To ring in the new year, January 2025's most anticipated new TV shows feature intriguing reality shows, franchise spin-offs, special awards, and some exciting procedural dramas. Partnership with predictive media analytics company Diesel Laboratories, Screen speech has exclusive data that analyzes the new TV shows with the highest online engagement before the premiere of their series. Each new TV release receives a hype score, which is measured by conversations across multiple platforms.
THE The most talked about new TV shows of January 2025 are ranked by Attention Signalswhich are calculated by measures such as likes, shares, comments and views on social and video channels such as Facebook and YouTube. These online engagement metrics reveal valuable insights into which new series had the biggest online impact before launch – regardless of their reviews and ratings.
Excluding returns of established TV showsas The Night Agent 2nd season and Termination Season 2, the most anticipated new series launching in January 2025, features a wide variety of narrative, genre and audience appeal. From this year's Golden Globes to a new Star Trek program, this month's TV releases round off 2024's fantastic slate of shows and have the potential to yield some lasting hits. Based on data from Diesel Labs, here is Screen speechThe Top 10 January 2025 TV Releases list with the most buzz online.
Top 10 Most Anticipated New TV Shows – January 2025
Titles range from the Critics' Choice Awards to Flip Off
|
Title |
Premiere date |
Platform |
Gender |
Attention Scale |
Warning signs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2025 Critics' Choice Awards |
01/12/2025 |
AND! |
Special |
100.00% |
63,243,204 |
|
Hollywood Squares |
09/01/2025 |
CBS |
Reality Competition |
31.03% |
19,624,961 |
|
Star Trek: Section 31 |
01/24/2025 |
Paramount+ |
Science fiction |
30.63% |
19,368,762 |
|
Baylen out loud |
01/13/2025 |
TLC |
Reality |
28.46% |
17,997,471 |
|
On duty |
09/01/2025 |
Amazon Prime Video |
Drama |
23.63% |
14,943,726 |
|
Molly-Mae: behind it all |
01/17/2025 |
Amazon Prime Video |
Documentaries |
20.81% |
13,162,973 |
|
The Golden Globes 2025 |
01/05/2025 |
CBS |
Special |
14.97% |
9,469,570 |
|
Doctor |
07/01/2025 |
Fox |
Drama |
14.39% |
9,103,327 |
|
Paradise |
01/28/2025 |
Hulu |
Drama |
13.11% |
8,292,792 |
|
The shutdown |
01/29/2025 |
HGTV |
Reality |
9.29% |
5,874,832 |
According to data from Diesel Labs, the The most anticipated new TV release of January 2025 is this year's Critics' Choice Awards ceremony. The 2025 awards ceremony celebrates the achievements of 2024 film and TV releases, including nominees such as Dune: Part Two, Evil, Eviland Shogun. The second most anticipated release of the month is Hollywood Squaresa reboot of the popular 1960s game show, now hosted by Drew Barrymore. Next up is the Paramount+TV film Star Trek: Section 31the reality show about Baylen Dupree, Baylen out loudand Troian Bellisario's new police procedural, On duty.
Also among the most talked about new TV releases of January 2025 are Love Island in the UK veteran documentation Molly-Mae: behind it allthe 2025 Golden Globes ceremony and the Fox medical drama Doctorinspired by the true story of a doctor with memory loss. Rounding out the top 10 most anticipated new shows of January 2025 are the drama starring Sterling K. Brown Paradise and HGTV's real estate reality competition The shutdown. While January 2025 may be relatively light on major new TV titles, There's plenty to enjoy for fans of procedurals, reality TV, and those keeping up with the 2025 awards season.
