres tonight after Law & Order: SVU. 10 p.m. ET/PT, 9 p.m. CT
Trainer Games (TrainerGames.com): The reality competition series is hosted by former The Talk cohost Amanda Kloots and chronicles 10 competitors, including Kori Sampson from Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle, U.S. Track and Field Olympian Chari Hawkins, fitness influencer BullyJuice and more as they fight and claw their way through treacherous competitions. The show is filmed on location on the island of Mauritius, and the winner will receive a $250,000 contract and a spot on iFIT’s world class trainer team. Streaming
Friday, January 9
Access Daily with Mario & Kit (NBC; check local listings): Who will win and who should win at Sunday’s Golden Globes? I’ll be breaking it all down with Kit Hoover and Mario Lopez, plus, what you need to know about the awards, hosted for the second time by comedian Nikki Glaser. Check local listings for timing here
Time to offer up my predictions for the biggest categories at Sunday’s Golden Globes!
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People We Meet on Vacation (Netflix): Based on the best-selling book by Emily Henry, the cast of the sinema adaptation includes Emily Bader, Tom Blyth, Sarah Catherine Hook, Lucien Laviscount, Miles Heizer, Jameela Jamil, Tommy Do, Lukas Gage, Alice Lee, Molly Shannon and Alan Ruck. (Here’s a fun fact: Hook, Gage and Shannon are all White Lotus alums.) And in case you’re not familiar with the book, here’s the synopsis: “Free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together. The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test when they begin to question what has been obvious to everyone else—could they actually be the perfect romantic match?” Streaming on Netflix
Sunday, January 11
ET: Live on the Golden Globes Red Carpet (CBS): The one-hour pre-show is live from the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel. 7 p.m ET/6 p.m. CT/4 p.m. PT
The 83rd Annual Golden Globes (CBS/Paramount+): The awards show brings back Nikki Glaser to host for a second time. We’ll be on the red carpet to bring you all the action (follow @glamourmag on Instagram and TikTok) featuring as many of your favorite stars as possible. For a list of all the nominations, click here. 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+
Industry (HBO/HBO Max): The fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama is back. Here’s what we know: At the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are drawn into a high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene. As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) and Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella), their twisted friendship begins to warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top. 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT and available to stream on HBO Max; new episodes will stream weekly
Tuesday, January 13
Tell Me Lies (Hulu): Season three follows Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) as they’ve rekindled their tumultuous romance in time for spring semester at Baird College. Streaming
Star Search (Netflix): The iconic talent competition series is back and will air live every Tuesday and Wednesday with actor Anthony Anderson set to host. Episodes will include real-time voting to let the viewers help determine which contestants move forward. Streaming Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT/6 p.m. PT
Wednesday, January 14
Riot Women (Britbox): The series follows five menopausal women who form an unlikely punk band, rediscovering their voices and themselves in the process. Led by Joanna Scanlan (Slow Horses), Tamsin Greig (Friday Night Dinner), Lorraine Ashbourne (Sherwood), Taj Atwal (Line of Duty), and Rosalie Craig (Moonflower Murders), the music-fueled drama celebrates friendship, rebellion, and your second act. Two episodes streaming at launch
Thursday, January 15
Ponies (Peacock): Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus) lead this new eight-episode espionage thriller set in Moscow, 1977. They play two “PONIES” (“persons of no interest” in intelligence speak) who work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives. Streaming
Saturday, January 17
I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco (Lifetime): Narrated and executive produced by Mary Jo Buttafuoco, this original sinema tells the story of how, in May 1992, outside her Long Island home, Mary Jo (played by Chloe Lanier) was shot in the head by 17-year-old Amy Fisher (played by Maddy Hillis)—the mistress of her husband, Joey Buttafuoco (played by Dillon Casey). As tabloids sensationalized the scandal and dubbed Fisher the “Long Island Lolita,” Mary Jo lay in the hospital fighting for her life. The movie reveals why Mary Jo and Joey remained married for seven years after the shooting, the lasting physical and emotional impact of the bullet that remains lodged in her head, and how she has found resilience and peace amid unimaginable trauma. 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT
Sunday, January 18
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO/HBO Max): The original half-hour, six-episode drama series is based in the world of Westeros in which a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and streaming on HBO Max, with new episodes airing every Sunday at the same time
Wednesday, January 21
FX’s The Beauty (FX/Hulu): This new, international thriller from executive producer Ryan Murphy stars Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope, Ashton Kutcher, and Rebecca Hall, along with guest stars Amelia Gray Hamlin, Ari Graynor, Bella Hadid, Ben Platt, Billy Eichner, Isabella Rossellini, Jaquel Spivey, Jessica Alexander, Jon Jon Briones, John Carroll Lynch, Julie Halston, Lux Pascal, Meghan Trainor, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Peter Gallagher and Vincent D’Onofrio.
