Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports coming to Paramount+ in January. The Paramount Plus January 2026 schedule includes fresh stories, returning fan favorites, live sports access, and a mountain of movies to explore.
Epic adventures await when the highly-anticipated
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premieres on Thursday, January 15, introducing a new generation of cadets navigating ambition, friendship, and looming threats in the beloved
Star Trek universe.
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| Star Trek: Starfleet Academy |
January also delivers several suspense-filled series, including the highly anticipated return of
School Spirits with three new episodes dropping Wednesday, January 28. New series
Girl Taken (Thursday, January 8), based on the novel
Baby Doll by Hollie Overton, is a gripping drama about twin sisters who are torn apart when one is abducted.
The tension rises with Coldwater* (Friday, January 9), a six-episode psychological thriller starring Andrew Lincoln and Ewen Bremner, exploring how an ordinary man spirals into extraordinary danger.
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| School Spirits |
True-crime enthusiasts won’t want to miss Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer (Tuesday, January 20), a chilling docuseries that unravels the story of Wade Wilson and his shocking rise to social media infamy.
January continues to pack a punch with the anticipated debut of
UFC on Paramount+. The world’s premier mixed martial arts organization and Paramount are ushering in a new era – first on Saturday, January 24 with
UFC 324 streaming live from Las Vegas and following up the very next Saturday night, January 31, with
UFC 325 Live from Sydney, Australia – the first two of 13 marquee events in 2026, all included with your Paramount+ subscription.
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| Girl Taken |
Plus, the service will debut a brand-new fight series on Friday, January 23, when
Zuffa Boxing debuts with a whole night of professional boxing from Las Vegas. Your front-row seat to these thrilling sports starts here.
On CBS, it’s time to roll out the red carpet! The 83rd Annual Golden Globes** brings all the glitz and glamour, streaming live for Paramount+ Premium subscribers on Sunday, January 11.
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PARAMOUNT PLUS JANUARY 2026 HIGHLIGHTS
Scroll down to learn more about these titles in the “Only on Paramount+” section below.
January 1 – Barron’s Cove – Paramount+ Exclusive*
January 8 – Girl Taken – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 9 – Coldwater – NEW Showtime Original Series
January 11 – 83rd Annual Golden Globes (CBS)**
January 15 – Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 20 – Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 22 – Canada Shore – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
January 23 – Zuffa Boxing on Paramount+ Debut
January 24 – UFC on Paramount+ Debut
January 25 – NFL AFC Championship Game
January 28 – School Spirits Season 3 – Paramount+ Original Series
PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE
NEW EPISODES WEEKLY
Hollywood Squares: Season 2**
The Price is Right at Night: Season 6**
AVAILABLE 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* | Paramount+ Exclusive
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
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*
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
AVAILABLE JANUARY 7
Harlan Coben’s Final Twist Season 1** (new unscripted CBS Original premiere)
AVAILABLE JANUARY 8
Girl Taken | Paramount+ Original Series
Golden Eve** (CBS Special)
AVAILABLE JANUARY 9
Coldwater* | Showtime Original Series (new episodes weekly)
AVAILABLE JANUARY 11
ET: Live on the Golden Globes Red Carpet**
AVAILABLE JANUARY 14
Bar Rescue Season 9
AVAILABLE JANUARY 15
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Paramount+ Original Series (Episodes 101 & 102 drop on Jan. 15, followed by new episodes weekly)
AVAILABLE JANUARY 20
Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer | Paramount+ Original Series
AVAILABLE JANUARY 21
AVAILABLE JANUARY 22
Canada Shore | Paramount+ Original Series (new episodes weekly)
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27
College*
AVAILABLE JANUARY 28
School Spirits: Season 3 | Paramount+ Original Series (Episodes 301-303 drop on Jan. 28, followed by new episodes weekly) [ATV]
AVAILABLE JANUARY 30
Inside the 68th Annual Grammy Awards**
AVAILABLE JANUARY 31
The Hundred-Foot Journey*
ONLY ON PARAMOUNT+
Girl Taken
Premieres: January 8, 2026
Logline: Based on the novel Baby Doll by Hollie Overton, Girl Taken follows the story of twin sisters Lily and Abby, whose lives are shattered when Lily is abducted from their quiet rural English town by beloved local teacher Rick Hansen. After years of abuse in captivity, Lily escapes – only to discover that freedom brings its own challenges. The world she longed to return to has moved on without her.
Format: Scripted Series | 6 episodes | Full Series Release
Coldwater*
Premieres: January 9, 2026
Logline: The six-episode series stars Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead, Love Actually) in his long-awaited return to British television and Ewen Bremner (Our Flag Means Death, Trainspotting). Coldwater is a twisted thriller about a normal man, in a normal marriage, who finds himself in a far from normal situation when he falls under the influence of someone incredibly dangerous.
