Club Benefits
The year is brand new, expectations are low (for now), and carving out time for new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, HBO Max and other streaming services feels like an easy win as January finds its footing. It’s the kind of weekend where you can still ease into fresh starts without fully committing to them, and there’s no better soundtrack for that than a strong streaming lineup.
This week’s highlights lean into that mix of comfort and curiosity.“The Pitt” ramps things up in season 2, “The Night Manager” finally returns with a long-awaited second season, and “The Traitors” is back for season 4,. On the movie side, “People We Meet on Vacation” makes a case for staying in and settling down for something a little more heartfelt. Here's our guide on what to watch this weekend. And be sure to check out our list of 3 Netflix shows to binge this weekend.
New TV shows
‘The Pitt’ season 2 (HBO Max)
Back on the floor at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, season 2 dives straight into a high-pressure shift. The story unfolds over a volatile Fourth of July weekend, when a cyberattack at a nearby hospital sends a rush of emergency cases spilling into an already strained ER.
Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) is about to embark on a long-overdue sabbatical, Dana Evans (Katherine LaNasa) returns after time away, and a newly sober Dr. Langdon (Patrick Ball) is thrown headfirst into triage. Fireworks crackle outside; inside, it’s all controlled urgency — just another night on “The Pitt.”
Episode 1 is streaming now on HBO Max
‘The Night Manager’ season 2 (Prime Video)
A decade after its debut, “The Night Manager” returns like it never really faded away. Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) is living under an assumed name, running low-profile surveillance jobs for MI6 and telling himself the past has finally loosened its grip. It hasn’t.
One familiar voice is enough to pull him back into the darkness, as a new arms-trafficking operation begins to form around Colombian power broker Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva). With Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) once again nudging Pine toward danger and trust in short supply, season 2 makes one thing clear: for Pine, walking away was never really an option.
Episodes 1-3 premiere Sunday, Jan. 11 at 3 a.m. ET on Prime Video
‘Industry’ season 4 (HBO)
“Industry” is back, picking up in the aftermath of a scorched-earth finale. The Pierpoint chapter is closed, and what comes next is even more high-stakes. Season 3 blew the doors off, sending its players into shinier rooms where the money flows faster and the ethics sink even lower.
Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) re-emerge on uneasy footing as a sleek fintech startup fuels a globe-trotting grab for cash. Yasmin’s marriage to Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) strains almost immediately, Harper slides back toward self-destruction with alarming familiarity, and Eric (Ken Leung) keeps fighting to stay in the game. One era ended; the fallout is just getting started.
Episode 1 premieres Sunday, Jan. 11 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max
‘The Traitors’ season 4 (Peacock)
“The Traitors” is back for season 4, bringing a brand-new lineup of overly confident Faithfuls, merciless Traitors and an atmosphere thick with suspicion. The castle welcomes a mix of reality TV veterans and true wild cards: from “Real Housewives” standouts Lisa Rinna and Porsha Williams to “Top Chef” winner and host Kristen Kish, plus Olympians Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski — all eyeing the $250,000 prize.
Presiding over it all with dramatic flair and perfectly timed side-eyes, Alan Cumming returns to make treachery look downright elegant inside television’s most perilous castle.
Episodes 1-3 are streaming now on Peacock
‘The 83rd Annual Golden Globes’ (CBS)
Awards season moves into high gear with the Golden Globe Awards, the champagne-soaked ceremony that bridges film and television in one glamorous night. Nikki Glaser is back as host, promising a monologue that pulls few punches. This year also brings a first for the Globes, with a brand-new Best Podcast category joining the mix.
As for the contenders, “One Battle After Another” leads the film pack, while HBO’s sun-drenched murder juggernaut “The White Lotus” tops the TV nominations. Cue clinking glasses, overlong speeches, censored swearing, surprise tears and at least a few results that will spark instant debate.
Special premieres Sunday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS (via Fubo or YouTube TV) or Paramount+ Premium
‘His & Hers’ (Netflix)
Every story has two versions, and in this mystery thriller, both come with an agenda. Tessa Thompson plays Anna Andrews, a former Atlanta news anchor who’s retreated from public life until a murder in her small Georgia hometown pulls her back into reporting, and back into trouble.
Waiting there is Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal), the local detective who also happens to be Anna’s estranged husband and who sees her presence as anything but helpful. Steeped in sweltering Southern heat and simmering suspicion, this Alice Feeney adaptation thrives on old wounds, half-truths and competing narratives. Trust is optional.
