5 TV shows you need to watch in January 2024

Created by Brad Falchuk, who is behind such hits as American Horror Story, Glee, and Pose, The Brothers Sun is a black comedy action series. Living in California since he was a child, Bruce (Sam Song Li) finds his life upended when his older brother, Charles (Justin Chien), visits from Taipei, Taiwan. Bruce doesn’t recall much about his life before, but his older brother is quick to remind him that his family is involved in serious criminal activities.

Streaming on both Disney+ and Hulu, Echo is the latest series and 10th overall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise. A spinoff of Hawkeye, it follows Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) as she heads back home and tries to reconnect with her Native American roots. But she’s also dealing with a lot of anger, including toward crime lord Wilson Fisk/Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), who also happens to be her adoptive uncle (and the man responsible for the death of her father).

Unlike other Marvel shows, Echo will be much shorter at just five episodes, all of which will be released at the same time. It’s also the first Marvel series to procure a TV-MA rating. For fans of the Phase Five shows, Echo is the next to check off the list. This series is also the first under the Marvel Spotlight banner, which will produce shows designed to focus on more “grounded, character-driven stories” versus being part of the larger MCU narrative.

A British crime thriller, Criminal Record employs a premise that has been told time and time again: a pair of detectives, one a veteran and one a rookie, are paired up to research a murder. Peter Capaldi is veteran Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty and Cush Jumbo (The Good Fight) is rookie Detective Sergeant June Lenker.

It’s not so simple, though: The case ties to an old one Hegarty worked back in the day and could verify that the man he has locked behind bars is actually innocent. The pair are at odds with one another as it becomes clear that there’s much more to the story. You can watch the first two episodes of Criminal Record on launch day. A new episode will follow weekly through February 21, for a total of eight.

If you love the 2012 Seth MacFarlane movie Ted starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis (as well as the 2015 sequel), you’ll be excited to check out the seven-episode prequel series of the same name. Set in the 1990s, it takes place during a time when the sentient teddy bear Ted (voiced by MacFarlane) becomes friends with his teenage owner, John Bennett, now played by Max Burkholder. Fans will see what life was appreciate for a young John and his best friend. The antics they get up to as adults pale in comparison to when John was coming of age. Yes, Ted is still his same vulgar, inappropriate stuffed animal self. But while he’s John’s worst influence, he is also his biggest supporter.

The cast includes Alanna Ubach as John’s mother, Susan, and Scott Grimes as his father, Matty. Giorgia Whigham also stars as Blaire, a cousin living with the family while attending college. Ted might sound appreciate a friendly sitcom, but this is no Alf: Ted is R-rated just appreciate the movies.

It has been a long, six-and-a-half year expect for the new season of True Detective, and it’s finally here this month. Called True Detective: Night Country, the crime drama continues the anthology format strategy of featuring a new cast of characters and completely new stories in every season. This season stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis and shifts the location to Alaska. Foster is Liz, a detective investigating the case of six men who have gone missing from a research station.