{"id":240852,"date":"2026-01-12T10:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240852\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:05:12","slug":"7-top-new-shows-id-stream-this-week-on-netflix-and-more-jan-12-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/240852\/","title":{"rendered":"7 top new shows I’d stream this week on Netflix and more (Jan. 12-18)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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,<\/a> broadcast and cable TV.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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Whether you\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n

\u2018Tell Me Lies\u2019 season 3 (Hulu)<\/p>\n

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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\u2019t.<\/p>\n

With last season\u2019s wedding-day betrayal still detonating across campus, secrets are festering, loyalties are fracturing, and everyone in their orbit is paying the price. \u201cTell Me Lies\u201d once again unspools a soapy story that you can\u2019t help but eat up.<\/p>\n

Episodes 1-2 premiere Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 12 a.m. ET on Hulu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Hijack\u2019 season 2 (Apple TV)<\/p>\n

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If Idris Elba steps onto public transit, take the next departure. \u201cHijack\u201d is back for season 2, and Sam Nelson (Elba) has traded the friendly skies for a Berlin subway car packed with commuters \u2014 and a bomb.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s been obsessing for a year. Think a modern take on \u201cThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three,\u201d with better suits.<\/p>\n

Episode 1 premieres Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 12 a.m. ET on Apple TV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Love Island All Stars\u2019 season 3 (Peacock)<\/p>\n

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Winter just got a whole lot steamier. \u201cLove Island All Stars\u201d is back to prove you don\u2019t need sunshine to stir up drama in the villa. A fresh batch of iconic U.K. cast members \u2014 including two former winners and at least one very recent ex \u2014 head to South Africa for unfinished business, rekindled flirtations and, inevitably, revenge.<\/p>\n

Love, bromance and mess blend in equal measure, with a supersized six-week run that\u2019s the longest \u201cAll Stars\u201d season yet. Expect bigger twists, louder drama and zero chill when the villa doors reopen.<\/p>\n

Episode 1 premieres Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Agatha Christie\u2019s Seven Dials\u2019 (Netflix)<\/p>\n

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A country-house prank, seven blaring alarm clocks and one very dead fianc\u00e9 \u2014 welcome to this fizzy, fast-talking reimagining of Agatha Christie\u2019s mystery novel of the same name. Set in 1925 England, the three-part series follows Lady Eileen \u201cBundle\u201d Brent (Mia McKenna-Bruce), an inquisitive socialite who refuses to let a suspicious death go unsolved.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

All 3 episodes premiere Thursday, Jan. 15 at 3 a.m. ET on Netflix<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Ponies\u2019 (Peacock)<\/p>\n

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Cold War espionage is the name of the deadly game in this 1977-set spy thriller that wastes no time blowing up expectations \u2014 and lives. Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson play Bea and Twila, two American Embassy secretaries in Moscow officially dismissed as \u201cpersons of no interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

All 8 episodes premiere Thursday, Jan. 15 at 3 a.m. ET on Peacock<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Star Trek: Starfleet Academy\u2019 (Paramount+)<\/p>\n

The latest Star Trek series jumps to the 32nd century and asks what Starfleet looks like after everything\u2019s fallen apart due to the cataclysmic event portrayed in \u201cStar Trek: Discovery.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

The show skews younger, messier and more emotional \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

Episodes 1-2 premiere Thursday, Jan. 15 at 3 a.m. ET on Paramount+<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u2019 (HBO)<\/p>\n

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After a year without any \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d spinoffs, Westeros finally opens its gates again, but this time, the stakes stay refreshingly close to the ground. \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d 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).<\/p>\n

Set a century before \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d this six-episode prequel leans lighter, warmer and more human \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

Episode 1 premieres Sunday, Jan. 18 at 10 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max<\/a><\/p>\n

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