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Mid-January settles in with cold evenings, early sunsets and a strong case for staying on the couch with new TV shows premiering on Netflix, HBO Max, other streaming services, broadcast and cable TV.
This week’s lineup is headlined by two new entries from massive TV franchises: Westeros world-expanding "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" and the next generation boldly stepping forward in "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy." There’s also high-stakes transit tension as "Hijack" returns for season 2, while "Love Island All Stars" brings familiar faces from the U.K. casts back into the villa for another round of romance and betrayals.
Whether you’re in the mood for jousts, starships, white-knuckle thrills or messy reality TV escapism, the week ahead has something worth bundling up for. Here's our guide on the top new TV shows to check out this week.
‘Tell Me Lies’ season 3 (Hulu)
Spring semester is back in session at Baird College, which means more bad decisions and absolutely zero personal growth. Season 3 finds Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson White) doing what they do best: swearing this time will be different, then immediately proving it won’t.
With last season’s wedding-day betrayal still detonating across campus, secrets are festering, loyalties are fracturing, and everyone in their orbit is paying the price. “Tell Me Lies” once again unspools a soapy story that you can’t help but eat up.
Episodes 1-2 premiere Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 12 a.m. ET on Hulu
‘Hijack’ season 2 (Apple TV)
If Idris Elba steps onto public transit, take the next departure. “Hijack” is back for season 2, and Sam Nelson (Elba) has traded the friendly skies for a Berlin subway car packed with commuters — and a bomb.
Once again, the calmest man in the room finds himself negotiating with highly motivated criminals while authorities scramble above ground. Expect minute-by-minute tension, a meticulously planned takeover, and a villain who’s been obsessing for a year. Think a modern take on “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,” with better suits.
Episode 1 premieres Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 12 a.m. ET on Apple TV
‘Love Island All Stars’ season 3 (Peacock)
Winter just got a whole lot steamier. “Love Island All Stars” is back to prove you don’t need sunshine to stir up drama in the villa. A fresh batch of iconic U.K. cast members — including two former winners and at least one very recent ex — head to South Africa for unfinished business, rekindled flirtations and, inevitably, revenge.
Love, bromance and mess blend in equal measure, with a supersized six-week run that’s the longest “All Stars” season yet. Expect bigger twists, louder drama and zero chill when the villa doors reopen.
Episode 1 premieres Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock
‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ (Netflix)
A country-house prank, seven blaring alarm clocks and one very dead fiancé — welcome to this fizzy, fast-talking reimagining of Agatha Christie’s mystery novel of the same name. Set in 1925 England, the three-part series follows Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent (Mia McKenna-Bruce), an inquisitive socialite who refuses to let a suspicious death go unsolved.
With Helena Bonham Carter as her formidable mother and Martin Freeman as a wary Scotland Yard inspector, Seven Dials blends glamorous intrigue, secret societies and clock-ticking peril into a stylish whodunit that feels both classic and sleekly modern.
All 3 episodes premiere Thursday, Jan. 15 at 3 a.m. ET on Netflix
‘Ponies’ (Peacock)
Cold War espionage is the name of the deadly game in this 1977-set spy thriller that wastes no time blowing up expectations — and lives. Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson play Bea and Twila, two American Embassy secretaries in Moscow officially dismissed as “persons of no interest.”
That label becomes darkly ironic when their husbands are killed under murky circumstances, turning grief into a fast-track CIA recruitment. Bea is brainy, bilingual and underestimated; Twila is abrasive, fearless and impossible to ignore. Together, they barrel headfirst into a conspiracy big enough to bury them.
All 8 episodes premiere Thursday, Jan. 15 at 3 a.m. ET on Peacock
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ (Paramount+)
The latest Star Trek series jumps to the 32nd century and asks what Starfleet looks like after everything’s fallen apart due to the cataclysmic event portrayed in “Star Trek: Discovery.” The answer: the first new class of cadets in over a century, training aboard the USS Athena while navigating rivalries, first loves and a looming threat to the Federation itself.
The show skews younger, messier and more emotional — like a teen drama set in space. With Holly Hunter running the Academy and Stephen Colbert chiming in as a digital dean, class is officially back in session.
Episodes 1-2 premiere Thursday, Jan. 15 at 3 a.m. ET on Paramount+
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ (HBO)
After a year without any “Game of Thrones” spinoffs, Westeros finally opens its gates again, but this time, the stakes stay refreshingly close to the ground. “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” trades palace scheming and dragonfire for dusty roads, bruised knuckles, and two unlikely traveling companions: Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), a hedge knight with more heart than finesse, and his sharp-eyed squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).
Set a century before “Game of Thrones,” this six-episode prequel leans lighter, warmer and more human — without skimping on danger. Think honor, humor and hard lessons earned the long way. This is a buddy road trip dramedy courtesy of George R.R. Martin.
Episode 1 premieres Sunday, Jan. 18 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max
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