Paramount Plus to Add 145 New Releases In January 2026: The 3 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Paramount Plus next month (January 2026) plans to add 145 new TV shows and movies to its streaming service. Here are the three to watch, in my humble opinion:

Star Trek Starfleet Academy
When to Watch: January 15 (Two episode premiere)
Who’s In It: Holly Hunter, Robert Picardo, Paul Giamatti
Paramount has the rights to the Star Trek franchise and it plans to ride that horse as long as it can. Star Trek Starfleet Academy, the sixth Star Trek-themed show from Paramount in the last nine years, stars Holly Hunter (pictured above) as the captain of the USS Athena and chancellor of the Starfleet Academy where young cadets compete to be ship officers. The supporting cast includes the great Paul Giamatti as a heavily made-up part Klingon and Robert Picardo as The Doctor, reprising his role from the Star Trek: Voyager series from a time far, far away. Star Trek Starfleet Academy looks like fun and a worthy entry in the franchise.

Coldwater
When to Watch: January 9 (Series Premiere)
Who’s In It: Andrew Lincoln, Ewen Bremner, Indira Varma
Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) stars as John, a London native who uproots his family after a violent incident, moving to Scotland in search of a more peaceful existence. He soon befriends a neighbor (Ewen Bremner), Tommy, but is alarmed when he starts to exhibit psychotic tendencies. John tries to break his relationship with Tommy but can’t because the man is expert at the art of manipulation and is obsessed with John. The six-episode series, which first aired in Great Britain, could be your next obsession, too.

Landman (Season 2 finale)
When to Watch: January 18
Who’s In It: Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Elliott, Ali Larter, Andy Garcia, Demi Moore
I have written here (a few times) that Landman, which stars Billy Bob Thornton as a ruthless oil company exec, is an excellent show. The first season was pitch perfect. But I need to qualify my earlier comments. And here goes:

What happened to this show? Season two, which has aired seven episodes to date, has been leaking oil from the 1st episode. Silly and stupid subplots now dominate the show. And why cast Demi Moore and Andy Garcia if you’re not going to use them? Was Taylor Sheridan distracted because of his new deal with NBCUniversal?

Okay, now that I got that off my chest. The season finale of Landman is still a show to watch. There are three episodes left (including the January 18 finale) and I have faith that showrunner Sheridan will land the plane. When Landman is good, it’s great so I have faith it will be great again in season two. So, yes, do watch, but don’t say I didn’t warn you if the finale is more about Ali Larter cooking than Andy Garcia getting cooked.

Movies & Shows Coming to Paramount Plus In January 2026

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
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 series premiere
Golden Eve** (CBS Special)

January 9 
Coldwater* series premiere

January 11 
ET: Live on the Golden Globes Red Carpet**

January 13
The Running Man (2025)

January 14 
Bar Rescue: Season 9 
Peppa Pig: Season 10

January 15 
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy two-episode series premiere

January 18
Landman Season 2 finale

January 20 
Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer series premiere

January 21 
SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 15

January 22 
Canada Shore series premiere 

January 25
NFL AFC Championship Game

January 27
College*

January 28
School Spirits: Season 3 three-episode premiere

January 30
Inside the 68th Annual Grammy Awards**

January 31 
The Hundred-Foot Journey*

One asterisk denote you need a Paramount Plus Premium plan.
Two asterisk denotes you can watch the show on the CBS feed which is part of the Paramount Plus Premium plan.

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