Anthony Anderson as the new host of Star Search. Birdie Thompson/Netflix

While you’re writing your 2026 bingo cards, goals, and resolutions, don’t forget to start your watch list! From the return of the classic talent competition show Star Search to drama and documentaries, Netflix is setting an entertainment standard for the most productive time of the year.

What are you watching?

January 1

Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish (Season 2)

Love from 9 to 5

My Korean Boyfriend

Run Away

Time Flies

12 Years a Slave

30 Minutes or Less

Becky

Brüno

Colombiana

Conan the Destroyer

Dawn of the Dead

Despicable Me

Despicable Me 2

District 9

Dune

Erin Brockovich

Falling Skies (Seasons 1–5)

Forever My Girl

Free Solo

Ghostbusters: Answer the Call

Harry and the Hendersons

Hellboy

Johnny Mnemonic

Just Go With It

Lone Survivor

Man on Fire

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

My Girl

Only the Brave

Pitch Perfect

Priscilla

Twins

Wild Things

January 2

Found (Seasons 1-2)

Land of Sin

January 3

The Following (Seasons 1-3)

January 5

Raw (WWE, LIVE on Netflix every Monday)

January 6

Pokémon Horizons: Season 3: Rising Hope (Part 1)

January 7

11.22.63 (Season 1)

Marcello Hernández: American Boy

Unlocked: A Jail Experiment (Season 2)

January 8

HIS & HERS

Love Is Blind: Germany

January 9

People We Meet on Vacation

Prodigal Son (Seasons 1-2)

January 13

The Boyfriend (Season 2)

January 14

Veronica Mars (Seasons 1-3)

The Queen of Flow (Season 3)

January 15

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials

Bone Lake

Love Through a Prism

The Upshaws (Part 7)

To Love, To Lose

January 16

Can This Love Be Translated?

The Rip

Southland (Seasons 1-5)

January 19

Sandokan (Season 1)

January 20

Rizzoli & Isles (Seasons 1-7)

Just a Dash (Seasons 1-3)

Star Search (LIVE Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT)

January 21

Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart

January 22

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

Finding Her Edge

January 23

Skyscraper Live

The Big Fake

January 27

Mike Epps: Delusional

January 29

Bridgerton (Season 4, Part 1)

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Veronica Good has been with Showstopper Magazine since 2016. When she isn't keeping you updated on the latest trends, she is at home with her many pets or probably playing The Sims 4. Veronica has a BA in English and an MA in writing from Coastal Carolina University. She is also a writer of fiction and poetry, and her work can be found in Archarios, Tempo, Scapegoat, Kelp Journal, and more.