2026 is upon us, and what’s more fitting than to celebrate the new year with new shows? Get ready for the premiere of School Spirits Season 3. And check out Canada Shore, the latest (and, dare we say, steamiest?) iteration of the iconic Shore franchise.
Want more new? We’ve got more new. Try Coldwater, a chilling British crime series starring Andrew Lincoln. And if space is more your speed, enroll in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the upcoming new Paramount+ original series, and the latest addition to the Star Trek franchise.
Loving Landman Season 2? The season finale drops in January. Let the binge-watch begin!
Other January highlights include the 2026 Golden Globes®, airing live on CBS, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+. Hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, the show is a night of your favorite stars of TV and film looking fab, and delivering instantly quotable quips. What could be better?
Indeed, Paramount+ is ringing in your new year right. Read on to get the comprehensive viewing guide for January, 2026. And please note: Certain shows can be watched on Paramount+ with the Paramount+ Premium plan only.
New shows and seasons on Paramount+ in January 2026
School Spirits Season 3 (Jan. 28)
The ghostly hit Paramount+ original drama is back! In the latest new season, Maddie Nears (Peyton List), having found her way back into a so-called normal existence, struggles with terrifying visions, as well as the weight of protecting both the living and the dead. Maddie’s best friend Simon (Kristian Ventura), meanwhile, now trapped in the afterlife, becomes obsessed with the secrets of Split River High. As the pals search for answers as to why so many have died at the school, new dangers begin to surface …
In addition to List and Ventura, School Spirits Season 3 stars Spencer MacPherson, Kiara Pichardo, Sarah Yarkin, Nick Pugliese, Rainbow Wedell, Josh Zuckerman, Ci Hang Ma, Miles Elliot, and Milo Manheim. Newcomers to the show’s roster of recurring guest stars are Jennifer Tilly, Ari Dalbert, and Erika Swayze. They join returning recurring guest stars Maria Dizzia, Patrick Gilmore, Alex Zahara, Ian Tracey, Jess Gabor, and Zack Calderon. Get caught up with everything with the help of our School Spirits Season 3 watch guide.
School Spirits Season 3 is set to premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 28 on Paramount+ with three new episodes. After, a new episode will drop weekly through the season finale. And if you can’t wait for Season 3 to begin, there’s plenty to binge-watch in the meantime: All episodes of School Spirits Season 1 and Season 2 are streaming now on Paramount+ .
Canada Shore Season 1 (Jan. 22)
Filmed on the beaches of Kelowna, British Columbia, this first-ever Canadian version of MTV’s global Shore phenomenon brings together 10 charismatic Canadian singles for a whirlwind season of friendships, romance, and full-throttle fun. Strangers coming together as roommates, these bad boys and party girls are ready to make memories … and maybe a little mayhem. But beneath the chaos is a true-blue crew that flirts together, fights together, and ultimately becomes family.
Canada Shore premieres Thursday, Jan. 22, exclusively on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 (Jan. 15)
This Paramount+ original sci-fl drama centers on a group of Starfleet Cadets training to become tomorrow’s leaders, all the while navigating brand-new friendships and romances. These officers-in-training discover that it’s one thing to take on unfamiliar responsibilities. It’s quite another to face off against a deadly enemy to the Federation. Will they have the mettle to do it?
The show stars Oscar® winner Holly Hunter as the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy. The Starfleet cadets are played by Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Bella Shepard, plus guest stars Oded Fehr and Mary Wiseman. Recurring guest stars are Gina Yashere, and Oscar® nominee Paul Giamatti. For more info on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, check out our guide to the new series.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is scheduled to premiere with two episodes on Thursday, Jan. 15, exclusively on Paramount+. Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays, through the season finale on March 12.
Coldwater (Jan. 9)
This British psychological thriller series tells the story of a discontented stay-at-home dad. When Londoner John (Andrew Lincoln) fails to intervene in a violent playground confrontation, his resulting personal crisis spurs him to relocate his family to the rural Scottish town of Coldwater. Once there, he’s welcomed by his neighbor, Tommy (Ewan Bremmer), a charismatic pillar of the community. John begins to believe that this new home – and this new friendship with Tommy – may be the key to a fresh start. It’s only after a series of unsettling incidents occurs that John is forced to question who the real Tommy is.
In addition to Lincoln and Bremmer, Coldwater stars Indira Varma and Eve Myles. The first episode of the six-part series will premiere Friday, Jan. 9, with new episodes dropping weekly until the series finale on Feb. 13.
Note: Coldwater streams on Paramount+ for Premium plan subscribers only.
Recently premiered shows and seasons on Paramount+ in January 2026
Landman Season 2
The hit Paramount+ original drama, co-created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, tells the story of the roughnecks and billionaires seeking their fortune through the West Texas oil industry. At the center of this clamor for riches is Tommy Norris (Academy Award® winner Billy Bob Thornton), exec at M-Tex Oil. Season 2 finds Tommy’s responsibilities at M-Tex growing, which leads to mounting pressure from the company’s directors, as well as impossible expectations from his family. With so much on the line, and stress this intense, something – a business, a promise, or a person – eventually is going to break.
