The streamer is packed with options to help you star the new year right.

6 shows coming to Netflix in January 2026 that you’ll want to binge all month long

The streamer is packed with options to help you star the new year right.

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Kevin Bacon on 'The Following'; James Franco on '11.22.63'; Kristen Bell on 'Veronica Mars'. Credit:

Barbara Nitke/Fox Broadcasting Co; Russ Martin/Hulu; Scott Humbert/The CW

Netflix is ringing in 2026 with a fresh batch of TV shows arriving in January, giving viewers plenty to binge watch as the new year begins.

If you're in the mood for a violent thriller with twists that keep you guessing, *The Following* delivers it all. Looking for a witty mystery that blends high school drama with detective work? *Veronica Mars *has you covered. Or maybe you're craving street-level drama that throws you into the raw intensity of city life — that's *Southland.*

Whether you're revisiting old favorites or discovering them for the first time, here's your guide to six TV series arriving on Netflix this January.

Falling Skies (2011–2015)

Moon Bloodgood as Anne Glass-Mason, Will Patton as Dan Weaver, and Noah Wyle as Tom Mason on 'Falling Skies'. James Dittiger/TNT

**Available to stream: January 1**

From executive producer Steven Spielberg comes *Falling Skies*, a sci-fi series that drops audiences into a world wrecked by an alien invasion. Humanity is barely hanging on, and staying alive means sticking together and fighting back however you can. At the center is Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), a former history professor who's thrust into a leadership role as part of a small resistance group trying to survive.

The show blends big, old-school action with grounded human stories — and as* *'s critic put it, "it's the spectacle of humans versus aliens that draws you in."

**Creator: **Robert Rodat

**Cast:** Noah Wyle, Seychelle Gabriel, Maxim Knight, Will Patton, Sarah Carter, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Colin Cunningham, Connor Jessup, Mpho Koaho,, Ryan Robbins, Peter Shinkoda, Brad Kelly

Found (2023–2025)

Shanola Hampton as Gabi Mosely on 'Found'.

Matt Miller/NBC

**Available to stream: January 2**

NBC's crime drama *Found*, which ended *way* too soon, is finding new life on Netflix. Shanola Hampton stars as Gabi Mosely, a PR and crisis manager who runs a firm that finds missing people no one else seems to remember or care about.

To the public, Gabi is a hero for her work — but she's hiding a dark and dangerous secret: She’s holding a man captive in her own home. Who he is and how he's connected to her past comes as a major twist, and their tense, complicated dynamic is one of the most gripping elements of the series.

**Creator: **Nkechi Okoro Carroll

**Cast:** Shanola Hampton, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Kelli Williams, Gabrielle Walsh, Brett Dalton, Karan Oberoi. Arlen Escarpeta

The Following (2013–2015)

Kevin Bacon as Ryan Hardy on 'The Following'.

Barbara Nitke/Fox Broadcasting Co.

**Available to stream: January 3**

Nearly a decade after it was removed from Netflix, the hit Fox crime thriller *The Following *is heading back to the streamer. The show centers on serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy), a charming former professor who has a cult following ready to do his bidding.

To stop him, the FBI calls in Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon), the broken agent who caught Joe years ago. What unfolds is a violent chase full of sickening twists and life-or-death stakes.

**Creator: **Kevin Williamson

**Cast:** Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore, Natalie Zea, Valorie Curry, Jessica Stroup, Nico Tortorella, Sam Underwood, Connie Nielsen, Kyle Catlett, Annie Parisse

James Franco as Jake Epping on '11.22.63'.

Russ Martin/Hulu

**Available to stream: January 7**

Hulu's limited series *11.22.63* turns Stephen King's bestselling sci-fi novel into an eight-episode thriller. James Franco plays Jake Epping, an English teacher who discovers a way to travel back to 1960 and takes on the impossible task of trying to stop John F. Kennedy's assassination.

**Creator: **Bridget Carpenter

**Cast:** James Franco, Chris Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Cherry Jones, George MacKay, Lucy Fry, Josh Duhamel

Veronica Mars (2004–2007)

Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars on 'Veronica Mars'.

Scott Garfield/UPN

**Available to stream: January 14**

Kristen Bell stars as the title character on *Veronica Mars*, a once-popular high school student who balances homework with solving crimes after hours. The show only lasted three seasons before getting the axe, but fans never let it fade away; in fact, the devotion stuck around long enough to bring Veronica back years later with a surprise fourth-season revival.

**Creator: **Rob Thomas

**Cast:** Kristen Bell, Ryan Hansen, Julie Gonzalo, Michael Muhney, Tessa Thompson, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III, Kyle Gallner, Chris Lowell, Tina Majorino, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Teddy Dunn

Southland (2009–2013)

Ben McKenzie as Ben Sherman and Shawn Hatosy as Sammy Bryant on 'Southland'. TNT

**Available to stream: January 16**

*Southland *flew under the radar, but the fans it did have were fiercely loyal. Created by Ann Biderman, the crime drama dropped viewers straight into the day-to-day grind of life as an LAPD officer.

Across five seasons, it focused on the toll the job took on people, highlighting frayed relationships, morally gray areas and the small moments of hope that pop up in an otherwise brutal environment. The series stuck with viewers, not because it was showy, but because it felt authentic.

**Creator: **Ann Biderman

**Cast:** Michael Cudlitz, Regina King, Tom Everett Scott, Shawn Hatosy, Michael McGrady, Kevin Alejandro, Ben McKenzie, Arija Bareikis

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