BASED on the acclaimed true-crime podcast, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (above) stars Emmy nominee Kevin Hart as Chicken Man, a hustler who hosts a glamorous afterparty to celebrate Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight, with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest. When the night ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history, Chicken Man finds himself a prime suspect in the eyes of his old adversary, Detective JD Hudson (Oscar nominee Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force.
The Peacock Original’s stellar cast also includes Oscar nominees Samuel L Jackson, Taraji P Henson and Terrence Howard, and it’s ready to binge now.
Fight Night has a 96% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As the critics’ consensus there says, “Skilfully weaving an inflection point in Black culture into a rollicking heist story, Fight Night is punchy entertainment with a never-better Kevin Hart broadening his dramatic range.”
- Law & Order S23 | Binge from Monday, 6 January
The NYPD’s greatest detectives and top prosecutors return for a thought-provoking new season of the Emmy-winning police procedural, which sees the series celebrate its 500th episode.
There’s a major change at the 27th Precinct, with Jeffery Donovan’s exit in the previous season ushering in Reid Scott (Veep) as the new detective Riley. Tony Goldwyn (Scandal) is another significant addition, taking over from the legendary Sam Waterston’s Jack McCoy as the new District Attorney.
Returning cast include Critics’ Choice nominee Hugh Dancy (Hannibal), Emmy winner Camryn Manheim (The Practice), and Screen Actors Guild winner Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl).
Law & Order is created by Emmy-winning Hall of Famer Dick Wolf (One Chicago) and is one of the longest-running TV dramas in history.
- Found S2 | First on Showmax | Binge from Friday, 10 January
Found returns with a gripping new season of shocking twists centring on recovery specialist Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton from Shameless) and her crisis management team as they work tirelessly to find missing people forgotten by the system. They’ll stop at nothing to solve these cases because for them, it’s personal – every member of the team has firsthand experience with a mysterious disappearance.
After bringing her darkest secret to light, Gabi must rebuild trust with her team and face her escaped kidnapper once again, all while rescuing the missing people who need her – before it’s too late.
- The Day Of The Jackal S1 | Mondays from 13 January at 8.30pm
The biggest Sky Original ever, The Day Of The Jackal follows a ruthless, mysterious assassin known as the Jackal, who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He meets his match when a tenacious British intelligence officer starts to track him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.
The Day Of The Jackal is a modern-day reimagination of Frederick Forsyth’s classic novel, which earned the 1972 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America.
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, Fantastic Beasts franchise) plays the Jackal, while BAFTA winner Lashana Lynch (The Woman King, No Time to Die) plays Bianca, the British intelligence office hot on his heels.
Written and adapted by Ronan Bennet (Top Boy), The Day Of The Jackal has an 82% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes; Variety calls it “exhilarating… a breathless adventure until the very end.”
- Sullivan’s Crossing S2 | Binge from Monday, 13 January
Based on The Virgin River author Robyn Carr’s bestselling book series of the same name, Sullivan’s Crossing follows neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan), who returns to her hometown after her life is turned upside down.
Following the gripping conclusion of the first season, the second season picks up just hours after Maggie has learned about her father’s stroke, and her life is once again thrown into turmoil as she navigates her past and present within the tight-knit community.
Five-time Teen Choice Award winner Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) returns in the second season as Kohan’s enigmatic love interest Cal, with MTV Movie Awards nominee Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls) also reprising his role as Harry “Sully” Sullivan.
- Hightown S3 | First on Showmax | Binge from Monday, 13 January
In the third and final season of Hightown, Fishery Service Agent Jackie Quiñones is off the wagon and off the force – which doesn’t stop her from venturing into the dark underbelly of picture-perfect Cape Cod to save a missing woman and a murdered sex worker.
Monica Raymund (The Good Wife, Chicago Fire) and Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break) were both nominated for 2024 Imagen Awards as Jackie and Frankie Cuevas Senior. Critics’ Choice nominee Garret Dillahunt (Fear the Walking Dead) joins the cast this season.
Executive produced by Oscar and Emmy winner Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun: Maverick), Hightown has an 80% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Yellowstone S5 Part B | Binge from Friday, 17 January
Hailed by The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year as “the biggest hit on cable TV”, Yellowstone follows a ranching family in Montana, who will do whatever it takes to protect their land from bloodthirsty enemies, indigenous communities who believe the land is rightfully theirs, and developers whose ambitions put the ranch in peril.
Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan, the neo-Western has an 8.7/10 rating on IMDb, where it’s at #5 on the global Most Popular TV chart, and an 84% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The first part earned former star Kevin Costner the Best Actor – Drama prize at last year’s Golden Globes and Critics Choice Super Awards, as well as Critics Choice nominations for Best Drama and Best Actress (Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton).
The hit franchise has birthed a number of spinoffs, including 1923, starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, which is still available on Showmax.
- Laid S1 | First on Showmax | Binge from Friday, 17 January
Laid follows Ruby, a woman who discovers her former lovers are dying in unusual ways. To figure out why and to stop it from happening again, she goes back through her sex timeline — with the help of her best friend — to confront her past to move forward.