Here’s what we know about the series: the world of high fashion turns dark when international supermodels begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways. FBI Agents “Cooper Madsen” (Evan Peters) and “Jordan Bennett” (Rebecca Hall) are sent to Paris to uncover the truth. As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a sexually transmitted virus that transforms ordinary people into visions of physical perfection, but with terrifying consequences. The series premiere includes the first three episodes beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the FX linear channel, streaming on Hulu at 9 p.m. ET. A new episode of the 11-episode first season will premiere each following Wednesday
Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (Netflix): The documentary sinema revisits the kidnapping of then 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart, who was taken from her bedroom in the early hours of June 5, 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, igniting one of the most intense and widely covered missing-person cases in American history. Now, in Elizabeth’s own words and through exclusive interviews with her family, investigators, and those closest to the case, archival footage and never-before-seen material is used to trace the harrowing nine months of Elizabeth’s captivity. The documentary also spotlights Smart’s journey of healing and her ongoing mission to inspire and protect others. Says Smart: “After I was rescued, when I first got home, I did not want to talk about what happened with anyone. And when the trial finally happened, I remember sitting up on the stand, giving these answers, and feeling like there was no context around them. I remember thinking that if all of this was going to be out there anyway, I wanted it to have some meaning, and for it to serve a purpose. I wanted to have some ownership over my story. That helped me decide to share it.” Streaming
Steal (Prime Video): This high-octane, six-episode thriller centers on Sophie Turner’s Zara, an office worker who finds herself wrapped up in the heist of the century. A typical work day at a London pension fund investment company, Lochmill Capital, is upended when a gang of violent thieves burst in and force Zara and her best mate Luke (Archie Madekwe) to execute their demands. But who would steal billions of pounds of ordinary people’s pensions and why? DCI Rhys (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) is determined to find out, but as a recently relapsed gambling addict, Rhys must keep his own money problems at bay while dealing with the secret agendas and competing interests at the centre of this far-reaching crime. All episodes streaming
Thursday, January 22
Finding Her Edge (Netflix): The series follows the three Russo sisters, heirs to a struggling figure skating dynasty. As middle sister, seventeen-year-old Adriana trains for the World Championships with new partner Brayden, while still harbouring feelings for her first love and former partner, Freddie. Her life becomes complicated when she and Brayden pretend to be a couple off the ice so they can land a sponsorship to keep the financially struggling Russo rink afloat. Here’s everything else we know about the romance book adaptation. Streaming
Cale Ambrozic as Brayden Elliot and Madelyn Keys as Adriana Russo in Finding Her Edge.
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Sunday, January 25
It’s Not Like That (Prime Video): In this eight-episode, faith-based-drama series, Scott Foley plays Malcolm Jeffries, a pastor and recently widowed dad of three, while Erinn Hayes plays Lori, a newly divorced woman with two teens. Their families evvel did everything together, but now Malcolm and Lori must navigate their newly minted singledom, parenthood, and the complexities of Malcolm being a modern-day pastor. Two episodes streaming at launch, followed by one a week
Sunday, January 25
Memory of a Killer (Fox): Inspired by the 2003 award-winning Belgian sinema, this dramatic thriller about a hitman who develops early onset Alzheimer’s stars Patrick Dempsey, alongside Odeya Rush. Here’s the synopsis: “Losing your memory is a devastating hammer blow for anyone, but for Angelo Ledda, the stakes couldn’t be higher. His hit man job would be perilous enough, but there’s an added pressure. Angelo lives two totally separate lives—fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father. Having built and maintained a brick wall between his two worlds, Angelo has seamlessly juggled and compartmentalized for years. But now that’s all about to change. Because Alzheimer’s is a foe he can’t outrun, and he knows too well how this ends, as his older brother is already lost to the condition.” Special two night premiere following the NFC Championship game; another episode airs Monday, January 26
Monday, January 26
American Idol (ABC): The new season brings back superstars Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie, and Carrie Underwood as judges alongside Emmy Award-winning host Ryan Seacrest. For the first time ever, the competition series will bring the iconic Hollywood Week round to Nashville. Hollywood Week: Music City Takeover will feature one round only as the hopefuls from all musical genres take the stage for a make-or-break performance, facing the biggest Hollywood Week cut in Idol history. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and streaming the next day on Hulu
Wednesday, January 28
Shrinking (Apple TV): The 11-episode Emmy-nominated third season returns with special guest star Michael J. Fox, who will interact with Harrison Ford’s character, Paul. Cobie Smulders, Brett Goldstein, Damon Wayans Jr., and Wendie Malick will also return, in addition to Jeff Daniels, who plays Jason Segel’s dad on the show. The one-hour premiere episode streams Wednesday, January 28, followed by one new episode weekly on Wednesdays
School Spirits (Paramount+): Season three of this original drama series sees Maddie Nears (Peyton List) and her friends plunged into a deeper, darker mystery as the veil between worlds grows dangerously thin. Maddie struggles with terrifying visions and the weight of protecting both the living and the dead while Simon (Kristian Ventura)—trapped in the afterlife—becomes obsessed with the secrets buried in Split River High’s scars. Three episodes streaming at launch
Thursday, January 29
Bridgerton: Season 4, Part 1 (Netflix): The fourth season’s first four episodes focuses on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and his love story with Sophie (Yerin Ha), which unfolds at his mother’s masquerade ball. Streaming in two parts (January 29 and February 26)
Friday, January 30
The Moment (A24): A rising pop star (played by Charli xcx) navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut. The sinema also stars Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Arielle Dombasle, Hailey Benton Gates, Kylie Jenner, Trew Mullen, Mel Ottenberg, Isaac Powell, Rachel Sennott, Rish Shah, Alexander Skarsgård, and Michael Workéyè. In theaters