All 6 episodes are streaming now on Netflix
‘A Thousand Blows’ season 2 (Hulu)
A year after its brutal finale, Stephen Knight’s “A Thousand Blows” steps back into the ring and doesn’t pull its punches. Season 2 opens on an East End that feels harder and more unforgiving, with Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham) spiraling into the bottle and Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) worn down by loss.
The balance shifts when Mary Carr (Erin Doherty) barrels back into town alongside Alice Diamond (Darci Shaw), intent on taking back control of the Forty Elephants — and her throne. Bigger gambles, shakier loyalties and riskier alliances push the series further into dangerous territory, where every move comes at a higher cost.
All 6 episodes are streaming now on Hulu
‘Coldwater’ (Paramount+)
What’s more unnerving than the undead? Neighbors who seem a little too welcoming. Andrew Lincoln, forever linked to “The Walking Dead,” leads this British thriller as a stay-at-home dad who moves his family from London to an isolated Scottish town after a disturbing playground incident shakes his sense of safety.
Once there, he falls in with Tommy (Ewen Bremner), a magnetic local whose easy charm slowly reveals a darker edge. What starts as a bid for peace and quiet twists into something far more threatening — proof that sometimes the scariest dangers live right next door.
Episode 1 is streaming now on Paramount+ Premium
‘Best Medicine’ (Fox)
“Best Medicine” trots out a well-worn formula: the high-powered city doctor dropped into a small town that refuses to be impressed. A remake of the beloved British series “Doc Martin,” it embraces its comfort-viewing instincts from the start. Josh Charles stars as Dr. Martin Best, a gifted Boston surgeon who decamps to the Maine fishing village where he spent his childhood summers and promptly rubs nearly everyone the wrong way.
Between meddling locals, puzzling medical cases and Martin’s legendarily poor bedside manner — not helped by a rather inconvenient fear of blood — the adjustment is anything but smooth. Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts and Josh Segarra help flesh out the town’s eccentric ensemble.
Episode 1 is streaming now on Hulu
‘Girl Taken’ (Paramount+)
This British psychological thriller is less about the abduction than the damage it leaves behind. Based on Hollie Overton’s novel “Baby Doll,” the miniseries follows twin sisters Lily and Abby after Lily escapes years of captivity at the hands of a trusted local teacher.
She survives, but the life she returns to barely resembles the one she lost. Her family is fractured, the town is on edge and the man responsible remains free, shaping his own narrative. “Girl Taken” focuses on trauma, fractured bonds and the lingering consequences that don’t fade once the headlines do.
All 6 episodes are streaming now on Paramount+
‘Tehran’ season 3 (Apple TV)
After season 2 shattered Tamar Rabinyan’s world, “Tehran” comes back colder and far less merciful. Season 3 finds Mossad hacker-turned-fugitive Tamar (Niv Sultan) navigating a city where she no longer has any allies. If she wants a future, she’ll need to earn back Mossad’s trust — no small task.
The pressure intensifies with the arrival of a new nuclear inspector, played by Hugh Laurie, sniffing around Iran’s covert program, while familiar threats like Faraz (Shaun Toub) refuse to loosen their grip. The result is espionage that feels uncomfortably close to real life — and impossible to look away from.
Episode 1 is streaming now on Apple TV
New movies
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ (Netflix)
I read the book, loved it, and as an Emily Henry fan, I’m already emotionally invested in Netflix’s adaptation before the opening credits roll. The story follows mismatched best friends Poppy (Emily Bader) and Alex (Tom Blyth), whose annual vacations slowly turn into a decade-long exercise in denial, bad timing and unspoken feelings.
It’s giving “When Harry Met Sally” vibes, sure, but with Henry’s knack for warmth, messiness and quiet heartbreak. I know exactly where this is going — and I’m happily along for the ride.
Streaming now on Netflix
‘Predator: Badlands’ (PVOD)
After the lean, mean reinvention of “Prey,” “Badlands” doubles down on what this franchise does best: hunting, survival and spectacle, with a smart twist. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, this entry boldly sidelines humans and puts a young Predator, dismissed as unworthy by his own kind, front and center.
Stranded on a brutally hostile planet, Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) teams up with a damaged android, Thia (Elle Fanning), in a desperate, deadly quest. Visceral, oddly soulful and refreshingly focused, “Badlands” feels like the franchise is firing on all cylinders again.
Streaming now with purchase on Apple TV or Prime Video
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