In addition to Thornton, this original drama series stars Academy Award® nominee Demi Moore, Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan, and Colm Feore. Sam Elliott, the iconic Academy Award® nominee and 1883 star, joins the cast as Tommy’s father.
Landman Season 2 premiered Nov. 16, exclusively on Paramount+. New episodes will drop weekly on Sundays through the season finale on Jan. 18. For more details, including a recap of where Season 1 left off, check out our guide to Landman Season 2. And keep this fact rigged in your mind: You can binge-watch all episodes from Landman Season 1 right now on Paramount+.
Binge-watches on Paramount+ in January 2026
Tulsa King Season 3
Sly is back, baby! Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone has played a major role in launching this Paramount+ original series from fellow Academy Award® nominee and executive producer Taylor Sheridan into the streaming stratosphere. In Season 3, gangster Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) and his criminal empire face their biggest threat yet: a powerful, old-money family called the Dunmires. The clan’s refusal to play by old-world rules forces Dwight to fight harder than ever to protect everything he’s built.
This past season has brought into the fold new cast members Robert Patrick, Bella Heathcote, Kevin Pollak, and plus an appearance by Academy Award® nominee Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson’s hitman character, Russell Lee Washington Jr., stops by Tulsa en route to leading his own new upcoming Paramount+ show, Nola King.
All episodes from Tulsa King Season 3 are now streaming, along with all episodes from Season 1 and Season 2, exclusively on Paramount+.
Plus, go ahead and get excited for even more Tulsa King: Paramount+ has renewed the hit show for a fourth season.
Ink Master Season 17
Hosted by Joel Madden, the new season of Ink Master finds 15 tattoo artists competing as hometown heroes. Not only are these contestants vying for the opportunity to put their regional pride and reputations on the map, they’re competing for a $250,000 prize – and the title of Ink Master. To do all this, they must put their tattooing skills to the test in a series of epic, high-stakes challenges. Three-time Ink Master champion, DJ Tambe, Ryan Ashley – the first female Ink Master champion – and color-realism tattoo icon, Nikko Hurtado, are the returning judges.
All episodes of Ink Master Season 17, including the epic season finale, are now streaming, exclusively on Paramount+. You can binge-watch the first 16 seasons on Paramount+, too.
Little Disasters Season 1
Based on the book by the author of Anatomy of a Scandal, this six-part psychological thriller series focuses on the decade-long friendship between Jess (Diane Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner), Charlotte (Shelley Conn), and Mel (Emily Taaffe). These four women were once expectant mothers with little in common but their due dates, but they’ve grown into friends, and have been there for one another throughout motherhood. But when Jess, the seemingly perfect stay-at-home mom, takes her baby daughter to hospital with a head injury she can’t seem to explain, Liz – the on-duty ER doctor – must make an excruciating decision about whether to contact social services. With one phone call, Liz sets in motion a chain of events that nearly destroys not only the four women’s friendship, but each mother’s respective family.
In addition to Kruger, Joyner, Conn, and Taafe, the series stars JJ Feild, Ben Bailey Smith, Patrick Baladi, and Stephen Campbell Moore. All six episodes are now streaming, exclusively on Paramount+.
Awards shows on Paramount+ in January 2026
The 2026 Golden Globes® (live Jan. 11)
A celebration of the past year’s achievements in movies and TV, the Golden Globes® ceremony brings together the brightest stars of the big and small screens for what’s known as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year®.” For the second consecutive year, comedian Nikki Glaser hosts the prestigious event.
See below for all the info you need to watch and stream the 2026 Golden Globes®.
The 2026 Golden Globes®
- Live air date: Sunday, Jan 11, 2026
- Live air time: 8-11 PM ET/5-8 PM PT
- Channel: CBS
- Streaming: Paramount+*
* The 2026 Golden Globes® can be streamed live on Paramount+ as they air on CBS via the Paramount+ Premium plan, and/or they can be streamed on the day after they air via any Paramount+ plan.
Paramount+ – January 2026 schedule
Subscribers to Paramount+ can look forward to a January marked by movie and series premieres, the return of series favorites, and so much more. Here’s the full Paramount+ schedule for January releases.
PARAMOUNT+ JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS
January 1 – Barron’s Cove – Paramount+ Exclusive*
January 8 – Girl Taken – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 9 – Coldwater – NEW SHOWTIME Original Series*
January 11 – 83rd Annual Golden Globes® (CBS)**
January 15 – Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 20 – Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 22 – Canada Shore – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 23 – Zuffa Boxing on Paramount+ Debut
January 24 – UFC on Paramount+ Debut
January 25 – NFL AFC Championship Game
January 28 – School Spirits Season 3 – Paramount+ Original Series
PARAMOUNT+ JANUARY PROGRAMMING
New Episodes Weekly:
Hollywood Squares Season 2**
The Price is Right at Night Season 6**
January 1
10 Cloverfield Lane
50 First Dates
A Man Called Horse
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
About Adam
About Time
Adore
Angels & Demons
Babel
Baby Driver*
Barron’s Cove* | Paramount+ Exclusive
Bebe’s Kids
Black Rain
Blue Chips
Blue Story
Brassed Off
Bringing Out the Dead
Captive
Carriers
Changing Lanes
Chocolate City
City of God
City of Men
Clerks
Clockstoppers
Coach Carter
Company Man
Cool World
Cop Land
Critical Condition
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
Dead Man Walking
Deadlock
Devotion
Double Jeopardy
Drop Zone
Eagle Eye
Election
Equilibrium
Event Horizon
Everybody Wants Some!!
