What To Watch This Week: TV And Movie Premieres January 26–31

What To Watch This Week: TV And Movie Premieres January 26–31

If you’re wondering what to watch this week, your watchlist is about to get very busy.

From big premieres and season finales to bingeable streaming drops, documentaries, and new movies hitting theaters, here are the TV shows and films premiering January 26–31 that should be on your radar.


Best Picks Of The Week

If you only have time for a few, start here:

Biggest Premieres

  • “Bridgerton” Season 4 (Netflix)
  • “Wonder Man” (Disney+, eight-episode binge)

Best For Comedy

Best For Documentaries

  • “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” (PBS)
  • “33 Photos From the Ghetto” (HBO Max)
  • “Take That” (Netflix)

Best For Series Returns

  • “Shrinking” Season 3 (Apple TV)
  • “School Spirits” Season 3 (Paramount+, three-episode premiere)

Best Live Event

  • WWE Royal Rumble (ESPN app)

Memory of a Killer key art for the Fox series

Monday, January 26

8:00 p.m. ET

  • “American Idol” Season 24 (ABC)
  • “Extracted” Season 2 (Fox)
  • “Wild Cards” Season 3 (The CW)

9:00 p.m. ET

  • “Memory of a Killer” Episode 2 (Fox)

10:00 p.m. ET

  • “History’s Deadliest With Ving Rhames” (History)
  • “The Rookie” time slot premiere (ABC)

Mike Epps smiles in the official poster for Netflix stand-up special “Mike Epps: Delusional” premiering January 27.

Tuesday, January 27

Streaming

Streaming Finale

  • “Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators” Season 5 finale (BritBox)

9:00 p.m. ET

  • “Wonder Man” (Disney+, eight-episode binge)
  • “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” (PBS)
  • “33 Photos From the Ghetto” (HBO Max)

Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista star in Prime Video’s The Wrecking Crew, an action comedy about estranged brothers reunited after their father’s death.

Wednesday, January 28

Streaming

9:00 p.m. ET

  • “Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV” docuseries finale (ABC)

Bridgerton Season 4 key art for the Netflix series

Thursday, January 29

Streaming

  • “Bridgerton” Season 4 (Netflix, four-episode premiere)

Streaming Finale

  • “Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale” Season 2 finale (AMC+)

8:00 p.m. ET

  • “Next Level Chef” Season 5 (Fox)

The official key art for Moses The Black, in theaters January 30, 2026.

Friday, January 30

Streaming

  • “Yo Gabba GabbaLand!” Season 2 (Apple TV)
  • “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (HBO Max)

In Theaters

8:00 p.m. ET

  • “Inside the 68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)

9:00 p.m. ET

  • “Masters of Illusion” Season 11 finale (The CW)

9:30 p.m. ET

  • “Junk or Jackpot?” Season 1 finale (HGTV)

Tempted 2 Love key art for the Lifetime series

Saturday, January 31

2:00 p.m. ET

  • WWE Royal Rumble (ESPN app)

8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT

  • “Tempted 2 Love” (Lifetime)

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