Netflix Agatha Christie Seven Dials
New Netflix series Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials premieres Thursday Credit: courtesy of Netflix

Premieres Wednesday:

Hijack Season 2 — In Season 1, Idris Elba’s insurance-investigator character, Sam Nelson, foiled the takers of a jet airplane. Now he’s thrust into a similar dilemma when terrorists hold a Berlin underground train hostage. Given that this isn’t his job in any way, shape or form, I’m starting to think the guy just might be bad luck. I’m definitely not telling him when I finally break down and try SunRail. (Apple TV) 

Premieres Thursday:

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials — This mystery miniseries is based on the exploits of one of the immortal author’s lesser-known sleuths, Lady Eileen Bundle Brent (here played by Mia McKenna Bruce). Appearing in only two novels, she was described as a 19-year-old flapper and “red hot socialist.” Just think, if she had lived 100 years later, she could have been first lady of the City of New York. (Netflix) 

Love Through a Prism — Twenty episodes of anime romance are what you get when a Japanese girl studying art in London finds herself falling for one of her posher classmates. And in case you’re wondering, yes, we’re going to be relying on anime for our romance in 2026, because it turns out our ChatGPT boyfriends just wanted us to off ourselves. (Netflix) 

Ponies — Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson are the stars of a mystery series set in the Moscow of 1977, where a couple of American secretaries investigating the murder of their husbands are plunged into a whirlpool of corruption and conspiracy. I would have said a Jacuzzi of corruption and conspiracy, but Russia didn’t get those until Yeltsin. (Peacock) 

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — Cadets work hard to prove they have the right stuff in a new Trek series that delegates the task of setting an adult example to the likes of Holly Hunter, Stephen Colbert, Tig Notaro and Paul Giamatti. Gosh, there’s something so right about the Federation being essentially indistinguishable from the cast of an Alexander Payne movie. (Paramount+) 

The Upshaws — Mike Epps’ Indianapolis-based sitcom comes to its end with a seventh and final season that consists of 12 bittersweet episodes. Netflix was originally going to present Episode 12 as a coast-to-coast theatrical event, but they were worried fans on Twitter would pick it apart for its inconsistent CGI. (Netflix) 

Premieres Friday:

The Rip — Writer-director Joe Carnahan casts Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in the story of some Miami police who stumble across millions of dollars in hidden loot. Will they give in to distrust and paranoia? Or will they just do what cops always do, which is close ranks and find a Black person to scapegoat? (Netflix) 

John Cena at SummerSlam 2025 in Season 2 of WWE: Unreal on Netflix Credit: courtesy of Netflix

Premieres Tuesday:

Just a Dash — YouTuber and The Bear cast member Matty Matheson moves to Netflix for the third season of his cooking show, which sees him leaving the confines of his kitchen to take a freewheeling road trip into the heart of American gourmandry. Matheson told Deadline.com to expect “possibly the most insane TV show ever created in the culinary world,” which seems like a direct insult to anyone who’s ever played Jeffrey Dahmer. (Netflix)

WWE: Unreal — Season 2 of the eye-opening docuseries takes us behind the scenes of the premier wrestling organization to witness all of the careful story-crafting that led up to SummerSlam 2025. Gosh, what could be better than an audience with the bunch who masterminded John Cena’s swan song? It’s like opening Al Capone’s vault and finding Vecna watching the last episode of Lost. (Netflix)

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This article appears in Jan. 14-20, 2026.