It’s been a packed 12 months of nice TV reveals and new motion pictures, a lot so I’m nonetheless working by way of my watchlist! But, as 2024 attracts to an in depth, there are many new releases to tide us over until the brand new 12 months. It appears the very best streaming providers aren’t slowing down one bit, with a few of this 12 months’s most highly-anticipated returning sequence and Christmas specials nonetheless to come back.
There won’t be any leftover turkey within the fridge, however that should not cease you from watching the very best Doctor Who Christmas specials after this week’s newest installment. For much more streaming suggestions, be sure to additionally try these seven underrated motion pictures in 2024 and 9 canceled Netflix reveals in 2024 to spherical out this 12 months’s watchlist with among the lesser identified hits, too! – Amelia Schwanke, senior leisure editor
Squid Game season 2 (Netflix)
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The wait is over! Squid Game season 2 is right here and Netflix is inviting us to dive again into the lethal trials this vacation season. I’ve been enthusiastic about this for as long as I used to be among the many thousands and thousands of viewers who tuned into final time and was myself completely blown away by it. Set three years after the unique, protagonist Seong Gi-hun decides to return into the video games as an alternative of operating off together with his prize cash. It’s not a call everybody would make, admittedly, however he is donning his Player 456 tracksuit as soon as once more.
I can not ignore my pleasure for Squid Game‘s return anymore, so it is undoubtedly a present I’ll be binge watching over the vacations. It’s excessive time the most effective Netflix reveals returned, in any case!
Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
Doctor Who: Joy to the World (Disney Plus)
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Ever since Doctor Who was rebooted in 2005, the British sci-fi establishment has turn out to be synonymous with the festive season. Indeed, we have been handled to a brand new vacation particular yearly (properly, nearly yearly) since then – and, fortunately 2024 isn’t any totally different.
Joy to the World, which can air on Disney Plus all over the place besides within the UK (it will launch on BBC One/BBC iPlayer) on Christmas Day, will observe the eponymous Time Lord and new non permanent companion Joy (Bridgerton‘s Nicola Coughlan) as they discover the Time Hotel. Doctor Who festive specials have been hit or miss through the years, and I hope this one is extra of the previous than the latter.
Tom Power, senior leisure reporter
What If…? season 3 (Disney Plus)
The ultimate season of What If…?, the primary animated TV present from Marvel, is already airing as we converse. Like its forebear, new episodes of season 3 have been dropping each day since December 22, so you’ve got already received 5 to compensate for (for those who’re studying this on December 27, anyway) with this Marvel Phase 5 TV present.
So far, I’ve largely loved the tales that What If…? season 3 has advised, however I’ll all the time really feel just like the MCU venture was one thing of a missed alternative for the comedian large. Indeed, contemplating the premise of this sequence and its comedian e-book namesake, it might’ve been a wilder and extra inventive affair. Alas, it is not and it is for that cause that it will by no means be a part of our greatest Disney Plus reveals information.
Tom Power, senior leisure reporter
Your Fault (Prime Video)
My Fault (Culpa mía) won’t be thought of the most effective Prime Video motion pictures, however soapy younger grownup dramas are a responsible pleasure of mine, so I’ll be watching the sequel Your Fault (Culpa tuya). Based on the Culpables e-book sequence by Mercedes Ron, the Spanish-language romantic drama sees Noah (Nicole Wallace) and Nick’s (Gabriel Guevara) passionate romance face new challenges as Noah heads off to varsity and Nick begins his profession.
The first film turned the most-watched non-English-language movie on Prime Video in 2023, so I would not be stunned if the second is as widespread amongst viewers.
Grace Morris, leisure author
ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing (Prime Video)
Being a well-recognized sports activities fan might be a fairly cool expertise, and that is precisely what Xaviar Babudar, aka ChiefsAholic, was, with individuals within the above trailer evaluating him to a god. Well, till he was unmasked as a financial institution robber, that’s. Yeah this story is a fairly loopy one and I’m very eager to observe it!
When ChiefsAholic was arrested in Bixby, Oklahoma, it unraveled a sequence of financial institution robberies dedicated throughout the Midwest and opened up a secret life. His arrest is documented by way of his personal interviews and the authorized journey that adopted as we learn how this web sensation robbed 11 banks stealing greater than $800,000 throughout seven states and laundering the proceeds by way of casinos. Even for those who’re not huge on NFL, this story is wild and ideal for many who love a loopy true story. One for our greatest Prime Video reveals record? Potentially.
Lucy Buglass, senior leisure author
NFL on Christmas Day (Netflix)
The look ahead to the the NFL’s huge Christmas Day marquee video games that’ll see the Kansas City Chiefs (who gained The Super Bowl LVIII) face the Pittsburgh Steelers, plus the Baltimore Ravens in opposition to the Houston Texans, ended this week, when Netflix subscribers had been handled to a Christmas present with each video games reside streaming on December 25.
To prime it off, Mariah Carey kicked off proceedings along with her Christmas staple earlier than Beyoncé stole the halftime present along with her first reside efficiency of tracks from the ‘Cowboy Carter’ album. According to Nielsen knowledge, each video games turned the most-streamed in NFL historical past with every having a mean viewers of 24 million viewers. Go sports activities!
Amelia Schwanke, senior leisure editor
Alien Files: Reopened (Max)
Alien Files: Reopened, which has landed on Max, investigates 75 years of UFO phenomena as investigators attempt to discover the reality behind well-known circumstances by way of forensic evaluation. With the assistance from a crew of specialists, they uncover who’s behind authorities disinformation, faux abduction tales, and the infiltration of the UFO group. This sequence challenges perceptions, leaving audiences attempting to work out who and what they will belief.
I’ve by no means watched an alien docuseries earlier than, however perhaps it is time I give one a attempt. I nonetheless do not count on it to make it onto our greatest Max reveals record, thoughts you…
Grace Morris, leisure author
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