Netflix, Max, Hulu, Peacock & Amazon to Add 47 New Titles This Weekend – Here Are the 6 Most Interesting

By Phillip Swann
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Netflix, Max, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount Plus and Amazon’s Prime Video this weekend (January 9-12, 2025) plan to add 47 new TV shows and movies to their streaming lineups. Here’s the six most interesting, in my humble opinion:

American Primeval (Netflix original series)
Taylor Kitsch stars as a frontiersman in 1850s Oregon who will do anything to protect his land and loved ones from mercenaries and Native Americans. The six-part series, directed by Peter Berg (who has teamed with Kitsch on multiple projects, including Friday Night Lights), promises to chronicle the violent clash of cultures and religions in shaping the American West. The supporting cast includes Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham and Dane DeHaan. Debuts on Netflix on Thursday, January 9.

Love Is Blind – Germany (Netflix Original – New Episodes)
Based on the American version of the Netflix dating series, a few dozen German men and women will take turns jumping into shielded pods to discuss life, sex and other trivial matters while searching for ‘the one.’ The show is more disposable than an ultra-soft box of Kleenex but it’s harmless and occasionally funny. And if you’re a 20something, it’s probably irresistible. Debuts Friday, January 10.

Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This (HBO/Max Special)
The polarizing pundit/comedian will tackle the topical in this stand-up comedy special from the CIBC Theater in Chicago. Like him or not, Maher has perfected the art of getting attention and this performance will likely make some headlines (or, at least, social media buzz) the morning after. Debuts January 10.

The Pitt (Max/HBO Original Series)
Noah Wyle stars in this medical dramatic series about the hellish life of emergency room workers at a Pittsburgh hospital. Each episode will cover one-hour in the 15-hour day shift. R. Scott Gemmill, who won Emmys for his writing and producing on NBC’s landmark medical drama, ER (which also starred Wyle), is the showrunner here so that’s a good sign. Debuts January 9.

Sons of Ecstasy (Max Original Documentary)
In the 1990s, ecstasy replaced cocaine as the must-have illicit drug among the young and pampered set and no place was the demand for the pill more intense than Arizona. But the fight for the ecstasy market in the Grand Canyon state had some interesting competitors: The Gravano Mafia crime family (as in ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano) and a British stockbroker. This documentary looks at the unlikely war between the two polar opposites with current day interviews with the participants. Debuts January 9.

Hollywood Squares – Paramount Plus
If you wait long enough, the network executives will bring back whatever old show you used to watch religiously, or in this case, you were okay with it playing in the background while you did your household chores. Yes, the 1960s/70s game show, Hollywood Squares, is coming back with Nate Burleson replacing the late Peter Marshall as the host and Drew Barrymore subbing for the even later Paul Lynde in the center square. Debuts Thursday, January 9. (Requires Paramount Plus with Showtime plan; will also be on CBS.)

Amazon’s Prime Video will also stream exclusively the NFL Wild Card game between the Ravens and Steelers on Saturday, January 11, at 8 p.m. ET.

Complete List of New Titles Coming to Netflix, Hulu, Max, Peacock, Paramount Plus and Amazon’s Prime Video This Week 

Netflix

Thursday, January 9
American Primeval
Asura
I Am Ilary
Lion
The Upshaws Part 6

Friday, January 10
Ad Vitam
Alpha Males Season 3
Love Is Blind: Germany (New Episodes)

Saturday, January 11
Sakamoto Days

Hulu

Thursday, January 9
Celebrity Jeopardy!: Season 3 Premiere
Shifting Gears: Season 1 Premiere
Biography: Alice Cooper: Complete Season 1
Biography: Chris Farley – Anything for a Laugh: Complete Season 1
Biography: Jeff Dunham – Talking Heads: Complete Season 1

Biography: Jeff Foxworthy – Stand Up Guy: Complete Season 1
Booked: First Day In: Complete Season 2
Extreme Builds: Complete Season 1
Interrogation Files: Complete Season 1
Mashle: Magic and Muscles: Complete Season 1 (Subbed & Dubbed)

More Power: Complete Season 1
My Hero Academia: Season 7, Episodes 148-159 (Dubbed)
Kitchen Nightmares: Season Premiere
Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test: Season 3 Premiere
Dance First
65 En Español (2023)

Friday, January 10
Goosebumps: The Vanishing: Season Premiere
The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story (2024)
American Star (2024)

Saturday, January 12
The Silent Hour (2024)

Max
Thursday, January 9
Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol (ID)
Sons of Ecstasy (Max Original)
The Pitt, Season 1 (Max Original)

Friday, January 10
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (HBO Original)
Black Butterfly (2017)
Holla (2006)
Look Into My Eyes (A24)
Vinnie Jones: In the Country, Season 1-2 (discovery+)

Saturday, January 11
Road to NHL Winter Classic, Episode 204
The Steam Room with Ej and Chuck 125 (TNT)

Sunday, January 12
Naked and Afraid Spain (Aventura En Pelotas Espana), Season 1 (Discovery International)

Amazon’s Prime Video
Friday, January 10
Focus (2015)

Saturday, January 11
NFL Wild Card Game: Steelers at Ravens at 8 p.m. ET

Peacock

Thursday, January 9
The Traitors, Season 3 – Premiere, 3 Episodes, 60 min (Peacock Original)

Friday, January 10
The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription

Sunday, January 12
Polar Opposites

Paramount Plus
Thursday, January 9
Hollywood Squares (Requires Paramount Plus with Showtime subscription.)

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