Created by Emmy nominees Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat, Young Rock) and Sally Bradford McKenna (Will & Grace), Laid stars Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel), Emmy nominee Michael Angarano (This Is Us, Oppenheimer), and Zosia Mamet (The Flight Attendant, Girls).
- Get Millie Black S1 | First on Showmax | Binge from Saturday, 18 January
After Detective Millie Black returns home to Jamaica, she comes across a missing person case that will rock the very foundation of her entire life.
BAFTA nominee Tamara Lawrance stars as Detective Millie Black, opposite Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones, Skins). Lawrence won a Royal Television Society Award earlier this year for Time season two.
Created by Booker Prize winner Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings), Get Millie Black has a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As Slate says, “Marlon James’s novels are masterpieces. His new HBO series achieves something similar. Get Millie Black is a detective show that feels fresh.”
- S.W.A.T. S1-7 | Binge from Monday, 20 January
Emmy winner Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds) stars as Hondo, who leads an elite tactical team in LA law enforcement. Torn between loyalty to his community and his brothers in blue, he works to bridge the divide between both worlds as he grapples with parenthood.
Created by Emmy nominee Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas (The Get Down), S.W.A.T. has been nominated for Critics Choice Super Awards for Best Action Series and Best Actor in an Action Series (for Shemar Moore), as well as four Emmys for its stunt coordination.
Deacon (Jay Harrington) and Nichelle Carmichael (Rochelle Aytes) are back this season, with Anna Enger Ritch (The Haunting of Hill House) joining the cast as Zoe Powell. CBS has renewed the hit show for an eighth season.
- Wise Guy: David Chase And The Sopranos S1 | Binge from Thursday, 23 January
MetaCritic’s second highest rated series of 2024, Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos focuses on the man behind the cultural phenomenon, which is still in the 10 highest rated series of all time on IMDb.
Directed and hosted by Oscar winner Alex Gibney, Wise Guy features firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking Mafia series to life, including Emmy winners Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, and Michael Imperioli. Bruce Springsteen makes an appearance too.
Season one has a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Empire hailing it as, “The definitive chronicle of The Best Show Ever.”
You can also binge all six seasons of The Sopranos on Showmax.
- Frasier S1-11 | Binge from Friday, 24 January
Premiering in 1993 as a spin-off of the iconic NBC sitcom Cheers, Frasier continues the story of the witty yet pretentious psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer).
After dealing with a divorce, Frasier leaves Boston for his hometown of Seattle to get a new lease on life and begin a career as a radio talk show host. While he is always ready and willing to provide wisdom to his talk show callers, he often finds it hilariously impossible to deal with his own obstacles.
Over its 11-year run, Frasier received wide critical acclaim and is regarded as one of greatest TV shows of all time, as well as one of the most successful spinoff series in television history. The series earned 107 Emmy nominations, winning 37, a record it held until 2016 when Game Of Thrones won 38. In 2023, Frasier returned in a reboot of the same name, with Grammer reprising his role as Dr Frasier Cane.
- The Sex Lives Of College Girls S3 | First on Showmax | Binge from Monday, 27 January
Season three returns to Essex College for sophomore year with Bela, Kimberly, Leighton, and Whitney all facing major changes in their lives after the turbulent season two conclusion.
Reneé Rapp is focusing on her music career, so we’ll be seeing less of Leighton this season, but Pauline Chalamet (Kimberly), Amrit Kaur (Bela) and Alyah Chanelle Scott (Whitney) are all back.
Created by six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (Never Have I Ever, The Office) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Justin Noble, the 18SNL-rated series has been nominated for two GLAAD Media Awards and the MTV TV Awards’ “Here for the Hookup” prize. As Collider says, “While ‘sex lives’ may be in the title of the show, everyone knows the real magic lies in the ‘college girls’ part and their messy but endlessly supportive relationships with one another. This is one friend group you’ll want to follow into sophomore year and long after graduation day.”
- Transplant S4 | Binge from Monday, 27 January
In the fourth and final season of the award-winning medical drama, Syrian refugee Dr Bashir “Bash” Hamed is on the precipice of finishing his residency at York Memorial and officially re-qualifying as a doctor. Bash and his sister Amira are Canadian citizens now, but are still trying, with everything they have, to build a life in their adopted country.
Hamza Haq (Quantico) leads the cast as Dr Bashir, a role that has earned him three consecutive Best Actor wins at the Canadian Screen Awards.
- SAS Rogue Heroes S2 | First on Showmax | Binge from Friday, 31 January
SAS Rogue Heroes returns for its second season, picking up with the regiment in the spring of 1943, as they face their next battle on a whole new terrain: mainland Europe.
Originally inspired by Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, the BAFTA-nominated BBC drama is a “mostly true” account of how arguably the world’s greatest special forces unit was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War II.
Once again written by Oscar nominee and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, season two brings back BAFTA winners Jack O’Connell and Dominic West as Paddy Mayne and Dudley Clarke, as well as Algerian actress Sofia Boutella as Eve Mansour and Sex Education’s Connor Swindells as David Stirling.
Season one has a 100% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Guardian hailing it as “a total triumph” and “one of the year’s most emotional shows,” saying, “This brilliant series… might be a high-octane, action-packed riot – but it’s also tender, touchy and funny.”
