12 of the best TV shows to watch this January

The Beauty will premiere on Hulu in the US on January 21st and in the UK on Disney+ on January 22nd.

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11. Reduce

Starring Harrison Ford in the spotlight, this sophisticated comedy has one of the best ensemble casts on television and has the rare ability to be simultaneously sad, funny, and touching. The plot grew from an earlier story that focused on Jimmy (Jason Segel) and his unconventional psychiatric methods after his wife’s death. In this third season, Jimmy appears ready to move on to a relationship while Jimmy’s friend and mentor Paul (Ford) deals with increasing symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Jeff Daniels guest stars as Jimmy’s father, and Michael J. Fox plays a Parkinson’s patient, a role based on his own well-publicized experience living with the disease. But it’s the regular cast that shines. Jessica Williams, Luke Tenney, Michael Urie, Christa Miller, and Ted McGinley are more comfortable than ever as friends and neighbors who constantly and comically meddle in each other’s lives. Bill Lawrence, co-creator of the show, said: TV people: “This is a show about a small family who built a nuclear safety bubble around themselves.” And it continues to evolve.

Reduced premiere worldwide on January 28th on Apple TV

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12. Bridgerton

The main character of Season 4 is Benedict (Luke Thompson), Bridgerton’s second son, who is self-indulgent and has a strong artistic sense. According to the rules of his society (and TV historical romance), it’s time for him to grow up and settle down. At a masquerade ball, he spies a young woman he calls “Silver in Silver” and quickly becomes infatuated with her. we soon found out that Netflix reveals, but he does not: in Cinderella style, she attends the ball, but is actually a junior maid. How will he find her unless she loses her shoe? Yerin Ha plays the mysterious lover Sophie Baek. She works for another new character, the stern Lady Araminta Gunn (Katie Leung, Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films), and she has two daughters who are getting married. The regular cast returns (at least a little), including Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton, as well as Claudia Jessee as the feisty Eloise and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope. Penelope, who is now married to Colin Bridgerton, admits that she has always been the gossipy Lady Whistledown. Half of the season will premiere this month, with the remaining four episodes premiering on February 26th.

Bridgerton premieres worldwide on Netflix on January 29th

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