Format: Scripted Series | 6 episodes | Weekly Release
Premieres: January 15, 2026
Logline: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves, and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
Format: Scripted Series | 2 episodes at launch and then weekly
Handsome Devil: The Charming Killer
Premieres: January 20, 2026
Logline: A captivating three-part docuseries that unravels how Wade Wilson — a 25-year-old Florida man arrested for the brutal murders of two women — unexpectedly became a social media fixation
Format: Docuseries | 3 episodes | Full Series Release
Canada Shore
Premieres: January 22, 2026
Logline: A northern “Shore”. Ten Canadians. Unlimited drama. And a summer unlike anything else! Canada Shore, the first-ever Canadian edition of the global MTV “Shore” phenomenon, will stream exclusively on Paramount+ in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, and Australia.
Filmed last summer on the shores of Kelowna, British Columbia, the series brings together ten bold and unapologetic Canadian singles for a whirlwind season of romance, friendships, and full-throttle fun.
From coast to coast to coast, these 10 larger-than-life Canada Shore roommates are ready to party, flirt harder, and turn every night into memories (and maybe a little mayhem). But it’s not all hookups and hangovers. Beneath the chaos is a crew that laughs together, fights together, and somehow becomes a family.
Format: Unscripted Series | 2 episodes at launch and then weekly | available in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia
Premieres: January 28, 2026
Logline: Season three of School Spirits plunges Maddie Nears and her friends into a deeper, darker mystery as the veil between worlds grows dangerously thin, delivering twists that challenge everything they thought they knew.
After clawing her way back to life, Maddie struggles with terrifying visions and the weight of protecting both the living and the dead while Simon – trapped in the afterlife – becomes obsessed with the secrets buried in Split River High’s scars.
Why have so many people died at Split River High? What was Mr. Martin warning them about? As they search for answers, new dangers and dark secrets begin to surface.
Format: Scripted Series | 3 episodes at launch and then weekly
SPORTS
January 1 – EFL Championship – Blackburn Rovers vs. Wrexham
January 1 – EFL Championship – Watford vs. Birmingham
January 2 – Serie A – Cagliari vs. AC Milan
January 3 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – BYU @ Kansas State*
January 3 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – Duke @ Florida State*
January 4 – NFL Week 18 Doubleheader (check local listings)
January 4 – EFL Championship – Derby County vs. Wrexham
January 8 – Serie A – AC Milan vs. Genoa
January 10 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – Wisconsin @ Michigan*
January 10 – PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge*
January 10 or 11 – NFL Wild Card Playoff Game
January 11 – Serie A – Fiorentina vs. AC Milan
January 11 – Serie A – Inter Milan vs. Napoli
January 17 – Serie A – Udinese vs. Inter Milan
January 17 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – UCLA @ Ohio State*
January 17 or 18 – NFL Divisional Playoff Game
January 20-21 – UEFA Champions League Matchday 7
January 20 – UEFA Champions League – Inter Milan vs. Arsenal
January 21 – UEFA Champions League – Marseille vs. Liverpool
January 22 – UEFA Europa League Matchday 7
January 23 – Zuffa Boxing Series Debut, Live from Las Vegas
January 24 – UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett, Live from T-Mobile Arena; Las Vegas (First UFC Marquee Numbered Event)
January 24 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – Maryland @ Michigan State*
January 24 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – West Virginia @ Arizona*
January 24 – NCAA Men’s Basketball – San Diego State @ UNLV*
January 25 – NFL AFC Championship Game
January 25 – Serie A – Juventus vs. Napoli
January 25 – Serie A – Roma vs. AC Milan
January 28 – UEFA Champions League Matchday 8 (final day of League Phase)
January 28 – UEFA Champions League – Napoli vs. Chelsea
January 29 – UEFA Europa League Matchday 8
January 31 – UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes II, Live from Sydney, Australia
January 31 – PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open Third Round*
January 31 – EFL Championship – Sheffield Wednesday vs. Wrexham
Throughout January: English Football League competition
Throughout January: Serie A competition
Throughout January: Scottish Professional Football League competition
Throughout January: UEFA Champions League competition
Throughout January: UEFA Europa League competition
ZUFFA BOXING 2026 | Live Sports Series
Premieres: Friday, January 23, 2026
Logline: A first-of-its-kind series presenting the sweet science; champions and rising contenders compete on the global stage in live professional boxing.
Studio: TKO
Format: Live Sports Series
UFC 324 | Marquee Numbered Event | Live Sports Series
Premieres: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Logline: The debut event of UFC on Paramount+ marks a sea change in the sport of mixed martial arts, whereby, for the first time in history, all UFC events–both the marquee numbered events and UFC Fight Night live series–will air live on Paramount+ with no additional fees.
UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett is headlined by UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje taking on fan favorite and British superstar Paddy Pimblett in an interim UFC lightweight title fight. The co-main event pits UFC women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison defending her title against UFC Hall of Famer Amanda Nunes, who returns to the Octagon for the first time since 2023.
Studio: UFC
Format: Live Sports Series
UFC 325 | Marquee Numbered Event | Live Sports Series
Premieres: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Logline: The second event of the new era: UFC 325 Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 will take place in Sydney, Australia, live on Paramount+ in primetime in the U.S. UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski will defend his title against Diego Lopes in a main event rematch of their first thrilling fight in April. Volkanovski won the first fight via unanimous decision. Lopes will look to even the score.
Studio: UFC
Format: Live Sports Series
* Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.
**All Paramount+ Premium subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available on demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.