Fighting
Flashdance
Footloose (1984)
Four Rooms
Foxfire
Fresh
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter
Funny Face
Grudge Match
Hard Eight
High Noon (1952)
House of Yes
I Love You, I Love You Not
In Too Deep
Jackass 2.5
Jackass 3
Jackass 3.5
Jackass Number Two
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Unrated
Jackass: The Movie
Jenny’s Wedding*
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
Kate & Leopold
Last Weekend*
Like Crazy
Love Me If You Dare
Major League
Maniac*
Necessary Roughness
O (Othello)
Paid in Full
Percy Vs Goliath
Pixels
Pixie
Queenpins
Rudy
Scary Movie
Scary Movie 3
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3
Searching For Bobby Fischer
Serpico
Silence
Sinister*
Sleeping Dogs
Southpaw
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Switchback
The Crossing Guard
The Crow (1994)
The Crow: City of Angels
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
The Crying Game
The Da Vinci Code
The English Patient
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
The Grifters
The Haunting
The Hours
The Little Prince
The Longest Yard (1974)
The Lookout
The Martian
The Other Guys
The Soloist
Twisted
Under the Stadium Lights
Undisputed
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
Undisputed III: Redemption
Villain
Wander
We Were Soldiers
What Lies Beneath
Wildcat
Would You Rather*
Wuthering Heights (2003)
Zero Dark Thirty
Zodiac
Zoolander 2
January 7
Harlan Coben’s Final Twist Season 1** (new unscripted CBS Original premiere)
January 8
Girl Taken | Paramount+ Original Series
Golden Eve** (CBS Special)
January 9
Coldwater* | Showtime Original Series (new episodes weekly)
January 11
ET: Live on the Golden Globes Red Carpet**
January 14
Bar Rescue Season 9
Peppa Pig Season 10
January 15
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Paramount+ Original Series (Episodes 101-102 drop on Jan. 15, followed by new episodes weekly)
January 20
Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer | Paramount+ Original Series
January 21
SpongeBob SquarePants Season 15
January 22
Canada Shore | Paramount+ Original Series (new episodes weekly)
January 27
College*
January 28
School Spirits Season 3 | Paramount+ Original Series (Episodes 301-303 drop on Jan. 28, followed by new episodes weekly)
January 30
Inside the 68th Annual Grammy Awards**
January 31
The Hundred-Foot Journey*
SPORTS
January 1 – EFL Championship – Blackburn Rovers vs. Wrexham
January 1– EFL Championship – Watford vs. Birmingham
January 2– Serie A – Cagliari vs. AC Milan
January 3 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – BYU @ Kansas State*
January 3– NCAA Men’s Basketball – Duke @ Florida State*
January 4 – NFL Week 18 Doubleheader (check local listings)
January 4 – EFL Championship – Derby County vs. Wrexham
January 8– Serie A – AC Milan vs. Genoa
January 10– NCAA Men’s Basketball – Wisconsin @ Michigan*
January 10 – PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge*
January 10 or 11– NFL Wild Card Playoff Game
January 11– Serie A – Fiorentina vs. AC Milan
January 11 – Serie A – Inter Milan vs. Napoli
January 17– Serie A – Udinese vs. Inter Milan
January 17 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – UCLA @ Ohio State*
January 17 or 18– NFL Divisional Playoff Game
January 20-21 – UEFA Champions League Matchday 7
January 20 – UEFA Champions League – Inter Milan vs. Arsenal
January 21 – UEFA Champions League – Marseille vs. Liverpool
January 22 – UEFA Europa League Matchday 7
January 23 – Zuffa Boxing Series Debut, Live from Las Vegas
January 24 – UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett, Live from T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas (First UFC Marquee Numbered Event)
January 24 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – Maryland @ Michigan State*
January 24 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – West Virginia @ Arizona*
January 24 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – San Diego State @ UNLV*
January 25 – NFL AFC Championship Game
January 25 – Serie A – Juventus vs. Napoli
January 25 – Serie A – Roma vs. AC Milan
January 28 – UEFA Champions League Matchday 8 (final day of League Phase)
January 28 – UEFA Champions League – Napoli vs. Chelsea
January 29 – UEFA Europa League Matchday 8
January 31 – UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes II, Live from Sydney, Australia
January 31 – PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open Third Round*
January 31 – EFL Championship – Sheffield Wednesday vs. Wrexham
Throughout January: English Football League competition
Throughout January: Serie A competition
Throughout January: Scottish Professional Football League competition
Throughout January: UEFA Champions League competition
Throughout January: UEFA Europa League competition
*Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.
**All Paramount+ Premium subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.
Dates for library titles are subject to change.
